, 1860-10-25

unanimously AccoEQtQ 10 tae Wide AW1kc6
aud Rangers.
These, organizations huvc, throughout the
campaign thus far, performed a most bril1innt
and efficient part In the labor. 1t has been
dorc ut their own expense, ut d bAcr!dcc of
time and labor: Gu every previous occasion
OF rush nt thc Wigwa1n, they have volunta-
rl}y detailed themselves fur escort duty, and
cacll time rcachcd- the Wiywnu--1ate, Of
eourse-to find every available place for seeing
mud hcarils5 taken, and themselves actually
crowded ont It WAS nnderrtood that the Plat
form was 10 be exclusively reserved for them
last evening. This promise did mucl, to call
them out III full ranks last night.
Efhey reached the N'igwam to find nearly all
the ec::ts TN the platform taken by those who
would not yacstc the same. We are glad to
say tilat there were but few ladies in this HUM
her, aud trust these were not acquainted with
the iscts. We are almost tempted to add that
there were very few ge,.aotcn in those seats
last night, while wc arc fully convinced that
many wcfc there whose conduct Tan only be
characterized BY tho plain, simple old term Of
hoaytsh, Simply and plainly there was no one,
:.sides from TIL. regular officers Of the
evening, who should have intruded themselves
upon that platform Last evening, and any who
claimed it from assumptions based On their
connection with tho history Of tho structure
acted uuworthily and ,ncauIy in robbing The
Wide Awakcs Of a we'll earned and slight tri-
butte to their usefulness and spirit.
The Interim bcfora the arrival of the speaker
Of Tie evening WAS 1llicd With brief and able
addresses. l,y Il. s!cele aud Sanford 3. Perry,
Esq., Of thu Chicago lar.
VIM. IL. Brown, ESP. being elected Prcsi-
dent Of the inccting, introduced Hon. Thomas
.Corwin to the assembly as "an old and tired
soldier i'll Il good cause''
We can make but condensed abstract Of
Mr. CorWinFs address.
lie raid: !" I would bevcry happy to borrow
sta}wart voice, for my own has been rendered
20 nrtlrm by constant labor. that fcc1 1t will
be i1n!a,ssiblcto make myself heard by nil Of
this large astdlence. Though not in the habit
Of al'oFoEizng for appearance, all tan aprrc-
ciatc thc condition Of one who has been speak
Ing tairty-rix hours ont Of the tweniy y~four for
three months. Laborinc undo. iasxitudc aud
fatigue, I IN hardly sblc to keep my voice
uliyc-
LAla 1iHs uCcIl AerEIlQEA Ab -'tI l3TTE 0lt.
course, looking hcfnrc aud after" III uly cx-
FcricEcc anlons, youn.1nen,I i have rcumrk I'd as
! noticeable and painful fact their almost en-
tire iEnorauce III the past 1ktnry Of their
country. Events Of importance succeed each
other 70 ral'f1ly tliat 1t Las become with them
habit to look forward rathcr thasn 10 cnst any
retrospective glance to the cal1scs which havc
preceded aud history. tho best teacher for
those exploring it, dclths, PHILOSOPHY teach.
ins BY example" is scarcely now regarded as
attordn. any guide for tho iuturc. The world
dates back hut six thousand ycars. In every
hundred years. Could VIC hut r.-animatc
those skeletons and lay their bony hands to-
gcthct, sixty would suffice to link us to Adam.
live had the power Of Tc-hnbi1itatinS the flesh
and blood and power of speech, how many
whose lives have been before us, would these
activc period IF my lic, have often had occa
sion tu recall my experiences, and to astonish
younger men with such revelations Is it was
afforded to lnC to make,
Tic tiIncs require that no trivial lnbor
should bc devoted to the investigation and un-
political principles. Three tickcts arc sub
lnitscd 10 the people whfch admit Of discus
sion, and one ticket which admits Of TO dis
cussion whatever. II ynn arc 10 vote onc or
these three tickets. it e1l"ull be done at,cr u
consideration Of the principles underlying;
them.
Tic Bell and Everett ticket requires no dis
cussion, for its supporters advance nothing to
discuss. They arc in favor Of tho Constitution
OF the United States, and SO are a1l Of us. They
are fur the whole Uriou. aud 20 il everybody
else; for even the 1irr-7atcrs have postponed
its dissolution till after tie next Prcsiden-
tisl election.
