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^selves to stand by that decision. The Douglas ""inon said if they aid*.they could not carry a Nor--thorn State. Tho Southern men said if they did not, they could not carry a Southern State, and thus tho factions soparatcd and afterwards camc together at Baltimore. Mr. DeagTu was finally nominated by the melancholy remains of the original Convention, and Mr. Breckijridgo by the Secoders. Mr. Breckinridge was placed on tho platform as roported by tho majority of the Committee at Charleston and Douglas upon the platform of the minority, with the addition of a single resolution, which has been appropriately termed the codicil to tho will. It is in those words:

Revolted, That it is in arcordance with tho Cincinnati platform that during the existence of Territorial governments, the' measure of restriction, ^whatever it may be, imposed by the Federal Constitution on the power of the Territorial Legislature over the subject of domestic relations, as the same has or sh'all hereafter bo decided by the Supreme Court of the United States, should be regpccted by all good citizens, and enforced with promptness and fidelity by every branch of tho ^General Government.

Douglas, in his letter of acceptance, refers to and adopts this resolution. You perceive that it concods all that the South demanded at Charleston— that it pledges him to stand-by that decision al'roady made, thus placing him upon the Dred Scott platform—the platform of extreme Southern rights, alongside of Breckinridge. The difference between the Douglas and Breckinridge platform is simplv this: that in tho Breckinridge platform the doctrines of the Dred Scott case arc drawn out and stated in clear and distinct propositions, while in the Douglas platform the decision is adopted by reference, under the hope that the great body of the people would never see it and read it. But his conversion to this large body of orthodox divinity comes too late to save him in the South. Southern politicians say that it is wholly unimportant what profession Douglas may make on the Slavery question, because they believe him thoroughly and utterly dishonest, (applause) and incapable of being trusted by the South any more than by tho

Norths (Criesof Give it too lnrni!) In his recent ..Southern speeches, as well as in that at New Orleans mado some time since, he admits that slave property stands on the same footing with other property, and may go into the Territories like other property under tho Constitution, and requires 110 local law for its support. The utmost that he claims for the people of tho Territory is the right to regulate this property. This being conccded, i. all is lost for when slave property is put upon f.thc same footing with other property, it may not only go into tho Terrifies in the sauio way, but into the States also. Cnn the Legislature of Indiana prevent a citixcn of Kentucky from coming into this State, bringing with him liis horses, his cattle and his household goods? Certainly not and if slave property be put upon the same basis, there is no power to prevent him from bringing that- also..

NON-INTERVENTION*.

^Notwithstanding the position in which Douglas is placed "by his platform and letter of acccptancc, Lib claims for the Presidency are still urged by his friends upon the doctrine of non-intervention and this right in the face of tho fact that he is pledged by his adoption of the Dred Scott decision .10 intervention for the protection of slavery. But, aside from this, the cry of non-intervention is senseless and unmeaning. What principles does it 'affirm or deny? Does it affirm that the people of the territories have tho power to excludc slavery? Does it deny ,that the Constitution, by its inherent power, plimts slaverj- in all tho territories? Does it affirm the doctrine of popular sovereignty or deny the doctrine of universal salvation by slavery?

There is no more sense in it than in the parrots cry of "Pretty Poll." [Applause.]

It is indeed but a weak and wicked excuse for knowing nothing and doing nothing topreventthe universal spread of that greatest of human afflictions, the institution of slavery. They say Douglas is its author! Not so. It was first asserted by Cain when ho denied to the Lord that he was his brother's keeper. It was afterwards affirmed by the Levite when he walked by on the other side and left the man who had "fallen among thieves, weltering in his blood. It has always been advocated by that great Squatter Sovereign—the

Devil—[laughter]—who urges upon a sinful world that they shall regulate •their institutions in their own way. irrespective of the statutes enacted by the Almighty. If you ask a Douglas politician whether the people of the

Territories have power to exclude slavery, he turns turtle and draws his head under the shell of non-interven-tion. If you ask him whether the Constitution carrys slavery into all the ^national domain, he turns parrot and says, non-intervention. [Applause.] And I suppose that when thcAlmighty shall call him to his final account, he will put in the plea of non-interven-tion, and prove it by a copy of the Cincinnati Platform. [Cheers and laughter.]

DOUGLAS THE PRIEST AND AF0STATE.

