The register. (Monroe, La.) 185?-1861, 1860-11-22
Herschei v. johnson ON the EIec.
ton of AincOln,,

On wednesday last the 24thninet, Hersche
v. johnson, the Douglas cad Waite for Vice
President. made speech in thsscity OF New
York, in which he thus spoke ofsshe- Selectio1
of Lincoln and its consequence We contmen6
his remarks particularly, to those who ap
plaud Douglas Norfolk speech ssnd profess to
believe that Yancey is actually guilty of trca.
son and worthy of death for similar dcclara-
TONS Mr.. johnson said:
The inevitable consequence of the inaugu.
ration of the Republican party, and its in
stallstion in! the government would be the
disllrbancet Of the Union. The logical Sc
quence Of those Republican doctrines was
the equality, civil, ligivus aud, lo.itca ,of the
The doctrine meant tIiat,if1it meant anything
a.'d he was, hyFocrite. ,whos dcned.itat[ APP
plause.] In his country white men believed
they were better Than. The negro. Those who
thought differently were entitled TO their--
sweet-sccnted opinion. Laughter aud APP
plaHse.] The Republi, an doctrine would make
the black man eligible TO The highest office in
the nation. and any man who wonld deny that
this was the logical sequense of Republican
doctrines was either a fool or n knave, LIQUID
applause. Ifthc Republicans should succeed
1t would be considered proner that their
daughters should b. led to the altar by sambo.
t[Appiause, and a voice" That's So" 1.-THE
negro vote OF Ohio was more thanhlie majori-
tySlately given for the Republican ticket.
And, if the negroes had been kept in subor-
dinate place as they should be, doubtless
Ohio would have cast her vote for the Union
and the Copsti'ution. =[Applause.1 The Re
publican party announce that all these States
must become either free or slave andnow they
IN In ft,st5<
OF WAR AGAINST THE PROP
ERYY INTEREST or sIErEEN STATES OF THE UNION
IN 4, 100000 OF SLAVES, WORTH IS, 200 100000.
Had they ever read of people willing to sub
init to the destruction Of so much property
under the form Of legislation ? r. No,
uo."] t5,.l ..t 4. s.i.,--.'-,..., .,.,
Let them fix their minds upon any one arti-
Gle OF property in the North and imagine The
South making an effort to destroy it. III N e
MOTH WOULD SUBMIT 1T WOULD DE so MEAN
AND cowAEDLY THAT A Dog WOULD NOT BARK
'ition Of the sonth. THEY Would SUFFER
EXPERIMENTATION BEHOEETIIh.Y WOULD
SybMlT. Loud applause.] The RepubIi-
ral party proclaimed u higher law in direct
reftrence to this question of slavery-mcar-
Ing their conviction Of natural right md ma
tural Justice ; holding that that law was pIEra-
mount TO the Constitution. What was the
use OF q, Constitution II this higher law was
TO prevail What sort OF u President and Cab
incl would we have If the higher law should |
prevail !7aOnr national progress was due to
our written Constitution. [Chcers.] Adherence
TO it was the secret Of our success and every
lotc of discard had been occasioncd by de-
,ariure from it. [Appause.] What guaran-
zee had they that Mr.. Lincoln would not swec,r
o support The Constitution with q mental e.
ervaiian. provided it does not Interfere with
lie higher law? What would become of The
lights OF the people and of The States (? There
we're now nine States VIII ch had made it penal
or a slave owner to seek to recover u rugi-
I've slave. The Governor of Ohio, and, he
'elicved, Of Indiana. had refused to deliver
ugitives from justice, Who, were implicated
n thu, John Brown raid r. Shame, shame!,]
md The highest Court in your State had reius-
a The stakeholder the right OF owning his
'rorerty the momentit touches your soil. In
Ne event OF The success of the party sustaining
hcse principles was ii rash assertion TO say
hat the people of the South would not submit
q it !? BEFORE GODANDHIS COUNTRY.
u SAID THEY OUGHT NOT, AND WOULD
'oT. a[Applause.l aet, s'4 81