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tPLSlIZl EVEBT THrRDAV MORMNG, BT IffCDOXALD & BROTIIEIt. T E It M tf piid in advance At the or.'l of .ix month. it Ida veJ until tlic o:.J of the year,. ...l on ...1 50 ...2 CO ADVERTISING: 1 00 f ' , lit V V.. . 25 s-Cl;i::i firee u Ith. .. J ..Ciuumnoneyw,... ..... 4 Column three months, 8 00 'j C.'.unm six months, O'umn one year "Column three m nstln 1 Column .-ix month, 15 00 25 00 14 m at on I 1 Column one year, y Yearly advertisers have tue privilege ot one bme free of ch ir'e. SMlll Ml (1 WMK DRASCH AT PLYMOUTH, IXD. E. S. ORGAN, Pros. II. EARLY. Ca.-hier. ESTF-RS EXCHANGE, Draft on C'neiaI n iti a;.d Chicigo, Go'.d and Silver, Uucurrent ?Ioney and Land Warrants Ii 0 U G II T A X D SOLD. TT Dip it - Received an I Monty LvincJ. O" A'tentim; irivon toC illcctiniH. and General Bilking Business Transacted. June 2 5, I' 5?. 31 .-- THTIIäT Ä "R Ti TTOTTST?. MICHIGAN STRF.ET, PLYMOUTH, IXD fjr. M3, B-JlZJrtl ? " ! At t!.is !;.MUtifilr l.Kj it.il ImiMini, contamin? ' r. l.-.rp,t, rr.ber cf arv and well ventilated room, ) w-m ;" ry r' r7 mr .J X W9 19 "P.-or.rietor i row pivnareti to aceommoditcj terra cct22-43.y. C. H- REEVE. , A. C. CATRON. REEVE & SAPRÖN, AXTÖXtTlt & HOT? Practice ia MirAiU ns.l a 'ioin n- counties. R bock Ä: Co., Phf-'p. O wlgu 5: Co , N. Y. c,.-..n v-n mill .V Rrn Circ-icn. f ou ,m VCo PiUd; Gr .rf.B. n.ctt C..Pitt. j ion. A. LOnn,, Crc't. Jude, Lap ,re, InJ. d. L. ROCK, Valparaiso, lm liana. rrOfftce in Union Block, over ihe ?ooffice. J. O. OSBOHN'E, ATTOBXKY AT LAW AND OFFICE K.rst door nrth Hvd's Funrtnre St-r, PLYMOUTH, IND. June 17. IS.')? H. COREIN M.A.O r tSARD COKB1X & pac;kaiu, Attorneys and lV;nscIIors at Law. AND Western Col! vr Hon .Igcnts, PLYMOUTH, LVD Refer to Arc;-. ;-:.. T y;-TT,i ' , N Y City; JV:. r,-.--. fi'-. TWs, .ii -m::-i:--.', D.-tro.i, .thcii.; Stern, lit roan .V o. 'I Oi io: M H Norths . c. Chicago. 1.1; 11 in C A Stai-v. Tet"iiy"h. M.ch; II u Th 3 S .Stankieli, SuutU Bend, Ind T)()V." 51 tf I O it- S, 1.11 F f' I Attonipv and oaiiseil'ir at Lawj PLYMOUTH. IN P. Especial attention cn to cases iu urk cjuiities. I am permitted to reft r to JoHnL. WciTEaTELT, PlvCiOUtl ,T ... , j l'irFli!illana' CR.A.0. BORTONj STTRBON DSMTI3T, TLX AS located in PI month here re will ie pre- j JL I pureiatauuu. v -v- v:"; .1 Hu utee- . ' Sa'fatl.ouHiU oegntrii .u4u,., ....... Li ai w!th a ca... rrR.ni in reruü3 vwlr"rZr..r Jratiee first hall door. ) - frrrirvT r " -V Br. A. TLATTI N G-xjX, Physician & Surgeon, WIIL devote e'r'fiai auen-io iu jU ST ET .tlC PRACTICE, diseases of Women and Cl.ildrui, ai.d Lr-ndc diseasea of the OFr'ICE Michigan ftreet, wejt side.cac door üOrth of iL i-iercj's ClothiJi? Store. j Plymouth, May L-tü, IW J. VINA!.!., M. D., HOMEOPATHIC PKVSiCtAX Prt'.cular attention p.u 3 to Obstetric Practice, &1COTONIC DISEASES OF WOMEN. AND Diseases of Children mPw ovsr C. Pilmcr's Store, corner ot Mich m and L iPortu Streets, fIs-jm he can be cobalt at all hours. SQ2SM BKOBMAISTOi ail tiiii; I hot.

