Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-09-12
iJge Gtprsss,

and the following are some extracts from it:
IL is sale was not regularly nominated,
and that an eminent citizen Of Illinois was
regularly nominated for the Presidency
can only say that the Convention which
assembled at Front Street Theater, at Bal.
timore, in my Judgment. was devoid not
only Of the spirit of justice, but OF the
forms Of regularity. [Cheers.I
The gentleman whom it presented never
received the vote required by the rules OF
Democratic organization. Whole States
were excluded and DISTINGUISHED in that
Convention, not TO speak OF individuals
The mos fragrant acts Of injustice were
perpetrated for the purpose of forcing
particular dogma upon the Democratic or
ganiz. ION, and the gentleman who Is rep
reseatative of that dogma OF principles,
wnieh / will be able to show is rePugnant
alike to reason and the Constitution.-l
Owing to the improperly of these pro-
ceedinps. a decided majority of the dele.
gates from your own State withdrew from
the Convention, declaring that 1t was not
National Convention of the real Demo |
cratic organization.
The entire delegations from the fifteen |
Southern States aud of California and Ore
gon with large minorities from other States,
making in whole or in part delegations
from almost two.thirds Of the States OF the
Confederacy, misrepresented National
Democratic Convention pending upon the
authority aud loyalty of the Democratic
party.
Now gentleman, having vindicated my
selfand the Constitutional Democracy from
the charge of having abandoned the posi-
tion they took in 1854 aud 1856, turn
uuou my accussr Mr.. Douglas, and un
dertake TO show that he himself abandoned
the agreement he solemnly made at the
time the Kansas-N obraska bill passed the
Congress of the United States; Lgreat APP
plause;l and do not make myself wit
ness against him to do it. will prove 1t
by himself.
On the second day Of July, 1856, in de.
bate upon bill to authorize the people of
Kansas TO form Constitutihn, preparatory
to admissin into the Union : a State, the
question arose as to what was the true
meaning of the Kansas Nebraska bill and
the limitation Of the power OF the Terrific
rial Government
Mr.. Trumbull offered the following a
mendment as an additional section TO the
bill
"ADd be it further enacted. That the
provision in the act to Organize the Ter
ritories of Nebrask and Kansas which de
cIares it to be the true intent and meaning
Of said act not to legislate Slavery into
any Territory or State, nor TO exclude It
therefrom, but to leave the people thereof
perfectly free to form and regulate there
domestic institutions IN their OwR way
subject only to the Constitution of the Uni
ted States, was intended TO, aud does con-
fer upon, or leave TO the people OF the Ter
ritory of Kansas, full power at any time.
through its Territorial Legislature. TO
exclude slavery from said Terri Tory or to
recognize aud regulate it therein"
That was Mr.. Trumbul's amendment,
against which an overwhelming majority
Of the Senate voted. including General
Cass and Senator Douglas
Mr.. Douglas says, and to day stands up
on it, and claims your votes upon it. thai
Territorial Legislate, no matter what the
decision Of the Supreme Court may be
has the right to exclude slave property
from Territory; that YOU may take i
there, but it must be held subject TO such
laws as the local Legislature may make
The Supreme Court says the Territorial
Legislature cannot exclude IL. aud Mr.
Crittenden says nothing can strike him a.
more inconsistent aud contradictory than
to say that while you may go there {;
somebody stronger or mighter than the
Constitution says you may hold and enjoy
just what Mr.. Douglas asserts, and which
If not recognized, he will rend and destroy
as he goes. fApplause.l | derive so'lt
satisfaction from the fact that the Hon
John j. Cnttenden, whose name aud au-
thority will go far in this Union, has de-
clared in the Senate, and recognized by
his oath as Senator, the principles upon
which we stand as the principles OF the
Constitution TCheers Icannot enlarge
appeal to you if l have not, with reason
able certainty, L may saw conclusively,
rePelied the accusations against me.
But word on another subject 1t is
said-although / am not dIsunionists,
and the principles | assert are not-that
the object of the organization by which |
have been nominated is to break up this
Confederacy, and L suppose they have Sc
lected me as the tool with which to execute
that scheme
A voice-A bad instrumenti-Cheers
have no doubt great many gentle
men in the Southern States of the Union
think that their constitution rights will
never be recognized. A few are. perhaps,
per Sc Disunio- lists, though | doubt if
there are fifty such in the Union. Undoubt
eddy, number of gentlemen who were dis
satisfied with the Compromise measures of
1850, now prefer me for the Presidency,
aud sustain me on this platform; aud if 1
were disposed to count noses, doubt not
there are many of the same character who
sustain other gentlemen upon platforms
not so constitutional and desirable as mine
fCheers.l
What is the charge? Nearly entire DEL
egGtions of some States supported by the
mass the Democracy in all the Southern
States, made this nomination. Do they
say the whole of this were disunion-
IstsE Why, gentlemen, the country is in
bad way il this be so but the charge is
reckless one. How as to the State of Ky.
which is going to vote in accordance with
that principle? Is the State Of Kentucky
disunion State? The delegations from
California and Oregon were in the Conven-
ton.
They reside thousands of miles away
from our private strifes. What have they
said that would lead any man to suppose
that they would break up the Union Of the
States. They are impartial arbitrators Of
this dispute, and they tell our Northern
brethren they must do Justice aud give
equality in the Union, and that on such
principles they can maintain the Union
and the Constitution. That Is what Ore
gOn and California say as we'll as larger
mInorities. from the delegations from other
states of the Union. Senator's and members
OF the Honse Of Representatives from both
-NNt'N1o ~ bhN NOuuGJf mcH NuO nave
hlled the highest stations 10 public cOun-
ellis. but have now Withdrawn from public
life. All concur in declaring that these
are the principles Of the Constitution. aud
they are not afraid to execute them
Cheers.
Gentlemen, the charge Of disInion is
baseless. Advantage has been taken Of
the cordial loyalty Of the people of Ken
lucky, and equally to the surprise aud lie
light of the gentlemen who engaged in It,
the scheme took better than they expected;
but am satisfied that the sober second
thought Of the people will recall them to
the assertion Of their principles. Kentucky
will never abandon a principle which she
has declared to be the princip.e Of the Coz.
stitutIon and the Union Loud applause
Lincoln in the House
"Ion /" the Washington correspondent Of