Wabash Express, Volume 19, Number 24, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 23 May 1860 — Page 2

R. X. HUDSOX, EDITOR.

TCHHE HAUTE. IND. WEDNESDAY MAY 23, 1860 REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES. . FOR PRXSIDIST, ABRAHAM LINCOLN oritioi. JrOR VICE PRESIDENT ,rIIANIf,IBAL HAMLIN, or MAIS. Presldentlat Electoral Ticket. -OElector fir lA Sfafe at WILLIAM CUMBACK.of Decatur. JOHN L. MANSFIELD, of Jeffersoo. Di$lricl EUcior. t District Cjrra M. AUen.ofKnox ; nd District John W. Kay.of Clarke ; 3rd District Morton C. Hunter, of Monroe ; tt District-John H. Farqaahnr, of Franklin ; Mh District Neieea Trnsler.of Payettenm District Keuben A. Ktley, of Hancock ; :th District -John Hannah, f Putnam ; th Dlstrlct-feniuel II. Huff. Of Ttopec no ; nil Dull let James M. Tyner, of Miami i 10th putrlet IssseJonklnson. of Allen 1 Ulli Dltrlct-Davld O. Datlcy, of Huntington. ICrpuMicnii State Ticket. VOft O0VKKÜ0I, 1 1 F.N It Y S. LANE, of Montgomery. rOtt LIEUTaSAST OOVXaSOt, OLIVER P. MORTON, ef Wayne. roa aiciiTAiT or STATE, WILLIAM A. PEELLE,of Randolph, ron TaiAsuata or tati, JONATHAN S. UARVEY, of Clarke. ron ACDiTon or stat, ALBERT LANOE, of Vigo, to ATTOtm OXSItAL, JAMES O. JONES, of Vanderburgh. rot tcrotTr.R or etramx cocaT, BENJAMIN HARRISON, of Marion, ron ciiik or acraxua oounT, JOnN P. JONES, of Lagrange. rn scrraiirricsotirr or rcLl0 mrrarjCTio, MILES J. FLETCHER, of Putoam. A braKam X.lacla. We discbarge a duty to day Ihnt ia wore greeabte to lie than any W have tCID called upon to discharge, during ao edltorial life of near fire yean. We pUct at the Lead of our eolitmn, a the nomine of the Republican party .the name of Abraham Lincolo. ill candi date for the Prctldtnc in I8C0. There ia a thrill of pleasure pervading our whole being a we do thia, which ia in dlscribably pleftturill. Wa fdaM Ml oame at the bead of our column, because hi il the fint choice of the Republicaoi, as indicated by their delegate to convention assembled because ho ha been, and ia, our first choice becauie Le it In every particular worthy the distinguished honor con fered upon bira, and because ht I to-day, the most perfectembodiment of that feature in the institution of thia country, which givei to the humblest individual, the equal right to aepire to be the greateat among' nt. We are for Hone', old Abe Lincoln" for tea thousand good and lufllelent rcilOQI. Dorn in the lap of poverty and Innred to the printiont aud toil of a weitern fronteer life, he can fully appreciate (he necessities aod want of thia great and growing people who are now filling up the rich Valley of the Miaaiaaippi. Coming to Indiana before it wai a State, he ia familiar with tie life and labor our pioneer falber injured, and knowa full well how to appreciate ao honest heart, although it may be covered by a rough exterior, liaviug pent all the earl yean of hie msuhood with lhat etna of people, upon wboie brawny ahouldert alwaya baa aod alwayt will rest the glory aod renown of our com inon couotry, he ! the full representative of their hepc,of their Industry, of their determination, of their integrity and of their masterly common sense. Spriogiog from an humble orsglo.bls life aod bis present position