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KEEPS rnnmnOr on hand Clock, Wtcliert, BREAST PINS, EAR RINGS, FINGER RINGS, LOCKETS, Vc , &c. X3"ClocW, Watches, &c, repitired in tnc best ni ur.cr pos:b'e. jio 7 'oi 7-tf. FÖlTSÄLE, RENT, OR LEASE! DESIRABLE FARMS, and HOUSES and Lot Terms reasonable. COUBIN & PACKARD, OS.ce orer "People' Store," Corbin' Block. A J3 A4UV A I N A GOOD Two Iior- WAGON. tob sold at a bargain- M. A. O- PACKARD, fUtf Oflcewabgre.

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&C.,&C. Our Job Department is now supplied with an exi tensive -tml well selected assortment of new stylea ! plain an-i fancy hich enables us to execute, on short notice and 1 reasonable terras all kinds of flam and Urnumen til JOB PRINTING! NEAT, FAST AND CHEAP; SUCH AS f AMFHLETS, BUSINESS CARDS, RLANK lF.EDS 4 MORTfJAGES; HANDBILLS, LABELS, CATALOOCE9, Ami in short, Blanks of everj variety and description. Call and nee specimens. Pillbiirsli. Fort Waynn & Chicago RTT. ROAD. FIj YJIO VTii STATION. TRAIN'S ARRIVE. Exnn-s & Pis. H-'Ha m TRIXS LEA VF. Epr. Paspcn'. IIa. m Miil Pif-. 2-."0 a. m j Mul & Pifn. 9-15 j m f.n'il Frei "ht R- 5 n 111 L-'il Fr.-i-rht 2- :5 EreightTi-ün- arrive at Plymouth, Mm ii, We ln-i'divs and Friday; depart Tuesdays. Thurs- ! d iv and S itnnl.ivs. Freight received for shipI eilt, dily, until'5 o'clock, p. ra. O-, IP., CÄ3 Ü- It- K.Notice to Shippers. r reicht, de-tined for ei ther roal. will not he forwarded he same day wiles received helore II o'cloeka. m. LEAVE PLYMOUTH M til. 8. 0 ;. -n. Exp., 9.:2) p. m. Frei'rJit. LEAVE LTORTE Miil,!.l6a. m Pitts. Ex., 12.4) a. m. Freight. 4.4') p ra. arrives at Plymouth M til, 1J ) a. m rjxpre., t a. m. r reicht. .f'H p. ni C. E. MORSE, Au-ent Plvmouth, M iv 20, ic5e. Mich, Sou. k Xro. Intl. Rail Road 1 öl" l"o 1 V 1 'bl'mpnt- A;Train will leave Chic ii;o fortheEi.t, a fol ! lev-: N. Y. Express. 6 '11 u. m.; Eastern Ex 5J0 P. m. an I Buffiio Ex., !U Tron- j L.Porte Htatum : p. in. is follow: GOING WEST. i v r oh. Chioio Exp., 4.4T a. ni. Western, 44 f.41 44 Plttlmr-h," I0.".f Tcle-T'ph- " '.27 p. m. Ksr. 44 7.42 p. m Uuffilo," 12.37 a. in HfThe Eistcrn Express passes on the A'r L:ue Road. M iv 20, -5?. SAM. BROWN, Geii.Supt. PAUKER IIOUSF,, H. M. HOPKINS PROPRIETOR. LAP0RTE, INDIANA. V. W. AXTEI.L, Clerk. julS 33!y I. K. BROOKE K. K. BROOKfc Broolio cfc Bro., DEALERS IN PURE And general agents for the best Patent Medicines of the d.iv. No. 3 Corbin's block, Michigan st., juls-'Jify PLYMOUTH, INI). WlÖOXÄNiTEATIXO'nOUSE! I '111 E subscriber h ;s op ened an estubüshnv nt of th above k;nd, in Piatt's new btiihiiu;:, ; west side of Michigan street, and trusts, by strict I attention to business, to merit a liberal share of 1 puV'.c patronage. I Farm-Mi. and others, visiting town, will find evorv accoramIatiou of a First-Class Saloon and Eating Hinsel j. G. jelly. P. S. Connected with the above is n 111 LI.I ARD ROOM, kept in the be.t order, for amusemi nt only. Betting and gamblin; pnh biti d hy sir ct orders. J.G.J. June 17th, 1958 '.Otf. Viimedgc Mouse: ! ( Wit' in two rnin-les walk of the DejM ,) ini'l ueur the liiver Mriage SOUTH PLYMOUTH, IND. The Proprietor of this Establishment rect others, a inve iitire sitiiac t-on. IK. TABLE wid be lurnished with the f aff(jnl.,n., h!, BARN :ilur tilled with ool ProvenJei ml utteadei bv an attentive Hostler. j Public patronage respectfullv folioitel. i J. C. V1NNEDGE. j Junc 10f lf5?. !jjajdwin Mouse. ?9 REMOVED! f""f A VING removed his tavern stml from the I J south aide ol the river, to the budding lately ! occupied by R. Corbably ad a residence, nearly o;- ; podite the Edward Ilouae, U now prcpired to accoBimodUe hi old customers and the tnvchng public generally. His stabling and all othe.' conveuiences, shall t be inferior to any stand in Northern Indiana. Charges reasonable. mull Jtf 1 Y XA A XÄ. A. AJf A l tlas lare stoek Vf Mall k Window Paper, all qiialilio nt wholesale or retail; also window Shades and Curtain Fixtures, FORT WAYNE, IND irtirr -I9ly. WARSAW MARBLE - WORKS! W. It. UN'DEUHII.U (Successor lo Uixlerhill & Co.) Manufacturer & deale in American Iulian MONUMENTS. TOMB-bTONES. Counter Stands, Bureau Tops, &c, WARSAW. IND. ITOrder from a diitance will receive prompt attention, nd aatisfaetion guarantied. : A. BO y D, Agent, Plymouth, lad.

