, 1860-08-07
lCm1espou 1ence Of tha I1es and Tribunr.l

lCo1e.pou ience Of tha I1ess aud Trbunc.l
sunDEr1Ln. Augu:t I. lsao.,
There has been no soaking rain here for
month, and the dust aud heat are very annoy
ing, The republicans Of this town have = pole
Ito fee. high-the tallest and best proportioned
one have seen this year. Four years agoit
was hardly safe for man in this county to call
himself Republican; now they come out bold
1y BY the hundred, and openly declare that they
will not take off their aE1nor until tho country
is gloriously redeemed. They are pressing the
ro-slavery men 1t every point, and are making
converts daily. am aware tLat they hare a
large msjority TO overcome; butit is growing
beautifully less.
The pro-slayery men have for several days
been indas.tiously spreading reports Of cholera
in town; and many hundreds hnve been kept
away. Don't this vile trick show that the ras.
Gals are scared The courthouse clique in this
county would put to shame q den Of thieves;
they would astonish them with new phases Of
depravity.
Judge Trumbull stopped over night with Mr.
Ward, about five miles from here, and was this
morning escorted iato towu By 43 mounted
Wide Awakes. At the Shelby house he was re-
ceived by two or three bundled citizens, and
DR.. Martin welcomed him in neat little speech.
reminding him Of the mesger aud dispirited
crowd he addressed 1t this plaee in 1856. The
Senator's reply was ono Of the most beautiful
and touching passages have yet heard. Ev-
erybody was deeply. Affected; md when he
closed they, gave him three hearty cheers. i.
There Was too much dust to form \ process
sion, and 1he people assembled in tEe grovs
east OF town without any ceremony. In 1856
Buchanan best Fremont in Shelby county ten
to one; the Republican meeting to-day was
twice as large As any held here this seaaon, and
the pro slavery men c:nnot make such rally.
Do you want any better proof that Shelby IL
wheeling into lins7 The Douglas majority Of
nearly 900 in 1855 will this year be reduced TO-
400 OF 500; and one more such effort will wipe
oven that out.
shall give only few brief sketches Of
Judge TrumhulPs speech. The Dred Scott
case, said be, is held by Democrats Of both
sections - finally settling the question Of the
right Of shareholders to take their Slaves With
kAE4! AtA AAA8 AGA&4V4AeA~ AsVMt ~ hStkiEA III
such point The Court merely decided that =
negro, not being u citizen, bad no right 10 sue
in that Court, and then went On to say how II
would have decided had the eaze been properly
presented. This way Of rendering decisions II
u If man should go,before Justice of tie
Peace and attempt to sue. on = clnim Of $500
| and the Justice should tell him tlut he had &c
power 10 decide the case, md" then 50 into !
lengthy statement pf hor he uopM dare de.
/ cided If The case had come within his jurisdic
ton. Laughter.1 Would such decision hare
any binding foroe1; We Republicans think not
N1, Douglaa and his wing Of ths party think il
has. Renewed laughter.]
| LII. Allen accuses lii. Yates ofrefusing, when
in the Legislature, to vote for law carrying ou.
ths Consultation in regard to nagroes in Illinois
Ths charge IL not ,tenable; but .apposs Il were,
| with what face can. Ar. Allen make itL III
holds that The Fs&arA Constitution gives to TIN
Southern m.u right 10 take his slaves into 4
Territory, md Jet fefales 10 carry ont that Con;
stitation By protecting the Southern men in
what he conee2es to b his right. 4 pretty
spsdnsa, this, Of Democratic consistency.
T6s ssaaaor 1h 10 hols for III sqa.ttsss 10