The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-09-30

welfare requires us to extt nd it.
We must prevent the revival OF the
African slave trade and the euacting
by Congress of territorial slave
code. We must prevent each OF
those things being done by either
Congresses or Courts. The people
of these United States are the right
ful masters of both Congresses and
Courts, ApplauseJ not to overthrow
tho Constitution, but to overthrow
the men who pervert that Consti-
tuition. [Applause.
To do these things, we must en-
ploy instrumentalltics. We must
hold Conventions; we must adopt
platforms, il we conform to ordinary
cnstom; we must nominate candi.
dates, and we must carry elections
In all these things, think that we
to keep in view our real purpose, and
in none do anything that stands ad-
verse to our purpose. II we shall
adopt platform that fails to recog.
nize or express our purpose, or elect
man that declares himself inimical
to our purpose, we not only make no.
thing by onr success, but we say
that we act upon no other principle
bnt desire to have "the loaves and
fishes" by which in tho end our ap.
parent success is really an injury to
us.
know that il Is very desirable
with me, as with everybody else,
that all the elements OF the opposition
shall unite in the noxt Pres Dental
election and in all future time. lam
anxious that that should be, but
there are things seriously to be con-
sidered in relation to the matter. Ii
thS ,-'us can be arranged, | am in
favor OF tho Union But suppose we
shall take some man up and put him
upon one end or the other OF the
ticket, who declares himself against
us in regard to the prevention OF the
spread of slavery, who turns up his
nose and says he is tired of hearing
anything about US, who is more
against us than against the enemy,
what will be the issue9 Why he
will get no slave states after all-he
has tried that until being beat is the
rule for him. IL we nominate him
upon that ground, he won't carry a
slave state; and not only so, but that
portion of our men who are high
strung upon the principle we really
fight for, will not 60 for him, and he
wont get a single electoral vote
anywhere, except, perhaps, in the
state of Maryland. There is no use
in sayiag to us that we are stubborn
and obstinate, because we won't do
some such thing as this. We can-
not do it. We cannot get our men
to vote it. Ispeak by the card, that
we cannot give the state Of Illinois in
such case by fifty thousand. We
would be flatter down than the "Ne-
gro Democracy" themselves have the
heart to wish to see US.
After saying this much, let me
state little on the other side. There
are plenty Of men in the slave states
that are altogether good enough for
me to be either President or Vice
President, provided they will profess
their sympathy with our purpose in
the election, and will place them
selves on the ground that our men
upon principle, can vote for. There
are scores OF them. good men in thcil
character for intelligence and talen'
and integrity. If such one viii
place himself upon that sort of grounC
am for his occupying one place mp
on the next Republican or opposition
ticket, [Applause] ! will heartily g
for him. But. unless he docs 81
place himself, think it matter o
perfect nonsense to attempt to bring
about a union upon any other basis
, that if a union DO made, tho Gle
: ments will scatter so that there cal
: be no success Tor snch a ticket, no
anything like success. The good ol'
maxims OF the Bible are applicable
and truly applicable to human al
fairs, and in this as in other things
we may say here "that he that is no
for us, is against u.s." che who gath
7 ereth not with us, scattereth." AI
: plause.] | should be glad to hav
: some of the many good. and able
3 and noble men of tho South to pllc
= themselves where we can confer ur
: on them the high honor OF an elect
D ion upon one or the other end OF on
] ticket. 1t would do my soul good
y do that thing. 1t would enable U
G to teach them that inasmuch as W
K select one OF their own number
# carry out our principles. we arc tre
8 from the charge that We mean MOI
: than we say. ~
). But, my friends, | have detaine
e you much longer than ] expected t
d | believe | may do myself the con
J. pliment to say that you have stai
e and heard mo with great patienc'
10 for which return you my most sir
t. cere thanks.
/. Mr. Lincoln thereupon retire'
,r when Mr. Corwln being loudly callt
p for appeared on the balcony and a
is dressed few words to the meetin
3, more by way Of apology for n
r. speaking at this late hour, than
A. explain his views. -l ea' ..s
nj The Homestead Resolution.
ts One plank in the Republic
It, platform, adopted4by the State %
MS vention, on the second Of Jnne, m'