, 1860-08-01


Of over an hour. 1t =ss absolutely orerwhelm-
ing. He was followed BY Mr. Wilkinson Of Ma
con County, brother Of the Minnesota senator.
Altogether, it WAS one Of the happ'est days Of
my life. Hutrah for Dewitt Countyt
Len.
-AASS MEETING At IACEI.y4 "
NAckIsAw. Ju'y%.
This towu is situated near the eastern line Of
Tezewell County, and about twenty miles fzem
Pekin. II had been the general feeling at Pc
kin that there would be q small turn out; be.
cause first. it was in The midst Of m ugricultu-
raj district; and because, secondly, the fa1n,a.s
were nesrly all engaged in their harvest. Judge
OF my surprise, then, to 6ad on my arrival here
yesterday morning (Thuraday) vast crowd Of
enthusiastic Republicans. Where they all
cane from vas to NE at first marvel; but
soon learned that in this section of illinois every
Republican has taken OF his coat and gone to
work in downright earnest.
The procession going ont to the grove in
which the meeting was held, was nearly tsoo
n,ihs long. 1nosieed the following notices and
designs: "Don't giye up the ship Of State, but
give her new pilot" '"Free homesteads and
frcemen j. *'So more slave territory" lib
erty IS cur Birthright." Then there was Wa
gon With lag in it, and men splitting rails-
the owner Of the wagon, am told. voted in
1858 against US; finally dozen national flags;
two good bands; and mechanics wagon, in
which s;1.een men were engaged in varlous oc-
cnpationa-blacksmith coopering, planlug
boards, etc.
Judge Davis Of Bloomington opened the meet
ing: This county {razewe!l has peculiar asso-
Citations. In the first place, have been &C.
qusinted with its people for many years; III The
second place, il used to be Wig stronghold,
AID was then Whig; ind lastly, q minority
off voters are to-day, as am, Of ,hs Republi-
can faith. [Cheers and cries Of True; true."I
There are great many more of You here to day
than hoped t. see. Three or four years ago,
men hesi,ated 10 call themselves Republicans !;
now they are getting ashamed to call tbcm-
selves anything else. (Laughter.j They we're
intimidated By the SCOTS and nicknames OF t1eir
oppoueuts. Men who hare no argument In
them resort to foul epithets. After a while The
public eentimunt turns against them, aud then
they must hide their faces. Haven't you sll
observed that the mudsru Democracy are thia
wear less rampant, overbearicg, and confident
than they were iour years ago7 (Clirs Of Yes; +;
aud they don't want to talk about politics.")
Well. TINT is an upmistak sble sign Of their OYER
| throw They know they deserve to be beaten;
| and they lind that they are going to get their
| deserts. {Cheers.]
Ihe SIXTH &C. passed by the rcry first Con.
eress was reafirmasion Of the ordinance of
| l761. Every Southern representative aud
Senator, and every one from the North except
! (n- a. ft,an
in the country in consequence? Not bit oft
And whyS Simply because all parties ut that
day believed that slavery was an evil, aud that
| it should be kept out Of al Territory from
which it could be lawfully excluded. Our
| fathera we're law abiding, treedom-loying
| people: Are not tie Republicans the same to-
| day? [App1ausc.l
| hut there il another fact to which must call
your attention. 4 large msi ioritJ Of the frat
emixrants to the North " estern Territory came
from yirginla, Mars land, and North Carolina.
They Ind to leave all their e'ayes beLiad them,
And they raised no complaint about it. They
thought prohibition both constitutional and
righi. They mutt have voted for the adoption
OF the Constitution with that understanding oi
it for they lived at lhe lime when i. was made,
(Cheers.1 Will my modern Democratic friends
say that they lnnw more about the meaning
and spirit Of the Federal Constitution than the
very men who made and adopteu it. and passed
l k4lG 4int tRTo A0NS+ ~ RtE uElt
~ho think so7 (Silenee.l Well, then, you
must admit that the Republicans are right, and
tbat rour partyis wrong. lGreat upplsuse.]
And new let Us see what was the position o.
the old Wing party on prohibition; for old linz
Wings are now usked to entertain The doctrine
| of free slave trade in the Territories.
