The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-10-04

that your orators are but endeavoring &
galvanize dead body into artifcial lie
You are well aware thar your mass meet
ing demonstrations are nothing but hug,
galvanic batteries at pay What mean
your desperate attempt to glue your bro
ken fortunes together with thoss Of oIhel
parties? Doyou think this Is the way /,
cheat destiny out Of It's dues? Is it YOU
am ition to have your descendants read
in the history Of our days there were mer
living in 1860 that with instincts 81 de.
PRAYED that when they could not acccm
plI h that which was evil, they endeaSor
CD, at least, to prevent that which wa,
good?
And yor who are warned by his sacred
voice of conscienre that you doing wrong
in adhering to Douglas, and yet obey lht
command ofpariy. hear me; Jsahis party
drill discipline SO omnipotent al lido
that you would sacrifice upou its altaI
your independence, your manhood, and
all that constitutes your moral worth?
And you who claim the Constitution
and the laws will you stamp the evidences
OF hypocrisy upon your brow by indirect.
y indoIsing him who has done more than
any other living man 10 undermine the
Constitution and pervert the laws? Will
you permit your politica, hucksterers 10
barter away not only your votes, but your
consciences and your lonor?
But let the conspirators come on, we
defy them. Go oil with your coalitions.
which ire made with the distinct under.
standing thar those who unite to day
are 10 cheat each other tomorrow. Has
II become ruling principle in your par
ties that the crank and file have no rights
which the leaders are bound 10 respecl?'
You will find cut your mistake" Look
around you. Do you see thousands lea
wing your banners, unwilling to submit
TO your treacherous scheme TO rob the peo-
pie Of their elections? Do you know
what that means? 1t means that the
man rises, above the partisan. 1t means
the revival of conscience in our politics
1t is the true sovereignty of the people
vindicating itself. [Cheers.
Now, build up your mole-hills, and call
them impregnao!e fortresses. 1t seems
you do not know how small they are. The
logic OF things will not roll its massive
will over them. Your puny contrivances
will leave no trace behind to tell your
doletul story.
Sir, only those whose hearts are unmo.
we'd by great moral impulses, can fail TO
see thar We are in the midst OF a great
moral revolution. They cannot prevent
final victory; firmly believe they can
not retard it. No, they are aiding it in
spite ofthemselves; for their general rot
tenness demonstrates its necessity Doug
las himself is powerfully promoting it's
progress. He las taught the people Of
America great, sublime lesson.
l think it was Senator Pugh who once
said that if Douglas were struck down by
the South, he would take bis bleeding
corpse and show il 10 the youth OF the
Northwest as an example of Southern
gratitude. Let that modern Marx Anto,
ny come in with his dead Cesar, fpardon
me. t is neither Cessl dead nor Marx
Antony living, let him bring in his blee
ding corpse, and | would suggest the fu-
neral orslion. Let him say 10 the youth
Of the American Republic: "This sis
Douglas. Look at him. For every wound
"the South inflicted upon him, he has
struck IA blow at the liberties ofhis coun.
tSymen. "Let him serve as a warning
that imam may be traitor 10
liberty, and yet not "become lavorie Of
the slave power. Mark "him. By false
Popular Sovereignty lie tried ito elevate
himself; true Popular Sovereignty
" strikes him down." Loud applause
If The youth of America profit by this
lesson, then it may be said that even
Douglas has done some service To his
country. Laughter. Then peace be
with him-his mission is fulfilled,