Tl,crr arc three other tickets asking your
attention aud soliciting your soteA There il
the brcckinridgc parry. whose principles, re-
licvcd from fnvolution or paTaplirase, may be
stated thus:
Union Is property, just is your Lat, or your
l,orre, Or your ship Is property, and being 60
inns right to 20 where it Is not excluded By
: State constitution.
This proposition involves two absurditics.
lit Is property, uo Statc constitution tan *
cludc. The second 1allaey Is that We are not
10 consider what might have been maAc prop
cr1y, however much that question may inter
est philosophers, hut what has tue Constitution
made property: Now, If the trainers Of our
Constitution llad supposed that they gave 10
1lir white man tile samc power over The slave
have ever been 70 bunglii.s in expressing their
meaning, when they made TINT clausc about
IL, anoticr." Thry would have faid tlat anS
man might take h!s properly, wherever hv
could lind it, IL any Of the States.
Of ono man owing labor or service
to another, rs by IN indcnture Of ar~
premiership, existing under the laws Of tic
State. Tiny never intended to cxttud 1t be-
yond The Limit Of tt,e State where it existed.
No iudcntnrcd apprentice, escaping, could be
tho law requiring this provision. And II It
were not for the Fugitive Slave hill, no slave
could be recovered, arid The Fugitive Slave
Bill could moi iharc existed but for this pro-
vision ef the Conssitu That Constitution
Is itself Fugitive Slave bill, for slave ia in
thosu WHO don't like 1t, there Is IN easy rclnc-
dy. to cilAnge it in the manner required
They have no confidence III their own doc
TRUE, for when their iua1,luate property is ia
ken to Canada, for instance, they reclaim it;
hut If their slaye escapes tlit.re tile SoutIcr1icr
quiry, " How ID Maasa." and never dreams Of
charging piracy upon Great Britain. The Lion
af Eng1nHd eFects his nlancr aud the Southern
CT runs back to his country and bis mamma
But all the powers arc invoked, md al charges
brought at3aiust lis, II tic cscaplns slave runs
through our States 50 fnst VIC cannot catch him.
Another ticket is presented asserting pri,,-
ciplc Of great Importance, reaehing back to the
carig history Of uur cottntfy, 1t Is that no ohc
llas nny power ts 1Hakc Laws for the Territories
hut the 9a:oplc1 1of The Territory themselves.
This is the ~srrat principle" III Mr. Douglas.
losoph.rs dream, aud asitators a.itatc for the
I,ufpose Of r.ac9iing the much covete1 P.1i-
tlcncy. but the people must settle these Iucs-
tlons for Themselves by tlicir votes: ::
Tic term, Dctnagogue, originally meant a
teacher u the lvorIc, aud was one Of respect.
1tnow Is applied to dc*rf1ed character; one
vino, for 4eFsonal ends gocs about I" huulhug-
giu@ the people," THY nevcr rest. They
:au5t a9tt:itc. They lnnst. dlf5cr. will son,e~
body, Or the people might just a. well vote fur
that romcbody n io1thcul. =.
Tn}xing up the question, uas Congress the
right to nlakc laws for the Territories, Mr.
Corwin reviewed the history Of our country,
showing that the l'wcr existed under The "ld
law ,uf the Confederation, hayin: been cxcr-
cista In reference to the Northwestern Terri
tory. Congress Ind rc<lfnruird this doctrine
by successive legislation in 17S4, in 1877, In
ltt03 in 1s}3, and in lHs9, the question Icing
iny+tigat ed ty James Madison, Thomas: Jci-
fcreon, John Randolph. John Marrhall, James
ato.rr,, Andrew 'JAcksos', John Quincy
hun. ind William :Mirt, all Of whom gave
tlr;r adherence 10 1Ais doctrine. It was re-
served for tlis are 10 produce the doctrine Of
{naIieuable rights in tho Territories. Of negro
slavery being IL divine poem," and OF John
Breck{nrldgs end Stephen 4. Douglas.
We regret that VIC a1c precludcd 1y want o.
space from giving any abstract Of the bulk Of
thls address. showing the history Of previous
legislation ; the neanlpg which the trainers of
thc Constitution, eud tho contemporaries and
successors gave, by their words and actf, to
| ne pla1o, Saxon phrases Of the Constitution.
tdc speaker closed with M eloquent, glowing
! n,i'oatopha to the carly FatAcFs Of the llcpub-
ton which they had framed. Tic beneficial