ia a beckoolog Incentive to every young roan in the whole country, I) imitate the example thus act before thero . Haviog arrived at the age of fifty two years, be fclaadi to-day before the American people, unstained by one dishonorable act either in publio or private life. If be has one fault, It ii that of being too generous if he Las ever committed cne error it is that of having loo noble a nature, ever to bumble hie rnaubood tu Increase his Klne if he deaervee censure in not draw, inj arouud hlw the luxuries of life, it ia be cause ho loved virtue better then all these, aod looked for luppioese only in the path pointed out by the true impulces of a pure aod exaulted nature. When theOod oflsrset, iudlcated to Hie people whom they should select as their Kiog, " Saul Ihe aon of Kish" wae pointed out to them, and when he alood among tho people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward." ft d ie srem to us that the same Providence has poicled out to this people, who shall bo their great leader in tho coming etruggle between freedom and slavery, and as Haul blew the Amonitea, " ao that not two of them were left together," will the prestige of Lincoln' name, and the atero Virtues of Llslife.dri ve from the high plaeee of this General Oovernmeot.the ten thouaaod dishonest and corrupt men who have almost destroyed thia glorious heri tage whieh haa been bequeathed to us by onf fathers. No convention of free men which ever aaaerabled opon thia continent, did ao glorious a work, the one recently assembled at Chicago. It has acted well, and the plaudits of tho people will be to each and every delegate as he return Lome, " well done thou good and faithful lervent." No more important despatch rver trembled along the telegraphic wires, tliaa that which last Friday aonounced to 30.000.000 of people, that Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin were the nomioeee of the Republican Couvention theo in esion at Chicago. It started a thrill ia the public heart, which will pulaate from Maioe to Texas, from the Atlantic Sea board to the Pacific Coast, and the true men from every Stale aod (rum every seclion will rally to tho aupport of the t Vtt wilb an uniaimily unparalleled in lb po liticsl history of this country. T l;re are to-day more of the eleinenta of universal popularity in the character and personal history of " Honest Abe Lincoln of Illinois" than any other man on the American continent. . He itu day " higher Ihau any of hi people, from hie ahouldere and upward." bines the (iaya, when all that wae great and good eunk to rest amid the quiet ahades of Mount Vernon tince the grett debater of Massachusetts, the Sage of Montecello, the lorician of 3-oth Carolina aod the " Constitutional Expounder" closed their eyea to the bright sun irbt, we do believe no truer mao, no abUr uiau, or no sincerer man b lind than Abraham Lincoln. Ilia great campaign in Illinois with Mr. Douglas was vue of onsurpassed iolellccloal power, wresting the admission from the lips of the Lillh Giant himself, that " Abe Lincoln possessed the most wonderful resources of any liviutr insn." To see the full grandure of Isis iolellec'-to feel the nioal beauty ef! ki whole life to admire aod love the

