The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1860-08-07
GREAT SPEECH az HON. JOHN uICK-
MAN.
THE TWO DEMOCRACIES.
Douglus, by Ore who has Acted with him
and Knows him.

Douglas, by Ore who hns Acted with him
and Knows him.
The following comprises the concluding
portion Of speech delivered in Concert Hall,
Philadelphia, on the oath INST, by Hon.
John Hickman;
BREcKINRIDGE AND Ills CREED.
am not aware that the supporters of Mr..
Brcckinridge attempted any conceaImcnt as
to bis designs in case of his success. If they
should desire to resort to prcvarication, they
have placed il entirely without their power by
the irankncSs anl holiness, and ! had al.
most said, the rccllcssnes of their dccIaa'
tions. He has been put forth, prominently,
aliko in speech and platform, as the Achilles
Of the armies of the South, and as the de
termiucd Zoe Of free soil, free speech and free
men. He stands upon no single democratic
sentiment. unle's, indeel, what were regard.
cl bv all statesmen within the last fifteen
years as the leteutions of John C.. Calhoun,
can bc so regarded. He SO reads tho teach
ings Of the sagcs Of the past, ard their prl
mary law, as 10 make it iruiless 10 attempt
an exclusion Of lis peculiar and favorite insu
tuition from the organized Territories; and so
"N ~ ''''"' ~ r'l'0"'''' "''
courts ana lIeS'den,S Shou'u cN'c''' al
th'F Ingenuity, "Gn "' tnc' PoMe'S 10 'o''
fy and sustain It there Legislative action is
TO hc iucok ed, judicial decrceS had, executive
flats pronounced, uayies cquippe, and armies
marsllaled, to exclude forever every settler
,n''"I"'" VINO wa, h'' w" ~" g." '''' "',
10 vou. Frccmcu. % know whether thi, is jh'
democracy o' '''9,So"' M"',>'',' "'"' "''
jackson. "pPr" l, YOU 10 N,'"" ""',''''
you nave ever o1"" any ',''h" Il, ''e """'''
ot parties SO 'h,"''oS 10 t,'' "'' ''''.'' ing
uht'I "I'hih t,' ,''rU'h' o' INC !'"," ""o nv
not E't Ieaeh'" '"' "''J''"!' ~ 81 ~
yo2 10 Rio" "n,'HGF t"' H'ue'tf. "''ec''- w
ana un'hiN'd o''od "' ''e "">l'''S o' "''['
eih mo he'N' can eve, ace'ft an 'Neu'e !
those VINO ""'i' ehdeaNor 10 l's''" S"'h
ruler nj "n U.S.
DOUGLAS; Ills RECORD And CREED
Whatever conclusions NAV lie drawn rs to
my estimate cf Mr.. Brockinri,lre's character
rs - poIi,iciao. | can only say that nv esteem
Cor i'm is rr,rauuJ vLea Lronoht irto coz
parison with that which entertain f,r his
D,mocra,ic councillor. There are few. if
onv. liy;or mon canccrning whom more has
been said and loss roaI,c known. than Stcph
ON A. DouoIas, Of Illinois. There are thdus-
onls bv far foo many thousands, now su,
,ainin, him unlor tho mistaken and Iclusiyc
ii., Int ho i orde,v,,ing :, coupteract ,Lc
nlons of tho South.,n Democracy.
This is frjohtGl lallucina,ion. but ma
urol ono. when ", take INTO cons leration
tEc humiIisti,c fact ,hrt all that devotion
cor1 do Las Leon donn hv tbnso surrounliu,r
his porson. to Ji..,rt u true racord. and To
stap.p a cnurte,fni, character for him on The
nubEc mind Ninwio, linn as one # the
most r,s,f, o,l ,roacLo,ons or Ia, lers ven
will MARION ma ce,,.i, s,.to. mont. which il
now sco,s nccossarv shoull he made and the
correctness Of which 7 nrcsumo. will no, h,
i,nopgre5 have ro, We, f,rr,,t N when.
in thn winter of ls55-G dor;nr ,Lc first s-s
sian or ,bo thi,,v fourth Copr,css the resi-
Jcn,s or Kansas ossove,o,inc that tho car
din,l u,;rcnd of tho Nebraska Kansas net
hal Lran w,rt,rlv anil w;clo6ly puilif,1.
tho, fraud and violence. concocted with the
lluc loloes of Missouri. bad invaded their
homes onJ inposcl . G,ro;on rule unon Item
f,r tl,o ,prrosn of G,,c;,,, rro, ,bom irsti,u.
,iors which ,Lov ,hho,rrJ o,J ;,ynLinr tho
iutcrnositiou ,f G ,ncr,ss in their Lnhof the
n,ilaa c,,bo, os .n,1ro,rwo,,nl nornlar sov.
erc;gntru turned bis hack n,o, ,ba violated
cLIi and closed his oor. =, j., leo,h, 70
COMPLAINS of ontraga almost withor, rqrslal
in f, fo civilization of H., cortn,v TEo.o de-.
sn;scd ri,ncay Uho hal ,oEan mn tloir ab,lo
in tho T,,ri,o,r pnl.r Tho mos, solemn omar
np,ces of self Government, only o.k.J lo nrnyc
tloir accusation. and - bo relieved from on.
nro,sion. In other woris. tLev declared they
hal never been able to enioy scIf.coynrnmont,
that ,bcy were rpleJ hy inyalnrs, and de-.
mardcd The SOVEREIGNTY conferred by law M.
on them. Mr.. Donclas ,honld have been the
first man to ny to ibcjr relief. AMI if he had
been as completely delicg,cd ,o the rriuri
,ics Of his Lill. AS some would make us y,
iiavo. l.c woull have urge Investigation and
carried il. :, far from having Inpa So. he
put himself in the lead of lhn., Senator.
most hostile 20 an cynos;,,,n an hocapsn m
NOR, rou,b-,icce oAvcc,to md onoponi,t
or ,hoso cpo,o.J in tho vol, &C f,,ci,,, s,ayc.
~ pnuu an unvi.Iiog ,nc,l, IIo .,i vol at
that ti,e tho YlI r,nfJ,rc, IF ,lIo south
and Ii. Democracy was sortho3,v-tac,psc Lo
was Io,ol to III. to.k.masto,s. wiling to do