Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-10-19

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REPUBLICAN MEETING LAST NreHf -1As Orig.
t.at JaeOS,saIas Midas5As.d JaeOe's-And .hs
VI. KilgOre, Of Indiana. There was another
big and lively meeting Of the republicans at the
swigwamn last evening. On the secfetary's
calling for the candidates for membershp to come
up and sign the constitution, there was such a
swarming about the table the Secretary was
obliged TO request those who had got their names
One hundred and twenty-three members whose
names were presented at the last meeting were
elsctsd, and eighty additional applications re-
The Glee Club was present-including knight
aud VioHn-isnd helped TO keep the steam up BY
some humorous campaign songs of the average
doggrei merit Of snch Compositions. The hall
was crowded with members and neophytes and
those ''almos, persuaded, !" and there was quite a
sprinkliDg OF lookers-on. Among the spectators
we noticed TheoPhilus Fiske, Esq editor of g The
The President of the Association. Major q r
French who has been absent from the city for sew
erSl weeks, attendant on the Fair of the u s.
Agricultural Society, called the meeting to order
hler expressing his great pleasure at again
meeting tie Association and under such ia vorabIe
auspices, and congratulating them on their won
derfnl succers and increased numbers, he said
that he felt himself placed pretty much In the
same position as the man at the insane asylum in
New Hampshire. This man imagined he knew
everybody. W hen he was introduced to people
l.
"uh, TO be sure am well acquainted with them d;
OB one occasion being introduced to Hon. Jerry
Mason, Of New Hampshire, man some 6x feet
IN height, he looked up and said, Lob, yes,
know Mr. Mason very well, very well indeed; but
good Lord how he has grown since saw him
Iast!n He could say that of this Association,
,'Good Lord, how IL had grown since be saw il
Since that time he had been abroad I'm our coun-
w considerable, having visited Massachusetts
New hamPshiIe and one or two Of the western
States He bad not had much to do with political
meetings. while away, but be had seen a great
deal Of political matters and he could not fofbear
saying here that he congratulated them, and con-
graduated the whole republican family through
out the Union upon the glorious pros poets that
we've before them. The people were ''wide awake
everywhere. [Langhter and applause During
MS soJourn at Cincinnati there was procession
CT WIde-Aw1kes there so large in numbers and
imposing in appearance an to be worthy of a
"a. special visit TO witness. -
he believed 1t was now pretty well ascertained
that they had to take "Old Abe Lincoln, an their
President on the 18th Of March NEXT Manifest
destiny mad written II down In ciphers so large
toat all the fusions in New York and elsewhere
could not rub IL out-that he In To he the newt
President Of the United states And notvith
standing all the talk about Z" disunion - he was
one that didn't believe in IL at all All tbose
present lived here on the borders, and II there was
. TO be any fight or disunion, they should be the
first to get into H. but he thoughtthem all safe on
that score. He saw that they were getting nm
parties Of Minute Men" at the South as an Offset
IN the wide Awakesn at the North He boped
that when these two bodies of men met in Wash
iDgton, ii would be as friends, and not as foes.
and That each would be willing to give the Other
cordial shake of the hand lie had M doubt
but that such would be the case
The Hon. Mr. Kilgore, Of Indiana, being In the
room, ana consenting to address the assoc alton,
on motion, the usual order Of business was dis,
pensed with in order to afford the associatio, an
opportunity of bearing him.
hr kilgore felt proud Of the republican party
and Of Its principles He was sure that all that
IN m IA kath he rrfn ogr~Io-
universally popular, was to have them fully under
stood by the American people. II the principle,
and purposes Of the republican party were such a,
their political opponents represented them TO be-
aggressive and hostile to the great interes,s Of The
southern People-then, indeed, would the south
have much to fear, for the party was a great and
powerful one: IApplause. Bot, as he had be-
fore remarked, the principles Of the republican
party were conservative and national They EN-
braced all the great interests Of this great country
would tnat ne had II In his power to say as much
tune with the leading statesmen of the south was
tnat they had always been sectional In their views
and measures--
For the talents Of John c. Calhoun, no man
living had higher regard than himself: vet, un.
fortunately FOR that great man. his political vision
was eircumseribed by the peculiar interest Of the
South His great mind had not been taup bit to
comprehend all the interests of this mighty neo.
PIE Had that have been the case be woufd not
only have been one Of the most talented but one
OF the most distinguished men of this .tion He
regretted to say that from the foundati on N the
government up to the present time the policy OF
their southern brethren had been selfish and NOT
national. To demonstrate this he referred to the
opinions and acts Of the founders Of this govern
msnt, all Of whom, he said expressed their gr,at
adherence Of the Institution, regarding n AZ ,
great evl-a moral, religious, and political wrong
Iney had called into requistoD all their talent FOR
the purpose Of devising some plan by which the
country could rid itself Of it, Had the opinion of
our fathers been cherished by the sons Of those
worthy sires, this vexed and troublesome ouestIon
would not have been called up to-day To annoy
and distract the councils Of tue American peonle
and TO infaIne and incte the one section against
the other. =
He teen briefly referred TO the action NJ mn,
early Legislators in dedicating all the territories
that this nation then possessed to freedom the
subsequent prohibition Of the African slave trade
the prohibition Of their introduction for any Other
purpose than The use Of the actual setflers-,bev
were 70 be In no manner used a an article OF mer
ehandise No one attempted to controvert the
power OF this government TO act until about
l545-4o, when Mr.. Calhoun called il directly in
question by his slavery resolutions which were
al the time denounced by the depsrted Benton as
being nreoraHd, and who avowed the doctrine
that Congress had not the power to Iepislste ON
slavery outside Of the territory. But the Amer
can was progressive race. and upon that subject
Their southern brethren had progressed rapidlv
He taen referred at some length to what he
termed tie selfish demands Of the southern people
at various periods IN our eountrys history, and
claimed that they were in favor Of protection only
where IL to the interest of the south IN Ia W.
such. and opposed 10 II when the North rec NJ red
1t for the interest Of IFS commerce. its manufac-
turing establishments, or agricultural pursuits
He spoke Of the origin Of the Missouri com p,o-
mise line clal ming that IL a southern measure
and one with which the North was nj FIRST but
ftte pleased yetwhen forced upon them by their
southern brethren they became reconciled 10 in.
and were willing TO abide by II in good flith'
hoping thereby peace could be secured to the
country but the south, when they had occupied
that share OF the territory which they had claimed
p a. thsir own, then came forwa d and denouneed
this measure OF their own making a. upiust and
net only unjust, but wicked and uneonstitutIo nal
ana demanded It's repeal. II was repealed, and
Wnat nad been the consequence, a.
de diiated for some time al pom the doctrine N
squattsr sovereignty, stating that when number
OF Peaceaole emigfants from the North had zone
to Kansas, with their children, horses cattle and
hrmtng utensils, for the purpose Of settling In th,
. beautiful country aud making il their homes
thus practically carrying out that doctrine--thev
were Denounced as abolltionists, and either nuI
dsred or driven from the Territory by those who
had gone there previously nom the South. When
10 was found that advantage was to be taken OF
fhis principle Of squattsI sovereignty by outlet
settlers from the North, then IL bursted IKE a
81 lie read several extracts from the Richmond En-
quirer 70 show that the doctrine Of an
Dle conf ictf between the North and Soufh n. "A