man, he has only to be set upon an eminence, in full view of the whole people, aod the more Ihry see of him, the wore they will admire hi a the closer he is approached, the more he will be loved. Were it not invidious to make comparisons, we would predict, a more glorious triumph for the nominees of the Itepublican party next November, Ibao haa ever before occurred in the political history ol thia country. The omen a are all favorable, the argury auipicioui, and victory awaiu ua. EDITORIAL COfUlESrOXDKNCK. CniOAOo, May 10, 'CO. At 12 o'clock to-dsy the National Republican Convention waa called to order

by Ex-Oov. Mcrgan, of New York. Long previoui to the hour when the doors of the Wigwam" were to be opened, the im mense concourse of people bad blocked up Lake and Market streets, and swarmed in every direction, each one eager to be the first who should enter. When the eeveral Isrge doors were thrown open the crowd rushed in, filling in a very abort time the entire building. Tho delegates came iu by Statea and took their aeata. The ateti ographers.the reporters, the editorial corps and the invited geests occupied the placet respectively provided for them. The pit waf crowded to overflowing, and the gal leriea were radiant wilb beauty. More than 'ten theuaand persons were pressed togelber wilb m the walls of this building, and yet, ao well is It arranged, and ao per feet ill venlillalion, that II teemed com fortabte and were at ease. Il reminded us of our schoolboy dsye, when in reading ' of the glory of old Rome, we pictured the Coloaeum, when tho Eternal City waa having a holiday. From about the center of the room cornea down from the roof, four wires, which are coonected with small bat trrie, each watched over by au alteotke telegraphic operator. These small wires catch up each thought as it (alls from the tongue, and praclaima it to the world. Perhaps there has never been assembled together, at itny one time iu one room, on this eontioenl, ao many people as crowded the Wigwam to day. OUnelng the eye all over the larg hall, from tho reporter! eat, it preaented one extended sea of ha minheadiiod facet each one differing from the other, no two aliKe. yet all hu man heads end faces. Gov. Morgan concluded the brief speech be made on calling the Convention toorder. by moving that David Wilmot act as tem porary chairman of the Convention. There was a very great desire to ae the great "Proviso'' mao, The audience shouted Wilmot, - Wilmot. and on taking the chair no ... . -rv ... possessing io bit appearance nor an entertaining apeaker. Ilia voice ia neither full routical, and hit toogue it thick and heavy. From this effort of the distinguished j Pcnnsylvaeiaa, we come to the rapid conclusion, that David Wilmot it a great man by accident a prominent man in the pubIii eye, only because at the proper time, and with the proper degree of pluck, fie offered in tbe Congress of the United States hit famous pmlto. He it not a good preaiJing officer, but aa temporary chairman he acquitted himself sufficiently, tolerable. Alter prsyer was offered the Convention proceeded to busiuen. Each Slate wit called upoo to select one of its number, to compose a committee on permaneut organ isation. In calling over the names of the difTerent States, and when Virginia, Texas, Kentucky, Missouri, Marylsno' and Delaware answered respectively to their names, an enlhuiisitic shout went up from that vast concourse of free men, which made the very building tremble. Aod when South Carolina und Mississippi were called, a low contemptuous hiss ran through the audience showing bow Northern free men despise the disunion sentiments entertsined and advocated by the leading Democrats in (hose Statu, Upon infers! occasions to dsy when Mr. Urtsley, (who is acting as a delegate from Oregon,) arose to ipiak, he was greeted with much feeliog by the audience. The word would fly from one cud of the hill to the other, that "Old Horace" was speaking, and all seemed eager both to see him aod catch escb word n thsy fell from hla lipi We state this, In this connection, only to show tbe deference our people psy to learning and eniua. Certainly there Is nothing so very interesting to look upon, wbu we behold Horace (Irtsley, There is nothing pleasant to the ear, when we hear him speak an 1 seemingly there Is nothing so very profound iu what he sy. Hut then it "HoiacoOreeley"he who haa thought ao much, and wrilteu so much. There is this day a greater deslreou part of the peo ple in the (Ireat West to see Mr. Ore ley, than to see any other living man. It is the influence of th press on the popular mind. Previous lo the adjournment of the Con vention ibis forenoon, quite a difference of opinion seemed to pervade the minds of the delegates, Iu relsliou to a motion to adjourn, and also Ihe accepting ol an invitation from the Hoard of Trade of this city to tske n pleasure excuraioo on the lake. "Confution appeared lo become worse con found d, when old Joshua K. Oiddings arose, and by a few momenta of common sense talk, straightened evrrjlhiug up and put matters again on tbe right track. The Convention then adjourned until five o'clock this evening, from whieh lime we will write in our next. The indications to day are that the New England Statea will not aak Pennaylvania, Illinois aod lodiana to take Mr. Seward' if those Statea aay he la not the right man for theai. We atill adhete to our former cooviclioo that Alraham Lincoln ia decidedly prominent. HCaiCAOo.May 17. 1BC0. This morning the crowd in the Conven tion waa much larger than yesterday. Every Mjuare inch of apace waa occupied A gentleman near us msde an rttimate and fisrd ihe number of persona at uol lesa thsn I ,fMHI. Even Ihe twof was covered and bemaii fae-e lokd down through the k-Sihie upon lite vast throng b-low. A rin"i was .Hit lo theponvemion that it ,'urni'b speakers for 30,000 good Republicans who were on thseefiioV and could not get iu the house. The streete leading to the Wigwam in every direction were black with Black Republicans; Never perhaps has there Wen so large a tnae- of people together at any one lime sioce the organise tion of the Republican party, and never was there a more gentlemanly, -sober, earnes. and intelligent body of men as-atmblt-d io a good werk. Thin morning the committee on creden tials riade their report, and imon; other things reported that it should require 304 votes to make the nomination, that beiog a majority of delegate from U tbe Slalea in the Union. A minority report wis alo preset led urgiog thai a majority of the electoral votee of ibe Slaves reeeef , should be sufficient to determine the ooa-instions. Upou this there will be

