The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-06-11

JONATHAN S. HARVEY, of Clarke.
FOR AUDITOR OF STATE
ALBERT LANCE, of Vigo.
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL,
JAMES G. JONES, of Vanderburgh.
FOR REPORTER OF SUPREME COURT,
BENJAMIN HARRISON, of Marion.
FOR CLERK OF SUPREME COURT,
JOHN P. JONES, of Lagrange.
FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION,
MILES J. FLETCHER, of Putnam.
Lincoln ON the Slavery Conspiracy.
1t will be remembered that one of the
strong reasons given by Judge DeBruler, in
his late speech before the Lincoln Club of
this City, why all free labor men and OPP
ponents of the Democracy, should write IN
the support of Abraham Lincoln, was that
the time had certainly arrived when a check
should be placed upon the arrogant and
progressive spirit of slavery. 1t is plain to
any one who has given the least attention
to the passing political events of the past
ten years, that the institution of slavery has
made giant strides towards naturalization.
1t is a well authenticated historical fact that
the Fathers of the Republic regarded 1t as
a social and political evil, fastened upon
them unwillingly, and that they confident
~ looked forward to its ultimate extinction
They did all they could to check its growthi
they hedged it in, and erected barrier
against its progress into the vast territorial
domain of the West. They carefully and
secredly preserved the Constitution from a
recognition of even the name, to say moth
ing of the national right md legality of
slavery.
Remembering the principles which actu-
ated the founders of our government, and
which for more than half century were
enforced, and then glancing at the events of
the last six years, it does appear that there
are irresistible evidences to establish the
fact that conspiracy exists to spread slave
ry all over this free nation. 1t is no idle
fancy which causes Mr.. Lincoln to make the
charge that three of these important steps
have already been taken, and that the fourth
and final one only awaits the apathy and in
difference or acquiesence OF the people, to
be consummated.
We ask the attention of our readers to
the manner in which Mr.. Lincoln treats of
this conspiracy-this design to Nationalist
slavery. We have not the space for the
whole speech on this subject, at Springfield,
and it may, therefore, from the extracts,
lose some of its force
"The new year of 1854 found slavery
excluded from more than half the States by
State Constitutions, and from most of the
National Territory by Congressional pro-
hibition. Four days later commenced the
struggle which ended in repeating that Con-
gressional prohibition. This opened all the
national territory to slavery. and was the
first point gained.
"But so far, Congress only had acted :;
and an Endorsement by the people, real or
apparent, was Indispensable to save the point
already gained, and give chance for more.
mThis necessity had not been overlooked,
but had been provided for, well as might
be, in the notable argument of squatter
sovereignty, otherwise called sacred right
of selfgovernment, which latter phrase,
though expressive Of the only rightful ba-
sis of any government, WAS 80 perverted in
this attempted use of it as to amount TO
Just this: That if any one man choose to
enslave another, no third man shall be al
lowed to object .H
While the Nebraska bill was passing
through Congress, a IaV case involving the
question of negro's freedom, by reason OF
his owner having voluntarily taken him
first into a free State and then into Terri
tory covered by the Congressional prohi-
bition and held him as slave for a long
time in each, was passing through the U.
s. Circuit Court for the District of Missouri;
and both Nebraska bill and law suit were
brought to a decision in the same month Of
May, 1854. The negro'S name was bred
Scott which name now designates the de-
cision finally made in.the case Before the
then next Presidential election, the law
case came to, and was argued in, the SUI
preme Court OF the United States; but the
decision of it was deferred until after the
election Still, before the election, Senator
Trumbull, on the floor of the Senate, re-
euested the leading advocate of the Nebras-
ka bill to state his opinion whether the peo-
Die of Territory can constitutionally ex-
cIude slavery from their limits and the
latter answers That IS q question TOR the
Supreme Court q.
1.-THE election came. Mr. Buchanan was
elected, and the Endorsement, such as u was
secured. That was the second point gained.
The Endorsement, however, fell short OF a
clear popular majority by nearly four lun-
dred thousand votes, and so, perhaps, was
not Overwhelmingly reliable and satisfic-
tory. The outgoing President, in his last
annual message, as impressively as possible
echoed back upon the people the weight and
authority of the Endorsement. The Supreme
Court met again; did not announce their
decision, but ordered q re-argument. The
Presidential Inauguration came, and still no
decision of the Court; but the incoming
President in his inaugural address fervenuy
exhorted the people to abide BY the -forthcom-