Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-10-10
JUDGE DOUGLAS SPEECH
Delivered at Chicsgo, Oct. 5th, 1860.
|CONCLUDE |

| Iuc OtileI WAS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. N
Republican party then stood pledged to
the doctrine that Congress should con
troll the question of slavery in the Terri
ories, and the Democratic party stood
pledged to the doctrine of non-interier
cnce by Congress. Thus the contest
was fought between Buchanan and Ere
mont. The old line Wings chiefly sup
ported Buchanan and Breckinldge be-
cause they were pledged to the doctrine
OF the Compromise measures Of lo50.-
Those candidates were elected OH that
princi pie Of noninterterence and popu-
lar sovereignty. "Iha,'s So" and
cheers. Since that election two see
tional parties have come into existence
Now, you find the Republicans of the
North demanding that Congress shall
interfere and prohibit slavery wherever
the people want it, and on the other
hand the Secessionists of the South, un-
der the lead Of Breckenridge, demand
ing that Congress shall interfere aud
protect and maintain slavery wherever
the people do not want it. Cries OF
True" laughter and applause.
The Republicans do not propose that
Congress shall prohibit slavery where
the people are opposed to it, for the
reason that where the people are agsirst
II they will prohibit it themselves aud
the Secessionists Of the South only want
Congress to maintain and protect slavery
when necessary. Applause and laugh
ter. When is il necessary in their es-
tlmation for Congress to Interfere in be-
half of slavery? Not where the people
want it, for wherever they are in favor
of it they will make laws themselves to
maintain and protect it. Hence these
Secessionists demand that Congress shall
interfere and protect slavery wherever
the people do not want it. Great
laughter and applause. From this it is
plan that the Abolitionists OF the North
under Lincoln, and the dsuLionsts OF
the South under Breckenridge, agree III
principle. Renewed laughter and APP
plause. They agree first that Congress
should control and decide the question
Of slavery in the Territories, and second
that Congress should always decide the
question agaidst the wishes OF the peo-
pie interested in it, laughter and cheers
and third, they agree in denou1cing non
Intervention and Popular Sovereignty,
and all the advocates Of that doctrine -
agreeing thus far, they differ only as to
which way Congress shall decide that
question. The Northern agitators wish
to have Congress decide 1t in favor Of
the North and against the South, and
the Southern secessionists desire Con
gress 10 declGe Ii in favor of the South
and against the North. Hence these
two sectional parties are in favor Of div
ding the people of America into two
great hostile sections. They try to rally
all n orthern men under one banner, anu
all Southern men under another banner,
with the intention of converting them in
to hostile armies against each other
Cries Of 'slhey can't do it, never, new
er," You will guard US" "lou are a
Union man" etc. Having the common
Sy'ap"y ~ t'iHS'P'N, anu hHo"I"S
neither can survive long as the Demo
cratic party remains, they join in de-
nounclng me as the candidate on that
principle. "iIurrah for Douglass ant
cheers. Take up the leading Eepubli-
can organs, their leading newspapers,
either oil this city or OF the county, ana
You will find that they praise Breckln-
ridge as the finest fellow in the world.
Great laughter. A man OF magnificent
talents. Renewed laughter. Really
the Republicans have great affection
for him. Shouts OF laughter. lie is
gong to carry every Southern State,
and they really greatly prefer HIM to
Douglas. Laughter. Examine the
Breckinridge papers and every one OF
them prefer Lincoln to Douglas. Won.
derlu sympathy. Laughter and APP
plause. They acted in such close con
cert and harmony the day before ycster-
day out here at Laporte, Indiana, that
they spiked a. Douglas cannon in part
nershp. Great laughter. Breckin-
ridge men furnished the spike and the
Republicans drove it in. Tremendous
laughter and applause. Why 90 these
two sectional parties act IN concert?-
The reason is very obvious. Abolition
ism could not live week but for the
Southern agitators, who fan the flame
and furnish food for Northern agitation.
l"Ihat's true-thal's right" South
ern dlsunlonism could not live an hour
but Tor the clements furnished by North
ern Republicanlsm and Aboltionism.-
lCries of "Good boy" and cheers.
these two sectional parties are essential
to each other. They are just as lnds-
pensable to each other as the two blades
OF pair OF shears. Laughter. Like
the blades OF PAIR of shears, both of
these parties turn on common pivot
that OF intervention by Congress.and cut
in opposite directions. Laughter and
applause.
Hence the Republicans are greatly in
love with the Sec sssionists are hard
at work to elect Lincoln President
Cries of ''they can't do it," "nover."l-l
No! That thing can't be done. Him
nense applause. would not have
aid so. SO positively, six months ago.
Renewed applause. But the people
low understand the issues involved in !