much said this afternoon. While this re

port was under discussion Mr. Wilmot moved to refer back to the committee, the credentials of the Statea of Kentucky, Maryland and Texas, haviog particular reference to the latter State. The object of Mr. Wilmot in doing this was to have these slave hold iog Slates that waie re presented in the Couvention, to have a vote only in accordance with the number of Couitressiooal districts which such delegates represented, for at iu some of these Statea there have been do Republican State Convention, it would be unfare that the delegates should be permitted to cat', a vole equal to the entire electoral vote of the State. Those Southern Slates, upon first blush , took thii aa an effort to exclude them from the Convention, and a warm and animated delate sprung up. Ttere are uo truer Kepublicaaa on this great foot alool. than those who, liviug in alave States, de dare themselves a such. They go through the fire aud come out true metal. Feellug thua the Republicans fiom those States were much increased and their at tacks on Mr. Wilmot were fal and furious. Hut when Mr. W. explained, lht his oh jeel io making the molio'i, was only to de termmed how many votee these Statea should rightfully have, where Jno Republi can party was yet organised and yet have delegates io the Convention, the propriety of the matter was at oner aee n, and most of thoae very Ssatee voted to refer the sub jectbsck to the committee. The vole to refer waa regarded as some thing of a test Vote, for the moat f the del egsies from Southern Stales are for Hates or Seward, and Ihe Seward men rely ou theui eventually for aupport. On a vole by Statea, It atood aa follows 5 27o for re ferriug back to the committee and 172) against il. Thii it will be perreivrd would be equal if it is a teat of Mr. Suwanl'e strength lobu votee fur him to 137 against him. Tboie opposed to the Senator from New York are much encouraged by this, and the Lincoln stock was high at the adjournuiont this forenoon. Thia ia the only important acting up lo ihia writing, 12 'M , l?lb iu.l. The plat farm will be reported this afternoon, but aa the committee in whose hands it i,isa very able one, repreaentlng fully every bade of difference in the Kepublican party, it it thought there will be butlittl'difll eully in relation lo it. - We have never witnessed a more coneerative element, a more patriotic enthusiasm, a more determined persistence in thf right, thin it evidenced Iu thii Convention. Every one feels and knowa, that it will not do for the disunion Democracy to control the affuri of thii general goveminent Inngar.eod thua feeling and knew ConTenloa wU) MrBel h ' w , adopt auch measures and nominate auch men aa will meet the approbation of tbe entire people. Our judgment is to day, aa in our last, that if Mr. Seward is not nomissted Mr. Lincoln will be. H. non't Like It. The Republican Convention, now in session io Chicago .doea not like the word nationtl, The committee on resolutions, in tbelr report, called their party tho JVefieeel Republic Ceaeeeliee. Thia did not suit some of the leader, and, upon motion of Joshua H. Uiddiogs, the word national wae alricken out. Jetirnei. The name of the pirty to which we have the honor of belonging, it not the National Republican party. In the 14th resolution of the platfurm of principles, at printti aod handed to each delegation in the Convention, and which reads at followe : That Ihe National Republican parly is opposed So any change in our naturalisation laws, Ac," it wat discovired by the Chairman of ihe committee on resolutions, thst the word "National" waa not In the manuscript sent to the printer, and that it had been inserted erroneously by the compositor. The chairman announced this fact and requested the delegations to aller their priuted slips, to correspond with the manuscript furnished the printer, and which alone was the work of the committie. We do net recollect that Mr. Oiddings skid any think about it, and if our memory aervea ua, he made no reference to il whatsoever. The effect of eraclag the word " National" was to leave the name of the parly correct the " Republican party. ' The name of that glorious old party which went down beneath the progress of events, was the Whig party not the Asfieaef Whig parly. The name of that party whou I'rea dent low refuses to have an Inquiry made Into his official acta, ia the Democratic party, not the National Deinocralie parly. While the Republican parly is eminently national io it principles and policy, it claims lo have) no other name than that of RariBLiOAM, How It Takes. There Is on universal expression of ap probation on part of the Republlcana ia this portion of the Slate, in relation to the nomiaces of the Chicsgo Convention, There is not one Republican whooi we have yet aeen but ia warmly in favor of its action. It takes like wild fire, and kindles an enthusiasm In every heart. There is more than approbation, the re is an earnest enthusiasm in relsliou to the ticket. No man could have been selected who ia eo universally populsr. Abraham Lincoln is closer to the beerte of this people than any other man. He seems to be the mao for the limes, and the limes are favorable for the promotion of the man. Tho Democratic party here are chagrined, perplexed, die appointed. They had hoped the action of the Convention would have been otherwise. They don't much like the platform and they fear the "Giant Killer," of the prairie State. All at once they are unbounded in their admiration f Mr. Seward. He loom up to their unprejudiced fancy as the great est living statesman. In this our brother Democrata are about right, but he ia not the Republicau candidate for the Presidency, and conaequently his merit or demerit are not to be discussed. With the politics! record of "Old Abe" we will have much lo do, and to it, and lo it alone we invite the attention of our Democratic friends. Wa will be prepare J, at all time and on every occasion lo defend him and his paal history, from his birth uutil he made hie ''irrepressible conflict" speech at Springfield on the 17lh day of January 1808, and from then unlit now. Whatever of good he hai isid or done w shall from lime to time endeavor lo place before oor readers, what of bad no doubt hi enemies will make public. lO- ... ! Health asd pLiAiiaa. Upon invitation of Dr. S. D. Jones, we took one of bis electric baths on yesterday and found it a most delightful affair. Importing new life and vigor at once. Dr. Jones bat been but a ihort lime among us, yet he Las already performed some astonishing cures, both with bia electric bathi and by turgicil operationi on club feet, stiff joints, etc. We can cheerfully recommend his bathe as the most delightful we ever experienced.

