The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1860-05-31

nobody disputed. Having established Tins n,e-
mise to his satisfaction. NJ Douglas launched
forth into an argument wholly apart from the
position taken by Mr.. Lincoln Tic had about
halt finished at SIX o'clock, when an adjourn
ment to tea was H-rted The speaker insisted
s,renuousy upon his right to resume in the eve
ming, but we believe the second par, of that
speech has not been delivered to this day. At
ter the Springfield passage the two speakers
went to Peoria and tried it again with identi-
callv the same results. A friend who listened
to the rcoris debate informed us that after Lin
colu had flushed, Douglas "hadnt much 10 say
which We presume to have been Mr.. Douglas
view OF the case also. for the reason that he ran
away from his antagonist aud kept out of his
wav during the remainder OF the campaign.
During this exciting campaign Mr.. Lincoln
N 'Ssed The slavery issue upon the people Of
Cencra and Soul hern Illinois, who were larseIy
made up OF the emigration from Kentucky,
Tennessee, Virgnia aud North Carolina, with all
the powers OF his mind. He felt the force of
the moral causes that must Influence the ques-
tion, and he u'ver failel TO appeal to the moral
sentiment or the people in aid Of the argument
drawn from political sources, aud TO illuminate
his theme with the lofty inspirations of an elo-
quence, pleading for the right of humanity A
revolution swept the State For the ftst time
majority of the l. giSlature of Illinois was op-
posed To the ID mocratic administration of the
Federal Government. a United States Senator
was to b, elected in place OF G'n, Shields who
had yielded To the Influence of his less scrupu-
ouS colleague, and, against his own better
Judgment, had yoied for the Kansas Nebraska
act
The election came on, an a number of ballots
was taken. the Utmost uuited opposition voting
steadily for Lincoln, ,hu the mli-Nehraska Dem
ocrals tor rrumbul MIR. Lincoln became ap-
prchensive that those men who had been elected
Democrats though opposed to Judge Douglas,
would turn upon some thnd candidate. OF less
decided convictions thHn Judge Trumbull, ani
possibly elect Senator who had little or moth.
ing in common with the then inchoate Repub-
| lican party. To prevent such consummation.
he went personally 10 his friends and by strong
persuasion, induced them Ia vote for Trumbull.
He thus secured, by M act of generous sell sac
rfce, , triumph for the cause OF right, and sn
alvo ate OF il ON the floor ol the Senate, not in
tpror, in earnest zeal tor the principles of Re-
puhlicunism. TO any member ot that body
Some of his friends on the floor of the LegsIa-
ture wcpt like children when couslr rained by
! Mr. Linroln'S personal appeals to desert him and
unite on rrumbul. 1t is proper to say in this
| connection, that between Trumbnll and Lincoln
the most cord al relations have always existed,
and that the feeling of envy or riIalry is not to
be found in the breast OF either.
From his thorough conviction Of the growing
Wagnltuut Ol lnc SINNt VuVstlull uuu W tnt Httu
Of strong effort to preserve the Territories to
freedom Mr. Lincoln was among the liIst to
Join in the formation of the Republican party,
although the public opinion Ground him was
strongly adverse To that movement. Tie exeNed
himself lor the organization of the Republican
forces in Illinois, aud attended the first Repub
lcan Convention held in the Safe. This was in
: Bloomington in May 1886. His speech in that
Convention was of surprising power and elo-
auence, and produced great effect. In the con-
) test OF hat year, Mr. Lincoln was at the head
of the Illinois electoral ticket and labored earn
estly, though vainly, to wrest that State from
the grasp of the pro-sIavery d mocracy. with
the "walking imagining oi., i.,mischief' as Douglas
has been appropriately called, at It's head
=, We need not refer to the Great Campaign or
1858 so fresh in th' recollection of all readers,
farther than to suhioin the result of the vote on
members OF the Legislature, to-wit:
For ABRAHAM LINCOLN l25 275.
For SrEPil AN A, DOUGLAS l2l ,l99.
By reason, however, of the Aagrant apportiOn-
meni of the State in Legislative Districts by
, which majority of The members are always E.
lectrd hy nminority of the people, Mr.. Douglas
, was, ms is well known, returned to the Senate.
In private lie he is literally unimpea chuble.
= Among all who know him his most acceptable
and ot the same time appropriate so6riquet, Is
, that by which he is most widely known:
nHONESr OLD ABE"