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c ( t i t V J ö f t r ii . The Old Folk' Room. The old rain sat by the chimney side, Hi face was wrinkled and an: And he leaned both hands on his stout oak cane, As if all his work were done. His coat was of good old fashioned gray, His pockets were deep and wide. Where his 4s,xcV au 1 Ids steel tobacco box Lay snugly side by side. The old m in lib d to stir the fire, S; near hm tbetons were k tt; Some times he mused as he gazed at the coa!, Sometime he sat and slept. What saw he in the embers there? Ah! pictures of othervears; An 1 n ivr and then they wakened smiles, But ofteuer started tears. His good wife sat on the oilier side, In a high-back, fiig-seat chair, I see 'neath the pile of her rami in cap Tue sheen of her Silvery hair. There's a happy look on hnr aged face, As she busily knits for him. And Nedie takes up he stimhes dropped, For grandmother's eyes are dim. Tlieirchildren come an 1 re id the nevn, To p iss the time each d iv; II ia nstir the bl din in t 1 nun's heart, To he ir of the world away! 'Tia a homely scen, I told you so, Cut pleasant it is to view; At lea.', I thought it so myself, And sketched it down for you. Bo kind unto the ol 1, my fren 1, They're worn with this world's strlf-, Tliou'h bravely once prrchince they fought The stern, fierce bittle of life.

They taught our youthful feet to climb Upward life's rncd steep; Then let us lead them gently down To where the weary sleep. SPEECH OF S E IV ATOR DOUGLAS, On the ovation of hit public revjit'on at Chicago, Friday eoninf, July Dlh. 1853. Mr. 1) U3LS S;ii I: Mr. Chaiiman and fcllow-rfcizen?: 1 ran fitl no lanmjj wlncli ran adequH'elv expreVmy prof-und gratitude for tlia mngiiillcHnt Vflcome wliicli vou have ex endd to me ort thi nrr.-ttioti. Tili vast sa of humrtn fici'S itidi:ifos Imw deep our interest ia felt by our people in the ijreat (ju.'itins wli h underl . ihe foundn'ior s .f our free institutions. A rerepiioti like this, so o;reai in numbers that no Imman voire can bö heard 'o i s rounsle:' thou sands s entliuits;i: that ni one iudi vidtial rati b3 the ohje' t f surh enthusiasm clearly shows that there is 6:moreat piinciplo tliat sinks deep ii the heart of the rnassen, and involves the rihtsaml libers ies of a whole people, ihat h.-is brought you toHthnr wiih a rudiali'v and unaniin i y nevei Ix'f tie Hxrelld, if, indeed, equal led on any o-ra-i ni. I have not the vani y to b'liev. ihn i. U any personal cmp!iment to me. i fVoires, It is.' You have deserved i''and ifreat aplause. I; is an expression f your devotion to that v;re;t p-iu-ipM! of self government to whiidi my life, for many year past, has been, and in the whole future will be devoted. If there is any one principle .learear and more sacred than all others in fieo governments, it is that which asserts the exrluttiv) liht of a free people to form and adop their own fundamental law, and to m MiH;e and regulate ihpir own iuteril affaits and domesiiit insii u ions When I found an effort being mado durinif tle recent 8sin of Conoress. to j forci a c oisii utioii upn the people of Kantsea agiiost ih-ir will, and lo foree that State into the Union with A cons:!: ution whi.-h her people had rej-eted by mote than 10,(J0U. 1 fell bound, as a man of honor and a representative of Illinois, bound bv oerr consi deration of duty, of fidelity and .f pHtiio.ism. to lesisi to the utmost of my power, the consummation of that fraud. Wi h others I did rsUt it, and leU:ed i Bur--KffulIy mi il ti e attempt was abandoned. We forced them lo refer f iat consti uiion bark o ihe people, of Kansas, to bo aneep?ed or I j 'fted an thny shall deeile a an eleriion. which in fixed fr th first Monday of August nexf. It is iruo, that tho mode of reference, and the form uf 6ubmiiiu was not such 88 I eoul 1 anc ion widi my vt;. for the reason that it dici imiiuted between fieo and slave S ates; providing that if Kansts consented lo com in under thn L-"inptoti coueatutiotiit houl l be rveeived wi ha population of 35.000; but if he demanded another wmftii ution, raie consistent wi.h the sentiments of her people and their feeling. that it shouM not be. received into the Union until sho had 93.42J inlmhita on. I dil not consider that mode of .ubmission fair, for the r-aon that any election io a mockery which U not free; that any election is a fraud upon th rights of th ppla which holds out inducements for affirm alive votes, ami threatens penalties for ngutivb votes. But whikt ) ww npt satisfied