"HONEST OLD ABE." The People's Candidate for President.

ItAlLS ANIS 1LAT.BOATS.' Los Cabins and Hard Cide r come again IHograprtlcal ftketch Lincoln. of Abraham yront h Chicago Press a Dil Tribune. Abbaiiam Lixcol is a native of Hardin County Kentucky. He waa born on the 12th day or February, 1 r08. Hieparente were both from Virginia, and were certain lynotof the firal familiea. Hi paternal grandfather, Abraham Linoolo, emigrated from Reckiugham County, Virginia, to Kentucky, about 1781 or '2, where a year or two later he was killed by Indians, not iu battle, but in stealth, while he was la boring to open a farm in the foreal. Hie ancestors, who were respectable ' members of the Society of Friends, went to Virginia from Berks County, Pennsylvania. Descendants of the asrne stock still reside in the Eastern part of that State. Mr. Lincoln'a lather, at the death of ki father, was but six years of age, and he grew p literally without education.- He removed from Kentucky lo what ia now Spencer Couoty, Indiana, in 1Ö1C. They reached their new home about tbe lime the State waa admitted iulo the Union. The region in which they settled ia rude and wild, and they endured, for aom yeie, ihe bard experience of a frontier life, ia which the Mrngglwhh nature for existence and security 1 to be maintained only by constant vigllsnce. liest, wolvea and other wild animals still infested the woods and young Lincoln acquired more skill in the use of the rifle than knowledge of hooka. Tlivrr weir institutions here aod there known by the flattering denomina tion of "schools," but no qualification wat required of a teacher beyond "rvadin', wrlliu' aud eypherlnV the vernacular phrase ran, as fsr as ihr rule of three. -If a tregler supposed to understand Latin happrned l anjuitrii io Ihe neighbor hood he wss looked upuii at a wixird,and regsrded will, an ewe suited to "o myste rioui a chincter. Hsrd work and plenty ol il was the order of Ibe day, varied, indeed, by au occasion al bear hunt, a not'uufrequeutdeer chain, or ether wild sporl. Of course when young Lincoln came of age he was not a scholar. II could lead and write, and had im knowledge of erltbmetio, but that wat hlotil II; and as yet, he had but little au.bitluu to know more of whst was to be found in hooka. Hi allainmenta ! otherwise were not to be dcipiied, lie hid grown lo be in feet four inches in stature wat active and athletic, could wield tbe axe, direct the plow, or ute tho rifle, at well aa the beat of his eempeera, and waa fully up to all the tnyitrrira ofpiairit farming, and fully inured to hardship and toil. Sioce he arrived at age he has not beeo to school. Whatever his acquire menta are, they have been picked up frern lime to lime as opportunity occurred, or aa the pressure of some exigency Jeman ded. Al twenty one he removed to Illinois aud paaaed the first year in Macon county in active labor on a farm, where be aod fellow laborer (named llanki) SPLIT THREE THOUSAND RAILS io the year 1830. It will be interesting to the millions before whom he i now placed aa a caadi date for the highest office in the gift of a free people, to know that he once tnanayed a flat btat on the Ohio River. The aneo dotei which he lotselimei rslatei to hit friend of hi uiaratime experieuee before the Introduction of iteara on tho western rivers, are indescribably laughable. From Macon Oo'iaty he went to New Salem, In what is row Menard County, where he remained ebout a year. Then cam the Hlack Hawk war. A company of Volon teers was raised in New Salem aod the aur rounding country, and yeung Lincoln was elected captain a success which, ho hn luce said, gave hltn more pleaiure than he bee ever since enjoyed. He served with credit during the campaign, aud be came popular. Returning to Sangamon County he learned the art of aurveyiug and prosecuted that profession until Ike finsnclsl crll of 1837 destroyed the value of real estate and ruined the business the result af which wss that youeg Lincoln' surveying apparatus wae sold on execution by the Sheriff. Nothing daunted by thia turn of ill luck be dirrcted hie attention lo the law, and borrowing a few book from a neighbor which betook from the ofllce io the even lug, and returned them again In the morn ing, ha learned the rudimeala of ihe pro fession in which he has since become to distinguished, if tht Ujht of a fit pUet. About this lime the Whig! of his county conferred upon him the nomination for the Legislature. He wat auccetsful in thi and in three succeeding elections, by Iri umphanl majorillea. While a member of the Legislature he first gave indications o bis superior powers as a debsler, and he in creased, by frequent practice, Ina natura faculty fur publio apeaking. He improve industriously Ihe opportunities that were here offered of elf cultivation. Frau the poaition of a subaltern in the ranke ol the Whig party, a poaition that was appro priately assigned him by hia una (Tec led modesty and humble pretensions, he soon became recognised and acknowledged as a champion snd a leader, and hia unvarying courtesy, good nature aod genial manners, united with an utter disinterestedness and abnegation nf self, made him a univetssl favorite. During hie legislative period hecontinu ed his law Mudiei, and removing to Spriagfield, he opened an office and engaged actively in practice. Business flowed in upon him, and he rose rapidly to distinction in hia profeaaion. He displayed remarkable ability at an advocate in jury triala, and many of hia law argumenta were master pieces of logical reasoning. There waa no refined rstificialily in his forensic efforts. They all bore the etanop of masculine common aense ; and be had a natural easy mode of illustration, that made ihe atmlMfe ubjecl appear plain. Hia eoo ceat at the bar, however, did not withdraw his attention from politics. For many years he wai ihn " wheel hone" of the whig party of Illinois, and was oo th electoral ticket in several Presidential campaigns. At auch limea ha canvassed the Slate with hia usual vigor and ability. lie was an ardent friend of Henry Clay, and exerted himself powei fully in hia behalf in 1244, traversing the entire State of Illinois, aod addressing public meetings daily urtil near the close of tbe campaign, when becoming convinced that hia labors in that field would be unavailing, he crossed over into Indiana, aod continued bia effort a up to the day of election. The contest of that year in Illiooia wae maioly on the tariff question. Mr. Lincolo, on the Whig aide, and John Calhoun, on the Democratic aide, were the heads of tbe opposing oleclorial tickela. Calhoun, late of Nebraska, now dead, waa theo la the full vigor of hit powers, and wai accounted.

