The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1860-05-29


ed this triumphant refutation Of n canning
falschood was but an earnest Of the victory at
the polls which followed just one month from
that day.
When Mr. Lincoln had concluded Mr.. Doug.
las strobe hastily to the stand. As usual he
employed ten minutes in cling how grossly
ho had been abused. RecolIecting himself,
he added Though in perfectly courteous
manner'--abused in "a perfectly courteous
manner. He then devoted half an hour to
showing that it was indispensaby necessary
to California emiglants, Santa Fe traders and
Others, to have organic acts provided for the
Territories Of Kansas and Nebraska--that be-
ing precsc y til" point which nobody dsput ed.
krvng estab,hei this premise to his ss,sfac-
ton, Mr.. Douglas launched forth into an argu.
ment wholly apart from the positions taken by
Mr.. Lincoln. lie hal about half finished at
six o'clock, when an adjournment to tea wa,
eli cited. The speaker insisted strenuously
upon his right t. resume in the evening, but
we believe tho second part Of that speech has
not boon delivered u this day. After the
/ Springfield passage the two speakers went to
Peoria and tried it again with lenricay the
sawe results. \ friend who listened 10 the
Peoria dobats informed ia that after Lincoln
had flushed Douglas, "halnL much to say
which We presume to have been Mr. Doug
las view of the case aso for the rcaSon that
be ran away from bis antagonist aud kept out
OF his way during the remainder Of tho cam
paign.
During this exciting campaign Mr.. Lincoln
pressed the slavery issue upon the people Of
Central and Southern Illinois, who were large
" made up t the emigration from Kentucky,
Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina with
all the powers If his mind. He fe / the force
Of The mora can,e' that must influence the
question, aad h. never laj!cl 10 appeal to th,
mural sentiment Of tn people in All Of the
argument drawn from ppdtcll salrcnS, an to
Illuminate his them with tn. !pttg n,pra-
tirns of An eIolpcuc" pIcaI!ng or the RI shts
Of humanity. \ revelation ,wep, th, STATE.
For the first time majority Of the Log:sla-
tufe OF Illinois was opposed TO the Democrat
ie administration Of the Federal Government.
4 Unite states Sa"stor was 60 be elected in
place of Gsn9ml Shiolds who had welded to
the Influence ot his less scruDEi0us cIllcugUo.
and. against his uwa bettar judgement, had
voted for the kanyas-N oJraska act. The
election came on, aud 3 number Of ballots
were taken, the aimos. united opposition yo.
ting steadily for Lncol1, bat the ans-Nobyas
ka Democrats for 'Iumbul Mr.. Lincoln be-
came spprehensvs that thos, men who had
boen elected as Democrats, though opposed to
Judge Douglas, would turn upon somo third
candidate OF ! SIS decided conviction, than
Judge Trumbull, and possibly elect a Senator
who had little or nothing IN common with the
then Inchoatc Republican party. To prevent
such consummation, he went personally to
hi, friends, and by strong persuasion, induced
them to vote for Hrumbuil. IT, thus secured,
by an act of generous self sacrifice, a triumph
for the cause Of right, and ap advocate of it
on the floor of the senate, not inferior, in
earnest zeal for the principles Republican,
ism, to any member Of that boiy.
Some Of his friends on the floor of the Leg
isa'ure wept like children when constrained
bg Mr.. LncoIn's personal appeals to desert
hun aud unite on Trumbu 1t ia proper TO
say in this connection, that between 'rrumbull
and Lincoln the most cordial relations have
always existed, and that tho feeling of envy
or rivalry is not TO be found in the breast OF
either.
From his thorough nviction OF the grow
ing magnitude Of the slave question and of
the need Of a strong effort to preserve the
Territories to freedom. Mr. Lincoln wa, among
the first to join in the formation of the Re-
publican party, although the pubic opinion
around him was strongly adverse to that
movement. lie eyeriei himself for the or
gaoizatton Of the Republican forces in Illinois,
and attended the first Republican Conven-
ton held IN the State. Tins was in Bloom
iugton in May. 1856. Iii, speech in that
Convention was OF surprising power aud cl-
oqucuce, aud produced great effect. In the
contest Of that year, Mr.. Ljuco'n was ut the
head Of the lilLois electoral ticket, and Ia.
bored earnestly, though yainly, to wrest the
State from the gra,p of the pro slavery De.
mocracy. with the "waIkins magazine of mis-
chief, rs D0nga> has been appropriately call
ed at i's head.
We ne Il no. refer t, tn GREAT CHAMPr,
on Of $50, 50 fresh IN the recollection OF al
readers, farther than to subjoin the result of
the voie on members OF the Legislature. to
wit:
For ABRAHAM LINCOLN,..-.l25o75
For STEPHEN a. DOUGLAS. .l2l,l90.
By reason, however, of the llagrant appor
tionment Of tho State in Legislative Districts
by which Il majority Of the members are al.
ways elected by minority Of the people, Mr.
Douglas was, as is well known, returned to
the Senate.
/ In private life he is literally unimpeacha.
bic. Among all who knew him his most ac-
ceptabIc and at the same time appropriate
sou5rtqct Is that 10y which he is most widely
known.