Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-08-15

: and a knowledge of the conviction forced
upon his State by the examination alluded
to, induced him to look with different eyes
upon Kansas, and created an anxiety on
his part to take up the cause Of, her roobed
and wrctched people. l cannot certainly
say how this may have been: only state
sudden and miraculous change came over
him, and for awhile he seemed to glory in
the name of rebel" He opposed the ad-
mission of Kansas under the LecOmpton
Constitution with seeming seriousness, and
then announced his determination to vote
for the greater iniquity. the English Bill.
1t was then the honOred and heroic Harris,
who now sleeps in death, shed tears of an
guish, and gave utterance to his despair
Over this again the veil has been carfully
and closely drawn by the guardians of Mr.
Douglas fame. His admirers have acted
wisely, as it has prevented, doubtless, many
unpleasant surmises and suggestions. To
that bOldest, and truest. and greatest Of all
the warriors in the battle for the right,
David c. Broderick, is Mr.. Douglas indebt-
ed for his rescue from n whirlpool which
would certainly engulfed him-from stain
which would have Obliterated his heroism in
connection with the cause to which he had so
ostentatiously professed to devote himself
| withhold the words in which the scathing
rebuke was clothed. And yet this most
noblest and most self-sacriieing of men,
Mr.. Douglas protector, the martyr to
truth, who in che fullness of his heart, and
on his dying couch, exclaimed, ''they have
killed me, they have murdered me, because
| was opposed to the extension Of slavery
and corrupt Administration. Bpon bis
return home, and in the hour of his stern
est trial. when fighting like Spartaeus, up
on his bended knees, against the pensioned
hOrdes of the present dynasty, and at time
when he had a right to expect all possible
aid from the man whose interest he had
made his own, found all the sympathies of
Mr.. Douglas extended to his opponents.
and himself treated as an enemy and of .
cast. If we would respect the memory of
BrOderick we can never support Douglas;
it would be mark of baseness and seryil- +
ity. If ever there was a true son Of the
North, inhumanly broken in spirit, and
who had reason to exclaim '-save me from
my friends. that man was David c. Brod-
erick Had Stephen A Douglas but dis
charged the duty he saeredly owed him, he
would have gained a victory for freedom in
California, and would to-day, in my opin-
ion, be living in the land, and acknOwl-
edgel as one of the foremost men in the
republic He laid down his life to attest
his sincerity many who profess ed to love
him wfh,-in wild revel and reckless exul- 4
tatlOn, utter, the name of him who could
)Se--s--se11la4ls.,.o -s1l4s.,. opportunity 10 speak
word in eulogy Neyer the grave Of the de- I
parted yOtary. Inscff5ethe name Of Brod
cric!l in fiery characters upon your banners
he was your champion-and you at least
can afford to do him justice. He rests in
peace on the heights of the proud city of the
Pacific, where no ingratitude can longer
wound him, relieved from the warfare be-
-ween heartless factions, and where his
lshes will remain an internal memento of
lis faith and his confidence in the ultimate
triumph of down. n-trOdden humanity.
These references have been made for a (
single purpOse-to satisfy. if doubts exist, !
hat in the great struggle between the
south and North. to secure the long-lost
quality of the latter, Mr.. Douglas is a. $
.ainst us. Should more recent evidences be
demanded, then let an examination be I
made of the Congressional Globe, contain
ng the ballot for Speaker and Clerk during 1
he last session of the House of Representa- I
ives. Ascertain what the action of the
illinois, Western, and North west m Dem c
cray was during the prOtracted contest c
Or an organization. Every vote that Mr..
Douglas could influence was invariably cast |
Or such candidate as the South presented,
those Of the most extreme aud re-
character. He could afford no :
ssistance to any one not recognized by the '
as orthodoxy upon all ques- c
ions which concerned them And l very a
rell remember wien the name of Col. For :
ey was mentioned in connection with the !
flee he now occupies; and his fate was to l
e decided. how diligently "the great advO- c
ate of popular sovereignty labored for his 5
efat; every devotee of Mr.. Douglas voting n
ganst him, with one exception. MIR. C
lOrris, Of Illinois, in whom | have very y
reat confidence, declined to vote at all. Y
oL Forney, who never hesitated to ad- b
ance the-fortunes Of Mr.. Douglas, when he e
9uld properly do so. was elected in spite l
Mr.. Douglas. Col. FOrney, Ipresume, g
as not endorsed by the Democracy who \
wear by the peculiar institution. O;hers d
lay choose to forget all this. and l will q
OF criminate them for doing SO, bat l
romise never to forget it. l am for my P
lends. and against those who oppose my h
lends If | am wrong in this, let chari- "
' be extended to me- cannot help II. K
l have said all l desire to say of the re- Vi
resentatives of the two DemOcracies.- c.
here is a preference between them. The 81
ne is outspoken and evident; the other CT
concealed and tricky. Of the two much tc
refer Mr.. Breckinridge, and yet l cannot te
nagine the circumstances under which ] Ell
,uld be induced to support him. He as Ia
,rts the Supreme Court has decided that b
avery is an existing constitutional insti- IA
ltion in all cur Territories, and that it's g.
le duty of the Government tS-, pPos .s See esua
here it thus legally ev'qS
intends the cor as, lay Of September 1850
= :e4 scs, p. 81, OF said day, the foiloEisg a
dt Il va Real Estats. situate in Harrea to"ns-i y
i~ frrihul county, Ohio, ana IS known - rant ot lc
uumber - in the tasn-plat OF Warrea- aud is bound
ci as follows: BeeuEiuE ~ post stSssaSdinE IN U
soath vest Garner af said !ot 90 IL nee uortA sloE
the east lire 90 Liher.y Street. thrty-f11r iSet -
49,. srlIlei with the sn.h l.rs OF said lo