the ablest debater of his party. They stumped the 8tte together, or nearly ao,

making sreeches usually on alternate dayi at each place, aod each addreatiog large audieoces at great length, aomctimts four Lours together. Mr. Lincoln, in' these elstorate speeches, evinced a thorough mastery of the principles of political economy wnicu underlie tbe lariu question, and presented argumenta in favor of tbe protective policy with a poTer and con clusiveness rarely equaled, aod at the aame ime io a manner io lucid and familiar and so well interspersed with happy illuatratiooa and apposite anecdote, aa to es tablish a reputalion which he has never sioce failed to maintain ,as the ablest leader hi the Whig aod Republican ranka in the great West. In 164G be was elected lo Congress, and served out his term, and would have been re elected had be not declined to bo a can didate. He aleadily and earnestly opponed the annexation of Texas, and labored with all hi powers in behalf of the Wilmot Proviso. In the National Convention of 1849, of which h was a member, bead vncaled the nomination of Oeut-ral Taylor, aod sustained the uominstion by an active canvass in Illinois, and Indiana. From 1649 to 1851 Mr. Lincoln was en gaged a-siduously io the practice of hia profession, and beiog deeply immersed in business, wa beginuiog to lose his intereat in politics, when the scheming ambi tion and groveling selfishness of in uuscrupuloua aspirant to the ('residency irought about the repeal of Ihe Missouri Compromise. That act of baseness and perfidy aroused the aieeping lion, ami be ttfcpnird for tew efforts. He threw hi in self at euce into the contest that lollowed, and fought the battle of freedom on iL ground of his former conflicts in Illinois with more than his accustomed energy n. teal. Those who recollect tho tremendous battle fought in IllnoU that yenr, will te Abraham Lincoln lolly lhree-furih f the ability and uuwraring labor which nstilled iu tho mighty victory which gave Illinois her first Republican Legislature, aud placed Lyman Trumbull In lim 8enate of the United Stales. Th first and greateit debato of that year cimo off between Lincolo aud Douglas al 8priug0eld, during the progress of tho State Fair, in October. We remember lha event at vividly at though it transpired jrestertlay. and in view of the prominence now given lo tho chief actor la thai exciting event, it cannot fall to be interesting te all. The i ff If ctme often ihe fourth day of CK-tober, 1654. Th State Pair had been In progress two days, and tho csplisl was full of all msimer of men. The Nebraska bill bad been paaaed on tbe previoua twenty iecond of May, Mr, Douglai had returned to Illinois to meet aa outraged Constituency. He had mad a fragmentary apeech in Chicago, the people filling up each hiatua in a peculiar and good humor ed way , He called the people a mob the j called him a rowdy. Tho " mob" had tbe beat of il, both then aod at the election which luccevded The notoriety of all theae event had stirred up the politic of the State from bottom to top. Hundred! of politician had met at Springfield ex peeling a tournament of an unusual charac ter Douglai, IJrceie, Kocruer, Lincoln, Trumbull, Malteaou, Yates, Codding, John Calhoun, (of the order of ibe Candle Box) John M. Palmer, the whule houso of tbe McConnella, Singleton, (known to fame io the Monuou War,) Thos.L. Uarris, and