Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-10-31


The examination that has been going on .
for the last four months. before the jury OF
the country, is about to close. The issues
are all made up. the counsels have been
next Tuesday II has been case Of very
general interest, engaging The best talent
of the country. and attended with much
expense. The argument OF the attorneys
has been profuse. prolix. and Profound
sometimes able and sometimes not-some-
times grave and sometimes humorous
The different attorneys went before the ju
~ urging for their consideration the fol-
lowing facts:
Mr. Breckenridge stated his case thus;
Gentlemen Of the Jury--Let the past
bury the past--the light OF 1860 has dawn
ed upon us andamid its rtfulgeuce we have
discovered that man Of color and a COW
are precisely the same kind OF properly
The only difference between them is, that
one has but two legs while the other has
four. and am impressed with the opinion
four legs are more valuable than two. The
negro being property, Gentlemen of the
Jury, the Southern STAKEHOLDER has right.
under the Con stitution. to take his negroes
anywhere, everywhere and the National
Legislature should protect him in that
right"
The Little Giant then states his case:
Gentlemen, there is but one Great PrInci-
pie, and that one belongs to me. am its
.uthor, it's finisher. its discoverer and its
gigantic advocate. Ny great principle is,
hat the people of Territory, like the
people Of State. have the right to say
shether they should have Slavery or not
they may exclude it il they SO desire. At
the same time am an earnest advocate OF
a strict adhere nee to the decisions Of the
Supreme Court, and particularly the one
known as the bred Scott decision, which
establishes the doctrine that the people OF
a Territory have no power to exclude Sla-
very iherefrom. This is my great prinei-
pie, gentlemen of the jury, and upon this
unequivocal statement, | submit my care y
A little bell then tingles. and John Bell
rises. He holds in one hand the Star
spangled Banner, in the other tie Consti-
tuition, and he stands on all the laws and
dec ares he intends to enforce them. II
seems to be his special mission to prevent
a dissolution of these States. and after re-
peaiing the Declaration Of Independence
and singing the Star Spsnglsd Banner, be
gives way to Honest Old Abe, who states
his case in the following concise manner;
observation-disclosures Slavery is the
creature Of local law, and does not exist
outside the jurisdiction Of that law. AL
of our vast public domain is free, because
re has never been enacted any laws. b'
a proper tribunal. making it Slave. The
normal condition of all men is that O
freedom, and the normal condition of al
Territory is freedom also. Slavery is IN
lust tow ards the black man aud curse tt
the white man, and such being the case
while would not interfere with the pecu
liar institution where 1t exists by virtue o
State Sovereignty, am now. and ever Elk
pect to be, infrxibly opposed to its exPan
sion or extension"
The jury seemed 10 be pleased with the
correctness of those opinions as advocated
by Mr.. Lincoln. and we have but little
doubt, that on next Tuesday the majority
of them, will return a verdict in his favol