Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-05-22

ea1e fpessh You c. supply one from Wiz
1nSns God oSess ber, ~ mosher OF tsesl0onts.
And the hoas Of NaSeington. (ChSrs How
with such man % Abrsm Lincoln. II you do
not succeed It will be your own fault, MT
mine. You are near him, brought into imme-
date contact with him; We know him by his
history. and ve on the extreme shores OF
the Atlantic. will give the vote Of that little
State 70 Lincoln Of Illinois, and HAmlin Of
Maine, by At least 5000 majority. You recol
iect the struggle through which We have pass
ed In our little State; astruggle OF the greatest
violence against the powers Of darkness; mean
by that. the money Of the Democratic party
and Mayor Wood Of New York. We take your |
Lincoln ii the great West. 1.-THE Republicans
dc their duty we shall pct into the offices for |
which We have nominated them, these noble |
State smeD, and thIs administer the death blow
to the sham Democracy which has 90 long mis-
ruled the country
did not intend or expect to make speech,
and would not have come here tonight. but
that it does ne good to see you all 40 snthus-
tically engaged in the cause Of freedom. and %
/ cannot make speech | will give way to
those who can.
Judge Foster was repeatedly interrupted.
both by fresh arrivals and individuals IN the
crowd. and his speech was, as . consequence,
! running commentary.
Mr.. Collins announced that on Monday the
Republicans of Rock Island hold a grand rati-
fication meeting. to which ell are invited
After three cheers for the Republicans OF Vir-
gipia. Mr. C. introduced Mr.. Underwood, Of
| Virginia.
| Mr. Underwood said IL thank you, gentle
men, for the mention made Of my good old
| ~ If nd Of fhs. K0nuh.
icans Of that State. suppose you think we
have suffered 60 in the cause down in Vir-
GINA assure you. fellow citizens 1t costs
something to be . Republican in that State. I'll
tell you what We do there when we first make
up our minds to be Republicans: the fret
| thing we do we write our wills. Although
our late Governor, Wise, who 10 not very
,cise Governor, thought it was best to put them
out Of tn" way by violent means, they have
been growing some In 1856 | went to Phia-
de'phia. was able to find only two to go
with me az delegates, and We hardly dare say
our lives were our own. Now We have had
full representation at Chicago, and we intend
to carry many counties for Lincoln and Ham.
Gentlemen, find that the Democrats of Vr-
GINA consider the sentiments Of Jefferson treas
on. I'll tell you: A good Quaker minister hsv-
ing published hi. sentiments on the subject Of
slavery, was indicted for writing and speaking
incen diary language. Well, fellow citizens,
when the trial came on, it crawled through the
ha,r Of the Common wealth's Attorney that ev-
ery word in the indictment which was indicta-
BILE, was taken from the writings Of Thomas
Jefferson The only difficulty was that the
minister had left out the quotation marks. On
dicted for incendiary language. bat for plsgiar-
, ISM Laughter.l do not really suppose
that if they had known the language was that
Of jefferson, they would have indicted the
minister. If 80. would suggest that they dig
, 10 the bones Of jefferson and Washington and
tar and feather them. Laughter.
But we have had delegation Of good men
and true ia this convention from the Old Do
minion and although divided as to a choice be-
tween those great and noble Statesmen. VIM
H. Seward and Abram Lincoln; on the third
ballot they. seeing the preference OF the great
and mighty West in favor of Abram Lincoln
e am told. sprung from the peop'e. nobler ant
, truer man never lived. Gentlemen, they say
he has been great at splitting rails.
voice.-Och, how many can he split IN
y day7
. Mr.. Underwood-They say he can spill
more rails and maui more Democrats than an!
other man in the Union.
II =
= va. asked a. 7 came. alnn~ thropab ib4
President was elected. that the South wouIt
e dissolve the Union. | told tn. m NO. hav.
been talking with so"e o: the dsuLionist
lately, and come tonight to tell you that
think they have made up their minds that the,
8 won't dissolve the Union just yet. They hav'
t seen John Brown. [Cheers They say thsy
are little afraid if they should dissolve thu
Union that the laboring men Of the North ant
the Yankees would not let it stay dissolved
Applause. This threat 10 one of the mos
nonsensical that ever was uttered especially
since John Brown went down to Harpers Fer
ry-l suppose you have heard Of Harper
Ferry7 [Applause. With . dozen men b,
took possession of one Of our towns. Isuppos.
you know that they did not show great deal
of fight Applause and cheers.1 / do not
wish to disparage the manhood Of our people
for think they are as brave - other men, Nm.
der other circumstaL ces. but the institution oil
slavery makes them weak. And society found
ed in wrong 10 weak. Why, sir, whenever q
report is raised Of insurrecton or any difficulty
among the negroes. each white man has to run
his fingers into q wooley head and hold on for
dear life And men thus situated talk about
diseolving the Union What becomes of their
Fugitive Slave Lawf Why sir. it would bring
the Canada line right down to tho borders Of
VI" O'u AI"uoa"aoos euu Ola tuos negro would
have to do to be as free ss his master, would
be just to step across the line [Applsuse1
They merely want to brighten you Northern
men into measures-because they think you
love the Union. Now tell you what t6es.
threats remind OLA little occurrence which I
will relate. An old gentleman had very deep
well, which becoming foul, he went down to
clean it out When he got to the bottom. he
found it filled with deadly gas. He had
strength barely to call for the rope which vas
let down TO him. He fastened it around hi.
body. and just sufficient strength to make the
signal to be drawn up. He become insensibls.
They pulled his head bump against the wall,
and when about half way up. brought rim to
his senses. He turned his head to the other
side-it still bumped. Out Of all patience he
called out. you bump my head" it. etill
bumped. He called out again, IF you don't
stop humping my head will cut your intern.
al rope!" So the slave holders arc situated
and declare that if Republican President 10.
elected they win cut that internal rope.
1t Is not the handwriting men who fear
dissoiu ion Of the Union it il the kid eloved
gentry who pirate over this. gentleman Of
this class talking to me some time ago, consid-
cred the danger imminent DC. He had HE
gold headed cane. kid gloves de- 1t remind
ed me Of an anecdote of an old lady or rather
ct young lady being unmarried, Of course
young. say sixty years Of age. She wandered
into the kitchen where che saw an oven burn.
ing and blazing. She looked at it while and
then burst into tears, What's the matter
Il was jest thinking that II should happen
to get msrIied, and leave . little babe, and
some one should throw it into that oven, how
had ahn faalO -:Al -