Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1860-09-06
sl:5O, IN ADVANCE.

THr SrUm CArpiDArr Asb ms "onrs,
PhIScrfLE."-5ehaior Wilson Of Ma.aaehu.
.stis. made speech At Bangor, Maine, recent.
y. Of which the following are The opening
passages:
Yesterday the citizens Of the city of bangor
witnessed for the first time the atrann, apeeta.
Gle Of a candidate f0r The exalted onIco of
President Of The United States pernfnbulstlnr
the eouhtry, addfessing the people In edyoer.
ey Of bis claims 10 hllihe chair once filled bv
Washington, Adams and Jefferson. me-
Presidency q the Repnblio is iustly deemed
BY The people position Of exalted dignity,
and they have ever required Of eandidaies f6s
eslenfinF = ,h.s lpf5 STATION. Whsihsr NJ.
nua1ias sa.ns hesa - 49, I'lailIeaI n.Is1Ioh Nv
his own velition, Or vhstksf ne was brooekt
.hrre ~ dihpairing appeala 70 aid waning
cause s and elIsst n pos.isls The imPsnalne
of brAggart politicians, thourhtfui men S,jli
inslinetiyely pronounes HE course inconsI,lept
with the ideas they entertain concerning tbe
action of eandidAtis for the lofty position 10
which N sapires. But AZ Mr. Dourlas 4 not
running ior the Presidency, but onlv running
for the control q the disofpnnised Dernocr.lis
factions, these ifinsrating snissione NAV H.
deemed by an ever indufeent people oufte ip
harmony with the diRnihed character Of the
work 10 which he is devotine himself with
his accustomed resolution and yieoF.
Mr. Douglas gave the people ofthis city yes-
terday disquisition on his great principle"
Of Non, Intervention. The theme is tite
one. have listened for Eve years 70 his ala.
quisitions on his great principle" for he has
wcaried the ear Of The Senate and nation with
the perpetual assertion Of his illogical propo-
eitions and the iteration o. Oft Fefuted assump-
tions. Whilst Mr.. Douglas' powers Of a.
sumption and assertion are unequsled, his
range OF argument, Of illustration, are not ex-
haustlessi soI cannot learn that his utteranoes
Of yesterday contained any new expositions
Of the beauties Of his great princinle.'' But
his great principle Of "Popular SorcreiRniy,"
Of of"Non.fntervertion . Of "self Gorernment'"
was again proclaimed and enforced with his
aceustomed vehefacnoe of assertion, and the
people of Bangor, of Maine. gently notified 10
"mind their own business "
Mr.. Douglas sssumes 10 be the great cham
pion of the right u the people df the Terrific
riei 10 settle for themselves he great Question
whether Slavery shall Or shall not eziat
among them. Into the ear Of the people he is
ever blnrting this great principle" and his
own championship of IL.
Now, i propose here today 70 show that
this great principle" of which he is the ox-
FOUNDER, champion and representative, is 80
qualified, restricted and limited By himself a.
10 Be utterly valueless 10 the people Of the
Territories, Under the 1hampion,hip q Mr..
DougiAs, this doctrine 81 PopdlAr Sovereign
ty, promulgated by Gen. Cas- In the Nichollon
letter Of lSfe, has beep made BY eoncessions.
admissions and. qualifications, a mere hollow
mockery, a mere keeping Of the word. while
the sense Is saerifed. Whilst Mr.. Douglas
has asser-d this right Of the people Of the
Teritores 10 determine the character Of their
domestic Institutions for theinsslves. " ith per-
si-,snt sshsmsnee. ha has substantially yield
ed up that ight--made II practically right
70 iaffoduts aad protect Slafery, not right 70
erelnde and destroy 4.
principle Of Popular Sovereignty ever on his
lip-s NJ. Dcaslss has taksn he lead Ia the
Inauguration q policy which has opened
the vast Territorial possessions Of the United
States 10 Slavery, and LEFT the people u the
Territories. while they remained Territories,
utterly powerless 10 exclude an institution
which Mr.. Jefferson banded Al an "abomiiia-
bic crime"