, 1860-08-29
The 1tu4up Candidate snd his q Great
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Esnstsr Wilson Of Massachusetts mads 4
speech 1t Bangor, Aalne, recently, OF which ths
following ars The opening passages:
Yesterday ths citiseus Of the city Of Bangor
witnessed for the 6rst time the strauga spec.
tacle Of ! candidate for the exalted Office Of
President Of tho Uulted States pestmbulating |
ths couatrJ, addre .atng tho people IN advocacy
q M his claims to hll The sbsir eac@ alled By
idsncy Of the Republic il Justly deemed By ths
peoples position u exalted dignity, and thsy
h4Ye. .tTer,. required uf candida:es tl,e recogni-
tioa Aud obssrvance ofthe propriet:es belong
ipg to shat lofty station. Wbetnsr lfr. Douglas
-same here on bis political mission by bis orn
despaGiag appeds - I'D Winning cause and
arrest If possible tna impending doom nox east-
Ing its shadows beto1a the gf1a Of brsHgart pol
iticiaas, thoug ghtfut men will i1atiuctiTeiy pro-
uouncs hl1 courts Inconsistent with the ideas
they satsrtain concerning the action Of candi-
But 81 ME. DouslAs is not running for The Plas-
idsncy, but only running for the control Of the
disarganized Democratic factions, thess itins~
rating missions may bs deemsd BY N sser
indulgent people quits in harmony With tas
diglll6ed character Of tbs work to which hs IL
defoting himself with his accustomed rtso.u-
tian and rigor.
4E. Douglas gavs the people Of th;a city yss@
terdaJ : dlsqaisitioa On "my great ptineipls"
| Of pon.iats1sention. Ths thcnc is 1 trite one.
hare listened for Eve years 10 his disquisitions
Gu tiny great priueipte,'' for ha has wearied
| the ear Of the Senate and nation with the per-
pe:uai assertion OF his illogical propositions and
the iteration Of ofolt-refuted assumptions. Whilst
| Mf. Doug1as' powers Of assumption and asaer.
| ton ara onequalied. his range Of argument, Of
| illustration, aro not e1haustless; so ] cAnnot
lea1n that his utterances Of yesterday contained
| any neH expokitioue Of the beauties OF" uay
great principle. Bat his " great principle" of
Of @self: government" VAS agaiu proclaimed
and enforced with his accustomed veheuaeuce
ef assertion, Aud tho people Of Bangor. of Maine,
gently nosiatd to I" mind &heir o1n baaiaess."
| Mr. Douglas assumes to be ths great cham
pion Of the rizht Of the people Of the Terrific
ries to settle for themselves The great question
whether slaTery shall or sball not exis. among
them. Into the car Of the people he is ever
blusting this "greas principle," md his own
championship ofis.
Nov, propose here to-day to shon that this
"great principle" Of which be IL the e1pouod.
er, champion and representati1e, is 80 qualified,
restricted and limited tJ himself as 70 be utter
L vAlueless to tho people Of tho Territories
Under the championship Of Mr. Douglas. this
doctrine Of Popular Sovereignty, promulgated
By Gen. CAss in the Nicholson letter Of ls4s,
has been made by concessions, admissions and
| qualifications. mere hollow naocksry. . mere
keeping If ihe word, while the sense is sAc.i'
feed. Whilst Ar. Douglas has asserted this
right Of the people Of the Territories 10 deter.
mine the character OF their domestic institu'
tions for themselves, with persistent .ehe
mence, he hns substantially yielded up thai
right-made it practically right to introduce
and p,ctset Slavery, not right to <zauds ana
dattoYH.
MIN professions Of devotion to the great
i principle OF Popular Sovereignty eYer on hi.