, 1860-02-02

AE10lClNG3 0VER THE SPEAKEE9H1f.
Speeches by. Hon. l.. M. Sweet, Hon.
I. N. Arnold, and Others.
Tie city Was alive with demonstratiye reioic-
ings last evening, orer the glorious triumph Of
Republicans iu Congress. The novs came hap
PLY to hnnd to Chime in, and lend zcst 10 IN oc-
caeiou previously appointed for last evening,
The Inauguration Of the capacious and well CLIO
sen new Head Quarters Of the Yorxc NEs's RE-
PUBLICAN CLrn, in LIoyd's Block, OIL the corner
otRaodolph and Lsszilc streets.
The committee hnd set its windows abla7e
with light, in brilliant illumination, and 1t the
hour Of the rally, and indeed long previous, tile
room was filed 10 oyeraowius The best Of
feeling prevailed, and the rally, in Ill respects,
Was glorious augury Of the opening CAM
paigr.
In the interval Of awaiting organization, fre-
quent cheers were given impromptu. and the
hall kept alire With enthusiasm. Probably
FROM twelve to fifteen hundred persons found
admission 10 the ball, but as many more were
excluded from aclual inability to get in.
The President, +. s. Williams, called the
meeting to order at II O'clock. lie read, amid
much applause, second dispatch from Wash
ington confirming the first dispatch in the Eoea-
iay Journal. lie briefly referred to the glo-
rious nature Of the triumph just achieved, and
its happy augury for 1860. He introduced Hon.
Leonard II. Smett Of Bloomington, who came
forward amid r,uch applause:
Hon LEONARD SWEET Of Bloomington. took
TIM ..,rd ,n;d ,rcue,dors onn,o,se 1o .,;d
-. a'aHu u'"'1 .'e'"s'u'"S 'Ppl.use ne 1'o
he had ueref had occasion to address so dente
q crowd. twas the occasion Of glorious yic-
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toEy 'ne Afst III 'ne cau'p"len. -htes sooe
doubt anu suspense we noW rest assured that
victory has percLed upon our banners. We
c,n nav lov. committees .nd ;,vest;oate cor.
s....:sn 49, ~ ~ 1,,;, .;.,n.~ - 49,. 49, .,.a .'
.'p''on. - 1n'9 wv" - Du' ~. pl.eutsoF ~ "
the next victory in November. [Applause-l IT
is tine that Nc we're looking to see where We
xh,1, Stand in +be co,n;n,, conf,;r+ II. bovo
s"''' s's'''u =" '"' su'"'u ~, 1.A" A1ss
numefoas parties. Inc olo Uehoefat' Tue on
shoot Democrats, tho Republicans, tie aueri
cans and the Union Savers.
TI,o 1,a,,o.,a,., ho,,, ~ o,,r ro,,,a .,,o .o,,n.z
slnce 1859. They must father all that is good
or of mischief in that time. We NAV iu,ice If
,ro x ...;.,,aa u;.h .,,.;. -...,, -, ,,..sa.,.
"e a'0 eA''e'e" VIVA tAs" teeo'"o - "14e'Ae' We
will replace them. ~ ISL: the country was at
peace, no cloud could be seen to bctoken danger
to this country: In 1854 the Missouri Compro-
misc was repealed, and since then it has been
hubble, ,u.b1c,
Toll aed sscu1a."
Erer since Mr. Douglas, tue authur o: all this
mischief saws the policy was iuau.urated iu
1850 Of" Non Intervention" aud lie says to us
Old Wigs, Didn't you agree III 1852 10 abide
by The Compromise Measures as i tinality:
Every improper act in the world requires an
excuse, aud for this repeal the cxcuec was,
to give to yies te Pe1pe ef tie territories yrtat
A%*rty, and since that tiulo the supporters Of
Douglas Lnvc defended him Oil the ground Of
squatter Sovereignty. Now the act Fever gave,
nor WIS it intended to : i've, the people Of the
territories The right to r.ett slavery In Cass'
Nicholson letter, in 1sis, this doctrine Of
S1uatter Sovereignty was first enuucated. 4
doctrine sprung up about time, the Southern
construction OF the Nicholson letter that the
people lad no right 10 reject Slavery IN the
Territories, TO check this, Senator Chase in.
trcducc the clause that the territorial legisa.
turc might reject Slavery, and Douglas aud
cycry other supporter of tic Nebraska bill voted
out that anenialcEt, ia the Senate. and III the
Ifouse. on Macc's amendment Of the same na-
turc, erery Democrat voted againstit it.
Next came senator 1rnn:b4irs :. @ amendment
scnn,or ~ I W,o w,s IN favor If thc iii votcd t
down. Nlat was ths reason. 1t IVES leaying
it open fur the Sup, emo Court to come IN arx
decfie the matter. In every instance m amend.
ment of this character has been voted down.
Snuattcr Sovereignty" is the great pillar Of
the l1cmocra1ic partr. What is tlle position Of
narties on that subiecty Men say, VAS it not
declurcd at Cincinnati il 1hJ6t No. II WAS
not rccocniyed that they could DO ANYTHING az
n Y:r,;nrv TM.re II mt a word in tile rincln.
mt; paff6rn that lie Tyri.or;1LIe .,;s!atura las
n r;rlt t., c1,,.lc slavery. and uons Of The ex
.,ons,,ts 1T na,-ocrncr tsle s,,cl .,ronnds. mt
'ran io<., j;,nself fro,, rie ,.ra.t I:iir.]iar-
~ >;rfh j,;x, ,"tIMr h.s more nemocracr
!; i ~ .a .n,,nr. ,rra tj,on INV ot,.pr nnrt #.
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IN IN ,,,o iia,sa he Gucs,ion;or Of i,ran bs las
In = ~ mil frccnen1 anniansc'
m.sr,SNcin. :, Err;so~m n,ss 1av exc1nd.
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II as.s,'. r.,,;,.;rr eras;x,. rcn1v n This vns
ra.d fron .ha f:S,1s m nrrn;,,hcr .,.b n,uill
tnn,,,t,,o,,< nnn1.ns.. AMI I,uvh,rr and NJ.
tiarnanJ 1,,s r:irswere1 tic sne ourstinn in tI,,
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s's.;n low s3,,1 .,r 1,c,ocr,ts At snr;ortitld
ThSS aro Iii ill., thn old Isdv via nraIrI fnr =
h. 1s6am'i "Son,tieT Sovrn.;,n1v II conyrnicnt ;.
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