The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-14
R.W, Thomnson,s sneech.

Our fellow citizen r. y Thompson ad
, dressed an immense audience at the Cour
House, in this city, on Saturday evening
We have never listened to a more thrilling
ly eloquent and mastery conclusive speech
1t was one of Mr.. Thompson 5 great speeches
He reviewed the political history of the dit
ferent parties from their first organization
to the present moment, throwing at al
! times, and upon every question a flood o
light. He showed that the Democratic party
had, as a party, almost from the beginning
disresarded the decisions of the Supreme
Court. He was severe upon both wings o.
this party, giving 1t as his settled opinion
that Stephen A. Douglas would get Just one
State less in 1860 than did Mr.. Fillmore in
1876. He spoke eloquently of John Bell,
aud in glowing terms of Abraham Lincoln.
He said Mr.. Lincoln was an honest and an
able man-that he knew him well, having
served in Congress with him in 1917. He
said that everything nov favored the cleo
ton Of Mr.. Lincoln by the people, and he
did not desire to see the election thrown
into the House. ...
lie reviewed the present political condi-
ton of the House of Representatives, aud
showed that if Mr.. Lincoln was not elected
by the popular vote the House would never
elect, and the Senate would select n Presi-
dent from the candidates for the Vice Pres
idency, and he would probably be Joe Lane.
He asked the people whether they would
prefer selecting their own President, or have
the Senate of the United States do it for
them. he said that he had no fears of Il
dissolution of this Union-that was the
demagogue cry to frighten timid men. He
said the election Of Abraham Lincoln to
the Presidency would not dissolve the
Union, it would still be preserved, but the
cry Of disunion would be raised on every
Presidential contest for years TO come.
Mr. Thompson said he was Il Union
man, and that as a member'of the Baltimore
Convention which nominated Mr.. Bell, he
had determined to vote for him, but he was
not in the market to be bought or sold-he
was not to be transferred at the will and
wish of scheming politicians-he aid not
want to buy any person, nor did he wish to
be sold. IF the Bell men in Kentucky or
any other State desired to make combina-
tions with the Douglas and Breckinrdge
wing, he should wash his bands of it, for
between Mr.. Douglas and Brecbinridge and
Mr.. Lincoln, he preferred the latter. He
had no combination to make with Dem
ocrats, he had fought them during his whole
political life and he intended TO continue
fighting them. Mr.. Thompson said that he
regarded Mr.. Lincoln rs the representative
of the conservative element in the Republic
can party. That he. was a consistent con-
servative man, aud if elected President
would, he had no doubt, do equal and exact
jnstice to every section of the country.
We will not attempt further synopsis
of this great speech-perhaps the ablest of
Mr.. Thompson's life. 1t was bold eloquent,
statesman-like, independent, mastery. As
it was taken complete by a proficient pho
nogIapher, we hope to be able in few days
to give the entire speech to our readers.
We expect to be able to give the words /;
but the eloquent action, the exact pronun
citation, the thrilling accent, and the clear,
ringing, swelling, enchanting voice of the
speaker, we cannot put on paper. To feel
the full power Of Mr.. Thompson 5 eloquence,
you must both see and hear him.-T II.
Express.