Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-10-05
[From the KeollI 0ste city, Son. 2s.l

[FFom the Keokuk Gate City, sept,2s.l
ST. Louis, Sept. Is, 1860.
To Mc Republican Committee of KeoktL Iopa Sessrs
| u AZ Rankin, TVnl. s. McGdric T. D. EE0lg.U Gen
". McCTuTy and John N. Noble:
Sins: a few days ago, had, the honor
to receive your letter of Sept Sd, inform-
ing me that u mass meeting OF Republi-
cans of Iowa, Illinois aud Missouri is ex-
/ Pected to be held at Eeokuk, on the 10th
day of October, and inviting me in urgent
terms to be with you on that occasion, and
"address the multitude" which YOU exDect
to be very large -
thank you, gentlemen, for this mark of
your respect, but beg you to excuse my
non attendance.
The simple truth is that cannot afford
to attend. lanswer you rs have already
answered many others, that am under Il
necessity to return TO my professional Ia
bors, which for more than year have
been too much interrupted by the excite
ment of politics. was Unwittingly drawn
into discussion of public affairs without
any wish or intention to take an active
part in the canvass for the Presidency.
In so far as l may be thought able to
exercise any popular influence, l suppose
the work is already done.
Five letters of mine, bearing upon the.
subject, are already IN print aud before
the public. Those letters, as far as they
go, express my opinions of men and mcaA
ures, in all sincerity.
stand by the doctrines which they
declare, and when they fall (if fall they
must am willing to fall with them. /
never was willing to make the question of
negro slavery in the Territories, and con-
sequently the government of the Terrific
rles themselves, the dominant question of
the Country-ovcrriding and swallowing
III. fS6EdfEfY SSRG5d aFtt RRRBBhbaY iRt@:
But the Democratic party would have it
SO. 1t has pertinaciously ngitnted the
slavery question, i'll its most dangerous
form, by using all the the means it its
power to acquire tropical countries with
their mixed and ungOvernOble people, for
the sole purpose of turning them into
slave States. l<l 1.l'
1t wantonly repealed the Missouri Com
promise, which had been the bond of peace
for the third of century; and it itdestroyed
the compromise of 1850, under which the
nation rested in quietneSs and peace. 1t
did all it could to pass the wicked Lecomp-
ton bill, and did actually pass the dcspic-
atlc English bill; and foilcd in those dis
honest measures, it still keeps Kansas out
of the Union, for the apparent purpose of
DENTAL election. 1t labors to establish as
sound doctrine, in law and politics the
monstrous heresy, that the constitution
establishes slavery in all our territories,
and keeps it there beyond the reach of all
human power long us the country re-
mains lin q Territorial condition, and Il
large portion of that country, including
Kansas and Nebraska, has remained in
that condition for more than half IL ccntu-
ry.' 1t assails with violence the freedom
of speech and the press, and violates the
sancity of the Post Office. because it is eli.
ther conscious of guilt and therefore afraid
to face the truth or is too timid and weak
to meet and put down error aud falschood
1t has not learned what jefferson taugh, i
thatcrror may besafcly tolerated when trutl
is left free to combat it. But, in blind
zeal for the defense of opinions and ideas
in-thcmselves indefcnsihle, it strikes bold
ly ut those fundamental rights upon which
all our hopes of civil and religious liberty
nrc based-free opinion, tree speech, free
locomotion and free press.
have long believed that q party whose
character is marked by so many disquali.
flying vices is unfit to rule the people; ant
therefore, it was my earnest wish to see nj
the elements of opposition brought into
harmonious action for its overthrow, b,
1
and patriotic man, untainted with tho ha
bitual vices of that dangerous party.
My efforts in that direction have not onl,
been unsuccesful but a result exactly op
positc is now sought to be brought about
by combining the most opposite and hos
tile parties and factions, for the avowet
purpose of defeating Mr.. Lincoln's election
not for clecting any other man by TIL
people, for that, under existing circum
stances, is hardly possible. This schcm
to defeat Lincoln, but to elect nobody
seems to be based upon principle entire
~ new in American politics, though wei
understood in American. trade.i
It'isia principle of n Joint Stock compa
ny, in which each, ubscriber lin casether
is any profit in the adventure,) is to draw
dividend in proportion to his stock il
trade. .s.., 49,
Thus in the political company latcl
formed in the great commercial State Q
New York, (and it is rumored that ther
are other like companies in other States,
the stock of which is divided into thirty
five shares, it has been publicly gazette
that MruDouglas owns fifteen shares, an
Mcssrs. Bell and Brcckinridge ten share
each; and of course, by. all the laws c
honest trade, the division of the profits
any, must be in that ratio. Butt mny
well doubted whether there be an
profits Il, divide 1t is far more likely tbs
1.-The concerns will have to ego into liquida
ton" before the middle of November.
The scheme, indeed, is attractive, by il
novelty and boldness,. andFis ch0racteristi
of the daring enterprise of our tradin
people; but then, the stockholders are sue
invetcrate enemies and are so justly sus
picious of each other, that it is hardl