New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-17

H. rescurR his American people frem TN v "sun "
"DemoSracy g That's A., aud ones.;H onI,, |
,,I go these efforts hsve beep unavSnoei nun
now the An @ lean party has not, oehevS = ans'
pn izalio, IL one Sac Of tnis Union anu .s quo
ton cocss up fore The mind 81 10y n''n's,n.
u,u-wlN l. thsf yarty starting Win ths i"lre"'
pro- pees that ever dawnsd Up aHy Poltcsi assoc'-
Ii n l. thu untry, IN very lie years WI. ont
81. Safe org ,nizaiion voice, state 81 Maryland
Se.n vital rrineiple thai hes q, the foundation Of orr
(lov,rnment. That same "irrspr-ssle eonhiit
wbi.b a, Charleston has rent the great old i)Dghvtd
Democratic party asunder, and MADE them have
Northern sectional party, ant Southern s-enonai
party, IL the ~hich has st,u.k az the 6un
aa,iops # the the American party. Voice" w nat
about Brook, ~ viii ATTEND 10 that; bave moth
irg TO do with individuals no0; am dealing with
great msfses Of men, and with grst political prne-
Plss. II is my business to throw slurs upon any
Ldivienal ] rise above every such consideration.
|" Bully for you."l In The monh Of ms,
held great National Council in the City Of
Pbiiadt lph d, AID there, for two mortal weeks
,his r,pressbls conflict ragged within The
walls Of that great National Council as velocity and az
fun, ue as il did 1T Charleston during the month OF
April last. l. We know it.'l What was the result
WHY, our North IN friends, yielding to feeling OF
kiloufss and OF ereIous for tne sou IL
e,r allies adopted what WAS called the Eth section.
have t ken the uouGe b. SEX among my papers 1T
that celebrated section, and shall take the liberty OF
re adr Eli all portion Of il 70 you TO night voice
=" 1t very short, hope
a. And REGARDING w. the highest Outy 70 dNO" 'he'.
opriors upon subject 80 important IN distinct ana
No terms feby declared III tbe sense OF
this National Council that Congress possesses no power
uud.r he Constitution, to legi-sie on the subject OF
slavery in lbe States where Il does or may exs,."
Well / Ike it we all agreed upon that point
excert very indi, iduals VIII belong to no party,
thst an acausuted with. There are no persons OF
intelligence and pa ri0tsm in this land who donpt tnat
the Constitution of the United States does absolutely
prohbt The citizens of other States from interfering
with Slavery in oih States TO which they do no, De-
long We are all Of every party, except ine lew iaai
yid1s,s 10 whom have already rferred, pretty well
ae ED upon that great fundamental principle. dAsre
few friends to liz 10 the remarks which have 10
make upon that point for shall have OCCASION IN the
cou,te OF few minutes, 10 make dlstnc'icn WHEN
,hey are not apt 10 make. II gOef on:
"Or 20 exclude any Statr from adnfs,on INTO ihe
Unn because it's Cost Triton does or does not recog
ize the institution Of Slavery as part OF is SOCIAL
sem" =.
We'll. take il tat nearly every statesman in this
Lard agrees with all the others upon that pont Our
jlluetrous Senator who has drawn himself as closely
into The hearts of the citizens OF the State OF New
York IA any citizen ever did--Wiam ~. Seward
three cheers for Mr.. Seeadl in the debate when
,nsued Cd the admission of California into the Union;
de- lartd, and inslly snd properly, That ne woqid
vote for her adm ission, even II she came "a WIN
slave Cons tuition. So much for that poin,. NOW
comes The point 10 which | particularly wish 10 call
you attention.
