Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-10-10

And at tn polls DR. Biocl,nrld9
voted agsinst me, and vote
against him (applausc) because w
were representing uppo'tc pr,nci
plrs. Juf, 20 We would do. pgsail
md n sim ilm circumstances. ,Ry
ncwed ap!!aU'c) SomUch for thn
charge
Gcntlem,u, have scen pum
phlcts published and circulated a
over the Uniop for the purpose o
proving th, was n know-Noihnl
In the year 1888, in tho State o
Kentucky Laughtcrl Ihuyrr,
,onbl Tia u very considerable poa
tiun OF th1sc who ere now listcnn.
T. me Nyca'o mclnhcrs of thar ordol
in that year There is no doub
aboutNthat II thcre IS q mgr
t.gf Hl,, cvcr saw me IN your iodg
cs. who lii not know thai was 70
cognizcd ~ one ofiis most uncom
promising opponents, let him b,
good enough 10 say so now.
4 voice, "hc amt here. ] ho
licvo was tho first man in n,
House Of Representatives, and per
haps in Congress, that declared my
opposition to the order and took pO
siiioli against il. TSpmo applause
When Irnmrned in the Spring %
1858, it was making great progr ass
in the Commonwealth, and although
| was withdraw from public lIiG
TO attend TO my private affairs, | re-
turnod again 10 the stump uua op.
posed it ~ political spccciles.in all
parts Of my district.
This statement may not be very
acceptable to some gentlemen in the
sound Of my voice, but l do not
want to deceive any man. | stand
upoa my principles, and am willing
to avow them without the slightest
regard to consequences. l am rep
resented to have said that, other
things being equal, | would make a
difference (political) between one Of
my own religious belief and one Of
another creed, and between all ma
turalized and American born ciu-
2cns. mover ! uttered such senti-
mcnt Voices, "good," and ap-
plarse. The underlying principle
wi,h mo was always this: chat the
condition Of citizenship being once
no question, eitlrer Of re-
ligiorr OF birth, should be allowed
10 commiugle with political consid-
eratious Applause.
ldccn, 70 only necessary tomaiic
these statements here succinctlymd
pass ON, Ercausc |! am speaking to
thousands who know how
unjust those charges are. :
But, fellow citizens, to come to
nU'e cNty ded topics, it has been
,.--l.a.i Il ri = ''.,.i ths r0liiical ~ z
.apiGajion With which nm asso-
lated, hay c abandoned the ground
N which We stood in regard to the
'erritm.iai question in 1854 and SO;
hat wc thon occupied q position
ihich il nc v occupied by the friends
nj Supporters Of Mr.. Douglas, and
y that ominent gentleman himself |
derry chat, and shall proceed to
rove my lenial, both as to myself
nj as TO iEc Constitutional Dcmoc-
scy
Yen have heard n good deal of
yc., .s gcntiemona, Rarpn9s Msns speech, sha
tatcs Of Indiana, Michigan, and
'ennsylYania, and made political
pecchcs in the autumn of 1856.
'one Of those speeches were ever
'rittcn out-none Of them wcrc
repaired by me, except by the
ric5ost notes. The reports which
arious persons chose to mako,
'ere nuyel evised by me or written
ut in full / have been Unused to
go the various versions Of what
hey cail the Tippccanoe speech
'hich were simply the divers re
orts OF the reporters which they
hose to make for different papers
various times. / have in my
and a report which reads as fol
,ws
"Ihc people Of the Territories,
nder tho Kansas Nebraska act,
ave as f,sll right to abolish or
roliibit slavery as u State, which
rinciplcs is as as old Republican
oyerumcnt itself"
Not only did / never utter such a
,ntinient, but | have no reason to
,licge that anybody even thought
uttered t. had never seen it in
ty newspaper anywhere; but /
I'VE no tinte to waste in comments
Jon lbo pnppricty Or delicacy of a
,ntlepa9 Nho is before the coun-
\ f'jr tlia diice of President, in in ,
uducin@ tilo name of ono who is
SO u candidate and giving his per-
NAL testimony. As to that gen
smans opinions, | shall waste no
nc in discussion Of the propricty t
such course. l wish to meet i
. accusations of the Hon. S. A. /
,uglas in Il series of papers which I
has been reading in various {
stes ana even recently in Con- y
ri y ILL give his own lan /
ace There is not au honest
an IN all America" saws Nh. a