New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-24
GOV. CHASE IN BROOKLYN.

and Senator elect Of Ohio would be present and speak,
There were nearly two hundred seats Occupied by
adiss Before the organization of the meeting, there
were two or three brief speeches. and several songs
sung BY the Prairie Songsers One man said that
Moses Odel, the Democratic candidate opposed to Mr..
Humphreys had declared that he was In favor Of the
reorening Of the slave trade. Mr.. Clark also sung
some Of Whittier Inspirations and told funny story
Soon after O'Clock Gov. Chase arrived The meet
ing wss Immediately called to order, and dr. JAMES
S. T. SrRAsAHAs elected President
Mr.. SrRAsAHAs, on taking the chair, expressed his
thanks, and Immediately introduced
Gov. CHASE, who was received with loud and pro-
longed applause. BE said that he had been delayed
somewhat by procession which was going on on the
ether side of the river but which, from what ne mad
heard Of was not likely to interfere with the progress
of Republican principles the certainty Of Republican
success One Of the tIapsparenes in the procession
YVES very striking 1t presented large, wellpropor-
TONED sn OF Africa, labeled Abe Lincons successor
Ia 1864" 1t seemed from this that the Democracy
bad already nominated ther canalaste ~, ioa i9Si,
And not only that but they also conceded the eiecon
of Lincoln and the Justice Of our principles 80 much as
TO 90 great deal further than we ourselves DID. IL
10 seem 10 be Of much use no to speak In favor
of the election Of Lincoln and Haulin, except by way
Of adding line upon line snd precept upon precept But
although there was no doubt as to the election OF Lin
coin vet ere question whether ne Wouiu DO
supported by Republican Congress. IL became nee
eassry To ain a few members, and above all 70 make
ture Of ali that Q had. He had met MIR. Humphreys
a. Washington and knew him and was very anxious sns.
he should be returned. We had goodnews TO day Inc
wires flashed to the intelligence that oregon ntd
wheeled into the line OF Republican States. We
had one Republican Senator there and anothsr, woo
be- thought, wonld be inst as good as hepuohcsn.
The Anti Republican majority In the Senate was
dwirdno down go rapidly that there would be no
IN mo r.
AOmnistra ion in the Senate. We had, tnen, ons 70
secure the organization Of the House. so as get the
ntro of the Committees, and OF the orgsnzAt.o;aa
of he business of Congress- The Republican party Old
not conue itself to its principles adverse TO the ex
tepson of Slavery; extended its care 70 the welfare
Of su the white inhabitants Of the Union, East and
West North AID South Upon tue Ssvsry question.
Whist was il that we wanted. We wanted TO DO rd OF
II as far 40 we were concerned. We wanted 10 oe-
prive is of its national properties and reduce IL
to State affair. Then. this question would De
be coming back to Tighten Us from Our pro-
yrieties Sixty years ago, the people OF fenbsyi,
wants. enacted Law for the abolition OF Slavery, and
in the preamble they stated tner reasons-reasons OF
Justice philanthropy aud political economy In 1874,
Darrell Webster said that that preamble was worthy OF
the best dave of Creek or Roman, or EDgtsh itera-
turs lie thought that the citizens OF Pennsylvania
heo been reading over this preamble But t1efe Was
another preamble that of the ordinance OF 81 which
was equal to it. 1t adopted by all the States and all
the state Ken of the Union. That pointed out hst,
our duty nowo 90 to work, and Dy our woes decree
that bey oDd the States in the Territories Of the Union,
there should be no Slavery. He rather thought that
Ohio and Indiana had been reaolng over tna pts4u-
be That settled the question as we desired TO Settle IT,
Il matter Of very little consequence 10 US wnat
mode was adopted; We only wanted to be perfectly
o.rtsu that the result should be accomplished; oar
Chcsgo platform said that Freedom belonged
to the Territories, that the Constitution
na5s il impossible that Slavery should go beyond the
liz It's Of the States TIE slsvehoders themselves beiog
Judges that was difficult mode How I'D the Con-
,tt0on come TO be 30 formed At the time there was
great den and for bill OF rights Nearly every State
suge, s,ed amendments to the Constitution Virginia
AID Rhode Island seked for guaranty securing the
rights Of freeuen, bnt NewYor aksd that Is be pro-
yided that person shs be deprived Of his lite or lib
eriy property without due process OF law. lCheers
6ui tie words proposed by New. York adopted.
Some years sgo Mr.. Calhoun introduced an amendment
in which the word slaves occurred member who
proposed 10 insert the word persons instead was de-
nouDced by Mr. Calhoun as an abohtionlst. Inc
Shareholders felt that hey could not live IN the Terri
tories if we would put into our laws and, still more,
to votes the principles OF our glorious Constuu-
toD. There was another mode, which would ans Ter
nearly as well. That was to just pass the Home
STEAD bill. Put these Wide-Awakes IN the
Territories with their l60 acres apiece and they would
need no other weapons to scare OIL the slaysnoders
thsn their lanterns Popular Sovereignty as interpret.
ed now dave meant the right to mareat niggers IL
received its first illustration when certain man went
down from idea to Jericho, and fell among thieves
The Priest came by and saw him welterlng In his
hind.
Then came Levite. belonging to the came organiza-
ton who aso didn care whether the man was up or
| down, and he went on. But at last came along
| a man who did not belong to healthy organ
jzsion he helped the man; he was Republican.
[Cheersl If we went TO Territory and found that
bun ane Government had placed there an incapacty
upon the soil itself TO bear up any other than free
man, go far from it being any Infringement upon pop,
uar tose eighty it was it's greatest aid. II we could
not 60 any better would take the true doctrine OF
Popular Sovereignty, and 90 there and light 1t out
| Now what means had the Douglas men to check
Slavery They bad not even Popular Sovereignty.
| Some Of them would cay that they found this ia
| the Nebraska bill But in this Mr. Douglas
Lad incorporated provisions limiting the power Of the
Lfgsstive Executive, judiciary ano introducing other
general provisions form ing a complete systsm of gov
.r1n,nt Does he take this to the people OF Kansas
No. he takes il iuto the Senate and passes the Senate
ard House and is signed by the President Here you
have system Of government for the people OF kansas
about which they have not had word to say,
ard vet they called this Popular Sovereignty and said
there 81 ould b. no such hrg Congregational iueryen
ton. Then the President appointed tie Executive
epd Judiciary. This bill began in Congressional inter-
yen;ioI proceeded by Presid nsl Intervention, aud
eliminated in Judicial Intervention The homes! Dong
Lac men thought they hsd resi- Popular Sovereignty in
tie Nebraska bill That wonld be the case If the peo-
pie made their form Of government and elected all their
officers Here were the people Of the Territories bound
up in letters, in Pr siderts mauacles aud in judicial
obalns, he'd up examples of Popular Sove' g9ty.
| Had Douglas had true principle OF Popular
| Sovereignty, he would have sood Ia Uo,ser
now Ard this thing was not scci :eutAli
MIR Douglas did with his eyes wide open. Mr. Ban
jsuin says that they had 10 which they de er.
mined upon that BILL and that the South got all that
they wsned, having got Slavery into the Territories
to begin with They purposely drew 30 tha: il would
bear Nor bern and Southern construction. When he
saw that Douglas and his friends resolved to re-
peal tie Missouri Compromise he said Give us q
TIE people Of the Territory might, II they chose, ex
clbds Slavery. This voted down oy
| Dcuglss and all the Democrats. They hrs1
broke down the barrier agsost Slavery erected by