East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-11-01
NUMBER IA.



West of the DOUGLAS enthusiasm abating.
The same triumphant greeting meets him
everywhere on his march, and in solid
columns will they march to the polls in
November, notwithstanding the "sohd
lies" and rousing roorbacks which begin
to flood the combined opposition papers,
as usual on the election. None bat an
idiot will believe the roorbaeks on DoUd-
LAS and JOHNSON, and none but knayes
will publish them and refuse to make cor-
rection. They will fall harmless, Cor tho
Democracy have resolved there shall be
no letting down till election day is over.
Douglas on Roorbacks. ''
We clip the following from DouGLAs'
st. Louis speech [fff...
The Breckinridge men make false
charge and call upon the Republicans to
sN ear to it. Laughter and cheers. Il
The Republicans make another false
charge and call upon the Breckinridge
men to swear to it; and they both want
me to call them as witnesses, Cgrcat
laughter and cheers, for the simple reason
that they think if did so, could not
afterwards impeach their testimony, even
if they lied about it, as they certainly
would. [Shouts of flaughter and applause,
in which were mingled cries of "Give it
to them.'] My friends, never call con.
spirators as witnesses. Laughter and
applause These men go around and
retail what they pretend to have been
private conversations, furnished them to
the Breckenridge and Republican papers,
and saying that if | will release them from
the obligations of honor, perhaps they
will speak out" Why do they wish
release after they have exposed and furn-
ished for publication all that they are
ready to swear to? If these converse
tions were confidential, they have rem
dered themselves infamous by their be-
trayal. [Good," and cheers. l have
only to say tlts: the man does not 1.-Two
who before God can declare that i, un-
der any circumstances or in any contn-
gcncy, ever agreed to abandon one iota
of my Democratic principles. "Good,
good" and cheers. The man does not
live who can say that ever agreed or
was willing, in any contingency, to aban
don the Democratic organization. IT
[Cheers.] And any man who makes such
charge knows that he tells an infamous
falsehood in the presence Of high heaven.
Tremendous applause. l never uttered
a sentiment in private inconsistent with
my public speeches from day to day.
[Cheers. rae...l ..a .44aI. naJsb
Would it not have been strange state
Of things, if when was engaged in a
hand to hand fight, making one, two and
three speeches day, all being published,
L had privately uttering sentiments in
consistent with my public record. But
scorn all these imputations. 1scorn them
as | do their conspiracy in Kansas TO
make me the author of the Lecompton
Constitution. Laughter and Cheers.
a body of men stand in the Senate day
after day, week after week, and month
after month, hearing me denounce the
Lecompton Constitution, and wait until
the controversy is over and their chief
actor is dead, and then come out and pre-
tend Just OIL the eve Of the election that
/ am the author Of the iniquity that /
defeated. [Cheers,] The breckenridge
men furnish this charge aud the Black
Republican papers published it all over
the county. ["Thats so,s and applause"
/ look upon all these assaults, with scorn.
They only prove that the Black Repub-
iean leaders and the BrcclSinridge leaders
are eo-supporters in common cause. i
shall not occupy your tame in vindicating
myself from these charges. ! have been
in public life for more than twenty-five
years. For seventeen years Of that time
the Congressional Globe furnishes the
evidence of what have said and what [
have done. ] defy any man to impeach
my Democratic record. ['Good!" aud
ehcers.1 l will submit the question to
any impartial body Of men on Garth,
whether have not rendered the Demo
cratic party more service--spcnt more
voice and more effort in the Democratic
cause, than all the men combined who
are now trying to help the Republicans
beat me. GTremendous cheering. -
Passing from party consideration, l
any enemy | have to show any
word l have ever spoken, or any act
have ever done which was not loyal tn
the Constitution aud the Union. (Chccrs.)
| defy any man to point ont where have
failed to Sustain the rights of each aud
every State in the Union according To
the Constitution, whether snch rights
were popular or unpopular in my own