a boat of others. Several epeechea were made before, and sevcrsl after, the passage between Lincoln and Douglas, but that waa Justly held to bo th event of the season. Wo do not remember whether a chsl lenge to debate passed between the friends of the speskera or oot.but there wn a perfectly amicable understanding be tweeu Lincolo and Dougl,tht the former should apeak two or three hour and the Utter reply lo just a tlttl or a much time ai he chose. Mr. Lincoln took the stand at two o'clock a large crowd iu at tendaoce, and Mr, Douglas seated on a small platfurm ia front of thedk. The first half hour of Mr Llnooln' speech w a taken up with compliments to his ditln guished friend Judge Douglas, and dry al lusions to the politisal events of the paat few years,. His distinguished friend J u Jge Douglas hsd lake his aest, as solemn a the Cock-Lane ghost, evidently with the design of hot moving a muscle till it came hi turn to peak. The laughter provoked by Llncolo'a exordium, however, loon b gin Iu mske him unessy j and when Mr. L. arrived at hi (Douglas') speech pronmine Ing the Missouri Compromise " a sscred thing which oo ruthless hsnd would ever be reckless enough to disturb," he opened his lips far enough to remsrk, " A first rste speech I" This was lb beginning of an amusing colloquy, I' Yes," continued Lincoln, "so sffectlon ale was my friend's regard for thlsrompro mlse line, thai when Trxaa was admitted Into the Union, ami it was found that a strip extended north of .'It! deg. 30 miu , he actually Introduced a bill extending the lina prohibiting slavery in the inulhern edge of the new Sine," "And you voted against the bill," said Douglas, "Precisely so," replied Lincoln; "I was in favor of running Ihe line m grtmt ileal furthir South." "Abautlhia time,' the apeakercontiniied, "my distinguished friend introduced me lo a pariiculir friend of his, one David Wilmot of Pennaylvania." f Laughter. "I thought," aaid Douglas, "jow would find him congenial company. "So I did," replied Lincolo. "1 Lad the pleaaure of voting for hit proviso, in ono way and another about forty limea. It wai a Democratic measure then, I believe At any rale Oen. Csss scolded Honest John Davis of Massachusetts soundly for talking away the last hours of the lemon io tin he (Cass) couldn't crowd it through Appropot of Oen. Can; if I am not greatly mil taken Le Laa a prior claim lo my disiin guished friend, to the authorship of I'opu lar Sovereignty. The old General has an infirmity for writing letters. Shortly after the scolding he gave John Davit, he wrote thia Nicholaoo letter Douglas (solemnly) "Ood Almighty placed n an on ihe tarth, and told him to choose between good and evil. That wa the origin of the Nebraska bill I" Lincoln "Well, the priority of invention being aettled, let ua award all credit to Judge Deuglss for being the first to discover it." It would be impossible, iu thesu limits to give an idea of the strength of Mr. LinColo's argument. We deemed it by far the ableat effort of the campaign from whatever source. Tbe occasion- wa a great one, and the peaker waa every way equal to it. The effect produced oa th liatenere waa magnetic. No one way waa present witl ever forget the power nd vehemence of tbe following passage : "My distinguished friend nyi il ia ao insult to th emigranta.to Kansaa and Nebraska to suppose they are not able to gov.