Douglas is the great political kaleidoscope of tho day. He never appears twice in the same figure. First he came to us as the priest in full cononicals, and canonized the Missouri Compromise, pronouncing the curse of the Almighty upon the ruthless hand by •which it might be destroyed. We next see him in the temple as the apostate and with "ruthless hand'' tearing down that compromise, and obliterating from the-walls the inscriptions and landmarks of liberty which had been placed there by our fathers. We next see him as the devotee worshipping at the shrine of that double-headed monster Squatter Sovereignty, and the sovreignty of the Supreme Court and in one grand satanic effort, upholding and vindicating the Dred Scott decision, and the sovereignty of the people of the Territories. Of what avail that his argument is ingenious and his reason strong, if at the same time he affirms the infallibility of that infamous decree which pronounces hisargument as but a sounding brass. Squatter Sovreignty is a monstrous fungus which he is seeking to engraft upon the body of the Constitution—erecting Territories into States outside of the Union —making them virtual^ independent Governments at liberty to join our Confederation or any other that they may choose. In his speech on the Lecompton Constitution, speaking of Slavery in Kansas, he said he did not care whether it be voted up or voted down. I* declare to you that when I first read that speech I could scarcely believe that he had been correctly reported.— I-t- seemed to me that no intelligent jnan could be found who had not some feeling or opinion on that subject.— Now the institution of Slavery has been the source of revolutions, of national decay and national ruin in every age and country in which it has existed and yet this Democratic luminary tells the American people that he does not care whether it bo voted up or down.— The conffcet between slavery and freedom which in some form has been going on in every age and country in the world, i« a matter about which this

philosopher statesman is so poorly iaformed, and cares so little that he is profoundly indiffersnt upon which side victory shall declare. Mr. Douglas made this declaration to provo to the South that he had no lingering sentiment in favor oflibertj'-HnoTWmalning partiality for free instffrfltiohB bnt he miscalculated the effect. It shocked the public conscience both North and South. It seemed unnatural, improbable, if not impossible. You could not see two dogs fighting in the streets of Fort Wayne without taking sides.— You would be for the white dog or the black, (laughter,) and if a Democrat, most probablj' for the black. (Renewed laughter.)

Under this declaration the North cannot take Mr. Douglas, because he is indifferent to freedom and the South cannot take him because he is indifferent to Slavery. For, having no principles upon the subject either way, he would be at liberty to serve either party, or cheat either party, as his self-in-terest might dictate. (Applause.) In the dobate between him and Mr. Lincoln atFreeport, 111., in 1858, Lincoln asked him in substance this question, Whether the peoplo of a Territory, by the Territorial authorities, could exclude Slavery? This put Douglas in a tight place. If he said they could, he would forfeit his last claim upon the South. If he said they could not, he would probably lose the State of Illinois in the then approaching election. So lie resolved to take a middle course, lie answered that the people might exclude slavery by "unfriendly legislation''—that no difference what the Supreme Court might decide as to the right of a slaveholder to take his slaves into a Territory and hold them as property he could bo practically excluded therefrom. lie could be annoyed out of theTerrit-ory—taxed out, or have tho&e police regulations withheld which might be necessary to support slavery. Mr. Douglas never said a more reckless or dishonest thing. If the slavelvjJder has the constitutional right to take his slaves into the Territory as property, he cannot be deprived of it by indirection. On the contrary, ho is entitled to protection for every man is entitled to be protected in the enjoyment of every constitutional right. We deny the existence of the right but if we concede the right, the duty of protection follows. [Applause.

IMPUDENCE ON A LARGE SCALE.

Mr. Douglas has been distinguished throughout his public life as an ultra free trade man. He has upon every occasion denounced protection in every form. He has been more consistent upon that subject than on any other but in a speech made a few days ago at Ilarrisburg, Pa., he came out boldly for a Protective tariff, declaring that it was the duty of Congress to protect the coal and iron interests of Pennsylvania that it was the improper intrusion of the Slavery question into'Congress which had prevented consideration and action upon the manufacturing and mining interests of Pennsylvania. Now 1 hate impudence in a small waj* as much as anybody but in its loftier flights and great manifestations it compels my reluctant admiration. (Laughter.) Ilere is a man who has scarcely spoken upon any subject but slavery for six years who is the author of the present agitation upon that subject who, by his unfortunate and wicked repeal of the Missouri Compromise has convulsed the nation and brought it to tho verge of civil war who now, ignoring all this history, and all his past life upon the subject of free trade, declares himself suddenlj* in favor of a protective tariff, in order to securo tariff votes in Pennsylvania. (Applause.) Who now can say that Mr. Douglas is honest? (Cries of "Nobody!") To him there is nothing sacred in American history or in the traditions of the fathers, (Applause.)

The earlier Presidents proclaimed the maxim that it was vulgar and demagogical for a candidate for the Presidency to vex the ears of the people with petitions for their votes to go about the country exhibiting himself and his political wares like a common mountebank. (Applause.) He first started out on his electioneering tramp under the filial pretense of hunting his mother. (Laughter.) He then went to Harvard to get a Doctorate, but did not succecd. Afterwards, becoming more bold or more desperate, he threw off all disguise, and stood avowed as the wandering and peripaletic candidate for tho Presidency.— (Applause.) A NEW EDITION OF THE DECLARATION OP

INDEPENDENCE, REVISED AND CORRECT

ED BY

LOCOFOCO,

ESQ., I-L. D.

