Southern shield., 1858-10-02
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U3S Io" III the ndlhe Ol all InaJ IS put riotic and sacred can the Southern people tolerate the relentless, unceasing, bitter warfare that the Administration of Jas. Buchanan is making upon Senator Douglas, who, let him be what he may otherwise, IS now. fighting the battles of the South upon the soil of Illinois, which, to say the least of It, is debateable ground between the North and South. In his speech at Char leston, on the 18th ult., Mir. Douglas, show ed up what manner of man this Abraham Lincoln is and has been, whom the Admin istration prefers for Senator from Illinois to S. A. Douglas:
 MT. Douglas then proceeded to show at length that in 1852 all the old Whigs andall the old Dem ocrats stood on common plank, so far as this slavery question was concerned, but different in other measures and added
 Now, let me ask you, how is it that since that time so many old Whigs have wandered from the true path marked out by Clay, and carved out broad and wide by the great Webster? How Is 1t that so many old line Democrats have abandoned the old faith of the party, and joined with the 1ADpiIIlOuiets dll free COllHf5 bO ONeTJuIu Jue platform of the old Democrats and the old plat form of the old Whigs. You can't deny but what since 1851, there has been Q great revolution on this one question: Let me ask how has 1t been brought about? l answer. no sooner was the sod green on the grave of the immortal Clay; no sooner were the roses planted on the tomb of the godllke eb5ter, than many leaders of the old Wing party, such as Seward of New ! ork, and hls followers attempted to abolitionize the old whig party, and transfer you all bound hand and foot into the abolition camp Seizing hold of the tempo rary excitement produced in this country by the introduction of the Nebraska bill the dsappoint- ed politicians Tn the Democratic party united with the disappointed politicians in the Whig party, and attempted to form new party of abOlltlonlz- ed Wings, who were all abolitionists banded to- gether on an Abolition platform. And who led that crusade against Union principles in this Statel 1 answer that Abraham Lincoln in behalf of the Wings and Lyman Irumbull In behalf of the Democrats formed a scheme by which they would abOlltloniZe the two great parties of this country then that Lincoln should be sent to the Senate of the United States in the place of General Shields while Trumbull should go to Congress from the Belleyille District until I would be accommodate ing enough either to die or resign for his benefit and then he would go to the Senate of the United States too Now, you remember that during the year 1851 these two worthy gentlemen, Mir. Lincoln and NIT. Trumbull, one old line Whig and tht other an old line Democrat were hunting for votes to elect Legislature against the Democratic party l canvassed the State that year from time l return ed home till the election came off and spoke in ev cry county that 1 could reach during that period in the northern part of the State, passed Lincon' ally there, In the person of Fred. Douglass, th negro, preaching revolutionary principles, whil Lincoln was discussing the same principles dowI here. and Irumbull little further down attempt ing to elect members of the Legislature, and act ing In harmony each with the other l hay witnessed the effort made in Chicago by Mr. Lin coln's then associates and now supporters to pu Fred Douglass on the stand at q Democratic meeting, to reply to the il1ustIious Gen. Cass when he was addressing the people there. They had thft same negro hunting me down, the samt as they have negro canyaSslug the prlnclpa counties of the North in behalf of Lincoln. Mir Lincoln knows that when we were at Freeport al at a joint discussion, there was q distinguished eolored gentleman there, [laughter1 who made speech that light and the night after short dis tance from Freeport, in favor of Lincoln, anC showing how much interest his colored brethreI felt in the success of their brother Abraham Lin. coin. 1 have with me now. what I could read il necessary, speech made by Fred. Douglass 1T POughkeepsie, N Y., to a large convention, in which Ee called upon all who were friends of ne gro equality and negro citizenship to rally ont man around Abraham Lincoln as the chief embod iment of their principles, and by all means to de feat Stephen A. Douglas. Laughter Thus vol find that this Republican party in the northern part of the State had colorei gentlemen for the advocates in 1851. as they have now in concert with Lincoln and Trumbull When, in 1S54 came down to Springfield, in October to attend State Fair, l found the leaders of this party all assembled under the title of sn anti-Nebraska meeting. It was Black Republican up North, an ti-Nebraska at Springfield, and I found Loveioy the high priest of Abolitionism, and Lincoln. one of the leaders, who to call the old line Whigs into the Abolition camp, and Sidney Breese and Gov Reynolds all making speeches against the Democratic party, and myself at the same place and on the same occasion. The same men who are now fighting the Democratic party, and othel regular nominees in this State, were fighting IL then. They didn't then acknowledge that they had become Aboltionists-many of them deny i now. Breese and Dougherty and Reynolds, wer then lighting against the Democratic party, unde the title of AHti-N ebraska Democrats. Now the! gre fighting against the Democratic party pretend Ing to be simon-pure Democrats, and say tha they are to have every ofice-holder in Illinois be headed who prefers the election of Douglas t. that of Lincoln, or of the Democratic ticket t the Abolition ticket. either for State otfcers fo the Legi lature, for Congress, for any other of fee In the State.
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