The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-10-27
Governor Wise an Behalf or Dourla,

Governor tse III Behalf OF Douglas.
TpE GorEREoR IN HIGH STATE or fxoITEnsrqr-
NE SPREADS HIMSELF oS POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
AND CALLS UroN THE DOUGLAS MIN TO "PI0ur
ON, AND NEVER YIELD BIT IN DtATH VIC
TORY
RICHMOND, Va, Oct. IS, 1868
To THR Hon Joan MOORE CnAlRnAs o. lrIE DEMocaAno
SIAlE COMMITTEE or ILLINOIS
DEAR SIR express 70 you theemotons N nv
bosom, excited by your appeal TO for aid In the warn
contest which your noble democracy wgng with abo
tonsm. Every impulse prompts me to rush TO your side
Your position Is grand one and IN some respects unex
amped. In the face OF doubt and dstrut attempted 10
be thrown upon your democracy and its gsnt leader By
the pretea Of preenders tina, you wersving aid and
safety and our party integrity see you sanding alone
isolated by tyrannca prescription, with would alike
fooshy and wickedly op of one OF tn most Vigorous
limbs OF national democracy, the limb dgiorous Illinois,
YOU in spite Of this mputation, hnly fronting the
foe, and battling to maintain oonservatie nationality
against cmbitered and mpacable sectioasm-constitu-
tiona rights operating 7n0rfd tigore, and every way
against al unequal and unjust federal orterroria egs
laton
The right of the people to govern thaseves agaust
all force or fraud
The right of the sovereign people to bk at the Gro
turns and behind the rcturns, OF all eir representa-
i've bodies, agents, trustees or servants,
The responsibility Of all governors, representatives.
trustees, agents and servants TO their priupas the
PIE, who are "the governed and the soue Of all poi
cal power;
Utter opposition to the detestabe doctri Of the abss
mtsm OF conventions to prescribe and pciaim funda
mental forms of government at their will Shout submis
sion 70 the sovereign peoplea doctrine fit Nv for slaves
World
Powers Of any sort not expressly desiatcd to aay
man or body Of men, are expressly reseru TO the PEG
pe;'
No absolute or dictatorai authority in presen.ative
bodiesthe representative principle as Glazing submis
sion and obedience to the will Of the constituts:
The sovereignty Of the organized people sTeme above
all representative bodies, conventions legislatures
to decide vote upon and determine what ali DO theif
supreme law;
Justice and equality between States aud eir ctzens
and between voters to elect their agents antepresenta
tvcs, and to raty or reject any proposed s5em Of 60
verDment;
Submission to the constitution and laws othe federal
Union and strict observance of all the rights the States
and their citizens but resistance to the dca brides
OF Congress, or any other power TO yield thnaenabls
Protection to the Territories, and everyvere. to all
rights Of persons and OF property in accordan with tho
rights Of the States, and with the constitution laws II
Equity and uniformity in the mode of adHting new
States into the Union, making the same rules ratios to
The rejection Of al! compromises condto or terms
which would discriminate between forms ofepublican
constitutions admitting one with one numbeDf popuia
ton, and requiring three times that number anothsc
form equally republican,
The great law settlement of the public doan Of the
United States free equal and just, never to atempo
rized or locazed by temporary partialpedients,
but to be adjusted by permanent unifornland uni.
versal rules OF right and justice.
Maintaining these and the Nike princiIs, deem
II to be the aim OF the strugOAs OF the voted de.
! mocracy IN this signal contest, And 50 defstan1.
ing them, glory ~ their declaration q defence.
would sacrifice much and 60 far to uphold 80 IN
this battle. would most gladly visit your ,ope, ad
dress them and invoke them to stand fast by standard
Of their faith and freedom, and ghc truths
for which they contend for they vital al cardinal,
and essential, and be yielded witnt yielding
liberty Itself.
But sir, am like tied man, bound to myu,es here
and, If my Office would allow to leave it. could not
depart from the bedside of illness faily, which
would probably recall me before could rich Illinois
and my state Of health admonishes me hat ought
lot to undertake campaign arduous til you pro
pose know what the labors Of the stump re- and
not yet done suffering bodily from my efforts democra
cy in 1856. For these reasons cannot ODE your call
but permit me TO add.-Fight on fight on fight on -
never yield but in death victory And, oh that was
unbound and could do than look on thrbbng with
every pulse Of your glorious srugelewh teycry blow
and breah-chccred with its hopes and chfed by its
doubts. You have my prayers. Hr.SRya WISE,