Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-10-28

The ssLittle GiantD and Mr..
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The ssLittle Giantn and Mr..
-I Lincoln.
Senator Douglas and the Hon. Abram
Lincoln have debated the political topics
Of the day before the People of Illinois in
IL ,st of the Congressional Districts of the
Sta'e. Multitudes have gathered to hear
these champions in debate, and the excite
ment has ~. L:s.: With the masses, though
everything has been done decently and in
order. 4.
The first few debates the "Little Giant"
was full match for his sledge-hammer
competitor, but in the later encounters
"Old Abe appears to be driving the
"Giant'' to the wall. He has got Douglas
on the defensive evidently, and his well di-
rected blows tell better than when he first
commenced striking out. @ %
Mr.. Douglas gets excited, starts off un-
der full head and seems to lack wind and
muscle for the closing rounds, while Mr..
Lincoln commences calm aud cool, and as
he warns up the "head in chancery" gets
terribly battered. rs s..a
The sixth great debate between Lincoln
and Douglas took place at Quincy on the
18th. Some $4,000 persons were present,
and among the listeners were boat load
from Iowa and another from Missouri. Mr..
Lincoln opened the debate, was followed by
Douglas, aud Lincoln concluded in half
hour rejoinder. In their opening speeches
both conjured the people TO maintain si-
lence and Withhold all applause. We quote
several extracts, indicating the spirit and
power of the debate, from
Mr.. L1NcoLN's REJo1NDER.
On taking the stand, Mr.. Lincoln was
received with tremendous cheer. He
said:
Ny FRIENDS Since Judge Douglas
has said to you in his conclusion that he
had not time in an hour and half to an
swer all had said in an hour, il follows Of
course that I will not be able to answer
in half an hour all that he has said in an
hour and half [Cheers and laughter.
wish to return to Judge Douglas my
profound thanks for his public annuncia-
ton here to-day, to put OH record, that his
system of policy in regard 10 the institu-
tion Of slavery contempiates that it shaHlast
forever. Great cheers, and cries of ''Hit
him again. We are getting a little nearer
the true issue Of this controversy, aud l
am profoundly grateful for this one SEN
tence. Judge Douglas asks 'why cannot
''the institution Of slavery, or rather, why
''cannot the nation, part slave and part
''free, continue as our father made i: for
"ever" In the fist place, insist that our
fathers did not make this nation halt slave
and half free, or part slave and part free.
[ Applause, and "That's so."] insist that
they found the Institution of slavery exist
ing here. They did hot make it SO, but
they left it SO because they knew of no
way to get rid of it at that time. ["Good," ,"
Good" "That's true.'] When Judge
Douglas undertakes 10 say that as matter
of choice the fathers of the government
made this nation part slave and part free,
he assumes achat Is historically false
hood. Long continued applause. More
than that; when the fathers of the govern
ment cut off the source of slavery by the
abolition of the slave trade, an! adopted a
system Of restricting it from the new Terri
tories where it had not existed, l maintain
that they placed where they understood,
and all sensible men understood, it was in
the course of ultimate extinction "thars
SOL; and when Judge Douglas asks me
why it cannot continue as our fathers made
it, ask him why be and his friends could
not let it remain as our fathers made it?
Tremendous cheering. 8
1t is precisely all ask of him in relation
to the institution of slavery, thet it shall
be placed upon the basis thai our fathers
placed it upon. Mr.. Brooks, of South Car
olina, once said, and truly said, that when
this government was established, no one
expected the institution of slavery to last
until this day; and that the men whe form
ed this government were wiser and better
men than the men of these days; but che
men of these days had experience which
the fathers had not, and that experience
had taught them the invention of the cot
ton gin, and this had made the perpetuation
of the institution of slavery a necessity in
this country. Judge Douglas could not
let it stand upon the basis upon which our
fathers placed it, but removed it and put it
upon the cotton gin basis. Roar of laugh
ter and enthusiastic applause. 1t is n
question, therefore, for him and his friends
to answer-why they could not let it re-
main where the fathers of the Government
originally placed it. Cheers, and cries
of "Hurrah for Lincolnr' "Goodw
"Goodw1 Re
hope nobody has understood me as try
ing to sustain the doctrine that we have a
right to quarrel with Kentucky, or Vir-
ginia, or any of the slave States, about the
institution Of slavery-thus giving the
Judge an opertunity to make himself elo-
quent and valiant against us in lighting for
their rights. l expressly declared in my
opening speech, that l had neither the
inclination to exercise, nor the belief in the
existance of the right to interfere with the
States of Kentucky or Virginia in doing as
they pleased with slavery or any other ex-
isting institution. Loud applause. Then
what becomes of all his eloquence in behalf
of the rights of States, which are assailed
by no living mani Applause. "He
knows it's oil humbuggery."
But have to hurry on, for l have but a
half hour. The Judge has informed me,
or informed thissaudience, that the WASH
ington Union is laboring for my election
to the United States Senate. Cheers and
| lauJhter That il news to me-not very