Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-09-06

Nobody is permitted to approach power and tell
the truth. Power never hears the thunderinq
voice OF the people. sitting as It does in its
easy chairs, and between its marble walls An
independent man, with a voice loul ani bold,
who goes up TO tel the truth is " lived oiT from
the Presidential presence a. "a rude irtrudrr-
4 $ sad before, repeated Efforts w,re E.adc in
v1ia- he cOnieTTirg of the Presid, ll'ill rat
r1alge with its vast mt!iious, more than the
gFral monarch OF Great britain herself enitys
AMI nearly as much a. the French Monarch
wlelts, made Dir. Buch9u-n bciicye that
would make tLis test Succcssiui. How was Il
made Oh, gentlemen, the chapter - hich shall
tell the manner in which the Admins ration
mas used ITS patronage will be u black one -
And when our children, aud our cliiidreu's chill
dren come 10 read they will not below, that an,
American citizen, elevated 10 the Presidential
caalr' ia the lacc Ui such pCOp.c covered with
an arInor Of pledges, should bave raue i:.o that
char, should h;ye Esci las arm, aji.l lie Treas
ury, your money and nate, YOUR officers and
mine, or the purpose of pattl.i.. dow n a "a l.it
band OF men standing hOUestly by the plainG God's
truth ICheers and applause I | would that
when the historian comes to write that chapter
IN the history Of this country and Government.
he should not feel compelled to write that that
President was born IN Pennsylvania No, gen
tlemen, there has not been an element, a single
circumstance, lacking TO relieve this unredeCrn-
ec lniamy; no, not one They have gone on
step by step, with the remorseless tread of fate
and destiny, trying TO crush out the breath Of
the gallant spirits who have stood forth asking
nothing but TO be permitted TO do right Look
at the spectacle in Illinois at this momens -
Democrats, If there are any heIe, and I trust
there are many, you who take the regular or
ganizstiOns, you who swallow this miserable
dose of Lecomptonism, because the regular or
ganizaiion Of the State supports it, because the
party indOrses II, look at Illinois, and blush with
very shame at the spectacle there exhibited To
the world There Is regular organization for
YOU, and how does the Administration treat it
They treat it with contempt and scorn;-the
gallant Douglas standing at the head of the
column. If you open the pages Of the Wash
ington Union Of to-day, read what it saws of
Stephen A. Douglas. You wOnld suppose from
what you would read there, that he was sowing
pestilence and death throughout the Northwest
lAye, and he Is, TOTO false doctrines and false
men. [Applause and eheerA
Look at the South, in whose fame this deed Le-
cOmptOnism, has been perpetfated After its repre-
sentatves in the Senate and the House have assist
ed in bounding down Stephen A. Douglas and
David C Broderick and their gallant cOmpatriots
in the House, the South begins to say as they see
the Administration he'll hounds pursuing and at
tacking Douglas and his friends in Illinois This
Z" is too much. We are willing to accept LecOmp-
atom as gilded poison which has been extended TO
- Us, ana which IS 10 help Us, though the only
thing it has done has been to commit our Repre-
seutatives 10 gross wrong toward the North
" But we cannot bear this persecution" Read the
letter published the other day in the New York
papers from Reverdy johnson Of Maryland. Read
the statement Of Alex. H Stevens and Henry A.
Wise. They are clamOEOus against these attacks
on Mr.. Douglas. Public men in this country for
get in their trucking to the South that Southern
people are American people as We are. They have
their slavery. They have their peculiar institutions.
But they reject WrOng-they reject an infamy-
they reject unfairness just as really as We do
They viii not submit 10 the tyranny Of the Admin
istratiOn upon Mr.. Douglas. And so il will be
when the Administration begin by cOurting the
South-by declaring that the only thing the Pres
ident should do IS to yield to the South, that Ad
minstTatOn viii end by the South turning upon it.
What thenl II viii be Tylerized. [Laughier. J.
The Administration Of James Buchanan Tylerized
supported by q set Of Office holders and expect
tauts only, with sll the great parties, and
the one that put il in power inclusive, standing
from it and stunning it like eoniagiOn
Imperial Casar dead and turned to Clay
Nus stof a hole 70 Keep the wind away"
Iamaware that I am talking to a mixed audi
ence-there are here present Americans, Republi-
cans and Democrats
A VOlcE-NO doubt o. that
AAAf TUNNEL AIuAAluAAuE I-4NOMf ktuAsGAAGAAs We
who act with Mr.. Haskin, we who follow the flag
borne by those great heroes Of the day-those i'm
mortal Chieftains, Henry A. Wise aud Stephen A.
