Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-06-13

drafted the resolutions" and that he had
never "changed or modified bis sentiments
in relation thereto since" We then re
piled to those charges Of the Journal, aud
showed, first, that Mr.. Lincoln was not IN
the city of Springfield at the time the sup
posed Convention was 10 session. but was
attending court in Tazwell county. We
showed further, that 10 1858 Mr.. Lincoln.
In one Of his speeches In reply To MIR.
Douglas, had stated these facts, aud 10 re-
lation to being on a committee on resolu
tons he used the following language:
at l. true they did place my name.
though without authority, upon the coin.
mittee, aud aftorward wrote me TO attend
the meeting Of the committee, but refused
10 do so, and | never had anything To do
with that organization. That is the plain
truth about all that matter of the resolu.
rions."
We hardly thought any other editor in
the State, except our neighbor, would be
so regardless Of the truth rs to repeat this
charge, but we now find the same thing
revised in the New Albany Ledger with
additions and extensions.
The editor Of the Ledger. without the
least proof TO sustain him aud wholly
reckless Of the facts OF the case. in rela-
ton to this Convention, says:
wps Abraham Lincoln, who was in hot
haste to break up the Wing party TO which
he had previously belonged, because IL
would not sectionalize and abolitionize it.
| self. Mr.. Lincoln DESTROYS Of obtaining
the honor Of laying down platform for
the new party, moved the appointment of
a committee to report resolutions expires
sive of the principles on which il was TO
be formed, and accordingly himself. J. F.
Farnsworth, and Icbabod Codding were
appointed such committee. Subsequently
Mr.. Lincoln. chairman Of the committee,
reported the resolution"
Here is n striking example fbow false
hood gains by being repeated. Our neigh
Dor said that Mr.. Lincoln was tone OF the
committee on resolutions" but the editor
OF the Ledger says. "that he was the lead.
ing spirit In the Convention" that he
"moved the appointment Of a committee on
resolutions" add that as chairman OF the
committee he reported the same"
We have some curiosity TO know where
lMr. Norman gets his Information, that Mr.
Lincoln "moped The appointment Of the com
miffee on REGULATIONS and that as chairman h,
reported the same" We are inclined TO the
opinion that those assertions are man fac.
tured out Of whole cloth, and the editors
pen has written charges which he will find
exceedingly difficult to sustain.
We say TO the editor Of the Ledger, tina,
Mr.. Lincoln was not the "leading spiriL'
IN a Convention which met in Springfield
on the 5th day OF October. 1854, and pass.
ed the resolution referred to-that he did
not "move the appointment Of commit
tee on rssolutions"-that he was not
| chairman" Of that committee and never
made report Of any such resolutions Aud
We now say To Mr.. Norman. the editor OF
the New Albany Ledger. that no Conuen-
fion eper met in Springfield, Illinois, and
passed such resolutions. That those resolu-
tons which the editor says are "ultra, I'M.
disguised abolitionism," il they ever pass
| ed any Convention. il was in Knane coun.
| ty, Ills. and that Mr.. Lincoln never knew
any thing about them, until he was charged
with being the father Of them by Mr.
II
Douglas in 1858
Here is Mr. Lincoln's reply to this
charge, and il is so conclusive, so over
wbelming. so crushing on his opponent,
and 40 mastery in its presentation, that
we quote il entire:
As introductory to these interrogatories
which Judge Douglas propounded TO me
at Ottawa. he read a set OF resolutions
which he said Judge Trumbull and my seli
had participated in adopting. in the first
Republican State Convention. held al
Springfield. in October. 1854. He insisted
that aud Judge Trumbull. and perhaps
the entire Republican party, were respou.
sible for the doctrines contained in the set
Of resolutions which he read, aud under
stand that L was from that set OF resolu.
tions that be deduced the interro galories
which he propounded To me, using these
resolutions as sort OF authority for pro-
pounding those questions to me. Now
| say here to-day that do not answer his
| interrogatores because Of their springing
at all from that set OF resolutions which he
4 read. I answered them because Judge
| Douglas thought AZ 10 ask them. do not
nov, nor never did. recognize any respon
sibility upon myself in that set of resolu-
tions. When / replied To him on that oc
| cassion, l assured him that never had
anything TO do with them. / repeat here
to-day, that never in any possible form
had anything 10 do with that set Of reso-
lutions. Itturns out, believe, that those
resolutions were never passed in any Con.
vention held in Springfield. 1t turns out
that they were never passed at any Con.
veution or any public meeting that had
any part in. believe it turns out in ad
dition to all this. that there was not, in the
fall Of 1854. any Convention holding ses
sion in Springfield, calling itself a Repub
lican State Convention; yet it is true there
was Convention, or assemblage Of men
calling themselves Convention, at Spring
field, that did pass some resolution. But
so little did really know Of the proceed
iDgs of that Convention. of what set Of
resolutions they hri passed. though hav.
ing a general knowledge that there had
been such an assemblsge of men
there. th.t when Judge Douglas read the
resolutions, i really did not know but they
had been the resolutions passed then and
there. did not question that they were
The resolutions adopted. For could not
bring myself to suppose that Judge Doug.
las could say what he did upon this sub
iect without knowing that it was true /
contented myself. on that occasion, with
denying. as truly could. all connection
with them, not deDyin or affirming wheih-
err they were passed at Springfield. Now
it turns out that he had got hold of some
resolutions passed at some Convention or
public meeting 10 Kane county. wish to
say here. that don't conceive that in any
fair and just NINA This discovery relieves
me at all. ] had just as much to do with
the Convention in Kane county as that at
| Springfield. I am just much response
BILE for the resolutions at Kane county "a
those at Springfield. the amount Of the re.
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