Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-10-06
Mistellaneolis.
Lincoln on Douglas.

at Columbus on the 10th ult., Hon
Abram Lincoln, of Illinois, delivered ar
address from the terrace ofth State House.
His speech is sreported in the State Journal.
From it we make some extracts, regretting
that we canDot insert il entire. 1t is main
iy occupied with Douglas doctrines, which
are thoroughly riddled and refuted.
PRINCIPLES AND POLICY OF THE REpuB-
LICAN PARTY.
'Lookiag at these things, the Kepubli-
can party, as l understand its principles
and policy, believe that there is great
danger of the institution of slavery being
spread out and extended, until it is ull
mately made alike lawful to all the States
of the Union; SO believing, to pcereat that
incidental and ultimate eonsummation, is
the real and chief purpose of the Republi-
can organization; 1 say "chief purpose" of
the Republican organization; for it is GER
tainly true that if the national House shall
fall into the hands of the Republicans, they
will have 10 attend to all the other mat
ters Of national housekeeping, as we'll as
this. This chief and real purpose of the
Republican party is eminently conservative.
1t proposes nothing save and except to re-
store this government to its original tone,
in regard to this element of slavery, and
there to maintain il, looking for no further
change, in reference to it, than that which
the original trainers of the government
themselves expected and looked forward to.
"The chief danger to this purpose of the
Republican party is not just now the revi-
val of the African slave trade, or the pass
age of Congressional Slave Code, or the
declaring of new, second Dred Scott de-
cision, making slavery lawful in all the
States. These are not pressing just now.
They are not quite ready yet. The authors
Of these measures know that we are too
strong for them; but they will be upon US
in due time, and We will be graphing with
them hand to hand, if they are not now
headed of. They are not now the chief
danger to the purpose of the Republican
organization; but the most imminent dan
ger that now threatens that purpose is, that
insidious Douglas Popular Sovereignty
This is the miner and sapper. While it
does not propose to revive the African slave
trade, nor to pass slave code, nor to
make second Dread Scott decision, it is
preparing US for the onslaugh and charge
of these ultimate enemies, when they shall
be ready to come on, and the word Of COM
mand for them TO advance shall be given.
I say this Douglas Popular Sovereignty
for their is broad distinction, as under
stand it, between that article and genu-
Inc popular sovereignty"
DOUGLAS IDEA OF SOVEREIGNTY.
/ believe there is genuine popular SOW
ereignty. / think definition of genuine
popular sovereignty. or in the abstract,
would be about this-that each man shall
do precisely as he pleases with himself and
with all those things which exclusively con-
cern him. Applied to government, this
principle would be, that general govern
ment shall do all those things which pre-
tain TO it, and all the local government
shall do precisely as they please in respect
to those matters which exclusively concern
them. understand that this government
of the United States, under which we live,
is based upon this principle, and ] am mis-
understood if it is supposed that l have
any war to make upon that principle.
Now, what is Judge Douglas Popular
Sovereignt"? 1t is as principle no other
than that, if one man chooses to make a
slave Of another man, neither that other