New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-10-23

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ing. having just commenced. H. matter w. {s.
cited and anmailng, his voice retcaed q go
,ance but h- srticuls-ion wa thick ana lhp.'
so that the outside circle Of the crowd colI ~. -
g. perneerscv" "rigger equality, the Decara' ioh 81
Independence not made for "nigGeTrt Ha'c "a
" white men, Abolition, &c., were al tAt' CO..
BE- heard. without pressing i'rWa-1 l1-P ~ -
crowd His voice on these emphatic W,ln- W. a.
weys pitched on high, loud note, which was never
var ed and these loud mono,.nes were uttered ".
ell the physical force and violence oil ge,. .T
speaker could command, occurring WIN NY9lIeL "a,
regularity; but the intervening words being !s ~
meaning was seldom eppreheriel by any eAcrt' 'l-e
who were ouite near. Neverthecs- there Wa 70 l-is
ouer circle a considerable number q roWd.es ai.lA
ers # run accustomed 20 give vent - thel! iesh15
i, ven. scrssws and vulgar ninth. WHO responded
regularly at the recurTerce If certain words anu cTel
That's so" q" Hit him again, the latteT IeieIfhs
specially 70 every personal a.on u ~ L-I'V.n 70
which there were many, and zone g ,iem uit red "A
tie rsoeu manner that characterize The oyefseeT Of
tie negro plantation, from which MI Dou5.as must
al some period of hi. life, have taken lessons these
cries and 'hurrahs for Douglas were serious n
terruption AID the Little Giant Is cunning enough,
whenever little confusion ard comuiug Cling OF crles
results 10 charge tie interruption upon tie friends 81
Mr. Lincoln aegin. that the latter gentleman is a.
WAYS listened q with attention by the Democrats a.
though today he frequently interrupted by
"hoorghs Tor Douglas from certain OF the baser
sort, who mingled il the outside Of tie crowd.
Tie speech to-day was chiefly an attack upon Mr.
Lincoln and the Republican party, full OF the gross
Ct rrisre pre eeutaOus from beginning 20 end he
sudacity If Mr. Douglas is If his most effective
weapons. IL this respect he probably The equal Of
Robespierre and Danton of the earlier French reVo-
uton, and bis appeals to the pr.judices AMI passions
Of the lower and baser sort 81 men create soTtoi
fgr0re with that class which passes tor triumph
while the more intelligent. moral. and better educated
people show their appreciation Of the Republican
champion by their silent and deely elcnelled al
ieptVD.
F.cm Mr. Douglas reputation as an orator and
statesman | Judge that his style 81 speech ID the
state Chan ber and before The Courts, must be very
different from bis manuer 81 efdressll- lAsse AsseHr
bes Of the people in Illinois, otherwise b. would soon
cone to be regarded q brawlor AMI a dcmagogue,
for this is the impression made to-day on the more H.
tclgcrt part of the assembly.
At tie close Of Mr.. Douglass speech which occu-
MED an hour Mr.. Lincoln was introduced, and re-
ce;ved with music from band end cheers. Having
never seen nor heard bin before, the met impression
was much more agreeable than We lad ANTICIPATED.
Tie Douglas papers lad 20 belief hin that We eN,
rected :; see a man Of most homcly and awkward
figure Of slow and hestang speech. IN no respect the
equal # Mr.. Douglas as political orator. We had
read tie lying report Of Douglass paid letter writers
and reporters, who 90 round with hln that nj rec
port M Lincoln was utterly routed in the debate
and " cowci down that was the cXpre-slou that he
had to be canied on the stand By hls friends We had
read again and again in these partisan papers Douga
Triumphant, until we had come ~ fear that the Re
publican stG1dard-beGrer really much inferior 70
ii, opponent ard that lie must be losing ground III
these debates.
/ Imagine then, tic agreeable surprise wheh we saw
and heard the man. There stood before the multitude
one OF natures noblemen, with a head and couhte,
nance expressive Of the highest moral and mental
qualities form tall and erect, an eye and expression
If face beamug with kindly sentiments and voice
and articulation so clear and distinct that every word
was heard to the farthest extreme of the assembly
voice natural not strained, various IN lis modula-
tons and pleasant to lis,ento.
NJ. Lncoln's speech was IN hour and han IN
length, NJ. Douglas rejoining another hat hour.
From the beginning 10 the close he was listened ID
/ with delight by biz Republican auditors, and with
evident pleasure, far - his manner was concerned
By his Opporens-sull jet to occasional HWrahs ior
Douglas from some If the lower class of the Doug
la-ites. An intelligent Douglas man from the coun-
Try, standing next 10 me, cnceIuy yielded the pam
Of clear convincing, candid argument and oraory to
Mr.. Lincoln. His manner was SO honest and sincere
that this gentleman said the people easily believed
that what he advanced was true; had heard said
before that he was too honest 10 be poltcan-a sad
commentary on the times in which we live.
Mr.. Lincoln first reviewed Mr.. Douglass course in
regard to the Missouri Compromise; Low he had once
he'd It TO be as sacred the Constitutions how the
Democratic party pledged to suppress the aglta
ton Of slavery, and how the Nebraska Dil, while II
pretended to remove the uhject from the halls OF Con-
gress and to leave / with the peopeoi the Territories
had renewed the agitation with increased violencei
aud, protesting to give them the right to decide the
question Of Slavery for themselves, had proved
fraud and 81 beat, allowing the MssoIrians to frame
their laws and institutions for them until after years
n
OF tie usurpation.
He showed that TIL. new policy of allowing Slavery
20 90 where il pleased, this Indifference 20 the ques-
ton Of right and wIour involved IN the institution, this
opening OF Lew Territories 90 its occupancy, y de-
parture from the policy of the Fathers % tine Repub
c and full Of danger and mischief q the future pros
poets Of the Union. H. maintained that the only
course Of peace and safety for le country n To return
20 the policy OF Slavery friction 20 arrest ITS spread
10 new regions ard 20 leave unmOestcd IA the Slave
States where, by moral causes by the continued pro.
/ hbton of the saye-trade, and By the progress OF
Christian ideas, IL viii be, our fathers believed
they had placed it, in the course OF ultimate eI-
/ tiuction'
lie took up The Declaration Of Independence and
I perfectly demolished Mr. Douglas theory, that the
declaration OF human rights. which It contains, and
the oppression " All men created equal did not
include all races If men but only the white man. lie
defed the production Of single statement from any
statesman, North South, prior to the last three
years that the Declaration of Independence did not
mean al men, MI Calhoun denied the truth Of the
statement that all were created equal, and Petit
of Indiana had called il -elf-eyident lie; but Il
had remaipei for Chief Justice Taney and Mr.. Doug
La to make The discovery that this ceebra Il decara.
ton. when II SAYS " all men are created equal, an
not mean al men.
He then went on 70 show what kind of equality was
intended-rameiy, the natural right TO life, liberty
and the pursuit Of happiness that the Fathers
of the Republic iad this down as on abstract truth or
principle not expecting 20 see carried into mme tate
effect a. 10 the negro population o. the country, but
recognizing i as fundamental principle Of human
rights showing that this the only kind Of equal
nv thought Of or that Is poss Die 10 the feren races
of men. In the sense that Mr.. Douglas undertakes
10 limit tits famous declaration Of principles to white
men il is not trne Of even the Caucasian race since no
two white men Just alike in their stature complex
ion Intellectual and moral capacity, or in any other
spect except the rights Of human nature, which
20 coupre eusiyey expressed IN that immortal phrase
of our noble declaration" We hold these truths 10
be sef-eyident that all men aye created equal, aud