New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-02

But when the South had got all ste couI out Of the
Missouri Compounds, and new Free es were abou.
to be formed on. Of the portion north OF The hoe then
h. 81 Al once discovered that 1t was unconstitutional
He also gave graphic sketch OF Mr. Douglass In
dorsentnt Of the Border Rufnan or bogus Legislature
first imp sed Kansas. and the inhaman slave code
enacted by it, and his denial Of Popular Sovereignty
when the Topeka Constitution framed by the peo
lie; and traced hs courfe down to the Charleston and
Baltimore CoDvs ntioDs qaotng from his speech in the
Senate his boa the South thar hs great principle
had given Il en- Slave Territory five times large as
the State of New-YOrk and carried slavery degree add
half north Of the Missouri line. lie closed by show.
hgt,a Mr.. Douglas is reapirg the retriouion OF nus
tory ard that his eat principle, which he orlgn-
proved bic political ruin, and laid him in the dust The
Republicans Of alton in high spirits. ID c0ngratu
late themselves this visit, and noble speech OF the
great German Republican orator.
The cau.e of Rspublleaosp and OF its noble chief,
Abraham Lincoln, Is steadily gaining ground In tbs
State There IL not sbat ow Of doubt or mis2ivlng
among Intelligent Republicans that he will carry Ii.
nOis by from ten 10 twenty thousand majority. me
people here knor him TO be capable ana honest states
man of sterling integrity and honor the a6test larger
and arist in Me Slate, and splendid adrocate Of all
that is good and noble On american ndtcsmdnshtp.
lie 10 the Henry Clay Of Illinois, resembling the great
Kentucky orator in many respects with superior aud
keeDer logic and the wit Of Thomas +. Marshall.
Every day the enthusiasm OF the Is nre asing;
INNER gatherings of the people held in the offer
ent counes metimes reaching high as Is 600 peo-
ple and addresses made by the candidate for Gov
erpor The Hon Richard Yates, by Senator Trumbull,
the Hen. John NJ. Palmer, and other able and eloquent
men of the Republican hosts. Egypt is catching the
Infection and We bear frequent accounts Of CONVEX
lions by scores and hundreds from the Douglas De-
mocracy.
Intelligent and candid Democrats admit that they
have no hope Of carrying even Ilinos. They now
fighting merely for 1.-THE CUR reat purriuciple'' of
Squatter Sovereignty which the bred Scott decision,
and the last resolution Of the Baltimore Convention
have left " nowhere" With Breckinridge ana Lane
ticket to run in this State which is popular with the
Democracy of Egypt aud the daily increasing strength
and enthusiasm of the Republican party, they have
really no hope" and their ratification meetings fail
TO avail any genuine enthusiasm, or to call out the
people In any great numbers.
All this Is the result of careful observation Of the
signs Of the times In this region of Illinois, and Of
liable information from other parts Of the State II the
Other States Of the East the North and the West will
do as we'll as Illinois, the victory is sure the Nation
Government will be pu, flied Of 's corrupions Slavery
exenfion will cease and we shall settle do in the
peaceful ways that existed throughout the North and
the South before Mr.. Douglas sprung his Nebraks bill
opened bis Psndorabox OF Slavery agitation in the ter
ritories upon the country. An EYE WITNESS.