Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-09-26

. IS Ihe ueau S'iuatter sovereign atjnlng fOI
the evil deeds he committed in his bodily
existence. Prolonged laughter and cheers
/ Not long ago he haunted the railroad cross
ings and clam bakes Of New England: then
the cross roads of the South, and the ghast-
/ ly apparition was last seen in this neigh
borhOOd. Prolonged laughter and cheers
Where Is that formidable party tyrant
/ whose wishes once were commands; who
broke down sacred compr misses with mere
& rcke of his finger; whose very md made
the hSads of those who displeased him fly
into the basket; whose very whims were
tests of Democracy? Where Is he who
once. like Macbeth. thought himself invul-
nerable by any man who was Of woman
bOrn,@ inyihdbic. great.
-"Till Birnam wood
Do HE to Dunsinane hill.
Should come against him"
Like Macbeth. he has believed the fends
THAT paltcred with him in a double sense"
and there he stands, tied to the stake Of
Lis nomination.
"He cannot hv,
Aud. bear-iike. he must fight his course
But as Birnam Wood marched to Dun
shame. so the very fence rails of Illinois
are rushing down upon him. tremendous
laughter and cheers. and. ike Mac,luff.
there rises against him the spirit of free
labor. one whose children he has murder
ed and that is a champion mot Of woman
born" Laughter. And now
On, Maeduf;
And damned b. he who first cries hold
enough"
Renewed laughter and cheers J Oh, there
justice in history.
The same betrayal of the Fr;e Labor
cause.-The Nebra,ka Ill. which was to be
his stepping stone to power. proved 70 be
the abyss which engulf.d his honor. his
manhood. lis strength and his hopes
There arc those who mean to reverse the
jRdeIRsht ef history. Vain Undertaking,
That man is marked by the hand Of eter-
nal retributian. On his very front stands
the fatal touch. DO not attempt to arrest
the hand of Supreme justice. You cannot
save him from his ruin. Why are you so
eager to share his disgrace? Leaders of
the Douglas Democracy. what means your
empty bravadj of strength? You cannot
deceive others: why are you wor ing 50
hard to deceive yourselves You know
that your orators are but attempting to gal
vanizc u dead body into artificial life You
are well aware that your maSs-meeting de-
mpnStrations are nothing but huge galyan-
ic batteries at play. What means your
desperate attempt to glue your broken for
tunes together with these Of other partieS'
Do You think this is the way to cheat des-
tiny out of its dues? Is it your ambition
to have your descendants read in the his
tory of our days that there were men living
in 1869 that yitk iRstiRcts 20 deprayed
that when they could not accomplish that
which was evil. they endeavored, at least,
to prevent that which was good.
And you who are warned by this sacred
voice of conscience that youare doing wrong
in adhering to Douglas, and yet obey the
command Of party. hear me: Is this party
drill discipline so omnipotent an idol that
YOU would sacrifice upon its altar your in
dependence, your manhood and all that con- /
stitutcs Your moral worth?
And you who claim the exclusive privi I
lege of swearing by the Constitution and
the laws. will you stamp the evdeaoes Of
hypocricy upon your brow by indirectlyin- .
dorsiug him who has done more than any
other living man to undermine the COnsti- /
tuition and pervert the laws? Will you
permit your huckstcrers 10 barter away not
only your votes, but your conscience and
your honOr'
But let the conspirators conc on; We de-
fy them. Go on with your coalitions, which
are made the distinct understanding that
those who unite to-day are TO cheat each
other tomorrow. Has it become ruling
principle in your parties that the rank
md file have no rights which the leaders
ire bound to respect" You will fnl out
your mistake. Look around you. Do you
see thousands leay;Eg yOEr banners, unTil-
willing to submit to your rtreacherons sckeme
o rob the people of their elections? DO you
know what that means? 1t means that
he man rises above the partisan. Il means
he revival Of conscience in our politics -
L is the true sovereignty of the people yiu-
licIting itself Cheers.
Now. build up your mole-hills, and call
hem impregnablc fortresscs. Il seems you
10 not know how small they are. The l,-
nc of things will not roll its massive viii
vcr them. Your puny csntrivances viii
cave no trace behind to tell your deleful
tory. /,
Sir, only those whose hearts are unm'v-
j by great moral impulses, can fail to see
hat We arc in the midst of great moral
They cannot prevent iinal We
ory; 1 firmly believe they cannot rctari
/ No. they are aiding in spite Of them
elves; for their general rottnness demon
.trates its necessity. Douglas himself Is
powerfully promoting its progress. He has
aught the people Of America great, sub .
line lesson. :.
think it was Senator Pugh who once
aid that If Douglas were struck down by
.ie South, he would ta@e his hl"etiug
corpse and show it to the su:h Nf'