Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-08-02
Political News.

Political News.
MonRok CoUNTf.-The Woodsfield Re.
publican says:
On last Tuesday night the Hon. Edward
Archbold addressed large meeting in the
Court House Upon the signs of the times in
the political skies. He termed The address
"His Apology! Mr.. Archbold reviewed
the whole history of Congressional Iegisla-
tlon upon Slavery In the Territorie,, from
the time of the formation of the Govern.
ment down 10 the present time. He gave
the Dred Scott case a searching review and
exposed its hideousness in a convincing md
mastery manner. Upon this branch OF The
argument he was peculiarly happy in bis H..
lustrations, which was abundantly testified
by the thu ders Of applause which greeted
his triumphant vindication Of the People
against the Supreme Court.
For nearly four hours did he keep the
crowded Court House snchaiied BY his log.
ic and his eIoquence, while he he Id 10 the
tergiversations of the Democratic parry, and
showed its promises to give "fair play" to
Freedom and Free Labor, to be the mos;
shameless fraud and trickery, He did no,
conclude his address until almost twelve
o'clock, and yet we imagine the crowd would
have consented to stay until morning ;-snd
when he announced, at the close. that he
meant to fight the battles of the Right with
oil the might Of which he 10 possessed, and
impored his hearers to cast aside all preiu.
dice and party spirit, and canvass in their
own minds the dangers which menaced tn,
dearest Rights Of the People-Rights which
.tyra nnical Federal Court sought to wrpsr
from them-it was greeted with thunders
of applause which fairly shook the old Courl
House to its foundation. .r....
The influence OF Mr.. Archbold will be a
mighty power in old Munroe, and will strike
terror in that Democratic stronghold.
correspondent OF the New York Times
whose knowledge If the Suuth, and informa.
zion from that quarter warrants belief
says that Lincoln will pole nure votes in
the Slave s ate contiguous to Mason's and
D:xon's Line than Douglas can poll in those
which empty their waters into the Gulf of
Mexico. To make this prophecy hole good.
Lincoln will have to receive but ycrv few
votes in the Southern States where there is
Republican organization.
The New York Tribune. in reply to the
aoprehensions expressed by the Republicans
living at distance, that there isdanger of the
state going egsinst the Republicans says that
"she looks decidedly better for Lincoln To-.
day than she did for Gen. Taylor just twelve
years ago." when tte old hero carried her
BY nearly one hundred thousand plurality
II there Was sriy doubt as to the result he.
fore. the recent dickering of Ex Gov. Hunt
and the Brookses with the Douglas faction
has secured the State fer Lincoln. The
Republicans will work the harder, and sil
the honest American voters who find their
leaders endeovoring to sell them out to a
base set of politicians. will fall into the
Lincoln column. The Tribune adds that il
has "never seen more solid, quit work going
forward so early In the canvass" and never
did campaign "open more hopefully"
Look on this Picture, and then on
this.
The toledo Blade has placed the Democ.
racy in that quarter in tight place, by pub.
fishing couple of resolutions. II prints in
the first place the resolution unanimously
adopted BY the Toledo Douglas meeting,
June i2' as instructions tn Gen. Stedman
for his suidi nee at Baltimore.
RESOLUTION OF THE TOLEDO D,uoLAs MEET.
ING.
Resolved, Thst the amount of power
which the people may exercise in their sov.
ereiRn capacity, never has been, is not now
and never can be, a Judicial question, and
we believe that that the people OF a Territory
are rs perfectly sovereign and supre me in
regard to all matters sppertaining to their
local interests as are the people Of State /
in the management Of their sffars. and we
look upon any attempt to limit or restrain
the power OF the people Of the organized
Territories in the exercise Of these rights
either by Congress or the Supreme Court
as q violation OF the sacred principles Of free
government.
And In the second place 1t publishes the
supplementary resolution OF the Baltimore
Convention, which Gov. Payne, OF Ohio,
said no righs.minded man could object to,
and which Gen. S,edmsn voted for:
REsoLvr.os OF BAtriMoRs DOUGLAS CONVEX:
TON
Resolved, That It Is Ia sccovdsnce with
the Cincinnati Platform. that during the
existence Of Territorial Government, the
messur Q Of restriction, whstsver Il 'nisy be-.
imposed by the Federal Con tuition '' oii the
power Of the Territorial Legislative over the
subject OF the domestic relations, as the
same has been or shall hereafter be 6uaily
determined BY the Supreme Court OF the
United States. shall be respected byail gooi
citizens. and enforced with propp,ness and
fidelity by every branch OF the General Gov.
ernment" ~aa. atp