with the mode of submission, whilst I reis.ed it to ihe last, demanding a fair, a just, freo mode of submissi jn. still, when the law ptssed placing u wiihhi the power of ihe people of Kansas at that election to reject th Lecomp jn cons i u ion, and then make another in harmony with their principles and their opinions, I did not bali-'ve that either the penalties on the one hand, or the inducements on the other, would

force that people to aeoep a cons i u i n t whi di they are irreconcilably opposed. All I can Miy is, that tt iheir voles ran be controlled by such comddtra ions, all the sympathy which has b -en expended upon them has been misplaced, and all tho efforts that have been made in defense of their ri rht to self-government have been made iu an unworthy cause. Hence, my fiienda, I regard the Lcompton batil as having been fought and ihe victory won, because the arrogant demand for iho admission of Kansas under the Lecompror, consiitu'ion unconditionally, whether her people wanted it or not. has been abandoned, and the principle which lecognizes the right of the people to deci le for themselves has bee.i substituted in its place. Fedow ci iz-'ns: Whil I devoted all my energies my best energies, mental and phy.i al to the indication of the great principle, and whilst the result has been such as will enable the people of Kansas to come into the Union wi h such a consti i i ..i uxtion as iliev may uene, yet inecrejtt on this mcral ict.ry is to be divided among a large number of men of various and dif f.'ieut p..li.ivil creeds. I was r j need when I found, in this great contest, the Republican paity coming up manfully and sus tattling the principle that the people of each territory, when coining into the Union, havti the light to d vi le for themselves whether slavery shall or shall not exist within their limi s. I h ive seen the timwhen that principle was controverted. I have seen the time when all parties did not reco jr ,iz the right of a people to have slavery or free. Iota, lo tolerate or prohibi slaveiy, as they deemed best: but elaime I i hat power fr the Congress of the United S airs, regardless of the wishes of the people to be atfectud by i'; and when I found upon the Ciittemleu-M nfgomery bill the R -publicans and Americans of the North, and I may say, too, some glorious Americans and oh! line Whio-.s from the South, like Cintendeii and his patriotic associate, j ined with a portion ol the Demociacy to carry out and vindicate tho tight of the people to d-cide whether slavery should or should not exist within the lini'ts of Kansas. I was rej i;ed within my beeret soul, for I aw an indication that the American people, when they come to understand tho principle, would give it their cor dial support. Tue Cri lendcu Montgomery bill was as ftir and as p-if.-c. a i r-xposi ion of the doci ri io of popular sovereignty as con! 1 be carried out by any bill that man ever devised. It proposed to refer llieL'-oomp on coiis:i utioa back to the people oi Kansas, and give thora the right to accept or n-j-ei ii as they pleased at a fair el c.i m, held in pursuance of law, and in ihe event of their n j -cting it and forming another in its 8'ead to permit them to come into the Union on an equal food ig with tho original States. II was fair and j .ist in all of its provisions! 1 gave it my cordial support, and was re joiced when I found that it had passed the House of R.pte.senta ives, and at one time I entertained high hopj mat it would pass the. Senate. 