, 1864-11-05

let ne say 70 .ou what you already know, that Las
y snd aea sanas %ss.0 o
having ca1efully his plan for the rest
tton Of ahe ,t9 HIion ht snd found "a
| Or. rather, wrote letter which was published ii
favor Of hts election, Which: Of course, killed him
.sons bes be aati1dea II ssn that
haste to reassert the rights Of the siase st.tes
upon thlt question Of slavery; we n MT not mcre.
Y give them al that hey have right to nude,
| ttouM guarantees What u meant By 1t We
saxe got thst in hietsry. Calhoun proposed al id.
a,taonsi gaaIantee. There are those who heard
heafG Jeaerton Davis make the same demand
! that Y should hive dual Executive. b. thst be
Eeans one Executive elected By the slave States.
have M. Lincoln elected By the free Ststes, and
| Jefferson Davis elected BY the tlave States, and
bosh aa,s 70 be pretidsn. Of ihs United States i
Se additional guar.ntse Which nd th.y ts %ap,-s
Sra President sleetd By th. iee:
planL was direct putting Of The power into til
hands Of the shareholders. That is to sly: nc
queet1on relating to the territory Ahoad b. passed
majority Of the Senators from tue free, and q ma
5or1ty Of the Senators from the e1ave States, pat
ting the who1e territorial question into the contro
oI,y that thy wished 10 control tn1s QUESTION. sa
thai they wtehtd it provided that they woQld nav.
Z pracucaaveto upon every question asitated II
Why do not they come out and ssy 10 opgulv
Because they fneT that the sentiment Of this ia
pie Of this country had made Up their minds ths,
slavery should neither be e1 tended. nor, wherever
it could be reached, would the Federal qoveru@en
sesree before the country upon that bad and n.kei
| iEsne. =
the slave States TITO the Union with the pledge pE
our paf that they should be restored TO complete
aeeen6a1cy II tie UGton. Not only ~. bat alse
rito1ies shou.d becone their While sases. That il
That is amed st they put It before the people IN
have considered the slave interests and the
history Of our couEhy; and We should be fools Il
He es taas gn5 ts,s SsT sn
tbey any assurance that even with this deyrada-
tlon they could obtain the con-ent OF JEFFERSON
Why, Judge Douglas told you here in chicaso that
| tbry said to him, thst II he would Give them a
blalk sheet Of paper and let them write their own
Do tns Sa
| cccasiou, that 1t had become the duty OF every
loyal man TO stand br the Government and the
Union. and test the time had come when there
| and traito1s. !CheeIe.l
Judge Douglas said that he had been perfectly
maee 10 preserve iSe be h,d e.oooss es
| 1t pothIns-lhat he mad been 60 anxious to,pre-
strye the Onion tbst he wAa willing to comply
o hs e.
sheer Of paper ard Jet them write their own terms
! upon It, they would moi stay In the Union, ho
concluded the time bad come .hen the American
Nation nu.t assert its authority. or submit to d.
grading pondare. Loud cheefs.l
But, 1el1oE citizens, there It. something further
sRse ss .d a n y
Not al al, &c said that be refused these terms.
" What nj e'?fit!sn ~ o us 'hss q u u ::
experiment Of degradation, With tie assufapce. Il
these rebel leaders eau be relied upop, that We
thslI after watds b. be spurned. That 1s what this
platform meant-that Ia exactly Whist It mems
It mesnR no more-lt meals no 1ess-that ont OF
this organization which calls itself Democratfc.
but hise has 60 tls to 5hs name Of
eort Of men they were + ho were here in Chicago:
you 70! know Nhat parties they represented-the old
Wig partE-the old American or "Know Moth
mixed upin one grand convocat,on< animated hy
men. PIT ont Abe Lincoln. and put IN somebody
wns the man idea--to oefest Nj. Lncoln-to DE-
ieat N uhion party; and in order to do that they
tS vailed tope M & bond Ct cohesion, and they took
know bur that they had come assurance from tbnse
entsea1its at Niagara Fail.} that II they would 10
bunble themselves. there would be party In the
say they want to restore the Union under the Cod
npon ths q lie Tede1s eeastatoe .oe Bsa
you te was upon The Committee and thst be drew
The resolution, and that when he dreE the resoiu-
.ion It eas sgreed to In the Committee md passed
meant to be p.sce upon the basis Of the
Feaeral Constructor, but 4 Reconstruction
q 'hs U1iS1 Spon shs basis q ihe Fsd;
Il va. n othcT vorde, That tbsrs vi VA. to b.