Judge Davis then proceeded to read copiousl,
from the writings and speeches Of Henry Clay
| Daniel Webster, Thomas Corwn, and cthe,
great lights Of the Wing party, showing tha
they had Arrays opposed the spread Of slavery
This part Of his remarks WIS. listened to will
| ence formerly identified with. Tho Whig party
lis argumens we're Of the unanswerab1e SORT
and mol shadow Ct excuse was left for an,
former Whig's running after such q polt1ca
vagarant IS Douglas. An old Wing vino sup
ported Fillmore in 1856 aud who would no
vote at all in 1858, said to NE, during the thuu
ders Of applause when Judge Davis sat down
, "That speech is just IS good as 6fty votes i
this county fur Abe Lincoln" [Aplpause,l
Judge Trumbull followed. He was really no
! well enough, be said. to speak to 81 large u
audience but could not hold back when be sas
such al assemblage Of honest, earnest men
The Douglas wipg Of the modern De.rocrac
properly, under tho Constitution aad the deci.
ions OF The Supreme Courts, and u ay, therefor
he taken into The territories the Dlecknridg
; | men say the same, and that such property mu:
be protected ~ congressional enactment; n
| Republicans maintain that slavery ia legal, at
cannot lawfully be carried into free te1rstor,
/ When the slave owner leares the South, i
t | Ieares his slave laws behind him. This is on
8 doctrine. Eut il sIayes are property, just lik
f auy other property, and Mr. Douglas says the
! are, By what 5'ga. can they t;e excluded tro'
5 ton extends? lShouts Of "Tba,'s the que
8 tion."] You can't prevent the men Of Caroin
r and Virginia from coming to Illinois with the
horses aud Wagons. Why not: because the,
j., things are properly, just like any other prope
. ~. Well. my Democratic fr1epds, you c1ai
= | that the men Of Carolina and Virgini4 eau
& come here with heir slaves. Why not? b
ID cause you have it written down in your Stu:
. Constitution that slaves shall not be held her
|! And why did you hase it 50 "rittsn down. Sin
$, ply because you do not beliere They are prope
d ,ou believe tha. they would depreciste The va:,
l. Of your other property. [Cheers.1
Judge Donglas would let the people Of Il
t; Territories exclude slavery, it the Supreu
l. Cou1t says 50. If not, be says no, to thes
T. The power, then. mus. reeide il the Court, n
% Court. as At present constituted. wul pever d
10 eide that The people Of 4 Territory bare Il
+; power to exclude slavery. The position
nongias, Is hare just stated it. is only one
to Lis positions on the question. At ¬he- tin
H. in speech In New O1lenns, be declared th
- <AT (u41t Aa4 d11tAuF QEE4utQ bAAFed 70
u property, just like any other species Of prop.
50 tY, and that they cau be taken to all our Ter
I'd tories. fLaughteT and chee1s-}
ag Asrsclel Y. johnson, as = member Of Sta
y Convention in bis own State, On the 4th Of J Jur
Of 1850, introduced Slaye Code resolutions utter
or denying and scouting Popular Sovereign,
ID Do my Democratic friends like to endorse su
n maui And why WAS be nominated! Becau
.lr the Doug'as leaders must hare man on th,
he ticket who can command the rotes Of the uit
he rso-S!a1ery men. They rendered the nouin
y, tion to Mr. Fitzpatrick, .. more ultra man th
y either breckenridge or Lane. They took it
L. granted that their Northern followers would
n ths ticket, no matter whom they nominated
n- yiee President.
re- In ls5o 4r. Douglas congratulated the Sen,
he On the end Of Slarsry sgitatlon !; be declaI
en that be had made us Iast speeeh on the subie
n. and that the Compromise Measures Of 1850 b
IS forever settled she question. (Lapghterl /
ae the 4th Of January, 1854 be reported ad1er.s
IN to Repeating the Missouri Compromise, becsr
q. that would disturb tho adjustment Of IS
ee fLaughter. Just nineteen days sttervazd
~ reported bill repsaling tho Missouri Comp,
bf 1 yn{aA tEhnu}n ~ 1nu1h4a-1 ~