The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-10-25

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has murdered, and that is champion
mot of woman born" Laughter.
And now
"On. Macduff:
And damned be he who first cries, hold-enough."
Renewed laughter, and cheers. I Oh,
there is justice in history! [Cheers.]
RErRIBUTIoN AND DESTINY. Il
The same BETRAYAL Of the Free Labor
cause.-the Nebraska bill, which was
Ia be his stepping stone to power, proved
to he the abyss which engulfed his hon.
or, his manhood, his streneth and his
hopes. There are those who mean 10
reverse the Judgment of history. Vain
undertaking! That man is marked by
the hand of eternal retributio2. On
his very front stands the fatal touch.
DO not attempt to arrest the hand of
Supreme Justice. You cannot save him
from his ruin. Why are you so eager
tn share his disgrace Leaders of the
Douglas Democracy, what means your
empty bravado of strength? You can
not deceive Others why are you work
ing so hard to deceive yourselves?
You know that your orators are but en-
deavoring to galvanize dead body in.
to artificial life. You are well aware
that yonr mass-metings are nothing hut
huge galvanic batteries at play. What
means your desperate attempt to glue
your broken fortunes together with
those of other parties ? Do you think
this is the way to cheat destiny ont of
its dues? Is your ambition to have
your descendants read in the history of
our days there were men living in 1860
that with instincts so depraved that
when they could not accomplish that
which was evil, they endeavored, at
least, to prevent that which was good !?
And You who are warned by this sa-
cred voice of conscience that You are
doing wrong in adhering to Douglas,
and yet obey the command of party,
hear me: Is this party drill discipline
so omnipotent that you would sacrifice
upon its altar your independence, your
manhood, and all that constitutes your
moral worth ?
And you who claim the exclusive
privilege of swearing by the Constitu-
ton and the laws, uill you stamp the
evidence of hypocrisy upon your brow
by indirectly indorsing him who has
done more than any other living man
to undermine the Constitution and per-
vert the laws? Will you permit Your
political hucksterers to barter away not
only your votes but your consciences
and your honor.
But let the conspirators come on /:
we defy them. Go on with your co ali
tions, which are made upon the distinct
understanding that those who unite to-
day are to cheat each other tomorrow
Has it become ruling principle i'll your
parties that the 'rank and file have no
rights which the leaders are bound to
respect ?" You will find ont your mis-.
take. Look around you. Do YOU see
thousands leaving yonr banners, unwi.-
ling to submit to your treacherons
schemes to rob the people of their elect
ions. Do You know what that means
1t means that the man rises above the
partizan. 1t means the revival of con-
science in our politics. 1t is the true
sovereignty of the people vindicating
itself. Cheers.]
THE REVOLUTION AND THE TRIUMPH
Sir, only those whose hearts are I'M
moved by great moral impulses can fail
tn see that we are in the midst of a
great moral revolution. They cannot
prevent final victory firmly believe
| / al I'd
aiding it in spite of themselves for
their general rottcnness demonstrates
its necessity. Douglas himself is pow
erfnlly promoting its progress. He has
Taught the people of America great
sublime lesson.
think it was Senator Pugb who
! once said that if Douglas were struck
down by the South, he would take his
bleeding corpse and show it to the
youth of the Northwest rs an exam
pie of Southern gratitude. Let tina,
modern Mark Antony come in with hi.
dead Caesar pardon me, it is neither
Caesar dead nor Mark Antony living
let him bring in his bleeding corpse
l and would suggest the funeral Grafton
Let him say to the youth of the Amer
5 lean Republic: "This is Douglas
: Look at him. For every wound thu
: South inflicted upon him he has strucl
e blow Mt the liberties of his country
i men. Let him serve as awarning exam
!. Pile that man may be traitor to lib
l erty, and yet not become a favorlte o
D the slave power. Mark him. By fais
: Popular Sovereignty he tried to elevat
r himself; a true Popular Sovereign.
n strikes him down." Loud applause.
r If the youth of America profit b.
$ this Il sson, then it may be said that ev
b Ell Douglas has done some service t
e his country. Laughter. Then peac
S be with him-his mission is fulfilled.
:, But now we have TO fulfill ours. Falls
q Popular Sovereignty is down. Free
u men, it is for you to see it, that tru
y Popular Sovereignty triumph.
J. Citizens of New York, when afte
r the adjournment of the Conventio
4 which nominated that great and goo
D. man, Abraham Lincoln, for the Pres
1t dency, I addressed the people of m
s. State again for the first time. said
J; them: "Let Wisconsin stretch hi
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