The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-08-01
STEPHEN A. D0UGLAsLWHo AND
WHAT Is HE?

Among the distinguished speakers at the
Iloughs meeting in Philadelphia, Saturday,
was Gen. Dodge, of Iowa, Ex-Governor of that
State, Ex-Minister to Spain, and chairman of
the Iowa delegation in the Baltimore conven-
ton. In she course of his remarks the Gems
eral sail: N :
know shat Henry Clay relied upon him
more thar any other man, entrusted to him
the drawi.s Of the compromise bills, and called
upon hims when his voice became SO feeble
that he could no longer Eli the Senate, to take
his place ard fight the battle for the admis-
sion Of California, Utah and New Mexico,
Cgreat applause, and for the establishment of
the principle that the people shall be left free
to shape their own domestic institutions and
control their own destinies. Who was 1t lash
ed Sumner, Seward, & Co., and ~triumphed
over them in the great debate upon the Kan
sas Nebraska bill, which established a living
principle by which the matter of slavery is to
be settled, and that vexed question to be for
ever banished from the hall of Congress2
It was Stephen A. Douglas. ECheers.] You
all know him. IA voice, and love him.
Cheers. knew him whenhe was an honest, non
orable pioneer, with his pack upon his back.
ICheers.l knew him when he pushed the
jack-plane in a village in Illinois ICheers.
/ knew him as a village school master; as the
attorney. general of his State; as a judge upon
EAIG ~ OOa4b 0ChOAy oLo
3 when he was elected to the lower branch OF
Congress and from there to the Senate, where
he is now serving his third term. [Applause.]
And, gentlemen, if the boilers and political
tricksters who are now at work to defeat the
choice of the people for the highest Office in
their gift succeed, he will grow upon their
hand just as old Hickory did, when he was
defeated for the same position, and by the
same means, in 1924. Loud and continued
11ao-7 TIE So m iliar Da0oa hv which he lS
now known among his countrymen,-i is that OF
the eLittle Giant" but if he is cheated by
these Secessionists and Disunionists, he will
be known in the future as the "Big Giant,
before whom intriguing politicians will fly, as
from the wrath to come. / tell you that II he
ever comes down on any of them, the unfortu-
nate man will think he weighs more han a
ton. CGreat applause-]
If he is beaten now, his success in the future
is certain, where those who oppose the party,
because he is the nominee, will be consigned
to oblivion. 1"That's SC" and cheers.] The
people love him because he is true TO them
and maintains their rights. They have watch
ed with interest the persecution to which he
h,s been subjected; they have seen him re-
moved from the chairmarship of the Commit
tee on Territories by a tyrannicai majority,
because of his independence, and they have
seen those who should have sustained him and
strengthened his hand, resort to every trick
to disgrace him, because they were jealous and
cnvious of his hold on the popular heart. TIE
result of these attempts is before you. With
out patronage, without power, he has stood
forth in the Democratic convention at Charles
ton and at Baltimore triumphant and victori-
Gus. He received from that convention the
greatest honor it could pay him, the regular
legitimate nomination for the Presidency, and
if you are true to yourselves, you will ratify
. the nomination at the ballot-box.