The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-10-08
speecn OF Tom Ewing.

Wing
Tom Ewing made q speech at ChiIicothe,
Ohio, last week, from which we clip few
brief extracts:
My FRIENDS AND FELLOW CITIZENS: am
here to address you by the invitation of your
Republican Central Committee. belong to
no existing party. | am attached to nome
but to the Union. the States-their Liberties
and Laws. como not to arouse your enthu.
siasn in behalf OF any man or any party, bat
to speak my own free thoughts, and the CON
illusions Of my ov Judgment, as to the con-
dltion OF our country, and the eourse--of oil
that are open to us-which is most likely to
tend to its permanent prosperity and peace
will speak something of men, but more OF
principle and policy. And it may be proper
for me to say, in the outset, that | have
made up my mind TO vote for Abraham Lin
coin. ! know hin personally, aud am salts
fed with him. lie is a man of unim eacha-
Bile integrity sufficiently acquainted with
the recent history of our country, and the
men and measures which have made up that
history. | am satisfied with the man, though
do not place him in advance OF all his op-
ponents. John Bell is his equal in personal
qualities, of larger experience, the elder
statesman, and, If we could make him our
President | would consider him very safe
choice. | know him much more intimately
than Mr.. Lincoln | was in counsel with
him daily for many months in times of trial,
and besides my confidence in the statesman,
/ have for him warm feeling of personal
friendship and regard. But be cannot get
the vote Of Ohio. His ticket is bat dis
,urbng element In the canvass. The con-
| test in this State is between Lincoln and
| Douglas, and between them cannot hesitate
for a moment, and, indeed, have no vote to
/ throw away when such is the contest. As a
Statesman, Douglas has shown himself in
| confederate and reckless. The extreme aei-
taton OF the country for the past six years
/ ls due TO his restless Impotence for notoriety.
/ lie is politically answerable for all tho terri
! BILE atrocities consequent upon the repeal Of
| the Missouri Compromise. They were en-
bodied in the repeal, and tho eye OF states
man could not have failed to discern them
there. lie set complicated machine, which
be understood not, in wild aud destructive
motion, and bis sole IN crit liz, that be attempt.
ed, but knew not how to check or direct its
movement. Experience of the past does not
warrant us in believing that the republic
would be safe undar his guidance. 1t would
be once again Phaton guiding the chariot OF
the sun.
Mr.. Breckinridge know only as a gentle
man, and such | esteem him and believe
him stainless. lie has no record as states
man, at least none known to me; and hi
stands as the representative OF an extreme
sectional party, whose opinions and polio,
tend strongly to dirunon. Besides, Lane
the candidate for Vice President, il, think
! little worthy OF that honorable position
My opinion OF bis personal merits will b,
found~arAarge in a speech delivered in tn
Senate Of )be United States, January 7, 1851
on the Bradbury resolutions, which, witt
accompanying documents, IL in Appendix Il
,, Congressional Globe. vol. %, pages 81 AN,
6S.
y
The resolutions Of the Chicago Copven
tion-the platform 10 better than we hav
been accustomed 10, in speeches and resolves
: for four or five years past--better in it's 20
!, ], stions, much better in tone and temper
: Ii quite rejects the heresy that any law az
> piicabe to tho civil government Of our Unto
= is higher than the Constitution 81 tic III;
I" ted States. 1t condemns in strong term
the organization Of marauding expedition
y In any of the States to attack the people d
: the institutions Of neighboring States
= thing which the Ohio Legislature had 80 re
y comfy refused TO declare unlawful and.
= its whole tone AID temper, connsels peac
= !, and mutual respect OF each others righ
: between States, instead Of the maintenance
: OF continual and irrepressible conflict.
also has discovered and declares that the nj
= ton has some mission other than of perpe
- ual war over Slavery. And especially
!! advances sound oil Wing doctrine as TO IL
!. fostering care which Government owes to Il
= industry of it's people. This suits me wei
1t Is recurrence TO first rrinciplss--a stror
y assurance that the party, as it now exist
IN intends to build up and preserve, not to a
n stroy.
" have little doubt Of the election OF Nj
'is Lincoln. lie 10 an old Wing. lie has ht
no his political training 10 highly conserv