, 1860-07-11

We copy from tbs Buffalo Commercial Adrsr- |
tafr Of Saturday morning the following glori.
ous account Of the Lincoln and Hamlin Ratih-
cation Meeting held in TINT city the evening
previous. The Gomm<rci !, as our readers
know, is ono Of the most conservative sheets in
the county, and warmly supported Fillmore
and Donelson in 1855. md until subsequent to
the Chicago nominations maintained its posi-
tion in opposition to the Republican organize
.ion. It now supports the Chicago nominees
with vigor:
The meeting at St. james Hall last night was
an unbouuded success in numbers and respec-
liability, but most Of all in An enthusiasm which
exceeded anything We have ever witnessed in
political gatherings ia this city. The proverbi.
ally cold Buffalo audience warmed up to white
breathless listening, during which the vast hull
was as still as church, alternated with periods
Of the widest uproar Of enthusiastic cheering,
But the most noteworthy feature WAS the un-
wea1ied interest Of the audience during speech
lasting nearly two hours. In all that time hard.
where, seats and standing places, floor, gulle
ries, stage and sta,r-cases, all crowded-even
that lonesome northeast corner which We never
saw filled before, as closely jammed as the space
By the door-this great audience endnr. d un.
consciously the fatigue Of uneasy positions, and
only left when the last eloquent word bad died
upon their ears.
Alter brief speeches By A. II. C1app and John
l.. Talcott. Esqra., Hon. Owen Loyejoy, the or
ator, was introduced.
HI LovE,oY's sPEEcu.
We have no report to make Of this speech,
In hrt.t In t11n Y,1ara
We we're surprised and disappointed in lii:
Loyejoy's personal appearance, and in the whole
line Of his remarks. Instead Of the lank, tol-
low.e5ed, fanatic-looking man cur imagination
had conceived, Mr. Loyejoy is IN eminectly
comfortable man in bis personality. Broad
| with good injured intellect, he WAS just the
| man We did not expect to see. His speech was
| another surprise, We anticipated a hot. footed
| eloaueure, and that We got. We did not antlcf-
pate close, terse, logical style OF argument,
combined with an aeeatssy force and grace OF
| CHARACTERISTICS OF Mr.. Lovejoy'a speech.
lie commenced with IN argument addressed
TO those still clinxing to former political organ
izations. The central idea Of ofKepublicanisn, he
said, was unalterabge hostility to the extension
of slavery over territory now free Th he
compared with the creed Of the Ola wing par-
tv, ii, which that identical principle was always
embodied in all their platforms, resolutions, and
| IN the speeches of their representative men.
He quoted Clay and Webster, and the hall rang
as hs declaimed the noble words Of Henry Clay
in which he declared that never would be vote
in any manner to extend tie system Of human
slavery. The old Whig platform, to use bis ow n
bers Of that glorious organization. To abandon
their hostility to slavery extension was to de.
sert their own dogma for which they had fought
and labored during so many years. Asserting
and proving that the Democratic idea Of con.
senting to the extension Of slavery in any mea-
10 the Democratic creed, be called Democrats
10 witness that it Was something dating from
1h54. and born Of the brain Of Stephen A.
Douglas. He called up from the past the his
tory OF resolutions passed BY Democratic Con,
ventions, and especially the fact that in 1sa9
every Democratic legislature in the tree states
passed resolutions declaring this same idea OF
analterable hostility to the extension Of SLAVERY.
It was former Democratic doctrine which the
! ---r-v hadle slip, and be appealed to Democrats
r. stand hv the a;:."nch old creed which had
riyified and gorified their party in better days
In all political parties, Democratic, Wing, OF
Liberty Party, this enc central idea naa oeen
common ground On tariffs, internal improve
ments, currency, and land policy they had dit
fered, but not on thls question OF limiting
system so abhorrent to d popular government
Is that Of property in man.
It was on this basis Of argument, sound IN
historical fact and backed up BY the memory Of
every man over thirty years OF age "th1n 1ne
sound of his voice, that Mr. Lorejoy built nI
one Of the most magnificent appeals to the bet
ter passions OF his auditors to which we eFe'
listened. His denunciation Of slaSery as sys
TEN WAS confined to IT'D consequences upon INT
white man, its inffingements OF his persona
liberty Of free speech and it's curtaiment o.
thousand blessings which bloom only IN the
sunlight of freedom. II the mind Tor moment
hesitated in following his inrectiye against I
system to which we must consent and submit
where it is now established, and which IS par
Of the compact Of the Union, it instantly revert
ed to the inevitable logic in the question: Why
ars we unalterably opposed TO the extension
slaycryf And the answer comes Us promptly
because it is a system which cripples Tree labor
denies free.speech, and forbids the growth o
those elements of the Northern social fabric
which our greatness and our hnpp arr
made. II slavery extension does not 1nEolr'
such evils why oppose it at al7 Aud why
have all political purties, through all the polltl
cal history Of the country opposed it, until th'
| revelation Of Douglas in 1854 swept the Den.
ocracy away from its old mornings!
These are the thoughts, but not tho words
nor in the order, OF Mr. LtveioE' 3 speech. Dur
ing it's delivery the appearance of the audience
WIS remarkable. 1t listened eagerly. no OH
left, the ball WIS as crowded at tie close IS
the beginning and the intervals Of silence we1'
constantly broken by such cheering az indicate
TINT the heart is moved within one. Thecessa
tion Of the speech was the signal for departure
but not until three cheers had been giTen 70
kr. Lovejoy, and then led by Mr.. l., and on hi
notion three more for the Union, the Constl
tuition and the Declaration Of Independence
Then followed more for Lincoln and after ever.
| ona VIE hoarte the meeting adjourned.