The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-06-02


Gov. Chase ora our Candidate. "a
Gov. Chase ADDRESSED rati6aetinnsm aaks
ing in OslumbS1 o., last wei d1ilE4 t6s
course Of which he saids
II has been said that the x0tnination On
certain candidates might have endangered
the success OF ~ cause va alt Aays ~ nah
Atsheart. God forbid that nv nou1SnoSi0a III
that of any other man should imperil the
triumph OF Republican principles Those
principles are dearer TO me than all merely
personal considerations, and rejoice that,
alsho ugh was not nominated, my princi-
Piles were, and that they have so true and so
faithful representative as Abraham Lincoln
of Illinois.
The doctrines Of the Republican party are
about to receive . triumphant vindication at
the hands Of the American people. They
and those whe hass advocated them have
heretofore been psrsistcntly misreprssented !;
but let me say that even the Slave holding
States themselves, under q wise and patriots
ic Republican Administration, will soon dis
cover the error into which they have been
led by these Interpretations. For my.
self fcherish no hostility toward the people
OF the Southern States. would not de-
prise them OF single right guaranteed to
them BY tho Constitution, nor does the Re-
publican party propose to do so. Ii simply
contends Tor freedom 10 tho Territories,
against the Southern demand 10 Introduce
Slavery there. Ii believes that Frec.sa. j. j.
Free Labor will beat develope their resources
and contribute most 10 the welfare and hap
piness OF those who may emi.rate thisher,
from the slave States as well as from the
free. In the former there is . comparative
" small class Of shareholders, while the
great majority OF the white inhabitants are
non Shareholders and poor. We contend
that the Territories should be opened 10 the
poor emigrant, whether from the North or
the South, and that thus shall be perpetusted
a true popular sovereignty, in which the ma
jority shall govern, rather than a class con-
troll. In the Southern States there are thou
sands, kept down BY poverty and social dis
| tinctions, who long for schools and churches
and for unrestrcted opportunities of self
| culture and elevation In the social scale. We
Republicans propose, BY keeping the Terri.
tories in reserve for them, to furnish them
these advantages; and it 10 y very fortunate
| and significant circumstance that this leading
idea OF the Republican creed is 80 well rep
resented by our candidate.
! The life of Mr.. Lincoln furnishes an illus
trAtion OF the operation OF that idea Hi.
grand parents we're natives OF Virgins, biz
parents of Kentucky, and they were poor.
| Young Lincoln left the unfriendly atmos
| phere Of slavery, in his native State, and re
4 moved 10 Indiana, where be could breath
free air and csrve out for himself NOR
Favorable destiny. Had he never made th
change, 1t is scarcely probable that, hamper
cd by the difficulties that surrounded him, b
would have rissn to the high position he no,
occupies before the people OF the nation
But he came over on TO free soil, where gen
erous sympatbies awaited the lahorer, an
helped him on in bis upward career. RisinI
by his own noble efforts he 10 to-dsy til
chessn Presidential candidate OF the Re
1 publican party, and on the 4th OF Marc
next he will be Only chosen President OF th
4 United States.
/ OF the nominee for vios- President ca
truly soy that be is emiaently worthy of th
n confidence rsposed 10 him. havs serve
with him long 10 public life, and have know
him we'll. Tie has been lifelong Demo
crat--not OF the modern type, bat Of tn
school Of Jefferson and franklin. His DEN
ocrscy 10 not OF that kind which consists !
subserviency to the dictates OF slave ID
ing class, ard whose highest nanifestatio
, 10 in the alacrity with which it's devosees wi
, chase . runaway niger; but that II emocrae
! upon which oar institutions are based
which, towering snbIimely above the self.
!. interest Of classes and factions, Ia enthron,
! upon the solid foundations Of true Popul,
Sovereignty expressed will OF m int
/ ligent and patriotic people. lean pronoun
/ upon him no higher eulogiam than to say
/ Is worthy of.association upon the same tick
with Abraham Lincoln.