The Democracy have not only attempted to remodel tho Constitution, transforming it from a charter of Freedom to a black statute for Slavery, but they are now engaged in the laudib'.e occupation of getting out a new edition of the Declaration of Independence, greatly revised and improved. The Hon. Cyrus L. Dunham, a Douglas Elector for the State at large, in a speech in Wayne county several weeks ago, quoted from the new edition, and said that where the Declaration affirmed that all men were created equal and endowed with certain inalienable rights, it did not mean all men, but only those of Saxon and Celtic blood.— This leaves the German, the Swede and tho Norwegian wholly unprovided for. They have no place in the Declaration, and to them the gospel of Liberty is not preached. They are not among the elect, but have been consigned with the negro to theouterdarkncss of Slavery. I should like to hear that gentleman give a construction to that command of our Savior: "Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature." I presume, he would say, that the phrase "every creature" comprehended those only of Saxon and Celtic blood and if ho were called upon to render the Lord's prayer, would make it read thus: "Our Father (to wit, the father of the Saxon and the Celt.") Oli! with what irrepressible loathing are we compelled to meet and refute these satanic heresies. If Jefferson could havo looked down the

stream of time and have seen these supple tools of ftfaVery crawling across his immoTtal page, and Beeking to deface its inspired teachings, he would have torn the manuscript to fragments to preserve it from the defilement.— [Applause.] There was a timo when liberty was loved for her own sake, when devotion to her cause was not inspired by selfish or economical considerations when her form seemed so beautiful, and her robes of such spotless purity as provoked the idolatry of mankind. Who so stupid as not to see that liberty is shorn of her divine attributes, and becomes a thing of merely human invention, when it is claimed as the inheritance of a particular race, to the rejection of others? God gave to man dominion over tho earth and the seas, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air, but not over his fellow man. That he reserved to himself and whenever man assumes to be the master of his fellow, he is usurping the prerogative of God. Our fathers did not regard liberty as an arbitrary, conventional, or constitutional thing, but as the gift of God to every man born into the world, believing that God was our common father and the ruler of us all, but that every man, as between himself and his fellow, had a right to himself, and to eat in security and peace the bread which his own hand had earned. And I would enquire now, in what consists our security that our liberties shall be preserved? Not in these rich fields, not in mines, in commerce, in material wealth, in navies or in armies, nor yet in paper constitutions, but in the conviction deep seated in the public conscience that liberty is the gift of God to every man. HENDRICKS-, AND THE HISTORY OF THE

DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

I learn that Mr. Hendricks has been here and has recited before your people his time-honored eulogy upon the services and memory of the Democratic party. He is the great Democratic antiquary, and plunges deeply into the antiquities of American politics, a sort of Old Mortality, reviving the faded inscriptions upon Democratic raonunicntSr He delights to attribute all that is glorious and useful in the past history of the nation—its past progress and present power, to the services of the Democratic party. But I am notawaro that bespeaks of any great achievement by the party since 1854— since the time it cast off its old principles and clothed itself with new ones. The events to which he refers, and the good which tho party has done, all occurred before that time. But he makes one singular omission, which is even more remarkable in a gentleman so fair and candid as he professes to be, which consists in failing to state that the party in that golden age, and while performing these great and glorious deeds, stood upon .Republican ground in regard to the question of Slavery.— Those glorious achievements—I claim them all. They were performed by men of my faith, and not of his, (applause.) by men who recoiled with horror from his doctrines. If theio be any achievement of the party of which he boasts—of which any honest man should boast, since 1854, lam ignorant of it. True, there is the Mormon war. I shall not forget the short and decisive campaign against the Mormons.— The capture of Brigham Young by high prices for his beef and flour, and his honorable surrender upon condition of having everj-thing his own way, as in former times, (laughter.)

The occupation of Utah by our army is the only case of genuine non-inter-vention on record, (laughter,) for the army refused to interfere with the Mormons in any respect, but left them free to regulate'their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to Brigham Young and his forty wives. [Renewed laughter.) The fact is. the Democratic party in times past have done many good and glorious things of which I feel justly proud, and I do now and ever shall protest against this inheritance of glory passing out of the family to a bastard issue, though it bears the same name. (Great applause.

HENDRICKS AND THE SWAMP LAND.

