, 1860-10-05

served in the public service years ago, aud
| sat down with them, aud we conferred
about this question Of moment to our coun-
try. Many a man told me, Your plat
form is right Some told me a majority
Of Democrats of my State believed that
platform to be right but can't You waltz
said they. Can't you wait until 1864
Our people must take in principles by inf
Intestinal doses; they cannot stand all that
at once Said one gentleman to me, two
thirds Of the Democrats Of my State agree
with me, but the other third ure shaky, and
if you jump this platform at them, they will
jump into the Black Republican ranks
That was the song of the representatives Of
at least six Of the free States Of the North.
| do not refer to those States on that west
ward shore, of Oregon and California for
they stood firm from first to last They
removed from all this strife, separated from
you by mountain ranges and vast unsettled
wildernesses = they, coming from every
county and every State of this Union,
stood sqdarely, invincibly, deGantIy, hope
fully, upon this platform Of the Constitu-
tion of the country. [Great applause.
Enough for Charleston. As regards the
convention at Baltimore, we had a theat
rical convention, when States were pawns
and playthings-where to advance the in
terests Of one man, States were swept from
the board and trampled auder foot Pass
ing from the convention at Baltimore, let
me come down to the present stage of the
canvass. We Gnd that Breckinridge and
Lane are the talismanic names which are
rallying the party throughout this vast
country to victory. We find that this is
the party which, standing inaexibly upon
principle, is still moderate and conservative
anxious to avoid the calamity of the
election Of Black Republican President.
We find them in certain States holding out
the olive branch to this faction that has
been determined to rule the party and the
country with a rod of iron; and how has IL
been met, fellowcitizens Why, we have
had in this Federal city, this national me-
trOpolis-we have had issued pronuncia,
meDto, signed by three men-one Sena-
tor in Congress, aud the other two mem
bers Of the House-issuing their edicts to
the sovereign people, telling the party what
they must do, in this, that, and every other
State Of our great country-telling them,
you shall not vote as you wish; we three
men have determined that the strength Of
Mr.. Douglas shall be ascertained in every
State Of this Union" They may have it,
felIow-eitizens. l want the strength Of Mr..
Douglas ascertained everywhere; l want to
know the numbers, South and North, that
will follow his factious, his ambitious, his
rule or-ruin rule Cheers.s
FelIow-citizens, as you oil well know,
my years have not been spent in dallance.
l am no carpet knight; but l do know the
heart Of the American people. l have
known them in war have known them
in peace. Raised at the plow-sbare, edu-
Gated to toll, l have been working with
the masses oil my life. l know their intel
ligence; | know their truth. They are not
Office seekers, but they are looking for q
government which will protect them in
getting their living by the sweat Of their
brow, and in their honest Independence
enabling them to bring up their families
we'll, and educate properly their children.
We feel, fellow-citizens, that having plat.
form and having principles that are right,
aud on which We eau stand, for which we
can fight, in this contest, we can move for
ward defsnGly and boldly to victory,
through the serried ranks either .of the
Douglas faction or the Black Republicans.
Applause Our appeal is to the patriot
ism, the intelligence, the disinterestedness
of the American masses. They have al
ways rebuked disorganizatiOn, sectional
men, and the mere ambitious schemes of
adventurers. They have an intuitive in
stinct for that which is good and right.
They have an extraordinary insight into
character. feel, fellow-citizens, that with
our platform and our candidates We are
bound to be invncible. / care not how
formidable the array against US is. March
forward, and you will find the serried ranks
OfyOur enemies to thin aud scatter, Cheers, ]
and you will be a formidable and over
whelming host in the accomplishment Of
victory in November Renewed ap-
plausc.
Fellow-citizens, have but little more
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