The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-06-01
aneech al Senator chase.

uisop. the speech OF INC occagon WIS maue
by Senator Chase, who taid
My Fellow CITIzBNs tin this mighty
gathering and In this nli-prcvading entho-
siasm, l see the issue Of tho campaign. Tho
manner 10 which yor aud your fellow clt'
zens throughout the country respond 10 tue
nOainatioBs made at Chicago 10 asure pre-
sage Of success, and congratulate you upon
the cheering prospect before ns. Inc con,
pectjon of nv own. name in The National
Convention With tho .uomisntiou for the
Presidency rcuders IL proper that should
say that was placed In tbet attitude BY the
action Of the Republicans Of Ohio, worry
largo majority Of whom in their. State Con-
yeEtion presented nv name to the Repub-
licans Of tho Union rs their choice for the
Presidency. ! regard the expression Of the
State Convention ss the law for the State
delegation; and so regarding IL, had ex-
poctcd of Ii the same unity OF action that
characterized the course OF the New York
delegation in tho support Of Mr.. Seward. Of
the Illinois delegation 10 the support OF Mr.
Lincoln. and Of the Pennsylvania delegation
in support,of Mr. Cameron, uuder similar in
structions But with the final choice Of tho
Chicago Convention am entirely satisfied.
Every pflpciple in that platform have pnb'
iicly ayowed and advocated for mauy years
aud it's declarations still meet with my
cordial concurrence.
II has boon said that the nomination of
certain candidates might have endangered
tho success Of the cause we all have so much
at heart. God forbid that my nomination
or that OF any other man should imporil the
triumph Of Republican principles Those
princip,os are dcarer to me than ell merely
porsonai considerations, and l rejoice that
although was not nominated my principles
we're; and that tboy havo 90 true and so
faithful a representative in the coming con.
teal as Abraham I.iDcolu, of Illinois.
Tho doctrines of the Republican party are
about to receive a triumphant vindication
at the hands of the American people. They
: and tbosu who have Advocated thom, havo
+ here, ofore been prcsis,ently misreprcsentod;
, hut let me say that ovon the slaveholding
, Statcs Atbcmseives, under wiso and patri.
otjc Republican ndministTat alton, will soOn
discover the error into which tbey have
been led by thcse misrepresentation. For
mysclf | cherish no hostility towards the
. people Of the Southern States, / would not
deprive them Of a single right guaranteed
70 them by the Constitution-nor does the
Republican party propose TO do so. II
simply cont ends for freedom in the terri.
tories, against the Southern demand to in.
troduco slavery thore. 1t believes that free.
dom and free labor will best devcvnp their
resources. and contribute most to tho wei.
: fnro and happiness Of those who may emi
era,o thlthei from The slave States Ms well as
, the free. In tho former there Is compar'
. atiyeiy small class Of shareholders. while tht
great majority of white inhabitants are non
n slavuholdors and poor. We contend thai
tho territories should be opened to the poor
omigrant. whather from the North or tn,
South. and that thus shall be perpetuated Z
!" truo Popular Sovereignty in which the ma
iority shall govern rather than class control
:, 10 the Sopthorp States thoro are thousands
: kept down. by poverty aud social distinc
, lions, who long for schools and churches
a aud for uDfestric,ed opportunities of solf
!, culture and elevation in tho social scale =
i We -Rcpuhlicaus propose, by Keeping the
= territorios! IN reserve for them, TO furnist
tliem these sdsentsges: apd !: 10 very. tor
a tunate and significant circumstance that thfi
. loading, .idas Of tho Republican creed 10 ss
1awellreprssented By our candidate. ~
"A The AiN56fdr. lincoln furnishes an illus
q t,atiop of gthe operation Of that idea, Hi
a grandparents were na,ives Of Virginia. hi
parents Of f'Kentu6ky. and thoy were poor.-
/, Youhg- Lineelh LETT The uufriendy atmos
< piers of slavery, In his na'iva State. and re
a mOVSu "uotc Cousu
. free. air and carve out for himself morl
: favorable destiny, Had he nevor made tha
q removed, ,it- Is scarcely probable that. ham
n pered by tho difficulties that surroundet
, him, no would have rison to the high position
he now occupies before the penple OF the
a nation. But he came on to free soil, wher,
:, generous sympnthies awaited tho laborer
! and belped him on in his upward caroer.-
4 Rising by bis own noble efforts. no is to.da,
!. tho chosen Presidential candidate of tn,
! Republican party, and on the fourth o
n March nex, ho will bo duly chosen Prosden
4 of the United States.
! OF tho Hominee for Vice President, car
i truly say shat he is eminently worthy Of th'
a confidence reposed In him. l havo served
. with him long in public life. and have knowr
. him we'll, He has beeo lifelong Demo
!, crat-not of the modern type, but of Tho
!. school of Jefferson aud Franklin. His Do
n mocrscy Is not Of that kind which consistl
!. in subserviency to the dictates Of a slave
4 holding class, and whose highest NANTES
q tation is 10 the alacrity with which it's dev
! otees will chase runaway Niger; but tha
If Democracy upon which our institutions ar,
~ based; which towering sublimeiy above tn,
"a selfish interest of classes and factions, 10 en-
II throned upon tho solid foundations OF tru'
"a popular sovereignty--tho expressed will o
Il an intelligent and patriotic pooplo. cal
!, pronounos upon him no higher euiogiun
than to say that he is worthy Of association
npon the same ticket with Abraham
Lincoln. r. -a. .f .rs,-# 10 s .af.t-,.
IN Gov. Chase concluded his speech. o
r. which ,be foregoing is an imperfect an'
10 hasty sketch. by u string appeal to Repub
,r lcans TO do their whole duty in the comin
:. campaign. There is now every indication
"A Of success. but success 10 never won vlthou
"a effort, and il Is always we'll 10 mako assur
I, ance doubly sure. II this be done. on tn
h evening Of the 4th of March next tb
= country will rejoice over the election @
,e Abraham Lincoln as President of the Unite
"A States.
ar The speech was we'll timed. and repeat
N edly Interrupted with applause. At th
N close tho vast multitude gave three rousin
4, cheers for Chase, and three moro for Lin
Ie coin. I'D . a..., -ft 1f
The Wife Of the Next President,
ls The correspondent OF the Chicago JouI
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