, 1860-07-27
GREAT SPEECH OF NON. JOHN HICKMAN.
TIE TWO DEMOCRAC1Es.
Douglas, by Ono who has Acted with
him aud Knows him.

The following comprises the concluding por.
t1on Of speech delivered in Concert Hill, Phil
adelphis, on the cath int, by Hon. John Hick'
| man:
| BRECK1NRIDGE AND HIS CREED
am not aware that the supporters Of Mr;
brecklnridge attempted any concealment as Ia
LIS designs IN case Of lis success. If they
nave placed it entirely without their power bJ
The ffaokuess and boldness, and had almost
SAID, the recklessness Of their decla: atious
lie has been pnt forth, prominently, alike Ia
speech and p}atform, as the Achilles Of the
armies Of the South, and as the determined
lie stands upon no single democratic senti.
ment. unless, indeed, what were regarded by
all statesmen within the last fifteen years as
the detentious heresies Of John c. Calhoun,
can DO 80 regarded He 50 reads the teach.
lDgs Of tue sages Of. the past, and their pri-
an exclusion of his peculiar and favorite in.
stltut!on IRON tho organized Territories; and
50 a. TO mike it indispensable thAt Congresses,
Courts, and Presidents should exercise all their
ingenuity, md all their powers to fortify and
sustain it there. Legislative action is to be in
Foket', judicial DEGREES had, executive fats pro-
| nounced, naries equipped, and armies mar
sha'ed, to exclnde forever every. settler there
from who will not bow down before the black
god at his idotatrou% worship. 1nppealt 10 you,
| Freenen. to know whether this Il the Democ.
rae5 Of Jefferson, Madison, Monroe and Jack
500. ! appeal to you to know whether you have
ever found any thing IN the annals Of parties so
insulting to the understanding, until within the
| lifetime of the youth who has not yet reached
bis majority. l appeal to ) Jou to know whether
the honesty, intelligence and unulixed blood Of
the offspring OF northern mothers, can ever &C.
cept m excuse for those who would endeayor
to fAsten such ruler upon us.
DOUGLAS; HIS RECORD AND CREED
Whatever conclusions may be drawn as to my
politician, I eau only say that my esteem for
bin is profound when brought into comparison
with that which entertain for his Democratic
competitor. There are few, if any, living men
concerning whom more has been said and less
really known, than Stephen A. Dougl4s of Illi-
no's. There ale thousands, by far too many
thousands, now sustaining him under the mis-.
taken and deluslve idea that be is endea9o.ing to
counteEact the plans Of the Southern DeEnocracy
This ia frightful hallucinatioo, but a natural
one, when We take into consideration the hu-
initiating fact that all TINT devotion could do has
dstort true record, and to stamp q counter.
ielt character for him On the public mind. View.
lbg him AZ one OF the most unsa'e and treacher-
GUS OF leaders, you will pardon II certain
statements wblchit now seems necessary should
oe made, and the correctness of which, pre-
sumo, "ill not be impugned. hare not yet
forgotten when. in The winter Of 1855. during
the dras session Of the thirty. fourth Congress,
the residents Of Kansas, asseveratiu1 that the
cardinal principle of the Nebraska Kansas act
pad been wantonly and wicked'y nullihed, that
fraud and violence, concocted with the blue
lodges u Missouri, had Invaded their homes aud
imposed foreign rule upon them for the pur
pose OF forcing upon them Institutions which
they abhorred. and invoking the ioterpasitior
OF Congrees in their behalf, the prided father
Of "untrammel:ed popular Sovereignty turn
Cd bis back upon his violated child. and closed
us ears, as in death, to complaints cf outragr
almost without parallel in the civilization Of tRe
century. These despolled pioneers, who bud
taken up their abode in the Territory under The
most solemn guarantees Of self Government
only asked tn prove their accusation. and to h.
renewed from oppression. In other words. ther
decIaEed they had never been able to enioy Sc t.
government, that they we're ruled By Invaders.
ana demanded the sovereignty conferred by
law upon them. Mr. Douglas should hsye been
the hrss man to ay to their relief; and il be had
been as completely dedicated to the tricr;nes
u hs b1t, as some would make us believe hp
would have urged inve t'gation and carr,e.i il.