Mr. Hendricks read within your Rearing, I am told, a brief, a very brief extract from the report of the coiumittce to investigate the swamp land frauds, tending to impeach the officers elected by tho People's par!y in 1854 with malfeasanco nnd corruption in oiiice. I must again express my surprise that a gentleman so distinguished by professions of candor and fair dealing should havo omitted to read other parts of that report equally important and significant. To read one passage and omit others bearing upon the same pointis butgarbiing, and must make a false impression. Of course Mr. Hendricks did not intend this, (laughter,) but it has unfortunately occnrrcd the same way in every county where he has been. I will now read the part which he read. It reads thus: "In tho year 1856, without the color of law, and in violation of right, the then Auditor of State, Hiram E. Talbott, directed the Auditor of Jasper county to withhold from sale a large amount of swamp 'and designated by him. Tho Committee are compeiit-tf t-9 conclude that this order was prompted with a view to personal and private speculation. (Sec tho letWr of tho Auditor and the letter of A. B. Condit, on file.) This, no doubt, was the commencement of a system of frauds unheard of before. A spirit of speculating in these lands was engendered, and in a short timo there were found four separate companies, who selected, as they termed it, and actually obtained, by tho complicity of the Swamp Land Commissioners, deeds for about one hundred and twenty -four thousand acrcs of tho best of the lands vacant in tho county. ["For tho names of tho parties in this scheme we refer you to tho evidence herewith filed.]

The deeds to these lands wore procured without the shadow of law from tho officers of State." I will now read another and more lengthy extract from the samo report, closely following that read by Mr. Hendricks, and which he unfortunately overlooked. It reads thus: "From tho evidence in possession of your committee, they cannot but express their surprise that Governor Willard should have appointed Jacob Jtfarkle to the responsible office of Swamp Land Commissioner of Jasper county, soon after the cxr piration of his term of office as Treasurer of said county, notwithstanding it was known to- liis excellency that said Markle had been sued on his official bond as a defaulter to tho Swump Land Fund in 1855, which suit he has compromised by giving his notes with surety for the sum of $23,460 30, thus acknowledging his defalcation, and that tho greater part of those notes, though duo, wa.s still outstanding and unpaid and notwithstanding it was know^i to his Excellency that said Marklo had again bceft sued in 1856 upon his official bond as' Swamp Land Treasurer for a further defalcation of $14,000 to I he Swamp Land Fund, as certified to by the Auditor of State and that in 1857 judgement was obtained against him in another suit upon his official bond as County Treasurer, to tho amount of $1,000 for State revenue, and that was theh and still is pending against him upon his official bond for defalcation of county revenue, and bad not at the date of his appointment as said commissioner, and Btill has not settled with tho Auditor and Treasurer of State or County Commissioners, for either State, swamp land or county revenues, and notwithstanding it was known to his Excellency.

that by acction 10 of article 2 of tho GomtHatlon of Indiana, said'Markle was wholly 'ineligible to any office of trust or profit,' and that by an act of the Legislature, approved March 1, 1855, (see acta 1655, page 85) he

guilty of felony..' Still,

with a full knowledge of all these qualifications and disabilities, he (Markle) was appointed and invested by his Excellency with the duties of this important and responsible office, for the performance of which ho ia not required to giro any bond. In view of all these facts, your committee would recommend that his Excellency be respectfully "requested to remove Mr. Markle from said office."

There are good and bad men in all parties, churches, orders and organizations. If we should expect to find absolute purity in any of them, we should be very much disappointed. The true test as to whether any church, party or organization of men is honest, is found in tne fact that when they find an offender or scoundrel in their ranks they will punish or expel him. If upon discovery they lop off the rotten member and put away the unclcanness, they vindicate their character as an honest church, party or organization/ If, on the other hand, they defend the criminal, palliate his guilt, and shield him from punishment, then they bccome partners in his crime, alike corrupt and deserving of the condemnation of all men. Let us apply this principle, so plain and simple. At the last session of the Legislature the Republican members of tbe House brought forward a bill which contained a provision instructing the county commissioners in the counties in which the swamp lands were situated, Out of which the State had been swindled to bring suit to recover back the lauds. This could easily have been done. The frauds in most cases were patent, and the lands were nearly all in the hands of original holders, for they could not sell them owing to tho cloud which hung over tho title. Tho investigations growing out of these suits would havo shown who were the swindlers, and would have loeated the fraud upon tho shoulders of the right party. Every Democratic member of tho House votfed against this bill. When it was before tho House for consideration, the lobby swarmed'with leading Democrats, urging the Democratic members of the House to defeat the 'bill by any means whatever and when afterwards, in another form, this provision was about to become a law—there being a majority for it*—the Democratic members of tho House defeated its passage by breaking the quorum, and thus effectually staving off tho investigations. I might concludc my remarks upon this subject, by again expressing my surprise that Mr. Hendricks should have omitted a statement of the«o facts, so important to a correct understanding of the swamp land affairs. THE TWO NATIONAL EXCLUSIVE DEMO

CRATIC PARTIES.

