White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-06-21

how grossly he had been abused, recol
Letting himself. be added. .'though in q
perfectly courteous manner''-sbused 10
a perfectly courteous manner! He then
devoted half an hour to showing that il
was indispensable necessary to 0alifornis
emigrants, Santa De traders and others,
to have organic acts provided for the
Territories of Kansas and Nebraska
that being exactly the point which mo-
body disputes. Having established thi,
premise to his satisfaction, Mr.. Douglas
launched forth into an argument wholly
apert from the positions taken by Mr..
Lincoln. He had about half finished at
six o'clock, when an adjournment to tea
was effected. The speaker insisted siren
uously upon his right to resume in the
evening, but we believe the second part of
his speech has not been delivered to this
day. After the Springfield passage, the
two speakers went to Peoria and tried it
again with identically the same results
A friend who listened to the Peoria de-
bate, informed rs that after Lincoln had
finished, Douglas "had'nt much to say"
which we presume to have been Mr..
Douglas view of the case also, for the
reason that he ran away from his antsgo-
mist and kept out of his way during the
remainder Of the campaign.
During this exciting campaign Mr..
Lincoln pressed the slavery issue upon
the people of Central and Southern Hi
nois, who were largely made up Of the en-
igration from Tennessee. Virginia and N.
O., with all the powers of his mind. He
felt the force of the moral causes that
must influence the question. and he never
failed to appeal to the moral sentiment
of the people in aid of the argument
drawn from political sources, and to illu-
inmate his theme with the lofty inspira.
tons of an eloquence pleading for the
rights Of humanity. A revolution swept
the State. For the first time majority
Of the Legislature of Illinois was opposed
to the Democratic administration of the
Federal Government. A United States
Senator was to be elected in the place of
General Shields. who had yielded to the
influences Of his less scrupulous colleague,
and against his own better judgment,
had voted for the Kansas Nebraska act !
The election came on, and q number of
ballots were taken, the almost united OPP
position voting steadily for Lincoln. but
the anti Nebraska Democrats for Trum-
bull. Mr. Lincoln became apprehensive
that those men who had beed elected as
Democrats. though opposed to Judge
Douglas, would turn upon some third
candidate, of less decided convictions
han Judge rumbull. and possibly elect
/ Senator who had little or nothing in
common with the then inchoate Republic
IAN party. To prevent such q consum-
nation, he went personally to his friends,
md by strong persuasion. induced them
% vote for Trumbull. He thus secured,
BY an act of self sacrifice, a triumph for
he cause of right, and an advocate of it
IN the floor of the Senate. not inferior in
earnest zeal for the principles of Republi-
,anism to any member of that body.
Some of his friends on the floor of the
legislature wept like children when con-
strained by Mr.. Lincoln's personal ap-
oeals to desert him and unite on Trum-
pull. 1t is proper to say in this connee-
ion, that between Trumbull and Lincoln
he most cordial relations have existed,
md that the feeling of envy or rivalry is
lot to be found in the breast of either.
From his thorough convictions of the
growing magnitude of the slave question.
md Of the need Of strong effort to pre-
erve the Territories to freedom, Mr.. Lin
oln was among the first to join in the
ormatiou of the Republican party. al
hough the public opinion around him
vas strongly adverse to that movement.
lie exerted himself for the organization
f The Republican forces in Illinois, and
ttended the first Republican Convention
eld in the State This was in Bloom
ngton. in May. 1856. His speech in
hat Convention was Of surprising power
nd eloquence, and produced great effect.
n the contest of that year. Mr.. Lincoln
vas at the head of the Illinois electoral
icket, and labored earnestly, though
ainly, to wrest the State from the grasp
{ the pro-slavery Democracy. with the
walking magazine of mischief" as
)ouglas has been appropriately called, at
IS head.
We need not refer to the Great Cam
align of 1858, so fresh is the recollection
{ all readers, farther than to subjoin the
esult of the vote on members ofthe Leg
stature. to wit: ...-..- ..---.
For Abraham Lincoln, - l25, 275.
For Stephen A Douglas. 12l 100.
By reason, however, ofthe fragrant ap-
ortionment of the State in Legisla-
i've districts, by which majority of the
RENDERS are always elected by ininori
? Of the people, Mr.. Douglas was, as is
Tell known, returned to the Senate. /,
Abraham Lincoln in private life is lit
rally unimpeachable. Among all who
now him. his most acceptable, and st
ne same time appropriate sOu6riqSef. is
nat by which he is most widely known:
HONEST OLD ABE" |,
Mr.. Buchanan's Washington organ