convention ottslde Of the Constitution. How
could fsey Esi one nnde1 Sns Sup
experiment. fon want 4 two third vote In Oou-
cress 10 cal Convention. Can sou get It! Does
MT every ooo' kuoH that 1t j. uttely impossible to
call such convtntion until the Union men VINO
haze now the ntancy IL pearIY every State ara
enn3eefeo POLITICALLY tPe.klpE, TO this new organi-
u plai5 y enough ths' sees mean Convention OF
the s!ates each State acung upon is
i,s tesssss eSiEfas 95s s vs
out any reepec1 to the Constitution IN
otasr words, they propoee to reesru the old Union
q 1pe an1 sfn th1
81 our enaeayorr, the timple cessztion Of ri hos-
ta1,ty 10 send their cotton to Easope, to impot
their supplies Of arEn7 and munitions Of war, and
wnatess1i j. necessary 70 earry on the VIZ: and
armies had melted away like the anowh.kes, they
would tell ue. I've will have no utton with you,
unless so1 s1e Wiling TO- come with rs ,nd adopt
now placed be1ore the American people, II they
coula be mad enough 70 adopt susb . policy
Sb, vas be5R4s Sy III f.
piunse into i nndsr tie ple,slne " name %aota q
eei oat Il Il can never p1esefVe @ our wG unloa
by euch mea, :, but we must have such Union
a. ah ne sonth Mln be plsased 70 ALLOW ~. From
Of The United States IIouJ Applnuxe.1
pu. now, on the otntf aide, what DO We propose.
sssa. sR. Rss
&c; desire q assd e spn
menn; they Wy itat 1hey wait tbs Ai5aI1 Usio11
maint,lned; and theJ want, in order to maintain
lhts uuion, tha: The rebellion ehali be crushed By
s5's sss hs Is :. World x.3 gtss I
cause Of this rebellion, and that az slavery has
taken the sword against the Union, elavery must
Plaust.l Aad tier, u ofdsf thst tie end s may bs
nate perfectly and abso nEeg certain, they say in
90 many words, I'VE mean 70 amend the Consfitu-
tea y: q N GosS Il da9D RssDs a Gu vs
60 :s IT ehal be impoesbe for slave to bTe lths
upon The tot1 Of America loud and long contin-
ntd 'a ehessrG. These are tee propositions, plaio
Il It not right AID proper thst We shoud declare
tAsse p'opos,t1onn. a1a Il Il not right and proper
when the dfst gun vas fred upon Fort sumter,
md ite echoes were heard from me Atlantic 10 the
facltlc, and from our Northern frontier to the
cid The people say! That this rebellion must oe
supprcsaed BY tee word lInroenss .pp,snss.i
t Ho% III f'd lat @e 'esy az ID
should !e not g ii VIZ teess eesLeSa ssasRsa
experiment. Of war, which The people entered upon
eoupsnimoutly, some four years, and It has proven
failure; and nov they Propose 70 resort to css.
negotiation. Nov It be Hue that the war hss
proven 'alure-tf It be true that We can have no
Restoration Of the Union- It be true that there Is
Why, inen, it may be that the American peopls
ought to take these terms INTO coofidesadon. For
NY psrt, rather Than submit TO euch degradation,
plause.l I 20 not want 70 be called an Amer1o.n
citizen II we have to dlscrxce ourselves netore
rebels and confess our lncuM peteney. lCheere,
that this " al has failedt lShouts Of ''No."l
Fellow citizens, ever aimee The chosen chief Of
the rtbelt-1 mean the choeen chief Of the Chicago
ter}-eve1 since be was kindly relieved
from the artrous duties oi his command BY Mr..
Lincoln l lapPlsussl ne ~ ha: oesn going on sus-
ao-"I sone considerable measure OF success had
been accomplished out herein theWest: before that
Gt1It had tsktn Donslson. and there bad been
eotne other Considerable fucceeses In the West;
but since that event this vEAs had been gofos on
successfully everywhere I w,eh had time Just
OF this var, ~ l raw 1t at Washington, when we
could rot sleep IL our beds without being warned
against Ehen rebellion was rife 10 every
steet and alley Of the dsy Of Washington: when
the rebels had the city OF B,lumore, snd WHEN
troops passing through Baltimore stained the pave
ment With th.h blood. Whit was the condition
theLt Why. We were beleaguered in the capital
there wtre the rebels in Virginia archlng up nom
the South; there wss tAeIebe1 daes flying Ale1la-
dria, within Fix miles oi u. and ia plain sight;
the rebels were In possession Of the railroad at
Baltimore. there was no communication any