, 1860-08-11

othe ss.stness G! the Republican demonstration
!. Springfield on Wednesday lust. The State
Register, the It'd ccntfa! orgun Of Illinois Dencc-
racy, puts the number Of persons prcscnt from
abroad at THIRTY. THOUSAND; but calls it new
cr1lleless a tizzle!" When the Chicago DELE
gatlons. left Springfield tls Democrats were
loudly procla'ming that they would send Tor
Douglas in the course Of the next thirty days.
and try their hands on another mass meeting
at tho capital. Let him ccme by ull nearA
There is work Tor linn to do at hon''-saet'y
mora than he eau successfully perf1rm if he
transit rs his sLumping tour from New Eng.
land to Illinois, ard makes speeches twice a
tay from now till November.
We repeat, let Mr.. Douglas come' Let lis
SEQ whether Ills presence will induce five h'ln-
drod nien in Champaign county to harness
their teams ard drive 4 hundred miles, camp
ing out two nights in the open air and losing
u week'a time-as they hare just now done to
greet ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Let lis see whether
Ills presence induces Nide-Awaks company,
or any other company, to march from Boards.
town to Springfield on foot, Q'rty miles)-ns
they have jus, now dore to j,in procession
doing honor 10 ABRAHAM LINCOLN Let lis
Zee whether his presence induces another
company frem a e]aveholding Safe to fg1t
their teay to q ferry boat for tllo purpose Of
coming nearly hundred miles to join in tie
same proceesiol,-as did tllo Wile.Awakes Of
Hannibal, Mi-soari, TO wave their torches be-
fore tic next President Of the United States
Lot us see whether his prcsc1co requires the
services Of ti!ty.two cars from the cit; Of
Chicago to carry the multitude thropging
tliilhcr, nearly two hundred miles, to salute
his coming. L:tus seo whether two hundred
and five extra cars aro summoned to bring
tho people from distant quarters to applaud
bis movements. Let us see whether the pro-
cession Of vehicles occupies three hours iu
passing given point where he stacds to au-
swer tho salutat:ons Of his friends. These are
questions which we should like to have all
swered by Mr. Douglas personal presence in
his OWL State. We invite his friends to take
him OF the New England course and trot him
out on an Illinois prairie Ii soon as he can be
spared from other engagements.
The moral Of the Springfield demonstration
is .his. Ar. LINCOLN will sweep every North
ern State like tornado. The people hare
made up their minds this time for M HONEST
NAN. Tho Harrison campaign Of 1910 is al
ready eclipscd. Persons who ere present ut
the great Battle-Ground demonstration Of that
year declare t!at it was largely surpassed in
numbers and splendor by the gathering at
Springfield on Wednesday. An officer in the
Mexican war remarked in our hearing that he
had seen eighteen Thousand man drawn up to-
gether in reg gimeuts, and that he Judged there
were four limos that number Of persors par
ticipating in this demonstration And yet the
whole was spontaneous movement, without
concert Of action beyond the common impulse
Of enthusiasm for Republican principles and
ths Republican standard-bearer Even those
who hal tho management Of tho affair at
Springfield wore astounded at the 1.umbers Of
the multitude, who seemed to lie copjuted
from thetearth to swe]l the gigantic caravan
pEkPETUlrX or SLAVERY.
When VIC hear people in the sou.h cla,ncr-
ing for more ne;ro:s, We eannot help reflect
ing Oh tho madness exhibited by them. Every
mail brings things Of the p:ri1 in which they
have already placed themselves from that epc.
cies Of population. Is it safe to increase tho
quantity Of combustib1e materials? Papers III
tho Slave States are full Of accounts Of white
1nceudlaries who are tryi-g to incits the 1c-
groes to irsurrection- But as they catch none
Of those Abo1itionista, we naturally conclude
there are lew or rome to catch. The unqu;et
behavior o. the servile raca is eyid:nce that
they arc dissatisfied with their oppressed cen
aition, and seek to throw Off the heavy bur-
ben that loads them down. But admitting
all that the fears and suspicious Of slaye-
holders would have us believe, iu regard to
the white emissaries among tho slaves, how is
the danger to bs averted By importing fresh
Thousands from Africa OF increasing tie mum.
Der Of home born? Without foreign ilnporta.
tions tile number Of the unfortunate class is
increasing with fearful rapidly. Our grand
fathers wele born WHEN there were less than
half Il million Of colorcd people in this coun.
Try. There are nor six times as many slares
in the South as there were ia the Union when
Washington was President When our grand
'athers we're children there were only 700, 600
slares; the census juss taken will exhibit
100000. In one generation from now thera
will be 100000, and in two generations
time there will be sixteen TO twenty millions.
Will it be possible for tho grandchildren Of Tie
present shareholders to hold this vast servile
multitude in ignominious bondage amid the
light Of the twentieth century7 Ideas pro.
gress with unprecedented rnpidity in this day
Of steam, electricity, FREQ schools aud news.
papers and mechanism No subject is sc
deeply studied by the lowly ]aboring masses, ,as
tho ina]ienable rights Of man. The rractica
meaning Of the word democracy" is hecom
ing widely understood. Free discussion is tht
order Of the day, and an irrepressi6lc spiri
ofinquiry exists. The slaves have caught thu
inspiration Of tha agc, and they, too, begin tt
think, and inquire. Tbs sluggish black il
stirred ard taught by the restless, untapp,
octoroon, quadroon, and rnulatto. The ire.
blood Of the AngloSaxon fires tho veins O
half million oi slaves, diffused over the Who'll,
South, and found in every planters slart
quarters. Many Of these can read; and the,
are Jealous schoolmasters for their unlcttere,
brethren. Labor imparts robustness to tn
muscle, and vigor to the brain. 1dleness be
gets efrtminacy and dissipation. Tho slave
are improving physically and mentally, Will
their masters nre degeneralirg in both re
spects Tho inevitable result Of this opposit
movement Of the tgo races is not hard to fore
See. How long will the idle, dissipated whit
keep the shackles on tue limbs Of tie robus,
rejuyenated colorcd maui Yet the ewes q
| the slavo breeders seem blinded to tic law.
t!.at govern their sacial system. They thiul
that every man may go on, buying, selling
breeding, beating, bleaching, branding an,
multiplying his human chattcls in peace, qnie
AID security, without remonstraaco from til
civilized worldl They meet and resolve ,ha
"ng'tatIon' should bs put down, that ,h
North shall co:eede the morality and div;ni.,
Of the institution, and that it must he srrca
over free soil indefinitely ;, under the pain an
penalty Of dissolution Of the Union. Thcs
men m'atakc the age in which they live Ak