"VYc have now two parties, each claiming to be the sole, exclusive, National Democratic party. They are quarreling about a name to which neither has the slightest title. Mr. Buchanan said, many years ago, that if he had a drop of Democratic blood in his veins, he would let it out. (Laughter.) Sinco he has been elected President, he has lot out the last drop, from the veins of his party, (applause,) and there is nothing now left to quarrel over but a decaying, a putrefying carcas, which the Republisans have tho unpleasant job ofhaulingouton the common. Laughter.) These two opposing parties olfactions are calling each other all manner of hard names, and charge each other with all manner of iniquities, and as their means of knowledge are excellent it would bo indelicate in us to contradict them. For example, the Douglas men call the Breckinridge men, fire-eating. disunionists, (applause) slave covode interventionists, bolters from the Democratic party, and pronounce upon them that terrible curse which is intended to consume them in all their parts. (Applause.) On the other hand, Breckinridge men call the Douglasites the half-breeds, (laughter) the mullatto Democracy, (renewed laughter) in common parlance, neither "pig nor pup," (applause and laughter) being a vulgar cross between the rearing followers of William Lloyd Garrison and the nre-eating satelitesof John C. CaUioun, a dissolute gang of political desperadoes, without a principle and without a hope. (Applause.) It is not necessarj* for us to pass judgementupon the justice of these encomiums. The Breckinridge men claim that Breckinridge is the regular Democratic candidate, because he was nominated by the Democratic States and represents the sentiment of the party where it is in power. Oh the other hand, the small handful of Democrats in Massachusetts—hardly enough to fill the offices—claim the privilege of nominating a candidate for the Democratic State of Virginia. The Democracy of the hopelessly Republican States say they ought to be allowed to nominate the candidate, inasmuch as they cannot elect ono. But the unwashed Democracy of the South say that if they havo to do the electing, they want to the nominating, too—a very absurd demand, indeed. The fact is, the nomination of Douglas was brought about chiefly by the votes of States which he had no earthly prospect of carrying.

THE ADMINISTRATION OP J. B.

In 1852 General Pierce came into office by the voice of a large majority of the people of the United States, and four j'ears afterwards retired, I believe by universal consent. (Laughter.)— Tho present Administration hasforfeited the respect and esteem of men of all partiee. It has been distinguished by a treachery and corruption that have disgusted the Democracy from which it may be argued that they are very great. Old Buck's bachelor life will be tyneof his Administration, for it will leave behind it no fruit that he will care to own and no one to drop a tear to his memory. (Laughter and applause.) He has clcared at a single bound the gulf which sepefates freedom from slavery, which his party lias been so laborously engaged in trying to bridge for many years. Douglas is the architect of this patent suspension squatter sovereignty Dridge (applause but old Buck, spurning the rickety fabric, leaped at onco nimbly to the other side of Jordan. (A voice, "Hurroo for Buck!" Laughter.) Under this Administration defalcation, bribery extravagance are no longer compelled to conceal themselves from the public eye, but stalk abroad like pestilence, at noon-day, tainting tho whole moral atmosphere, and telling of the near preseuce of putrefaction and decay.— (Applause.) You are familiar with the history of those defaulting martyrs, Price & Swartwout. Well, tho blood of these martyrs has become the seed of the modern Democratic church, which, having been sown upon good ground, lvas produced considerably more than a hundred fold. (Laughter.) The cry for reform is heard throughout, the land. Thousands and tensofthousands of men who are against us on the Slavery question are demanding a chango in the Administration, and they say they will welcome any change—for things caijnot b6 worse, and may be better. They are apprehensive

ofa dissolution ofthe Governmentfrom sheer rottenness, believing that where all the channels of authority are tainted »nd choked by corruption, where all tbe powers of the Administration are exerted for individual aggrandizement to the robbery and ruin ofthe gravest public interests, the end will speedily come.

HONEST OLD ABE.

We have presented to the country as our candidate for the Presidency, Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois—better known as Honest Old Abe. (Applause.)— What a title that is! It carries him right to the hearts^oftho people, without a formal introduction. (Applause.) It is a title of which he should be more proud than of all the thirteen so gaudily worn by the Prince of Wales, now visiting our shores. It has become somewhat fashionable with Douglas politicians to depreciate his intellectual qualifications. To show how unbecoming and improper it is for any friend ofMr. Douglas to attempt tc impeach his ability, we have but to refer to the joint debates between them in Illinois in 1853. Those discussions were reported at the timo, word for word, and have been since republished by the Republican party in book form, without change or comment, and calculated as a campaign document. No intelligent man can read these debates without being satisfied thatLincoln was the superior of Douglas in knowledge"of the history and principles of the Government and in logic, and overwhelmed him at eveiy point. He proved himself, also the superior in good manners, for while Douglas was fre. quently rude, personal and offensive. Old Abe