Douglas-are constantly twitted with combining
with what are politely called Black Republican
Laughter But have you Americans, who are
present witnessed the efforts Of the Administration
to make q union with you The Administration
can combine with the Americans II believe yORAre
called KnOw-NOthings sometmes) and that is all
right Or if Black Republican comes out tor Le-
compton he Is Immediately washed clean and
/ wiped Laughter Why, gentlemen, the pri0
eiples that we fought for in 1856 are now reduced
tO-LecomptOn. We may be as true a. the North
Pole upon every principle, but if we don't 60 FOX
LecOmptOn, we are damned indeed. Laughter. Bat
/ if the Republican or the American becomes Le
COMPOUNDED, be is not only speedily forgiven, but
he is elevated 10 the highest seat in the synagogue
and he is pointed at as a brand rescued from the
burning. Laughter The Administration Is
pledged N its platform to those who speak with q
/ rich Irish brOgue or sweet German accent But
/ geutlemen-yOu Americans and you foreigners and
adopted citizens are not 10 recOllect when Amer
I lean becomes LecOmptOnized; only those are in
/ famous who unite with Republicans and Americans
I TO vIndieate principle. tApplause Then you
I are out Of the party and are excluded from decent
society, and hencefoFth and forever you are never
% be forgiven unless at the last moment you come
\ forward and say Praise unto thee John Calhoun
and Lecompton" [Laughter.l have been toll
ing IN the Democratic party since was boy, and
. uOL uON Qulie Il years OF age. never NOteQ
any but a straight out Democratic ticket. My ex-
I celient friend Samuel J. Randall who was q very
I good American, and who WIS elected 10 the Senate
o. our State, Sam said to me- "a am freshly in the
party and You are freshly out Of il" Thus find
myself turDed out Of the Democratic party if will
consent to it, and because I will not consent TO
leave Democratic principles. Laughter. This IS
an aae Of newspapers and telegraphs on the land
| aud through the sea- [ChCers.l And when these
things iranspire there would be no God in Heaven
~ IN II l. n
tober next lCheers And you in New York,
who think the Democratic party is sold body and
breeches 10 this official despotism, take care lest
/ when November cones you do not ind that the
/ Democrats think good deal more Of their priu-
/ ciplss than they do OF their organization. For my
/ part, speaking for Pennsylvania, on the 18th Of
/ October, when you open the New York TrIbtzs,
l Herald and Times, you will see under the tele-
/ graphic head figures something Ike this: " 10000
majority against the LecOmptOn candidate -
/ That is the way We willmake our mark there
] yes, We viii do more, we will stand by John
! Hickman, we will stand by Montgomery, and
/ whenever LecOmptonite is trOtted out, we will
/ try to defeat him regularly nOminated or not l
I am not TO lie terrified by this Chinese thunder Of
/ organization. [Laughterl ] am willing to combine
| with any good man, no matter what Is his name
J who combines with me to rescue the American
name from this Odium, and this disgrace. Why,
gentlemen, in ls56. not go back to that but for
I instant. we would never have got the Republican
vote We uld Tor MI. buchanan II We hau not pe1ged
ourselves over head and heels for this doctrine
Now let me say word in conclusion on the subject
I Of popular sovereignty. You Republicans are
coming to it, and, gentlemen, you will come TO il
| Now mark-there IS but one way for it. saw the
other day q speech made by distinguished New
York journalist-snd speak ofhim as distinguish
ed for many things, though we have differed for
/ many years-I mean Horace Greeley. lCheers.
He pointed the way 10 the coming time. He has
/ been denouncing popular sovereignty as humbug.
I Il wond have been il all the Democrats eo-Opera-
ting with him had surrendered to the AdministTa
ton II Is not q humbug-it is alving principle.
Tell me this Is illusOry-that people TO the num-
/ Der OILS coo have been strong enough in their
own way to put down the army OF The United
States, and ibeat the shareholders minority, with