1 regard the great principle of Popular Sovereignty as having been vindicated and ma le triumphant in this land as a penn iiifeijt rule of public policy in the organization of teniiories and tho almisaioti of new States. Illinois took her potion upon this principle many years ago. You all recollect that in 185J. after tie passage of lb Compromise measures of that year, when 1 returned to my home there was great disa i-Xietion expressed at my course iu supporting those measures. I appeared beloie the people of Chicago at a mass mealing, and vindicated each and every one of those measures; and by reference to my speech on that occasion, which was printed a d circulated broad-east throughout ihr Siate at the rim, you will find that I thou and there sai 1 that those measures ; were all founded upon the great principle lhat every people ought u possess the right to form and regulate their own domestic insti utions in their own w iy. ati 1 that that ii 'lit brin 'possessed by the p.plo of the States. 1 saw no reason why ihe same principle should not be ex ended to all of the enhoiies .f he Uor'fd States. A o,ral elecrion whs held iu this Stat a few months afterwards, for members of the L',,fitdaiuTr pending which, all thene qucs Hons were innroujjniv . nnwu ami cussed, and Ihe nominees of the different parties instructed in r-gard to the wish o their consti. uenU upon them. When that election waa over, and the Legislatur. MBiabltd, tbey proceeded to consider tho .1 I . I . . .....t.-...w! ...J .IIa

merits of those compromise measures and the' principles upon which they were predicated. And what was the result of their action? They passed resolutions, first repealing the Wilmot proviso instructions, and in lieu thereof adopted another tesolu lion, in which they declared the great principle which asserts the right of the people to make their own form of government an I establish their own ius;iiUiio:is. Tiiattesoluti n is ha foilotva: "Resohe l, that our liberty and iude pendente are based upon il: li.ht of the peopl? to form for themselves 8u'!i a uvernmeiitas thev tnav cho-se; :hat thisreat priiu-iple, th bir;h-right of freemen, the gift of Heaven, secured to us by tlie blood of our ancesioro, iUjIu to br ex ended to future generaliotis; no i,ni;atiuit ought to be applied to this power iu the orgauiz tiioritf any teni ory of the U:ii;eJ rfiales. of eiih-r a 'IVrii oii.- Governmtnt orS:a.e Cons i n i n, provile l the Government 8o estalished shall be Republican and ia conformity with the Cous.iitt.ion of the Uui.ed S.aies." That reaolution, declaring the grea: principle of self-government as applicable to the tei ii oiies and new S ates, passed the House of Representatives of this State by a vote of sixty-one i i the affirmative to

I only tour in the negative. Thus you find ! that an expression of public opinion, cnlightened, educated, and intelligent public opinion on this question hy the rep rose ntalivesof Illinois, in 1851, approaches nearer to unanimhv than has ever been obtained .... rn i on any controverieo ouesuon. mat resolu.ion was entered on the journal of the Legislature of Illinois, and il has remained i here from ihat day to this a standing iu siruc;ion lo her Senators and a request to her Representatives in Congress to can, out that principle in all future cases. Ill' uois therefore stands pre-eminent as the S a; - which stepped forward early and established a platform applicable to this slave ry question, concurred in alike by Whigs and Democrats, in wh? h it was declared to be ihe tvish of our people that thereafter the people of ihe territories should be lef pyi fccily fi'"f to fum and regulate theit own domes-ic ins'iiu ions iu their own wav and that no limi.ation should be placed upon that right iu any form. Hence, wha was my du y in 1 .54. when i became necessary to bring forward a bill for the o:ifanizat ion of Kansas and Nebraska? Was it not my duty, in obedience to the Illinois platform, to your standing instructions to your Senators, adopted wi h almost entire unanimity, to incorporate in that bill tingreat principle of self-government, declaring that it was 44the true intent and meanj nig of the act not to legislate slavery into any Sta'o or Terri.ory, or to exelulo it th rcfrom. but io leave the jwple thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic ins.i.uuons in iheir own way. suhj -ct only lo the Constitution of the United St.ve?" I did incorporate ihat principle iu the Kansas-Nehraaka hi!', and perhaps I did as much as any living man in ihe enactment of that bill, thus establishing the doctrine in the public policy of the country. I then defended thai