Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-08-09
GREAT SPEECH OF HON. JOHN HICKMAN.
THE TWO DEM0CRACIES.
Douglas, by One who Acted with him
and Knows him.

Douglas, by One who Acted with him
and Knows him.
The following comprises the conclmIing
portion of a speech delivered in Concert
Hall, Philadelphia, on the oath ult., by
Hon. John Hickman:
BRECKENRIDGE AND HIS CREED.
/ am not aware that the supporters Of
Mr.. Breekinridge attempted any conceal
ment as to his designs in case of his sue
cess. II they should desire to resort to
prevarication, they have placed it entirely
without their power by the frankness and
boldness. and l had almost said. the reck-
lessness Of their declarations. He has
been put forth. prominently. alike in speech
and platform, as the Achilles of tho armies
of the South. and as the determined Zoe of
free soil. free speech and free men. He
stands uponno single democratic sentiment.
unless, indeed, what were regarded by all
statesmen within the last fifteen years
rs the detentious heresies of John G..
Calhoun, can be so regarded He so
reads the teachings of the sages of the
past. and their primary law, ss to make
1t fruitless to attempt an exclusion, of his
peculiar and favorite institution from the
organized Territories; and so as to make it
indispensable that Congress, Courts and
Presidents should exercise oil their inge-
nuity. and all their powers TO :ortify and
sustain it there. Legislative action is to
be invoked, judicial DEGREES had, executive
fats pronounced, navies equipped, and ar
mics marshaled, to exclude forever every
settler therefrom who will not bow. down
before the black god Of his idolstroas wor-
ship. appeal to You. Freemen. to know
whether this is the Democracy of Jefferson
Madison. Monroe and Jackson / appeal
to you 90 know whether you have ever
found anything in the annals of parties so
insulting to the understanding, until with
in the lifetime of the youth who has not
yet reach his majority. Iappeal to you to
know whether the honesty, intelligence
and unmixed blood Of the offspring of fnorth-
ern mothers. can ever accept an excuse for
those who would endeavor to fasten such
= ruler upon us.
DOUGLAS; HIS RECORD AND CREED.
Whatever conclusions may be drawn as
to my estimate Of Mr.. Breckinridge's char
acter as politician. I can only say that
my eseecm for him is profound when bro't
into comparison with that which enter
tain for his Democratic competitor. There
are few, if any. living men concerning
whom more has been said. and less really
known. than Stephen A. Douglas Of Hi
nois. There arc thousands, by far too
many thousands, now sustaining him un-
der the mistaken and delusive idea that he
is endeavoriDg to counteract the plans of
the Southern Democracy. -.--.
This is frightful hallucination, but a
natural one. when we take into considera-
ton the humiliating fact that all that de-
votion could do has been done, by those
surrounding his person, to distort true
record, and to stamp true character for
him on the public mind. Viewing him as
one of the most unsafe and treacherous Of
leaders, yon will pardon me certain state
ments which it now seems necessary sho'd
be made. and the correctness of which,
presume will not be impugned. have
not yet forgotten when. in the winter OF
1866. during the first session Of the thir-
ty-fonrth Congress. the residents Of Kan
sas, asseverating that the cardinal princi-
pie Of the Kansas Nebraska act had been
wanto NY and wickedly nulliie,l; that fraud
and violence, concocted within the blue LODI
ges ofMissouri. had invaded their homes
and imposed q foreign rule upon them for
the purpose of forcing upon them ins.itu-
tions which they abhorred. and invoking
the interposition of Congress in their be-
half, the prided father of "snntrammeled
popular sovereignty" turned his back up
on his violated child. and closed his ears.
as in death, to complaints of outrage al
most without parallel in the civilization Of
the century. These despoiled pioneers,
who had takeu-up their abode IN the Ter.
ritory under the most solemn guarantees oi
self.government. only asked to prove their
accusation. and to be relieved from oppres-
sion. I'm other words, they declared they
had never been ableto enjoy self-govern-
ment, that they were ruled by invaders,
and demanded the Sovereignty conferred by
law upon them. Mr. Douglas should have
been the FIRST man to fly to their relief; aud
ifc he had been as completely dedicated to
the principles of his bilb ssdsome would
make us believe. he would have urged an
investigation aud esfried it. So far from
having done so. be put himself in the lead
ofthose Senators most hostileto an expo
sition, andobccsme the mere mouth-piece,
advocste. and apologist Of those engaged
in the work Of forcing slavery upon an un-
willing people.T Heenjoyed ct that time
the full con6dence Of the South snd his
Democracy was orthodox, - because he was
loyal to his task -masters; willing to do bat
tie for their most extrayagant demands
He was then Chairman of the Committee
on Territories, and call attention to his
report as such. made March 12, 1856, as
conclusive upon the point have stated.
In that paper he could find nothing to say
against foreign conspiracies to invade, the
soil of Kansas and control elections. but
he had much to offer in condemnation Of
eastern sssociations to encourage emigra-
Dtion thither. He could discover no irreg-
,ularities in the return of Mr.. Whitfield,
the pro-slavery delegate. to the House Of
REPRESENTATIVES. but he clearly discerned
that the Territorial Legislature was le-
g4lIy elected body. with perfect authority y
10, enact the most cruel and arbitrary slave
codes, and that the complaints Of fraud and