Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-06-06

ILL.,, frou the Spesch Of The Hon. Stephen A. Doug
~ y. be occasion of his Public Reception at Chi
oaoo' FSiddy Evening, July 9, 1858.
Mr. Lincoln ma0e speech before that Republ
| cau Convention which unanimously nominated him
for the Senate-a speech evidently prepared and
carefully writtenin which he states the basis up
on which he proposes TO carry on the campaign
during this summer. Init he lays downtwo distinct
propositions which shall notice, and upon Wnicn
| / shall take direct and bold issue with him:
His frat and main proposition will give IN ~.
own language, Scripture quoting and all lanen.erI
give hls exact language" house divided
itself cannot stand believe this Government cAnI
not endure, permanently, half SldUe and nan J.se
do not expect the Union to be dtssosoeo. ~ .os
expect the house to fall but do expect y 70 ceass
TO be divided. II will become all one tinus VI U''
the 0 Z ~ sd.
In other words Mr.. Lincoln asserts, as lunoa-
mental principle of this Government, thst Iuere
must be uniformity in the local laws anu uonle. say
institutions Of each and all OF the SsA'es -
Union: and he therefore, invites all the nonsAse-
holding States to band together, organize as que
BODY and make war upon slavery IN henVucAy'
upon slavery in Virginia. upon tne OaronnAs; uPo
slavery in all the slavehodlng Seates 10 TINS oon'
and to persevere in that until 1t shall be e4ter
rn;natad He then notifies the slavehoding States
IN stand together as a unit and make an aggressive
ror anon the free States of this Union, with the
view of establishing slavery III them ALI OF iorcs
IT upon Illinois, of forcing 1t upon New Iork upon
ENGLAND.
that thew shall keep up the warfare until has been
Formally established IN them all. In other words,
Mr. Lincoln advocates boldly and clearly war OF
sections war of the North against the South Oh
the free States against the slave States-k WAX Of
ExTERMrNArIoX-to be continued TeIetleSSy until me one
or he otLy shall be sabdaed and the States shat either
become free or become SldUe.
Mr.. LINCOLN had scarcely seated himself IN the
Presidential chair before he brought about the very
state of affairs predicted by Judge DoUGLAs-a re-
lentless war for the determination of slavery
Mr.. LINCOLN was present at the delivery OF Judge
DOUGLAS speech, and replied to him. In the course
of which, referring to the quotationfron his Speech
commented upon by Judge DOUGLAS, he said
al did not even say that desired that slavery
should be put in course Of ultimate extinction. DO
SAY so NOW, however, SO there neeo pc no long
err any difficulty about that. hdee al
.na0s hated sauery Think, much as any Abolition
ISL have been an old line Whig-I have always
hated it, but have always been quiet about It until
this new era of the introduction of the Nebraska
bill began.
al should like to know if, taking this old Decara-
ration of Independence, which declares that all men
are equal upon principle and making exceptions to
it where viii itstop? If one may say it does not
mean a negro, why not ant Their say II does net
mean some other man? If that declaration Is not
the truth let get the statute book, IN winch We
find il and tear it out Who is so bold as to do
it! If it is not true, let US tear it out? lcries
of No. no!rl Let US stick to it then; let US
stand firmly by If, then.
Nv friends, have detained you about as long as
desired to do so, and have only to say let us dis
card all this qubblng about this man and the other
man-this race and that race and the other race being
inferior and therefore they must be placed in an inferior
notwithstanding our standard that we have LEFT
us Let US discard all these things and unite as one
people throughout the land until we shall once
more stand up declaring that ALL MEN ARE CREATED
EQUAL.
These extracts clearly indicate the policy Mr..
LINCOLN seeks to establish and that is the utter ruin
of the South