Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-08-07
TuEsDAT MORNING, AUGUST :, 1860.


present contest, as follows:
"From first to last, throughout all the d'S-
cpssion and agitation OF the question OF Ter
ritorial government, Gov. wise has adVoca-
ted the doctrine of equal protection by the
Federal government, to all rights OF persons
end property in the Territories. Ana II WAS
for the sake Of this doctrine that he opposed
Nth all his energies the Lecompton policy
o. the administration, which, instead OF pro,
,sctinp. directly assailed a most sacred and
essential rght-the right OF the people "l
Territory. when called TO assume the at'Fl-
brtes Of State Sovereignty. I" prcScr'o" ana
establish their own organic laws Tor Tue III
etitution of State government, unntiuenced
~ force, fraud, or any sort OF Fedora! dIcta-
ion. Great applause.
Gov. Wise differed from Mr. Breckenridge
OF Lecomptonism, As he differs from Mr..
Douglas on Squatter Sovereignty.
Bot the single issue presented in the pre-
cent contest Is whether, before the settlers
come to form a State Constitution, and
,7hilst they are still in the Territorial condi-
ton, they may or may not prohibit the own
ars of slaves from holding their slaves in
he common OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Congress-
or any creature Of Congress can abolish or
prohibit slavery there; whether the States
are equal in the Union, or Congress or
Territorial Legislature may discriminate
against the property Of one section as com
pared with the property OF another section
whether the duty Of protection shall be
ignored by the Government, and the forum
OF Justice be made the arena Of partisan pol
tics.
Such being the issue, from the first, Gov.
Wise took his stand in favor Of Breckenridge
and Lane. He took this stand because the
platform upon which they were nominated,
furnishes the only thorough assertion OF
Southern rights. And here am authorized
70 say for him, that if this platform were to
be construed rs some have chosen to inter
cret tiff the words when necessary III
rerted in the protection resolution, intend
hat protection is to be extended only alter
aggression is perpetrated-the the platform
would not be broad enough for Henry y.
Wise - stand upon. (Applause.
But such is not, contend, the true inter
oretation of the Democratic platform. The
only Just, fair, manly interpretation OF that
platform, intends that legal provision shall
be made, sufficient 10 anticipate and provide
full, prompt and effective prevention when
possible, and remedy when necessary, a
gainst every species Of aggression on the
rights Of slave property, or on any other
rights whatever of persons or property
ind this is the doctriue OF protection Ill Its
broedest, fullest sense, recognized and main
Gained by Gov. Wise from first to last
Loud applause.')
che Great Eastern steamer reached lamp
>ol Roads on Friday evening, after rapid
end pleasant trip, which seems to have been
:E svery respect as agreeable to her paSsen-
.;e.o Us the Cape May trip was diSagreeable.
E,'le arrival of the ship in Hampton Roads
as welcomed with every demonstration OF
delight She was surrounded with steam
;oGts crowded with passengers. and during
Saturday was visited by a large number OF
PERSONS from Norfolk, Portsmouth, Rich
.-ond and all the surrounding country. Ear
" on Sunday morning the ship left her an
chorase and commenced her progress up the
Bay, arriving off the Annapolis Roads at live
O'Clock the same afternoon. Whilst coming
n, the Great Eastern achieved the greatest
running speed yet recorded IN her favor ac-
.;cnplishing sixteen miles an hour. The
ship is now opened to the inspection OF the
public, and during her stay will no doubt at
3rac. e. constant conc0urSe Of visitors.
r. ?. Willis, IN one of his letters from out
Test, says "A startling effect at Chicago
.or the travellers eye. is the sudden eros.
5irg of the principal streets by large vessels
and apparently with no more interruption
10 the moving tide of vehicles than would be
made by the transverse passing OF rall car.
,"Hne busiest quarter OF the city Is built
Ground the windings Of deep creck--and,
~ means of most ingenious set OF pivot
5,,idges the warehouses which are thus III
he centre of the town, can bring IN Their
chips to unlade cargoes at the door-the
bridge being part of u broad thoroughtare
on, minute, in the next minute "hlrImS
around to let large vessel 90 past, and IN
enother minute restored 10 its place again.
Che New York Post says:-"Ihe private
letters by the Asia agree in regard TO the
trong probability of Il large demand for
ou2 cereals, notwithstanding the propuous
,henge in the weather and the rapid improve
mont Of harvest prospects IN England ana
France. The Liverpool and London circulars
report q good demand for all breadstutS at
hishei prices, and this, too, in the face OF hea'
~ supplies from the Black Sea and Mediter-
.rneGn. The decided upward tendency III
prices it appears, is due almost entirely to
he serious falling off in the deliveries Of the
English farmers, thus forcing the conSump-
Iioa in foreign
t is announced in the Northern papers
pnde- the head of Questionable lnrelh-
yencc," that Heenan, the bruiser. is ut
rewport, and MorrisSey, the puglli>t, At
3a~ato~a.. Pleasant company for the fash
:uaables'
,tahe returns of the North Carolina eicc-
,!oa received, show that although Ellis, the
Democratic candidate for Governor, is clec-
ec, yes the vote of the Opposition, aS com
rereG With that OF 1888, is increased.
Erasmus Levy and Joshua Mulley have
1een arrested in Baltimore, charged with
ha murder Of Franklin H. Nati, in Dece,n-
DER last
';'ne efforts oHtSide OF the State, to urge on