20 lar from having done 30, be put himself in
tne ieau OF those Senators most hostile to an ex
position, and became the mere mou,b.pjece. ad.
vocate, and aPoloog;st Of those engaged in the
wvfk OF forcing slavery upon an unwilling peo-
pie. lie enjoyed ut that time the iu!l ronGdFnre
vi ths South sud his Democracy WIS orthndor
-becauae be was loyalto bis tast -ulass:rs; VII
ling to do battle for their most extraynpant
demcnds. lie was then Chairman of The Tan.
mittee % Territories, and call attention n h;s
report as such, made March 12, 1856. as concIu.
size upon the point hare stated. IN .ha+ ~.
FER lie could hnd nothing to saY apainat fnr.
'e'5n corspiracies 10 invade the soil Of KIM.
sa* and control elections, but he had muca to
onee IN condemnation Of eastern associations to /
40 irregularities IN the retura of Mr. Whitfield
pro slavery delegate to the House Of Renre |
sehtatiycs. but he clearly ditr.rnef to: dt r.;
zof+A Lyt tature seas dktgaXyel eltc.<d 5odv. viii
te:jfcs authority to enact TIE mo.s 6, u4! 4td A.
btsra,y sare codts. and that tie complaints Of |
tsauo @ ana iorce were gotten up merely to atm
u'ate aud excite Northern emixration. 4,
the time Of which I sp:ak. there was m
one IN Cougfess o. out Of Congress. in ofllce
cr out OF Office, who e1erted himself more nm.
ttr1pg'y to ptrpfsa1te that reign IF terror incu.
gurat4d to iasuSe tAe admission of hansus III,
fh< o".o" as ttare S:at<. / fear there are
many now beariDg up the haausr inscribed
with the name Of this Senator, who never have
[utly understood or who have forgotten th;s
'arnished page in his history. If t:tye la. <,.r
--A r""'t d<ttrm'ntd foe to td< grosclh Of free
lv,a ia E4nsas, or ~ ~. V;,H:.v.es o; L. .,n
'as. .Nt1rasts biz fh1n Stephen i. Donyka1. H.
4as ben abts to ktep Ai,nss!J suy much pndtr
:ortT. 1t il crafty ins, However. to make siu>
,le remark IN bis fayor il is this: that be sees
Is willing rs the most ardent of his friends to
,iveEt attention from this period in bis career.
am not aware thar, in either essay or address, |
le has yentured to rec r to it; bur on The con.
'nrv he seems disposed to trea. as blink in
,1s life.
Whilst these proceedings we're progressing
n the Senate, The other branch Of Congress
;rrled re:oiut1ona Of Investigation under u
10 the territory. The consequence
ras such un exposure as satisfied the coun.
r. not only of the truth of every fh;nv
hareed, but Of existing eonspifacies beyond
!, ;;.1'.0 that had been imagined. The Dub.
Shed evidence eta.:.ctual1y revealed the inten.
ions Of the South. and made deep impression
por the North. 1t was then established tha, /
eithc- lay nor pfoprleties weTe to he alfcxed
!" 'ne way of slavery extension: and |
ssanu :" the Gosic1rson that the
e are almost dris..-: -@~t a ocrt
otaI cf the Missouri restriction ua-.
gtatral ana tu<ll-natxr<i plan Of operasioss, !
fh- bead Of s0hieh 4!oof Tie self c,ocn<d ehjtf
rm OF office Was no" approaching its close. 1t
not unlikely that desire for re election, and
knos sledge Of the conviction forced upon his | q
ate By the examination alluded to, Induced ,
m to took with different eyes upap Kansas, :
I'd created an ae1!eiy on his partto take up l
e cause Of her robbed and wretched people.
'nnot certainly say how this may hare been,
'ly state sudden and miraculous change 8
me over h'n, and Tor While be seemed 10 I
Dry IN the name oil 'rehel. Lie opposed the
!mission Of Kansas under the Lecompton con-
tuition win seeming seriousness, and then +
sno."etd hls determinat'on to vote FIR The gytat
iniqI'ty. N E"g,a'h btu 1t ~asthen the | t
'nofed AMI heroic Harr,s, who now sleeps in :,
'ath, shed tears OF angulan, and gave utterance c
pn coser ths Ss ss has, beer
:. Dougla' lame LIS admirers have acted y
'se:y, as It mas prevented. douttses*, many un- |
easant 8ur1nlteS and suggestions. tn that | )