, 1860-07-11

.ubiect is ill.chosen and indiscreetly handled
!" ii Is going 70. injure the college," etc; oGs
Cor. McComas cnn come into community A.
mon wholly Protestant, aud largely 1,rssbJ-
te.ian and Calviniktic, aud teach d doctrine on
Tho subject of Faith that is antiP Protestant snt'-
presbTferiau, and anti treSthing fLe but no.
man Catholicism;' mud the Democracy break
out all over with ecs,atic rapturcs. nnd "dow
tr1st between this and the discourse Of last |
5earV' !" lie did not say ngger, oppression,
wrong; did not atlude to any exciting subject |
nuce IN the whole t,me." -u4radae diceu Neither
did be. But if he state sentiments and pnlons
aud sivsFsasons to sustain them before Z mig
I'd andience: portion Of whom entertain diff
{erent views, ID sin, then McComas is sinner
rboye ait those that dwell in Jerusalem" for
piue-tenths Of his audience did not believe his
doctrine, and many Of them hare devoted their
deadly Anl destructive in its nature and ten
denotes. If an allusion to politics is an error
on the part Of a minister, then discussion OF
theological tenet by .a4poGtician, is a graater
error, and more unpardcnable blunder by 80
much as the Importance and influence Of re-
politics. And the e1:Qoyernoris not one Of the
ckan<st Of politicians either. But We paa8 from
his address 10 his tpeech-from tho platform to
the stump
The Democracy here are keenly alive to the
necessity ofsomethlng to revive their dropping
and ani1nuton the dismembered, mati1ased and
rotten carcass Of the party, seized upon Nc.
Comas with the desperation Of despair nnd
made him make speech. he did not want to:
| lie saw the glittering axe and heary. maui Of
"uonest Uld Abe " standing in hIsway: Com
| Asses" Of the Democratic party, opened their
mouths and said, lyon bpd better not, for you
| are in narrow place where there is no way to
tnrn either to the right hand or the left :" but
history has been written in rain for our admo-
n,tion. The ex.Gor. spoke, and such speech
NaIaam of olden time confounded Bafak in Il
certain other high place by his candid confess
sions and truthful statements, forcing them to
exclaim when he had finished hia prophecy,
"What hast thou done unto me took thee to
curse mine enemiss, and 10 thou has blessed
went to IL ptact, aud Balak also went his way -
aud 81 did McComas and the Democratic au-
dience The peculiar force of all this will be
seen when We tell you that Gov. McComas ad'
mitted during his discourse that the 'alnye-
holding States had been The right arm cf De-
| mocraey - "That that arm was cut clean of
"That The Democratic ship wah stranded, fonn-
dtred and going! to pieces;" "That their only
| hope Of safety wins raft, md the only streaH,
/ the RAFT could run on was the Illinois," "That
they did not expect to elect Douglas, but they
must fight for the loaveB and fishes in Illinois.
| ''f6&I tQE SlHFE u LIE CQAk4
ted the agg1essions by which We obtained Mex.
icaa territory for the uses Of slave labor, and
thut It would be wrong to refuse her citizens the
right and privilege to 20 there with their siaves
a. we 20 with our horses; and that the position
Of the Democracy of Illinois is, that the South
efp shareholders hare thlB right to its fullest
extent: and that this has been decided by the
Supreme Court in favor of the South" Hu
the most precious statement OF all was this
1.-THE difference between the two sections Of tht
, divided Democratic party fs aulmptact'ca1 one
, the issues are irpmaterial and nugatory; aue
| that there IL not the difference Of tweedle dun
add tweedle dee between the two Democratic
| platforms." have selected few Of the more
! salient points Of this speech and g1Een tbt
| same. and in most cases / tAiok the exac
language used, in order that your readers mai
have Just co aception Of its effect Is "hole
s The effect upon The Republicans present, ant
. ! thew were about one-half his audience, wa!
| clearly pleasant. It was only by e strong
!, effort that they kept themselves from cheering
i as the Governor made the strong points agains
himself and his frinds; SO palpabic and mani
fest by his frank confessions Of their lniqu'ty'
and his strong and bitter denuncii::;;ccns Of thei
! late Southern allies with whom they had beer
D so long and 50 intimately associated, and from
J., whom they had SO recently parted for the frs
= time in anger. All not wifulty blinded nov
' know from their OWL mouths that the Democ
d racE, so-caled, are diEided against themselyc
r aud cannot stand, and that their duration 70
the future is summed up in The pithy seutenc
> "0f few days aud full of trouble"