, 1860-08-27
THE CAMPAIGN.
FROM THE PEOPLE.
LET TUE BALL, ROLF
TRUMDULL IN HENDERSON.

tausiesr which pervades other paris Of Illinois
iabehaH Of Republlcanism. The same hurricau
that is prostra.ipg bogus D moerdcy il Kncz
Warren, Faltop, Henry and Mercer, is s.eepir;
over Henderson. Wherever have visited o,
this trip, hare seen the game ocular evidence
Of the wonderful uprising sfthe people agai1s
the longer rule: Of Northern dopghfaces art
Sou!htrn negro drivers. II the Squatter hum
bug chief desires not to be dlstaaoed in the raes
in his own State, lie had better gige up Tia
search after lis mother. aud hurry home in tims
to p:erent the route Of his party from beice
turned into dispersion ind annihilaticn.
Henderson is small cuunty--the 4Fhole pop
ulation not exceeding tea OF tEelye thousand
and the placs Of holding the meeting wns II
Oquhwks, q town SITUATED in the Northwest
part Of tbs csunty.. TIE greater part Of The
county lies away 10 the South aud Southeast
Of this place. The people OF The South half oi
tbs county lad alre.d5 attended l6o mass meet.
ings. leH da7s previously, orc at Lauarpo
ard Tic otlle. at Macomb. -: :
Yet, notwithstanding these draw backs, there
were at least Five THOUSAND people in -stten-
daEce. Where they all cone from weuld be
hard 10 conceive, on any other hypothesis than
THAI the Whole population. men, women and
s'ao'sn' " tn' Ae'so1'oinoou' '"sceo oo''
uo"e.:' loele "e'e son's ~ .l4@l.sS IRON o'n'
$50 Republicans from Burlington. including
Wlde-awakes from that city to the number of 10
Joung men and Monmouth sent delegation
Of 500; end Young Auefica township in War
.ea soaA',, sen' ~ "'oe.A"4Aes, a1u Tue nat"
ooa' described IN my LAST ie'ter. bos stl'' con-
s'oetaoie more shan .. .aoo people must nave col-
leeted from the north hslf ct this little cou1ty.
Tho procession WAS the longest and most At
traetlre e7er seen in oquaHka. There were
delegations from shokcquan' Warren, oltna,
Benton, Little York, Honey Greek, Henderson
creek besides those from Monmouth and Bur
aagton,- with all the usual embIems, notices,
banners, flags, paintings, and other campaign
parapheTnalla too numerous to separately de.
scribe. But as at other meetings, three ideas
predomtnated in the emblens md sentiments,
F1z: No more territory to be surrendered to
slavery the public lands to be converted into
Tree homesteads, snd protection to American
industry. Other subjects, su:b as: The viola-
tion Of the Missouri Compromise; the ruthless
attempt to enelave Kansas; awful corruptions
Of the Administration; the " dom. care" doc.
tEino; abandonment, by Douglas, Of .Souatter
Sovereignty and substitution Of Supreme
Court Intervention, the Wickliae Douglas.
Slave code plank, and the assertion OF the
right Of free speech everywhere on Ameri-
can soil, all came in for. .aupte- reo.e->
milton; bu. the three ideas first n5med: Free
territories, free homesteads and dprotection.t
Tree iaoor, hold the first places in the thouqhts
aud affections Of the masses. obs erred too,
that the people neFer got tired Of hearing all
about the history Of the Homestead measure
aud the prospect ofits becoming law at IN earlY
dag. The open aud covert hostility to this
measure by the Democratic party, has become
we'll known to the masses, and the county seat
and cross-road blowers aud strikers for the
siaEeocraey, have ceased tcl.lnt; thz RANK aua
hie that the Free Homestead bill is a Demo-
cratic measure' They have >"dried up" on tha:
point and have turned most OF their valuable
aaenuon 10 the subject OF "negro equality"
Inc absence OF my Homestead plank in the
III tne douglas Democratic platform shows
where that faction stands in relation to this i'm
poFsan1 NATTER while the emphatic demand in
the Republican platform for "the speedy pass
a5e ot The complete aud satisfactory House
Oil, places the position Of "0ld Abs" and the
Republican party beyond cayil or denial. This
alone has broken tho partizan sha:kles which
held thousands of Democrats to the chariot
OF alavery. :; : 80
The meeting in Oquawka, yesterday, was a
good oIe in every respect. The peop!e, gave
their undisturbed attention, for two hours, to a
speech ofgreat ponerand clearness from Judge
1rumouu. 1t Was one Of his best eff,rts and
maae profound Impression upon the minds Of
MS auditory !: heard Of several De nocrats
- " Nv uAo eon'e long way 10 near hin, who said
hter, sct with the Republican party.
don. 'ackson Gr1msha~ of Quincy, followed |
'oage IFumbull for an hour in a captivating |
speech, full Of sharp telling points, nterspersed
With wit and anecdote, which made the en-
eEtainment like dessert after Tho sol:d nar,a
II the bill Of fare hare been discussed.
After dark, FIVE 'compauies Of Wide Avatea.
with tl,eir 4nrchaa ,.nd hsrds IF ,,,.;. ..-I.3
N'oo'e l'"1aoeo
me "a pf'oe'ple Streets and then marched 10 the |
grove, where there were more speeches deliver
ID By local speakers until 10 o'clock. The dar,.
vonnd I'm. v;,h.s 49, .a..t I
',.1a,' s f.a.s H. "ouau up VIII 'oFen'hstt
march trom The grove to the river, escorting
!he Burlington Wide Awakes to their boat, As
he steamer shored ar 1ar,,.a e.,s..
I'D ...,.~.. .'Ds oa'u'e was
iFeo' rockes sho. h'gh lnto the air, the crowd
IN shore cheering for Lincoln aud Rennbl;cao,.
,m and were answered in Kind b, tboss -.
,o,,d u..s..s.-N r'. ua y: 'oos0 On
,osu. ~ neaaeteon gave fremont i47 maj 'Flty,
t will roll IN 4oo for uoia .ho rha,~
,a.s. run.a ~ ~ ~. NV .ot ~. 1oe mere are no
e'sf ruoAs OF 1ne Buck Morris strive here
bouts. The pro slavery Americans have pore
,ver to Douglas openlv Will. III. r,t; .,,ss-s
m.-;c.,s ,rs I'll e.. i;...,. 'A'' 3'o'
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EHE DOUGLAS FAILURE At FREEPORT. |
An attentive correspondent ut Freeport ri.es
Is further: particulars ofthc eseat Donol.@fn;1.