Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-09-18

p.ussas, asp.y - Dsseki.vaA0sss speech
aw s-sAasD words. rvs---.ss
Ne mah1 the following extract froh
tAe late epeech Of Judge Doulla II
BaitimosA in reply TO Breckiuddge's
Lsxinxtos address II
When . citizen Of Vermont arrays
himself against the Coussitu.ion end the
laws by resisting the Marshal 10 the exc
cosioe Of the Fugitive Slsve Law, Ne do
not allow the violator to screen himself
under the sovereignty Of Vermont, but
We punish the violators Of the law where
ever We fiud them. Secession means
revolution. 1t is only another word fer
the came meaning. I hold to tbe
inherert right Of revolution, whenever
tho evils Of civil war and revolution are
less than obedience TO the law. 1t is
upon this principle that Washington,
Jefferson, Franklin, and Adams justified
their conduct in seeding from The Brit
ish cause.
When they seeded, they did not
skuIk behind the pretended sovereignty
Of the colonies. They avowed that the
evils of resistance we've less than those Of
submission. They looked the gallows i"
the face, and, like brave men, dared oil
the consequences Of their acts, though
The halter awaited their necks, had they
tailed.
And when Charles Carroll, of Mary
land, God bless him, was told in signing
his name to the Declaration Of hide
pendence, that there we're 80 many
Charles CAROLS that the King would
not be able to fi"d him WHO sigued that
paper, he stepped back and added after
bis name, tot Cs'rolton." Cheers. !
hope the revolutionists Of this day, who
have .cheme to bresk up the govern
ment, will have the manIiness to put
do IN the names Of their residence so
that We will be able to send the Sheriff
after them. Laughter and applause.
l believe there Is no evil in the ooun
try for which the Constitution and laws
vii not provide remedy, much less lie
there any for which secession is prop
er remedy. At Norfolk when the
Breckenridge elector put these questions
to me, indicating that he and his party
intended to dissolve the union If Lin
coin was elected, l answered them
frankly, aud after doing 90 said to him
that he was bound as man of boEor to
PROFOUND the same questions to bis can
didate and let Mr.. Breckenridge answer
them. Applause. The snswer came
to me from the crowd, '1t shall be
DONE"
The Louisville Democrat in Kentucky
paper friendly to me copied those ques.
tons and my answer, and called upon
Major Breckenridge to respon1 to them
IN his speech at Lexington yesterday
Ia that speech, according to the report
which l saw tonight, M. Breckenridge
refers to my speeches in New England
and also in the South, showing that he
had seen my Virginia speeches-and
the questions and answers we're in the
first speech l made in that State-but
looked through bis speech in vain to
tind his answer to those questions.
l ask you what does 1t mean :? A
Breckenridge elector catechises me
whether will favo, disunion in certain
event which Breckenridge and his
friends will be responsible for producing
if it happens, and when Breckenridge is
called upon to answer the same question
he cannot answer it. Other QUESTIONS,
trivial questions, imaginary charges,
which no man ever dreamed he was
guilty Of were specified and answered
but this great quest on, involving the
tate Of this Union, involving the exist
ence Of . conspiracy TO break it up, when
brought to his notice is not answ cred.
tell you my fellow-c'tizens, believe
this Union is now in danger. In my
opinion there is mature plSn through
out the Southern States to break up the
Union. l believe the election Of Black
Republican is to be the signal for that
ATTEMPT, and that the leaders of the
scheme desire the election of Lincoln so
as to have an excuse for di.union. ! do
not believe that every Breckenridge man
is disunionist, but l do believe that
every disunionist in America is = Breck.
inridge man, loud cheers, and hence
| desire Major Breckinridge to answer
specifically on this point whether or not
he will enforce the laws of the land in
the event Of an attempt to secede or
break up this Union! You have . right
to have an answer from him to that
question.
publican.
Startling disclosures.
LAwRENcEv1LLE, Aug. p.
Our usual quiet town has been the
scene OF domestic drama, wherein it
is alleged has stslked the triple crime of