The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-09-18

this policy, that by the legislation of 1850
the Compromise meas ures-Cougress sur
rendered this power. Mr.. O. said this was
not so, because in those very Compromise
measures in the act for the organization Of
the territories of New Mexico and Utah, it
was expressly ordained that all la rs passed
by the territorial legislatures should be re-
ferred to Congress, and if that body approx
ed them they were to stand valid if it dis
approved, they were to be null and void.
Congress said to the people of those terrific
ries, $50, organize your temporary gov
ernments enact your laws ); but refer them
to us for our approval. Here we see Con-
gress, so late as 1850, asserting its. right TO
exercise this power over the territories. ~
Mr.. G. then showed the difference ba-
tween Squatter Sovereignty and genuine
Popular Sovereignty. In the former case,
the Territorial Legislature, representing but
a small portion of the people of the Gov
eminent, make law, but if it does not
suit the Governor, the appointee Of the
President, he vstoes it, and it has to be pass
ed over the veto, not by a mere majority, but
by two-thirds Of both branches Of the legis-
| lntive assembly, if it is to become law; if
it fails TO obtain q two-t1irds vote after it
is vetoed, the will of the people is defeated,
and one man rules. He then defined gen
! uine popular sovereignty to be that which
was vested in the representatives of all the
| 10000, 900 people of this government. The
| people of the United States, whose blood
and treasure acquired the territories, all
should have some say in governing them. A
majority Of the whole people should decide
! the institutions of the territories till
! they became Sovereign States. Instead
/ Of one man-the President of the United
States-governing the territories he would
have three hundred do it, as the sworn rep
reser tGtives of the whole people of the
! United States.
- The speaker then went off on one Of his
discursive flights, in which wit and elo-
! quenco abounded. He refeeSed to the exalt-
alton of Babylon and to her subsequent
| downfall, and held her fate up as warning
to those who grow luxurious and careless
of the liberties of their country. BE said
| Christopher Columbus when he came here,
| If he had imagined that the continent he
| was discovering ever would, after attaining
| its present degree of advancement, return
| 70 barbarism, would have turned the
Prov of his vessel homeward without land
ing. He again gave assurance that the Re-
publican party considered the South enti-
| tied to an efficient Fugitive Slave Law by
| the Constitution, and that the party says
| that fugitiVes shall be returned. Their can
| didate for the Presidency says so. The
! South had law in 1898, 1850 and ever
| since, which Is as we'll executed as any 9th
1 or law. We concede the right to have the
law to our Southern brethren. GHere n seat
I broke down, az numerous others had done
from the crowd of people on them Mr.
| O0rwin, in his quick nanuer of getting off
| a bon mot, and with his inimitable style of
expression, said to those who fell, You
! are humbled now that you may be exalted
| in October."l lie then took birds ego
/ view of the future, and pictured forth in
4 glowing terms the glory of our country
! when its fertile territories shall be filed
with teeining millions Of freemen
| He exhorted his hearers to act consclen-
tiOusly in exercising the right of suffrage
| He asked them to swear their consciences,
and act as if they expected To die before
morning, when they would have to render
an account before God for the deeds done in
the body. He advised them TO make up
1 their minds and declare according to the
| doctrines and practices of the Fathers of the
Republic. Charmed with the right princi-
! pies, the gates of hell can't prevail against
! you"
/ The approach of heavy thunder gust
cut short Mr.. Corwin's remarks, The audi
ence were entirely absorbed in his eloquence,
and were 10th to have him cease speaking.
| He had entertained them for over two hours
! with the most eloquent, able, and entertain
ing address many of them had ever heard.
The foregoing sketch (writton partly from
memory, from notes taken under disadvan-
| tages) gives pretty fair idea of his matter,
she more augmentative portions of it;but the
I frequent amusing episodes and digressions,
the solemn apostrephes, the anecdotes told
| in his incomparably humorous style, the
ironical remarks clothed in mock solemnity,
! the dramatic outbursts of patriotic enthu-
siasm, the burning sarcasm directed at some
luckless object, the Fentriloqnial precipitation
of the voice right at some person singled
out as an object of an appeal or jole--all
/ this, intensified and assisted as it was by
that extraordinary countenance which can
of the vocal organs-rendered this GRAFTON
the delight of those who heard it, and one to
be remembered with pleasure as long as they
live. Men of all parties were there--the
Indies were present--it was mixed audi
ence, yet the attention was complete aud
the qualification general.
No report can do Mr.. Corwin Justice
HA extraordinary dramatic and physiog-
nomicaI psculiarities defy the reporters pen
Gil. He must be seen and heard to be ap-
preciated, as all know who have heard him.
After the speaker closed, three cheers
were given for Tom. Corwin, the Star
Spaagled Banner was performed by the
Band, and the audience dispersed to find
shelter from the storm.
THE emo AGO PLATE Ob N ,
| A AMENDED AND ADOPTED.
ResoIss6, That we, the delegated representatives
Of the Republican electors of the United States, in
Convention assembled In the discharge of the duty
to constituents and our country, units
I IA the folowfn z declarations: