Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-05-25


ct Columbus on Tuesday evening. The city
the Journal says was in g blaze Of enthusiasm
and bonfres, and at o'clock a mass meet
i6g was organized in fFont of The State House
| by electiug Gov, DESNIsoN President, Gov
D., made a manly, statesmanlike speech, hear
tily endorsing the Chicago platform and
nominees. AMER speech from Mr. WARNER,
the Franklin District delegate to the National
Convention, Gov. caAsE was loudly called
for and as soon as the prolonged and hearty
applause which greeted his appearance had
snbsided, he spoke substantially as follows:
Ny FELLoW CFrIzENs: Inthis mighty gath
ering and in this al pervading enthusiasm,
l see the issue Of the campaign. The manner
in which you and your fellow citizens through
out the country respond 20 the nominations
made at Chicago Is sure presags Of success,
and congratulate you upon the cheering
prospect before Us. The connection Of my
own name in the National Convention with
the nomination for the Presidency renders il
proper that should say that was placed in
that attitude BY the action Of the Republicans
Of Ohio, very large majority Of whom in
their State Convention presented my name
to the Republicans Of the Union as their
choice for the Presidency. | regard the eN-
preston Of the State Convention as the law
for the State delegationj and 50 regarding it,
had expected Of il the same unity of action
that characterized the course of the New York
delegation in the support Of Mr.. Seward, Of
the illinois delegation in the support Of Mr..
Lincoln, and Of the Pennsylvania delegation
in the support Of Mr.. Cameron, under similar
instructions. But with the final choice Of
the Chicago Convention am entirely ssatis-
fed; with lis declaration Of principles ] am
satisfied Every principle in that platform
have publicly ayoBed and advocated for many
years; and its declarations still meet with my
cordial concurrence
1t has been said that the nomination of Ger.
tain candidates might have endangered the
success Of the cause we all have so much al
heart Godssforbid my nomination or that Of
any other man should imperil the triumph OF
Republican principlesl Those principles are
dearer to me than merely personal consider.
atoms and rejoice that, although l was not
nominated, my principles were; and that they
have so true and so faithful representative
in the coming contest as Abraham Lincoln, OF
| Illinois.
The doctrines of the Republican party are
about TO receive a triumphant vindication al
the hands Of the American people. They
and those who have advocated them, have
heretofore been presistently misrepresentedi
but let me say that even the slaFe-holding
states themselves, under wise and patriotic
Republican administration, viii soon discover
A. L., h.
these Misrepresentation For myself cher
ish no hostility towards the people Of
the southern states. would not deprive
them of single right guaranteed to them by
the Constitution-nor does the Republican
party propose to do 50. 1t simply contend;
for freedom in the Territories, against the
southern demand. to introduce slavery there
It believes that freedom and free labor will
best deYelope their resources, and contributs
most to the welfare and happiness of those
who may emigrate thither, from the slave
states as web as from the free. Inthe former
there is a comparatively small class ofslaVe-
holders, while the great majority of white in
habitants are nOn-slay ehOlders, and poor
We contend that the territories should b
opened to the poor emigrant, whether from thu
North or South, and that thus shall be perpet
uated true popular sovereignty in which tn,
: majority shall govern, rather than 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 unrestricted opportunities of self-esnE
ture and elevation IN the social scale. Wa
Republicans propose, by keeping the terri
tories in reserve for them, to furnish then
these advantages; and.it is very fortunat
and significant circumstance that this leadiRI
idea of the Republican creed is SO well repre-
sented by our candidate. -l e.aa
The life of Mr. Lincoln furnishes an illus
/; tration of the operation of that idea. Hi
J grand parents were natives of Virginia, hi
parents of Kentucky, and they were poor
Young Lincoln left the unffiendly atmosphert
of slavery in his native state, and remove
! to Indiana where be could breathe free al
land carve out for himselfa favorable destiny
5 Had he never made that removal, it is scarcel
probable that, hampered by the difhcultie
that surrounded him, he would have risen I
the high position he now occupies before tn
people of the nation. But he came over o
. to free soil, where generous sympathit
: awaited the laborer, and helped him on hi
|, upward career. Rising by his own noble Of
: forts, he is to-day the chosen Presidential car
didate of the Republican party, and on th
fourth of March nexthe viii bethe duly chose
President Of the United States.
Of the nominee for Vice President ca
truly say thathe is eminently worthy of Ii
: confidence reposed in him. have serve
with him long in public life, and have know
him well. BE has been lifelong Democr!
= not of the modern type, but Of the schO,
: Of Jefferson and Franklin. His Democracy
e not of that kind which consists in subserV
Y eney to the dictates of a slaYeholding clas
; and whose highest manifestation is in Il
Z alacrity with which its devotees will chase
) runaway negro: but that democracy upC
which our institutions are based which toV
ering sublimely above the selfish interest
classes and factions, is enthrOned upon Il
Solid foundations Of true popular sovereign
~ the expressed will of an intelligent al
? patriotic people. | can pronounce upon hi
!, no higher eulogium than TO say that he
worthy of association upon the same tick
8 with Abraham Lincoln.
y Gov. Chase concluded his speech, of whit
= the foregoing is an imperfect and has
:: sketch, by stirring appeal to Republicans
do their whole duty in the coming campaig
There is now every indication of success, b
success is never Wol without effort, and it
= always well to make assurance doubly SUI
{, If this be done, on the evening of the four
of March next the country would rejoice ov
rs the election of Abrahm Lincoln as President
sr the United States.
e The speech was well timed, and repeated
Z. interrupted with applause At the close
I, vast multitude gave three rousing cheers
. Chase, and three more for Lincoln.
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