, 1879-04-30
HE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: 30
er, he fumfunte,l his opinions ,.n,cr cnvcr uf Il
revolver. Once In atT!npud inr ii ilIl. Will,

er he fl,Mtllntcll Ills opinions Under crrcr III
rsvusyer. Once In atr!nlWd inrn light with
snl l1urke.
TIE STORY or A nEvn1vEL
Ills previous lliatury 1la1 ,,roye.1 him nnn Of
pluck. Aftcr tic t'assAgn Of the Kansas-St-
hraaka net lio supported Dick Iatca, rAnslfdato
thu Carlinyllto Dissrirt. l'aln,sr was IL tic
Convention tut nnmIuatcd 1farrts. 4 iGttcr
fson il,: Aaiur was road, llll't M,th ns'sls" Of
thu nntt-NeMnska Democrats. Palmer arosn
lettGr would daro To iiao such inng'saee htlore
the fact Of any lIatiest nat,. His rcnasks weru
reptntad to ttnrrts, WIN threatens! {" bring
him 10 terms. T!leso threats rsachpd t'aln,er's
TN tho why llo mrt the AlnJor in tho cars. 1lar.
rls aaye l'im hs lal an! very p'ensa,,t co
see"e 'e as a csrii"s sstS1sSS Tss s
raImsr IT,, assentca warm ifyltntion to get n
ut riatnylow ,,a ant lsstcn 70 the, Majors
spcseh. They rode from! the dopot 10.
aallcrcnts oI Harris stationed themselves t,cnr
him, nil It was evident t!iat mischief was 0rew-
lug: trlcnd of pallner.'a llcnrd their threats,
yolycr inio bis pocket, "You'll ncel il, Jui,n,"
l,u Lal, :" for tlcsu fellows say tiluy nre HoL,lg
10 Elvs you powerful licking"
Tlc Major beEa'! i'i* speech. 1lc quoted tho
Ing to Palmer. sail: IL understand. sir, tlMt
yol, lave made speech inserting tint dared
not use these words befotc 7our face. What
hnvo you to say TOR voursellfn
Palmer replied that tic accusation wna not
strictly .truo He lad saii that he uil not bo-
lcre Harris would dare make tlr statement
lutose the face OF an honest man. nnd this TIN
SSy sot n u1snssd toave e y o s bere s s
peop!c. Palmer replied tl'nt llo did not think 1t
possible to quarrel BY agreement, ani, II It were
possible, lte did not enre to aFRae case baforo
spceef' reieiarng to tbs nnti.S obrasEa % men n
us aboltionists md ncgro-stcafcrs. Ills re.
marks bcranc 80 pcraonul a,d Offensive lint
thr Kunturkian. called him iar. HnrrIs tlo-
surrounded BY his partisaus. The Kcutuckia,i
met lin hall way, With drawn revolver. Three
trlenas gathered about HIN, mud there was
phrley. Tho Major returned IT, the platform.
to ussassinato Mini, flushed his opecct,. Palmer
then mounted the platform a1nid nn infernn1
uproar. He tried to sucas, but was hnwled
down. Threatening demonstrations wcre Made.
vulver. "You cowar.lly aeoundrols!" he
shouted, "yol rejotccd when 1 was being mi.
lEncd, md Il you wort 'lear TIC truth OF your
nwn Tree Will you stiall 10 forced to hear III
tcrrnpts met" 4 dead sfleneo followed. The
multitude stared tnto tlc six chambers Ut the
revolver, mud tho orator male the lfrst si,ucch
aghtnst t'lt extension ot slavery tllut was over
THE L1NCOLN-DoUgLAs CAMPAIGN.
Tie canvas closed with thu defeat Ut Fremont,
hat the agitattnn WIS Renewed with. mure
warmth ttian ever. Il!e Republicans jntlIg-
nantfy rcpndfatcd tho Charge Of nbultiun,' sul
AtUUd Upon platform orposud to the extension
Of stavcry. I'lcy Inserted that frcedom and not
slavery, was tlEt normal contI'tIou Of the Terri
tories. McnntiHiu the South Ind knocked
uyer Douglas' !dol Of squattur sovereignty, and
were eliecrel un ly Bnciaunn. The Ltttlu
1sAut broke into opcn revolt ulNt fought the
most gaIlant Hight Of Ills life. IIorneo l'recley
md uttrr Enslern Republicans rrgud tlIe party
III Illinois to lend him Il helping hahu. III.
Greeley wrote letters to Palmer and others, hut
llley set the Republican party In Itlinais upon
its feet by thG nomination u Abe Lfncoln for
Senator. Palmer Htumpcu thu Statt on Old
Abe's bc1ulf, ns,i dtA effective service. TIL.
Lt:tlu Giant however, died hard. 11G wns gaycd
bv III unjust Legislative apportl0nlnrrt, n1lu re-
turned tn Washington.
Tile Kepublican purity Ind reached manhood.
Its real principles began to be &nict stood, md
1t gained control VI tito Lower House Of Con-
gress. In 1858. Faln1cE felt himself strong
enough to bpc0mu II Tnnui1ata for C0ugrcss.
Hts district WIS almost hoprlessty Democratic,
but ills pcrso,Ial popularity wa. rrcnt, nrl there
wna fur eanCe fur his satleeznE through.
llc swung Into the light r!ght gnaltlY, bit III
tletoher John 13roWn nude ILLS rlld ut llarpers
Ferry II Ind disastrous effect uptlI Pailur's
cauvass- Tllo ravu1si0n III public feeling was
SO great that he WIS defeated by over 4,UUU
um1nrtty.