Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-06-01
E,naaaipatian in RentuaIEY.

Union 0SALe S9nSSAnon, AaY S&s
At the conclusion of regular business
during the COnveasiOn At Louisville, Rev.
DR.. Breckenridge the progressive leader
of Kentucky, was unanimously called upon
for sPeech. The meeting had declared
'That having confidence in the honesty,
wisdom, and patriotism of Abraham Lin
coin. We. are in ,fAEor-of8hisaEe-eleCtiUu=to.
the position he now Oeeppies. DR.. Breck-
enridge had frat been elected delegate
to the Baltimore, convention, and he rose
and said: :.ai.s.., V iaEg. 70 Z. 9
As you have appoint me one of your
delegates 70 the Baltimore Convention 1.
should be glad TO know what is the opinion
of the meeting in regard to the Presidency.
II do not want instructions, SO will give
you my opinion, and if Yon do not like it,
you can substitute another man in my
place, 1t is my. honest conviction that
Abraham Lincoln is not ouIy the man We
ought to nominate, but he is the only man
in the United States that there is,any Ger.
tainty Kentucky can unite upon. (Great
apPlapse-) will go further, and say that
if shall be q representative in that con-,
vention,' it is not clear in my own mind
/ IL
body for divers of those who have been
nominatedlin the papers. would be glad
to feel authorized to vote for him ali the
time, and for nobody else, L believe we
can give the state of Kentucky for Mr..
Linc1fp, (sPplausel but have grave doubts
whether we eau give it to anybody else,
l even doubt whether We ought to give it
10 anybody else, ID a. 81 7..a.aa
| I.-want now to say something on the
slavery question. IhaVe bad 10 my mind
a long time, but have never found an Op.
perfume time to say it to the people who
would be favorable bearers, for there is
about as much depends on. the nearer as
the speaker, whether any good results from
speaking. ''.3 -.
a L1TE. LoHe EMAHOIPATIoAIsr. s-
q In 1869 was a candidate. on the Eman-
cipation ticket for the Convention to alter
the Consultation of Kentucky, and was
beaten, as probably some other respectable
men who. would not like to acknowledge
it, were beaten AT the same time. And in
the sense of the Emancipation party of
i Kentucky, l. wrote three letters: First,
one to Mr.. Sumner, in answer to q speech
he made; second. one 10 answer TO aspeech
of Seward'sY and the third 10 answer to a
Ispeech made by John G. BreekiOFidge,, on
Being elected Senator. They were all
written in the sense of an Emancipationist;
and l say to day, without endorsing every
sentence have ever uttered-for there is
probably no man whose opiuiony have less
weight with me than my own when have
found out they are wronR-on this subject
~ have made no change, for / have been an
! EmancipatioDist all my life. The frst thing
/ / remember in, my boyhood is that. while
'I'paIying with q little negro boy that vas giV-
en-, me 10 kick and cud, l wondered aud
asked myself why it was not I;who bad
! been given to the negro to be cuffed; and
have never been able to solve the ques-
ltion to this day. [Laughter and cheers.
AHvER TECHNICALLY Az AHoLITIoRGaT.
never was technically an abolitionist.
And let, me tell. what I mean by that
Il word. In 1881 they put Garrison 10 jail in
Baltimore, and he had inst got out when
l moved there, He was the originator of
the special ideas you call the abolition
J theory, and they embrace three proposi.
lions: First, the instantaneous and uni
versal abolition of slavery, irrespective of
their Consequences; but / was always in
favor of a system of gradual emancipation.
]. The second point was, that the hostility
against color was q prejudice, and ought
to be abolished, and the negro ought TO be
:! admitted to equality with the white race,
according to hts merits; that is, if he was
mau VI luQE6 Ib6ubb UELL6E LQdu
q white man. he ought to have the prefer
ence in any given case, ag for office or so.
f cial position. l have always considered
this an utterly impossible state of society,
: and have opposed the idea, aud do now
oppose it. You ask me now to let negroes
vote in Kentucky. / answer no; IL is i'm.
lpracticable. The prejudice as to color is
natural. 10 the West Indies, where the
blacks predominant, they will not allow a
; white man TO vote unless he has certain
amount of black blood in him. The
third principle ofthe Abolition party was
utter and unmitigated hatred of COLOMBIA
!tion. They thought the removal, of the
) | freed negroes rRasy the perpetuation of
, slavery. But have been warm and
constant supporter of the establishment of
a free State in Africa by the colonization
of negroes from the o lated States. There
r never was a civilized State in the tropics,
: and believe the change that would make
the greatest impression upon the world
would be the establishment of civilized
free black State within the tropics. -
THE POWER OF THE GOVERNMENT, In
J ~ Now, as for any change on my part: ; In
the course of this Administration many
things have been done that would not
have done. I believe the power which is
, vested in the Government of the United
States is far greater, more thorough, and
more capable of being used for good or for
i'll, than seems generally to be admitted by
:. even our own party. Wherever power has
I. been vested in the Government it is said
! further that they who administer the Gov
eminent shall have power to do whatever
is necessary TO bedoue for the general de :
> fence and welfare of the nation. What
more power can there be conceived of -
The only question that. has arisen in my
mind has been as to the mode of doing the
things necessary for the nation's welfare
The Constitution of the United States.
! in giving the popular branch of the Gov
ernment exclusive power TO make war,
renders it impossible that. war should be