Avas

always in a good humor,

[Applause.] And the madder Douglas got tho merrier was he. The fact is if any man can read theso debates in their order, begining with the speech of Douglas and then the speech of Lincoln, and so on through, without becoming a Republican, 1 give him over to reprobacy of mind and hardness of heart. [Applause.] Notwithstanding his great ability he has other qualities which 1 admire still more. He is an honest man—"The noblest work of God." lie possesses that rare and sterling integrity that secures the love of all who know him (Applause,) and places him, lik Crosars wife above suspicion. There is that in his character that causes the shafts of falsehood and malice to fall harmless at his feet. The truth is his enemies have not had the courage to do any considerable amount of lying about him. (Applause.)— They have told a few small ones, but have in no-wise prejudiced his cause. They first said he had voted in Congress aginstsupplics to our army, while in Mexico, but it turned out upon examination that he was not in Congress at that time. So that Story fell to the ground. They then said he had voted against land warrants to the soldiers, who had served in the Mexican campaign, but it turned out that he had always voted for the largest proposition of that kind, though he had refused to vote that the

war was

ced. The

rightfy commen

story

was immediately pro

ven to be untrue, but the absurdity of the Democratic party urging that as an objection to any man became so manifest that they laughed at themselves, and let it

drop.

lie is the child

bor. His boyhood and early manhood was a life of toil in forest and in field and he is thus pre-eminently qualified to be a candidate ofthe Republican party at a time when Free labor and Slave labor are brought in conflict face to face. He is in his own person the representation of Free labor and what it can do in ennobling and dignifying the human character. (Applause.) His hands have been hardened with toil like yours, and his brow has dripped the perspiration of honestlabor. If by your honest industry and toil you have acquired a home competence, Old Abe can sj-mpathize with you. He knows just how you came by it. (Applause.)

In conclusion, let me again state tho issue. If you believe Slavery to be a good thing, and that it should be universally extended that slave labor is better than free labor, then vote the Democratic ticket and you will vote your sentiments. If, on the other hand, you believe freedom is better than slavery—that tho Territories should be preserved for free men and free labor—that freedom should be national and slavery local and sectional— then vote the Republican ticket, and you will vote your sentiment and do your duty to your country and 3'our God! (Long-continued applause.)

At the conclusion of Mr. Morton's specch, the Wide-Awakes gave three rousing cheers for Honest Old Abe, and three for the Indiana State Ticket.

At 10 o'clock P. M. Mr. Morton was serenaded by the Wide-A wakes at the Rockhill House, and made a brief speech from the balcony of that spacious ediffico.

Fresh Arrival.

Messrs. Crawford & Mullikin dealers in staple and fancy Dry Goods, Ready Mado Clothing, Queensware, &c., are now in receipt of a full and complete stock for the fall and winter trade.— Mr. Crawford went east, and as he has had a lifelong experience in the mercantile trade, has doubtless made such selections as will meet the demands of this people. You who are in want of good goods, should give this this house a call, and examine the new stock.

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IST'TheIndiana Journal says a large delegation ft'om Louisville Ky., visited tho city of Indianapolis on tho 29th inst., to participate in the Douglas demonstration, And further, that they carried a banner mottoed—Kentucky with Indiana." There is considerable significance," says the Journal, "in these words. Kentucky will be with Indiana Douglasites on election day, and assist in corrupting the ballot boxes of the State and depriving the people of hoaes-fr expression of their political Sentiments."

THE JOURNAL.

THURSDAY, OCT. 4, I960.

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL TICKET

FOR PRESIDENT,

A A A I N O N OF ILLINOIS. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,

A N N I A A I N OF MAIlfE.

Republican State Ticket

FOR GOVERNOR,

HENRY 8. LAKE, of Montgomery.

FOR LIEUT. GOVERNOR,

OLIVER P. MORTON, of Wayne.

FOR SECRETARY OF STATE,

WILLIAM A. PEELLE, of Randolph.

FOR TREASURER OF STATE,

JONATHAN S. IIARVEY, of Clark.

FOR AUDITOR OF STATE,

ALBERT LANGE, of Vigo.

FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL,

JAMES G. JONES, of Vanderbug.

FOR REPORTER OF SUPREME COURT,

BENJAMIN HARRISON, of Marion.

FOR CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT,

JOHN P. JONES, of Lagrange.

FOR SUPT. OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION,

MILES J. FLETCHER, of Putnam.

For Congress—8th District. ALBERT S. WHITE, of Tippecanoe.

For Prosecutor—Stli Circuit. R. W. HARRISON, of Montgomery.

JUDICIAL TICKET.

FOR COMMON PLEAS JUDGE,

•i ISAAC NAYLOR, of Montgomery.

FOR COMMON PLEAS PROSECUTOR,

HIRAM II. STJLWELL, of Fountain.

REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET.

FOR SENATOR,

MICHAEL D. WHITE.

FOR REPRESENTATIVE,

RICHARD EPPERSON.