And expressly pretsrmttn g"-tbat ia most eSc
taorainsry nice sort of "A tenn" any expression OF
bibit Slavery in any Territory
q P1etermittirg" that was going a5ont great dis-
an 10 GIT hold of word. But in Islug thlt t'ey
meant something eise; they meant evad'ng they meant
lodging the very vital question about wbi;h there was
dis utsop and which he question thai had then
10 lie dir ussf6, and which must now, IN tns year
1860 be decided by the American peopt. re bw.
citizens these few expressions drove away from the
Am. ricsn party of that day nearly the whole OF New.
FDgls, d. a large rton OF this orr state OF
NWYO,k nearly al ,h sewSI es Il rnnsyI
zone of the all st men of the land, who now fgGre as
the chief leaders of the Republican party. They
lodged the QUESTION. We told them at the time that 1t
wou be so and here, in the State Of New-fork,
felt. al the time utterly parayz by it, We endeav-
oed 10 patch IT up in sOrt OF way, and q. Bng
amp on we sctnsy aud finally repud ated his national
| patlorm in this 5 ale, and place Ourselves pp'n
did the rlgS1est g cd to our southern aiiies,
ard II destroyed the party AZ the North.
But. say some Of fr;ends: "Ob gentlemen, If y9p
| have Jeen lral did Aboftionists-yon would not
have been cons d. red tie followers of Henry Clay
Well, f.Dow.citizeIs, ephe's are not arguments.
Eptbets Lot opiniohs. Epithsts ars nothing bat
the eyIrtsslOn Of pIejgdioes; and, for one. If
principle lie right / care not what ePi'he's may
he htsped upon me; I will pursue il in snD-
shine and in darkness. Cheers say that
N June 1855 land 1 desire those Americans
wi have hr tCfore acted With to hear that if The
ANT rcap party instead Of adopting that evasve ex-
DIT ssion this vital question: had taken high honor
able ard corsinuronsl gr'unds-li they had oeciareu
that the pow er over tho 1er tories vested by the
Constitution in Cor gess-the American party at this
day wond have been living organization, powerful
to control The votes Of the nation. Loud cheers.
But" cay rome, "tbis is v-ry well, but what are
you coming tor Fay in reply, that these very OBJ
ectops which Jon made tn the adoption Of the true
principle upon this subject, are the very objections
when you are now akingi and intend TO show the
fact not deliberately has been done by those who
have preceded me, that Mr. Lincoln, the candidate TOR
the Presidency of the United States occupies upon the
question the precise ground which Mr. Clay occnpisd
during all the days Of bis life, and during which the
Qu.s ion discussed propose to show this from
documt which cannot be denied. You all remember
that, in 1858, Mr.. Lincoln and Mr.. Douglas made
Joint canvass for the Senatorshp Of the United
States from Illinois; they made some ten or
twelve speeches Oh the same platform during that
p en- Orabe contest bold in my hand speech winch
Mr.. Benjamin, member Of the u. 5. Senate from
Louisiana made on the 22d Of May last in the Senate
Chamber Mr Benjamin possesses one OF the clearest
beads and certainly his is of the most logical minds
that has adorned the Senate Of the United states
shall take the liberty of reading from his speech two
three points which Immediately touche the question
before he says:
In that contest the two candidates for the Senate
of the United State, in tie State OF Illinois Gent be-
fore Their people They reed to discuss the Issues
they pu question: 10 each other Tor answer; ana L
must soy beIe for must be just TO all that have
be. n enrprisedi in the examination that made again
within the last few DAYS of ths discussion tHesn Mr.
Lincoln and Mr.. Dopglas 10 find that IN several points
Mr. Lincoln is far more conservative man, uniest ne
has changed his opinions, than had supposed nm
to be-"
Remember. this is Democratic Senator speaking Of
m. Lincoln as a conservstive nan.
."Ttere was DO lodging on lis part. Mr.. Douglas
started with his queston and here they are with Mr.
Li0eolns aDsw eis.
Fhese aue stio1s and snswers 5elowcitizers, shal
read TO You for they touch directly upon the points
which ere now under discussion in this land.
"SQuestiOn /. desire to know whether L1noon
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