The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-10-03
: Speech q Judge Douglas.
Delivered at Cleveland, September aad. 1860

ismS purpose to submit 70 yon to dSys may
be permitted to remark, since your President
has referred tc the regularity Of the nomina.
tion at Baltimore, that would never have
suffered the use OF my Name befote the De
mocrBtic party unless had been duly anC
regularly nominated according to the usaeei
Of the psriy. could appeal to the, hislory
cffBy s6iire political life to tshowl lhst q
would never permit my name to be used I,
divide, distract or disturb the harmony Of thI
D. mocrscy, much less would ever consen
to claim q nominafion when was not tn.
/. choice OF a majority Of my pprty. Let N,
refer TO one or two fncts on this point
When Franklin Pierce received majority
moi lwostbiFds. Ot the Democratic party 4
BSlumote Ise1i D message by telSQfsnl
which was read in Convention, Withdrawing
nv name before the result was announced
AgSin, when at Cincinn ati James Buchanan
received a majority Of votes but far less thar
two. thirds Of the persons voting, I sent
teleersphic dispatch Withdrawing my name
and asking my friends TO unite upon Mr.
Buchsnan because he had received the votes
of a msjoriiy of the Democratic party.
never yet suffered my ambition to carry mt
40 far astray ns to desire nomination wher
was not The choice Of my. party, much les,
did ! ever consider it consistent with my
personal honor as. q gentleman to GO into I
convention asking for q nomination, ant
when failed to get it, bolt and run agains
the party. Immense applause | hsvt
never yet learned Of any position In liz
where it was deemed honorable for man l.
take ihe chances OF euccess and then refuse
10 meet the responsibilities when defeated
CCheersr But | shall refrain from Saying
anything more on this point, for the reason
that / daily receive satisfactory evidence
that lhe Democracy of the whole country
regard my nomination as having been fairly
end honorsbly made. a. Cries ofg".That''
SOL
Not only wse the nomination regular bu
the platform Of the party upon which now
stand is precisely the same that it has beer
4ors lbp lust t@ elye ~ sixteen years. in
tend showing you III st the Democratic party
by lis s.crgbnz,tioo and its platform is pledg.
ed 10 The doctrine of non interference by
Congress with slavery in the Territories. -
-FApplsase TIE distinguished feature oI
the Republicans on the one hand and the
lbc Repub leans c!aimed that twas, the duty
OF Congress to control the slavery question
in the Tegi gitories, while the Democracy
claimed ,hst slavery should be bsniEhed from
The halls OF Congress, and referred 10 the
people, subject only TO the Constitutions -
T',Thut's the talk," "Thst's eo."1 -Four
wears ago no man was deemed Democrat,
and no. mAn hnd the hardihoodio ciaim TO be
a Democrat who wss not opposed to Con,
-Vressionsl li,ae rieTence- upon the subject oi
slavery, and tven now, go for IS the slavery
ques,ios is concefDedy there are but two
.ppIlies in this country, the one Intervention,
is,s and The other nom iinterventioBists. II
lie true that the Intervention party is subdi.
-vided into two iactiUne, the one in favor OF
Congressional Intervention to prohibit sla
very whcrsver the people wgnt at, and the
solher. ip isyer Of Congressional intervention
10 maintain Ond protect slavery, wbereser
the people do not want it. [Applsuse and
-laueh,er.1 The Republicans OF the Nuftb
demnnd that Congress shall prohibit slavery
wherever the people desire il. They do not
wish to have Congress interfere where the
beoble ale opposed 10 il. for the reseona that
ihe people will prohibi, it the mselves through
Their local legislatures whenever they do not
want it. Hence the Republicans are in ia.
vor o. Congressional intervention to deprive
vile people Of the Institution whenever they
desire to have sit.a On the other hand The
Southern eeceesio niste, hose who attempted
to break up the Democratic psFtyat Charles.
ton and at Baltimore, eeUIsre that they are
in favor OF Congressional intervention to
maintain ard protect slavery whenever me-
.eesssry. Those are the words, "whenevel
necessary" When do they deem it neces.
ssry fol Congress to interfere /? Not where
the people are in favor of slavery, for In ucf
cases the people will protect it themselves
.bv thejr local law. Hence the Breckin
ridgers ere In favor Of Congressional inter
ference, to maintain and protect slavery only
where the people do MT want il. ["Thst'i
it'll vsa5
Indignant Democrat-Three gronns fol
the Breckinridge pnrly.
MIR. DcUeLAs - No, there sre not enough
OF the m 10 erosn. rGreat Laughter and up.
Hplause. Thus you find that the Republi
cans OF the North and the Secessionists o.
the South agree in principle. They agree
6rst, that Congvess hes the power and it il
i,s duty to cobtfoithe slavery question.
Second, That Congress should slways de
eide that question against the wishes Of the
people interested in it, and
>. Third, IN denopnciDg- noa intervention
and popOlsr sovereignty TO which the De
mocra,ic party is pledged BY i.s platform ant
ii organization. ls it NOT plain that the
s-,E pu6licans Of the North and Nhe 81 cession,
ists Of The South both insist upon Congress
Fsionsi iEttrye lition upon the subject Of sia
Very. and differ onlY as to the mods in which
..ahsi Intervention shalt be exercised la
voice, .Exactly."] The Democratic party
now, as in tUrmeE times, atands irrecoQcila
DIV opuosed. ID both of these Intervention
factions. Nowsss heretofore it is pledget
to The doctrine OF non interference. byC Con
rressS in the Territories.
Nis true ,hatthe Republicans have claim
ssd ariitllemofe consistency In their sdyoca
@Cy Ofiniefvention ihen'the disuHionists have
They have beehs ia lhe hsbit OF asserting 10
saaICng series of years ,thas AL these north
western Stsres were msdes Tree Suites B.
the sGtt6L CongressskA Aown As the OrdiDsnc
Of l7s7. They sell you that but tor the OF
,dtnance. Of l787,9 Ohio, tlpdans, Illinois
Wisconsin, aud Michigan would slA hav
been slave States, and they are In the hsbi
Of meeting and celebr stiRg the l3thOt July
the date Oi tie or finance, .inssead pf the Al
oi Jnly. the date Of the DeclsTatioRcf OF Inde
pendence. [LSuehler. ] They havs repea,
ed this declarations that yon would ell hsv
been slave Gtstsss instead Of free Statei
but tor. that 0rdinanNes 90, often that hav
really % doubt that many OF them hsv
come TO beIIevs i. Renewed laughter an
applause.l What aacompliment they ps
20 your Intelligence, q. your yiFtne,, 10 yot
capaeity foR self goveTnment wken they "a
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