The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1860-10-09
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SPEECH FROM HON. rm0MAs EwiN"

SPEECH FROM Hon THOMAS EwiNs'
II is we'll known, that since the Hiss u' .o'
Of the Wing party IN 1854, Mr., Ewing ha
IN en- no active pan IN poll,cal matters
Mt fully agrecing with the Republicans II
all their distinctive principles, and d>agr eli {
still mole with the Drmocracy, he has beer
led 10 stand aloof entirely. But the issues %
the present campaign have constrained hin
once more to confer with his fellow -citizen'
upon their common interests, and with thin
view, he addressed large m eiing at Chilli
cstbe, o., on the Goth ult. His remarks are
reported at length in the Cincinnati papers
but we can find space for but portion OF
them. He referred to the Presidential candi
dates in the following terms:
M Friends and Fell 10 Citizens:
| am here to address you by the invitation
Of your Republican Central Committee.
belong TO no existing party. am attached
TO none; but to the Union-the Statcs-their
liberties aud laws. come, not to arouse
your enthusiasm IN behalf Of any Inan or any
party, but to speak my own free thoughts,
and the conclusions of my own judgment, as
To the condition of our country, and the
course-of all that a'e open to us-which is
most likely to tend TO It's permanent peace
and prosperity. | will speak something of
men, but more of principle and policy. And
it may be proper for me 10 say, in the outset,
that have made up my mind TO vote for
Abraham Lincoln. know him personally,
and am satisfied with him He is a man If
unimpeachable ntegrity-suflirion'ly acqn"n-
ted with the recent history of our country,
and the men and measures which have made
up that history. / am sali-fi'd with the msn,
though do not place him III advance of all
his opponents
john Bell is his equal in personal qualities.
Of hrg experience, the elder statesman, and.
if W. could II AXE him our President, | would
consider him very safe choice know him
much more intimately thai Mr. Lincoln. |
was III counsel with i'm daiv for many
m.n,h- 40 t.n,, o. .fjtl. aDd beside. g!g con-
iiaaca 10 te statesman, / have t,f uIm
VAN feeling 20. personal regard AID u'ud
sujp Bar bee cannot l.t the Nu,' on OHIO
iha ticket sa iak q asntc5.ag element ~ ne
cona2Sg.
Ngr contest 10 ,u,s $ ale ), between lin
coin aud Douglas, aDd uetwann them 1 "ssu
1ar hesitate t,r = urm'ut and, IHt"-t.
b .g,. g9 vote tr throw AVA. .a.a such j. .a
cau,..'. a, a >.a-a-u.n p ..t.s Ha, B. .s,.
himself neor-.!ya.r ou. nas."-. tn" -y-
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AL III t.rllhle ,tr,c ...- CON, ia ut upas .'r
repeal o. the VI .S,n .anrr .0-r L.r,
were eubolie,l IN - r.,.t. t'I ta. .'
them there. H. sci a e Implicated 'oa IN,
which be unior,,o nol, in Will aui j.,
,,rurtivr motnn AID u" ,u"ri; l., IN, I hr
attempted. but XIV .r' how io ch"cs ~ {"
Air ct It's move .'.,. Exper, nc" Of III"
past 10 rot warrant Us III hclrr,Ing that
tre Republic would be- safe under hi. gul
ance. II woud be one" again Pharton gull
iny the chariot IF th- .un
Mr.. Breckenridge know only as "A gentle
Iuan, and AS Sucn esteem nm aud believe
him stainless. He has no record a> "a states
man, at least none known to me: and he
stands as the representstv" Of an extreme
sectionl party, whose Opinions and policy
tend strongly to disunion. Besides Lane,
the candidate for Vice President, is, think.
little wortny Of that honorable posti"n. Ny
opinion of his personal moritS will be found
at large in speech delivered 10 the Senate oi
the United States. Jan. 7, 1851, on the Brad
bury Resolutions which, with accompanying
documents, is in The Appendix to the Com
gressional Globe, vol. 23, rp. 81 aud 6s.
This will suffice for the por-onal merits and
,tatns of the several candidates.
After reviewing the Slavery quo. on at
some length. and dissenting to some portions
cf the Chicago Platform. Mr. Ewing closed
with some eneral remarks upon the canvass,
and the probable result. He said:
have little doubt Of the election of Mr.
Ltncuiu. nc In au Old wing. ne mas ual
hs political training in highly cons'rvatw
party. Of which he was a calm, considc,atc,
aud reasoning member. And though he has
passed through fierce conflict, in which the
aggression of slavery was the subject of attack
and drf,nce, doubt not that the feeling hat
the conflict excited has passed away, aud that
from the first to the lasl-in his inaugural ad
dress and in his final message-he will ,how
himself the President of the nation not ot u
section or party. Fortun'tely h. will not b
thrown upon an oxtre ne party for support.
The conservative interest Nominated, aud that
also wall elect him.
MI Dell, ~ | nlslhk' noe VIII Ho't but d
small support IN tn N5rlhwes,ern S.ate.--
not trcauso e i, s worthy than Nr. LIN
coin. but hecau.o b" on'ers tAo canYass with
~ pr .pect Of success before ihe P"op'a, and
II - the pntt Of wisdom to attempt lho good
that ]. ptactcabI5--iiot tBai winch IS upn,.
s.bIe. in4eaa i were wise f"r TIE especial
friends oi Air. Bel 10 su?poG Mr. Lmco.u
here. and show han that tIy cons ryatva q
trest On whlc1 he uay rel, is >r9uLr BI
especially a cJnt,st .aIost hlm Is uuwlsr ou
their part. Il the erection O. to thr iiuusr,
the chance Of Mr.. Bell for success th re- were
greatly improved, by the fact that he has ,
friends aol well wisher among the supporters
Of Mr.. L,pcoln.
Such fllow.citizens, re some of the views :
which | entertain Of the condition a. oar
cpli.;r, and OF the coming political contest. i,
Mae LIS been said aud done on both sides. A.,
The ipe to educate our people for disuuio1 .
-tc cnltivat, that mutual hatred and dis ,
tru,t, which sets ma ions to war agalllst each !,
othe., dissoves States aud breaks up fam :,
lies, Of this we have everywhere too much !,
BItit is becoming Jess au less TO the punic !