FOR TREASURER,

WILLIAM II. SCHOOLER.

FOR SHERIFF,

GEORGE W. H.'ILL.

FOR RECORDER,

H.VGII J. WEBSTER.

FOR COMMISSrOXEK,

JOHN GAINES.

FOR SURVEYOR.

JAMES F. BOOTS.

FOR CORONER,

SAMUEL McCLURE.

FOR TOWNSHIP ASSESSOR,

SAMUEL I). SMITH.

Presidential Electoral Ticket.

ELECTORS FOR THE STATE AT I.AROK.

WILL CUMBACK. of Decatur: JOHN L. MANSFIELD, of Jtiferson.

DISTRICT ELECTORS.

1st Dis.—Cyrus M. Allen, of Knox 2d Dis.—John W. Ra.v. of Clarke: ltd Dis.—Morton C. Hunter, of Monroe: '4tli Dis.—John H. Fnrqunhar. of Franklin J5th Dis.—Nelson Truslcr, of Fayette: 6th Dis.—Reuben A. Riley, of Hancock: ,7th Dis.—John Hannah, of Putnam: 8th Dis.—Samuel A. Huff, of Tippecanoe 9tli Dis.—James M. Tyner, of Miami: 10th Dis.—Isaac Jenkinson, of Allen JlthDis.—David 0. Dailev, of Huntington.'

Tbe Election, Hfext Tuesday. As this is the last issue of the Journal prior to the State Election, which take.-' placc on Tuesday next, wo must suggest the importance of every Republican of ourcounty, from this, till the hour when the polls shall close, doing his duty, and nothing but hi.-- duty. Arcyou ready for the battle? Do you know tho legal voters, and those who are not legal voters in .your township? Do you know of any one who is but a temporary sojourner in your neighborhood, or who has not been a resident of the State six months preceding election day? Do you know of any ono being temporarily employed—corn cutting,«!te.—for voting purposes?— If so, keep an eye on them, that they stand not in the way of legal electors. Have you made arrangements for bringing your invalid neighbors to the polls? If you have not, be at the work of preparation now. Have the arrangements made in due season. Let every true Republican in tho county be up and doing, there is not an hour to be lost.— Remember, that we have, not only a county ticket, but a Congressional and State ticket to elect—our own Lane for Governor—and though our county and Congressional tickets are safe, it is not the part of faithful sentinels that we sleep on our arms and allow the enemy to enter our camp and take us by surprise. Then be always up and on duty— ever ready for action, and when tho thickest of the battle does come, instead of our forces being scattered and dismayed by the enemy, we will present ono solid phalanx and unbroken front.

A defeat in our State ticket on Tuesday next, maynot be a defeat in November though every observing mind must see at a glanco, that such a result would have a strong influence in that direction and thus lose tbe State to "Honest Old Abe." Success in Oetobcr, however, is equivalent to victory in NovtruaKor.

Wo trust that no well-rri«her of his party and his country, will stay at homo on elcotion day, and consolo himself with the thought that his vote is of but little importance that his vote would in no way change the result of the election. You, each of you, havo a work to do, and should oonsider it a special duty to go to tho polls and deposit your ballot for tho men of your choice. A few men remaining at home, in this neighborhood, a few in that, the State over, would defeat any party and though but small in a single township or county in tho aggregate^ the number would be large. In conclusion then, we entreat you, to go to tho election on Tuesday next, and again on the sixth of November, and victory will perch upon your banners, both Stato and National.

For Lafayette.

To-morrow, (Friday,) the Grand Mass Convention takes place at Lafayette. We notice from the Courier,, that not less than throe thousand WidoAwakes are expected to be present from the neighboring towns. Six hundred Wide-Awakes from Old Montgomery: two or threo hundred from Warren »large- delegation from Fountain, from Carroll and fronj Clinton. Lot there be a, large delegation of Wide-Awakes go to .Lafayette to-mor-row, from this county. Arrangements have been mado with the Rail-Itoad to run an Excursion train of ten Coaches. The train will leavo Crawfordcville at 5 o'clock

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The "Star City" boya ara ts hs

time dur

ing the night—-after the grand demonstration.— Arrangements have alao been made for the delegation to walk over and get aboard the train north of "big" Bridge. Fare the round trip only FIFTY CENTS. All aboard!

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glory, on Saturday, in Urge numb era.

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NEXT SATURDAY!

Grand Republican Rally I

Extensive preparations aremacing for t&c Grand Republican and Wide Awake demonstration, which takes place in Crawfordsville on Saturday next.— We havo every assurance that there will be at least fifteen hundred Wide-Awakes in attendance wha will participate in tbe exorcises of the evening. You may rest assured that the demonstration of Saturday will be one grand occasion of rejoicing. Able orators will be present to address you. Arrangements arc making for the several out-town-ships to come in on the morning of the 9th in organized delegations with Ox teams, Horse toamr, their horse companies, and their companies on foot. Let each township have her Marshals, and thin will prevent any confusion in entering the common, in the south part of our city—where all. are expected to congregate previous to taking up the lino of march in the Grand Procession.