princi p!e against assaults f.om one section f the Union. During this last winter ii became my duty to vimiit-.ro ii against assauhs f om the o her section of ihe Union. I vindicated it boldly and fo rlessly, as the pfople of Chicago can bear wi.nesf, when it wae assailed by Freesoilers; and during this winter I vindicated and defended it as boldly and fearlessly when it wa3 attempted to be violated by the almost united South. I pledged myself to you on evciy stump it. lliuoi in I pledged mysell lo the people of other States, North and Sou'li wherever I spoke and iu the United States Senat and elsewhere, iu every form in which I could rea h the publir mind or the public ear. I g ive the pledge I that 1, so f ir as the power should b iu my hands, would vi idictto the principle of ihe! right of the people to form their own inaiitu.i nsj, to establish free States or slave States as they chose, and that that principle should never b i violated either by fraud or violence, by circumvenl'.on, or by any other means, if it was iu my power to ptevent it. I it w submit to vou, my fel owci.ixens, whether I have not redeenred that pledge iu good faith! (Cries of 4,TCS," and three tremendous cheers.) Yes. my f. iends, I have le leem;nl i: in go..d faith. and it is a ra Itter of heartfdt gratification to me to see these assembled thousand here to-night, beating their testimony to the fidelhy with which I have advocated that principle and redeemed my pledges in connec i 'tj with i'.. I will be entirely frank with yon. My object was to secure the right of the people of each State and each of each Territory, North or South, to decide the question for themselves, to have, slavery ornot, just as they tdiose; and my opposition U the Lecompton constitution was not predi cated upon the ground that it was a proslavery constituiion, nor would my aoiion have been different had it been a free 6oil cona iution. My speech against the Lecompton fraud waj w$P on t Oih of

December, while the vole on the slavery clause in that constitution was not taken un.il the 2Isiof th same month, nearly two weeks after. I made my speech againsi that Lecompton monstrosity solly on the ground 'hat it wa a violation of ihe fundamental principles of fiae government: on the ground that it was not the act and deed of ihe people of Kansas; that it did not embody ihi.- will; that they were averse io i.; and hence I denied the iht of Congress to force it upoti them, either as a free

S.ate or a olav State. I deny the right of Congre33 to force a slave-hol.ling State upon an unwilling people. I deny their light lo force a free S:ate upon an unwilling popIe. I deny their right to force a good thing upon a people v l.o are unwilling to receive i'.. Th great principle is the light of every community to jadge and decide fir hself, whether athingis tight or wrong, whether it would be good or evil for them to adop. it; and the right of free thought, the right f free judgment upon the ques;ion is dearer to every true American thin any other under a free government. My objecltori to the L-'cornptou contrivance was that it undertook to put a cons i.udon on the people of Kansas against their will, iu opposi im to their wishes, and thus viola ted the great princip! up? n which all our institu ions rest. It is no answer to this argument to say that slavery is an evil and heue - should not be tolerated. You must allow th people to deci Jo for theruelves whether i; is a good or an evil. You a!iow i. em to decide for themselves whether they deaire a Maine Liquor law or not; you allow them to decide for themselves what kind of common schools they will have: what system of banking they will adopt, whether they will adopt any at all: you allow llipm to decide for themselves the relations between husband and wife, patent nd child, and guardian and ward; in fact, you allow thera to decide for ihem selves ill other questions, and whj, not upon this question? Whenever you put a limitation upon the right of any people to decide what laws they want. yod have destroyed 'he fundamental principle of self-government. In connection wi.h this subject, perhaps it will not be improper for me on this occasion t allude to the post ion of those who have chosen to arraign my