The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-13
The Illinois Canpaign-senator TrumbuiI's
SPesoh-Hvt Work all Round.

The Illinois Canpatgn-Senator Trumbuiis
SPeseh-Hpt Work all Round.
We publish at length this morning the late
comprehensive and interesting speech of Mr.
Senator Trumbull at Chicago giving the repub-
lican side Of the picture of the Illinois cam
paign, in all its strongest lights aud shades.
From the tone and temper of this curious and
ferocious speech, and from the equally violent
war Of determination which has been raised
among the Lecompton democracy of Illinois
against Mr.. Douglas, the reader will perceive
that "the Little Giant" has placed himself be-
tween two raking fires, from which be can only
escape destruction by miracle. His Senatorial
colleague, in the speech under review, has given
him shot between wind and water on "popu-
lar sovereignty" which, in itself, ought to be
sufficient to sink him.
Our readers will recollect that during the
Lecompton discussion in Congress we pointed
out the inconsistency of Mr.. Douglas in 1878
as compared with his line Of action in the
Senate in 1856. Mr.. Trumbull boldly and
pointedly raises this issue against his colleague
and says that in 1856 Mr. Douglas was an active
participant in the bill of Mr.. Toombs, under
which plan was provided for securing a
State constitution for Kansas and her admis.
sion into the Union under it, dispensing with
the submission Of said constitution to tue popu-
lar vote. To this charge, thus pointedly "a ised
against Mr.. Douglas by his colleague in the Sc.
nate, who ought to know something upon the
subject, we must leave "the Little Giant him.
Sa1f 10 l,t tl.o
appear to be overwhelmingly against him.
Mr.. Douglas is now in the position, at all
events, in which he can comprehend the suicidal
folly Of his abandonment of the administration
TO follow the shadowy abs .raction Of popular
sovereignty" His manifest destiny" is that
ofCalhoun, Rives, Tallmadge, Van Buren,. Ben
ton, aud others who have attempted, from time
to time, to PROSTATE the policy Of the admins.
tration which they could not control. How
different would have been the position of Mr..
Douglas had he not allowed himself to be
frightened by what bis face,ious colleague calls
"the Fremont thunder" Of 1856
From the Kansas question Mr.. Trumbull
passes to a review Of the Southern ''despotism"
which prevails at Washington, and to the federal
extrayagsnoes Of the democracy and Mr. Bu-
chanan's administration-in regard to all Of
which we must remember that Mr. Trumbull Is
playing the part Of a stump speaker, and not
the grave, deliberate and careful r6ke OF a
statesman. His Custom House statistics, how.
ever, arc very curious and remarkable and
suggestive Of m immense batch Of spoils aud
lobby Jobs, which have grown up under the fos-
tering care OF the spolsmen and lobby jobbers
of Congress, until they need general pruning
down. For all Of this, however, Congress, and
not the President, il the responsible party. The
fault is in our revenue and custom house Job
berry system, and not in the Executive Depart.
ment--the duty Of which is 10 administer the
laws
Upon the question Of the disposition Of our
free negro population, Mr.. Trumbull adopts the
idea Of Eli Thayer-to wit the colonization
of Central America with these people He
thinks that region well adapted for the negro
race-and there can BE- no doubt Of that: aud
Nicaragua, besides, would be much more con-
venient settlement for the American Colonial
ton Society than Liberia. But IL will be time
enough to discuss this proposition when IL shall
have assumed more definite shape The re
marks Of Mr.. Trumbull upon this point are only
valuable for the present. as showing that his
sympathies with the negro philsnthropis.s
DO not extend to the full measure OF negro
equality and negro analgamation. On the
contrary, he tells ne that the republican party
is the white mans party hint which we
commend TO the special consideration Of Mr..
Seward, Thurlow Weed and the Hon Massa
Greeley, inasmuch as the republicans Of New
York, believing niggers to be homogeneous
party, ought to stand upon the same platform
with their brethren Of Illinois.
We submit this speech of Mr.. Trumbull to the
digestion Of our readers Of all parties, as fur
nishing abundant materials for profitable re-
Election. II is the speech Of a sharp, active
and somewhat overheated partzan on the
stump but still there are many things in IL
indicating the future policy Of the republican
party including war against the administra-
ton and war against the Supreme Court.
which il would be well for all parties. and espe.
cially for the democracy, 20 understand