New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-05-25


till the 18th day fully, 1860, at the same hour and
place heretofore designated Thus the nomination
Of " Honest Old Abe" has made IL necessary for thu
Democrats Of Illinois to "ay mp for repairs already.
On Tuesday night the Republicans Of Seneca Pan.
held ratification meeting, and although 1t was en-
tirey npromptu, having been called together by the
firing Of email cannon, yet a large coneourse Of
Republicans got together and a more enthaslastic
meeting has not been witnessed in many day Messrs
Stanton, Bascom, and others spoke All the WIDE
ayakss thereabout are alive for Lincoln HamIin and
victory.
"A correspondent in 0wego, Tioga County, writes
thus, under date Of the ODD:
In response TO previous call there assembled last
night in the Ahwaga Hail. aud IN the streets below
great multitude 10 raiily the nomination of Lincoln
and HamlIn. Notwitl standing this place was a
stronghold Of Seward he seemed almost forgotten IN
the wild enthusiasm evineed for Honest Old Abe
After the vast concodrse Of people had been addressed
by Messrs. Winthrop and Sekreg, a torchlight pro-
cession was formed under the auspices Of the IRE
pressibles Of this vilsge. Old Tioga never before
was honored with such a magnificent display on any
occasion. 1t was grand opening of glorious cam
paign.
"A correspondent writes from Galena, H., May 81,
as follows:
"The Republicans Of this town had large and en-
tbusastjc ratification meeting Saturday evening.
orcb-leht procession paraded the streets Of the city,
headed by a brass land staging was erected on one
If the balconies of the DE SOTO House, and the Inn
mense crowd were addressed by Stewart l.. Woodford
eso the Hon. j. =. Hatterscheit, ex-member Of the
Kansas Territorial Legislature, and delegate TO the
Chicago Convention who spoke both III herman and
EnQishl and by A. ii. ByiDgon OF Connecticut.
There is the very best feeling pervading the Repubi
can ranks, while the Douglas DEMOCRACY never had
harder chill than when they learned OF the nomination
,f honest old ABE LINCOLN. They anticipated a dif-
ln,.ti in fbatr Lama at ma nvar
he wrong and injustice done TO Mr.. Seward. The
bowels Of their compassion moot deeply stirred
within them account OF the great wrong done those
Republicans who preferred him to any other nominee!
There IL but one j. b.. Democrat In the c,ty. lie
superintends the Post-Oce here, and said TO me IA
ctiousy last night that it was after ALL an ec0no1-
caI place for be could treat his whole party for dime
You may depend upon It the hres 81 kep9omdsa a,s@
Douglas be nominated at Baltimore or not 1t naters
little for depend upon it Illinois is sure for honest old
ABE LINCOLN"
The Eran,rae (Ind) Journal hoists the flag Of
the Republican candidates with the following remarks:
"Wbile we advocate the election of Lincoln and
Uamlin not one word have TO say in dlsrespect OF
John Bell and Edward Everett. They are both patr-
otto se honest statesmen But with them there Hno
probability of defeat ne that Administration which is
running the country We should feel, In voting for
them, as if our votes were lost. we wlsh 70 vote
where our ballots will tell against the common foe
the Buchanan Administration. Hence. while we wonld
find little difficulty in supporting Bell and Everett II
we thought they could be elected, we kaoD they can
not and therefore do not wish 10 act IN such manner
that our efforts will be of no avail We must see some
tangible result Of our abOrs, else our faith would Dc
weak and our Efforts feeble
That amiable Journal, The Boston Courier, abuses
tie Republican candidate for yicePresident in the fol-
lowing instructive style:
"He never had an original idea, and, for his pur-
poses did not reed any. He is not competent 70 write
good English, as his Message when he was Governor
shows. AS stump-speaker, when he was an ultra
Democrat, he was notorious for indnlgng IN low,
Safeguarding style. Everybody in Maine knows thai
He Was not capable of anything better"
The Chicago Press and Tribune gives the follow
ing account of public discussion between Messrs.
Lincoln and Douglas in 1884, four years before their
great contest for the Senatorship:
"The affair came off on the fourth day Of October,
1854. The State Fair had been in progress two days,
and the capital was full of all manner of men. Inc
Nebraska bib had been passed on the previous twenty
second May. Mr.. Douglas had returned TO Illinois 10
meet an outraged constituency. He had made frag-
mentaIy speech in Chicago, the people filling up each
hiatus IN peculiar and good.humored way. lie called
tne people a mob-they called him rowdy. The
mob had the hest of it, both then and at the election
which succeeded. The notoriety OF all these events
bad stirred up the politics OF the State from bottom TO
top. Hundreds of politicians had met at Springfield,
erecting a tournament Of unusual character
Douglas, Breese, kGrner, Lincoln, Trllmbul, Matte
son Yates COddng, John Calhoun of the order Of the
Candle Box John VI. Palmer, the whole louise OF the
McConnells, Singleton known to fame in the Mormon
War. Tbos. l.. Harris and host of others. Several
speeches made before and several after the pas
sage between Lincoln and Douglas but that was justly
held TO be the event of the season.
I'VE do not remember whether a challenge to de-
bate passed between the friends Of the speakers not
but there was perfectly amieabe understanding be-
tween Lincoln and Douglas, that the former should
speak two or three hours and the latter reply IN Just
N Ia Lincoln
took the stand at oclock-a large crowd 10 attend
ance and MIR. Douglas seated "A small platform in
front of the desk. The first half hour OF Mr. Llncons
speech was taken up with compliments 10 his disn-
guished friend Judge Douglas and dry illusions to the
political events OF the past few years. His dsn-
guisbed friend, Judge Douglas had taken his seat as
solemn as the Coek-Lane gnost, evidently with the de-
sign of not moving muscle Ill II came his turn 10
sneak. The laughter provoked by Lncolns exordium,
however soon began to make him uneasy; and when
Mr. l.. arrived at his Douglass speech prononncing
the Missouri Compromise : a sacred thing, which no
ruthless hand would be reckless enough 70 dis
turb, he opened his lips far enough to remark,
frst-rae speech! This was the beginning OF an anus
ing coloquy.
20 Yes, continued Lincoln, so affectionate was my
friends regard for this compromise ine that when
Texas was admitted into the Union, and it found
that strip extended north of 30 30 he actually intro
duced bill extending the line and prohibiting slavery
in the northern edge Of the new State
90 And you voted against the bill, said Douglas
90" Precisely So rel lied Lincoln, was in favor OF
running the line great deal further south
a. About this time, the speaker continued, my dis
tinguished friend introduced to particular friend
ofhis, one David Wimot Of Pennsy lyania. Laughter
"'I thought said Douglas, you would find him
copgenial company.
$50 | did, replied Lincoln i had the pleasure
of voting for his Proviso, in one way and another,
about forty times. II was Democratic measure then,
believe. At any rate, Gen. Cass scolded Honest
John Davis of Massachusetts, soundly for talking away
the ast honrs OF the session 80 that he Cass couldn't
a.