concur. n ihis same subject. I have obsetved from the public prints that but a few days ago the Republiertn party of t'ie Stat of Illinois assembled in convention at Springfield, an I not only laid down their platform, bui nominated a caudilate for the United States Senate as my successor. I take great pleasure-in saying that I have known personally and lu'imately, for about a quarter of a century, ihe worthy gentleman who has been nominated for my place, and 1 will say that I regard him as a kind, amiable and intelligent gentleman, a good chizen and -n honorable opponent; and whatever issue I may have with him will hi of principle, and not involving personalities. Mr. Lincoln mado. a speech before that Republican convention which unanimously nominated him for ihe Senate a spe-ch evidently well prepared and carefully written in which he states the basis on whirh he proposes to carry on the campaign i during this summer. In it he lavs down i two dis inct proposidons which I shall nolice, and upon which I shall take a direct and bold iue wi.h him. His first nud m iin proposition I will give in his own language, scripture quotation and all; I give his exact language ' 'A house divided airaiiist itself ranno' stand.' I beliwo thii government cannot endure, permanently, half slave and half free. I do not expect the union to be dissolved. I do not expect tho house to fall; but I do expect il to cease to bo divided. It will become ell one thing or all the oiher in on. er worus, tur. l.hiimu .issrui, hs . . et- i fitnd-imental principle of this government, j T .1 l if T . . Miat there must iv uuiiormity in tue ncai laws and domestic institutions of each and all the States of the Uni on; and he therefore invites all thj non slaveholding States to bind together, organize as one body, and make war upon ßlaveryiu Kentucky, upon slavery in Virginia, upon slavery in the Carolinas, upon blavery in all of the slaveholding States in this Union, and to persevere in lhat war until it shall be cxtermi-nntf-d. He ih"n notifies th slaveh dding Staus to stand together aa a unit and make an a-'irresbive war upon the freo State of CVS 1 thig Union, with a view of estabü hing Klaveiv in all: of forcing it upon Ill inois, of forcin, it upon NeV Yoik, Upen New Etigland. and upon every other five Stat, and that they shall knp up the warfare until it has Detni formally established in them all. In other words. Mr. Lincoln advocatos boldly and clearly a war of section! --a warof the North against the South, of the free States against the slave States a war cf extermination, to be continued relentlessly until the one or the other shall 38 subdued, and all the Slates shall either become free or begum o slave.

Now, my friend. 1 must sy to you frankly, thst I lake bj'.d, unqualified issua wi.h him upon that principle. I assert that its neither desirable nor possible that there should be uniformity in tl c local institutions and domestic regulations of the different States of this Utdur.. Tie f.-amersof our govetiiineHi never con'.empla'ed uuiformity in its intern:.! concerns. To, !: ers of ihe R-viJu.i::.t and the fcagr who made the Cons i. ution w-!! ur.d .t jol tl.At th laws and d'.mestiij ?::sti'u. ions which would suii the gratiito hihs of Hampshire would he lt;taliy unlit for the rica plantations in ?oiuh Caroiiici; ihty weil understand that thi !.';.. 3 which v;u::!d suit the Roriruhur! disiiid-i if !'.. r.:-(l s. Y, would be otallv unÜt for lha mining' r - 3 giona of ih Pi iLc. or iho Jurnbvr regiore of Maine. They well understood tl'At tha great varic ttr s ..f a-ul. of pro-iuziiun a. id of interest, in a republic ns large as :hia, icquired ditl'eieiu local and dvrr.ej'.io i.jjjia.ions in each I.vality, adapted to lbs wants and iü'ersts ff each sepatav Sthte, and for th&i r.- ti i: was provided in th Federal Cor.suui !.:: t!:.;t ih- thirteen c-rig-iual StRtep ;juid ptniii: äovejf iti riii I ftU preme within tlu ir own liu in i.-arl to all that was looi-.l, arid internal. a'.i do.vt-s-tic, while t!:0 f.-ih-ral g w r.nui should have certain 6pecifitrd i.-,vr;s wldrh weie general nnd na i n d. ami c i ll i be vx;uiicd only hy the ft!ö:-u! atithor-i y. The fiair.ors ..f rons i'uti.cj "aV;1 understood that cicii lorah'tv, havisg Ktovira:e d.s:.ir.5t inter-s.s. so-a e ! s-'jiti.'.'a and dis.inct laws, domJ iititdittions, and police regul.ojo?1 f-d.-ipt-d to its oati wants and its own rondi .ion; aiic! they hc ed on the presumption, ttlso, tl-.at i!es? hius aid inatitu ions weald ber.s diver-d i"d and as dissimilar us the States would be numerous, at.d th.L'. j iv.o vou!J he ptctisely alike, becau.su the i- te:e t vf :m twj would be prctisriy th -3 s ine, fl -nco, I assert, that ihe giat fundamental pri.nciple which uuderli; tu c ;:nr !'.-x tem iT