Mr. CABB WILSON, of our town, has been appointed Grand Marshal of the day. After parading through the principal streets, tho procession will march to the Grove of Major A. Whitlock, east of town, where speaking and other exercises will take place, Come one! Come all! and aid in this enthusiastic demonstration. Programme of the Day, in full, will be found by reference to another part of to-day's paper.

Lying Circulars.

COUSIN SALLY DILLARD EXGAGED I\ CIRCULATING SLANDERS!

Republicans be on Your Guard

Sam Willson is attempting to succeed in the ensuing election by fraud and corruption. He has written, had printed, and is now daily distributing, (with his own hands.) a secret circular, containing naught save one continual tirade of abuse and slander against his honorable opponent, Hon. A. S. White, which he would have the peoplo believe was the work of the Eepublican party of Tippecanoe and not his. Ho cannot do this. The people in this county know him too well to be thus deceived! He is the author of his own lyingcircular,and hisown purse-strings were drawn to defray the expense of printing, and not that of any Republican. Signing that circular "Many .Republicans of Tippccanoe," is a contemptible slander upon the Republicans of Lafayette, and will be looked upon in no other light by any man in the District having a spark of political honesty, or who has sense enough to set a goose. Down

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temptible trickery.

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Illegal Voting:.

From the maneuvering in the ranks of the oldline party in this county: in this Congressional District aye, throughout our entireState, we have every reason to believe that the lenders of that party contemplate the grossest frauds at our Stnte Election, by the importation of illegal voters from other sections of the country, where the State elections havo transpired and to this, from other districts of our own state, where this sham party is in a

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minority. Republicans, you can re

ly on it, that a scheme has been on foot for weeks, and is still progressing, for the perpelration of such base frauds. Re on your guard then, thcro is danger. See, on the Jay of election, tbuteuch poll in our county is well guarded by inen who are intimately nrquainted with tlit htjul electors of th« several townships thift iMine lie allowed to participate who art- not fully and fttirly entitled to tho enjoyment of the elective fr::nrliiso in our midst.— Tncn nil will pass off -.v..-1'.ietorily. Wo arc decidedly in favor of every Ic^ai votci exercising his right us stu-h, and none others. With such a course as this, if defeated, we willingly and without murmur, submit but when an infamous, damning fraud is attempted to be practiced—by the importation of aliens, to defeat and thwart the wishes of the majority—then it should not be tamely submitted to. Look to this matter, Republicans, that no illegal vote is polied and wo will vouch for it, when the ballots arc counted out, it will be found that the Republiban Ticket in Old Montgomery is triumphantly elected. MarK the predic-. tion!

Willson vs. Catholics. Wonder how Sam Willson feels just now in reference to the Catholic, Irish and Dutch being permitted to land on our shores from tho Old World? Does he feel now, as he did in his speech in this place in the year of our Lord 1852? He was then willing, and said "Hefor one would not be surprised if he were summoned in less than two years to shoulder his musket to stop them from landing on our shores." Yes, he was then almost ready to shoulder his muskot and aid in driving them back from our shores and for what? Why, "for fear," said he, "of Catholicism and its influence upon this country." Xow the rotten hearted demagogue is prowling around this Congressional District hugging this samo people to his bosom, telling them what wondrous things he has dono for them—how tho democracy love and adoro the foreign born in this country. And for what? For the purpose orsecuring their votes. After the election Willson will be of the same opinion ho was in. 1852—that the Catholics should be kept from our shores.

^3i?-Look out for spurious tickets and secret circulars, the county will bo flooded with both during Sunday, Monday and Tuesday noxt. All manner of evil will be brought to bear against our candidate for Congress, and against our county tickot. Death is staring Rump Democracy full in the face. They sec and feel their danger and are willing to resort to any foul slander

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oalumny to avert ap

proaching danger. Bolievo not a word coming from their foul mouths. Guard against thoir Leprous touch their bodies aro full of political corruption from tho crown of thoir hoads to the soles of thoir feet are naught but wounds, bruises and putrefying sores.

jKST'We learn this morning, that our fat friend Jesse Cumberland, tho Rump candidate for County Treasurer, is almost driven to madness and dispair ovor tho

inevitable

defeat that awaits-

him. And in this frenzied state of mind rushed head-long to the Review office, and ordered some thousand or more "BOGUS" Republican Ticket# printed. A full Republican ticket, Save the- name of his honorable opponent Wm. H. Schooler, which he had omitted anJ his own naxno inserted.— Look out for this fraud, they are doubtless well distributed over the county.