State and f.'deiV oer ü:ie;i.s, 1 ted diversify ani diss:.-.;;! 1:: y i:: .he ioc d insiitutiont Ki.d dom--?.:c at.irs :f tH ;i and every Sti e ihu in iIjo Uni u. thereafter to be ndn.i ted. into ihe co-fd-eia; y. I thetvio:.' co,;c; :ve th.at my fiiei.d Mr. Licc'dn, h?.3 i ;;.!iy rniipvtt'euded ihe great prineiplr- upon whica '.'it g v -ernniet.t resis. Uüifojmty i f 4 h;': t ui d dornest! Htrairs wouM be ilcs!ii(ci;vj of -State Rights, uS.at Sowoeigniy. d Per sonal Liberty ind Persona! Fi ir.tr.. UijiioirL.uy ih paieiuf Df.yo;in A world ivtr, not only i.; foil L. iu in -li-ion. Wh'-revcr th j doctrine of IJr.ifo.-m-i.j is proclaimed, tiiat :dl the States musr; be free or all slave, lhat ail !ah"r niu-t be white or bhijk, that all the ci tzen ofiha ilid'crent States must have ihe a..j p;iuieg?s or be g ovri iwil by the Kinie options, you i:y.ve destroyed ihe grea's: s'fjguard whi;h our ins i.u'ious tuvc l!;j.r;i around the rig.iis of ti. i iz;.s. How coti! 1 this uniformi'y be accomplished if il was ('eila)le and po-sih'..? There is but one nioile i i which it could be obtained, !' t'-.t triM. be ,vv :tb ';;! ' ihe State Leyi-jl-iture : . blotting out Stato sovereignty, mt-gti.g the rihtifc and sovereignty f f I N-i'es y,i os. !: l.i vd empire, and vesriug Congress widi th plenary p wrr l nittlvc :-!l police regulations, domestic -nd h crti ihrough'jut the limits of the Pepubirc. When von hall have done thi?, you wid have uniformity. Ii -u liv- S acs will .dl ,hi s,ne r l" r'J livC ,!Ki4 "' g'"' vote every where cr no a !.!; t!.t. n viu w:.t have a Miin l'ouor law in ev;; t".".-: f none; then you u!! h ive un""orm: y ?.. all things local and dorrt bv thj -iii.l.ori v . of the federal government. I':.t, vh n v j have H'.tained thai uoif .rini v yon will hare converted these thirty tv; .v.-i-i 1. i t hpendent S a'-s in ore -ns..ii hi .-.J empire, with iho uiiif uMii y of dep .lim reigning triumphant liooii -lieu ti:n hmgdi and bread 1 h oi the land. From this vi-w f the case, my fii-iids. f am driven irres: ih'y t t!e .'.r!t!-v n that diversi:y. t!ivifnil t' i v. v.iti, v in all our lor.il and dom.-s'ie ins i u.ions. is tho great safeguard of our li";e; :i id thai the fiamers of, our ins itu tis w r wi e. : 1 ... . 1 1 ..... 1 . 1 611 'ill'MU", ilMU l.lilI'.H- Ml" l!l ! t" . I i . government a eon fe Ina - t s rci'i buUM wi.h a L uro f ,..v t ... ...Ai..;., fcrred upon eadi L :''. uro th make all local and d !.is;i ins i i l i suit the people it rvpi-e-'rited, wiiliout inleiferer.ee froia any oth.T .S i e oi f irnthe enerat Congrt-s cf iht L"ni..r.. If pect to maintain our liberties we mur preserve tho lights and ;.iveieigt.iy cd tho States, we mut maintain ai d cany out that great principle ff Mdf-gcvernnient inrirporated in the -i.mpr.ii;.e m'auies of 18.W; endorsed hy the lUitioi L-gisl.i.ur. in 1851; empliati -!K cnd di .1 ami cHiiit-d out in lb Kansas-Nebra-K i !'1, aj.d dicated this year by the r!Wd to h ing Kansas ?nto the U'.ton wi ll a Constitution llh-ttSteflll i ) htr j pie. The other p:pw-i.ion di-.' e.l br Mr: Lincoln in Ids speech con-is' i j ci ui.;de Against the Supreme Co'irt f the C t?. liM account of the Dred Srott drci-jon. On account oftliat or any o! her decision which they have pronounced from that Ix'iu h. The OmsdlUtlotl of ihr U. S. has provided that th powers of the government shall be divided into thrt tIpHrtrrn:s. x. cutive, legislative ar.d judicial. The liht and prvvinceof eipannding thj Co;s;i.u lion, ard construciiacj the law. is vested ia tlie judiciary siablUhed by the C-H-Stra ii n. AJ a lawyer. I fe-el at Itbeity to ap par before th onirt and fo,;tnvert any Concluded fu:7i fse )

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