ern themselves. We mutt not slur over an

argument of thia kind because ithannons to tickle Ibe ear. It must be mat and. an. awered. 1 admit that the emigrant to Kansas aod Nebraska is omnetent to e.

ern aiW, but." the speaker rising io bis f"tory and pleasurable in the highest defull height. M denw hi, rieht gree-the ride, the eight aeeing, but most

e w - 7 ' ' J " OtAfT ptUtn. WITHOUT that ristnx'a rnv aaxT." The applause which followed thia triumphant refutation of a cunniog falsehood, wat but an earnest of tie victory at the polla which followed just one month from that day. . When Mr. Lincoln had concluded, Mr. Douglas strode hastily to the Mend. As usual he employed ten minute in telling how grossly be hsd been abused. Recollecting himself, he added, "though in a courteous manner" abused in a perfectly courteous msnner I He then devoted half an hour to showing that it was iudispensably necesiary to California emigrants, Santa Fe traders and others, to have organic acts provided for the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska thai (being precise ly the point which nobody disputed. Har iug established this premhs to his satis faction, Mr. Douglas launched forth Into an argument wholly apart from the position taken by Mr. Lincoln. IIa had about half finished at six o'clock, when an adjourn ment to lea was affected. The apeaker in aiMcd strenuously opon his right lo resume in the evening, but we believe tho second part of that speech haa not been delivered to this day. After the Springfield passsgethe two speakers went to Peoria and tried it again with identically the same results. A friend who listened to the Peoria debate informed us thst after Lincoln had finish, ed, Douglas, "hadn't much to say'' which we presume to have been Mr. Doug at . B .a Iii' new ui tue ease also, lur the reason thai he ran a ay from hi antagonist and rktpt nut or his way during the remainder of Ihe campaign. During thi exciting campaign Mr. Lincoln pressed the slavery issue upon the people of Central and Southern Illinoia, who were largely made up of the emigre tion from Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia an I North Carolina, with all the power, of l.u ..:...! ii.. f..ii ii... .r ...il '" mora, nanaatu Ikal mal (11... St.. and he nuvar fsiled to anneal in Ida mnral - sentiment of the people in aid of the argu - illuminate me tiieiuv wiin me lony lüspira lion, of ao eloqe.uce. p.eaii for th. riht, of humanity A revolution .wept ..s8....vure . nno -waaopposeaio the Democratic administration of tho . Feilcral nnt.mn.ni A 1 T 1 1 ..I fi ... SeoatorweitobaelectcdlnplaceofOener.1 Shield who had yielded lo the Influence erhlalaaaaernnal.u.e.ll........l ...I... 1, in 1 I .11 . , t . bit own better Judgment, had voted for the v V.I....I.- . .ri.- , es er i 7V b 1 u aa C Btuej 00, and a number of ballot, were l.keo.lh almost united opposition voting ateadily for Lincoln, but the anti. Nebraska Demoerat for Trumbull. Mr, Lincoln became apprehensive thst those men who had l.a.n lected a Democrat, though prosed to a ... . Judge Douglu, vrculd turn upon lomo third candidate, of leaa decided coovlctlooa

than Judge Trumbull, and possibly elect Uoll8. ho after staling that our usual a ßenator who had little or nothing In com- ITotion Wai digging and delving fof mon with the then inchoate Republican lh hidden treasures of knowledge, reparly, To prevent auch a consummation, mrkrd " w r bow indulging in a day ho went personally to bia fritnda, and by ' rllxation from those dry pursuits Strong persuasion, ioduced them to Vote whlch ke ua know emphatically that

for Trumbull. Ho thui aecur.d. br an act of generou self sscriflce. a triumph for the cause of right, and an advocate of it on the floor of the Senate, not Inferior, In earoea aeal for the principles of Uenubticanlam. to any membor of that body. Some of hi friend on th floor of the Legislature went like children when con. strained by Mr. Lincoln's personal appeals to desert hltn and unite on Trumbull. It is proper to ay io this connection, that botweeu Trubmbull aod Lincolo the moat cordial relations have alwaya existed, and that the feeling of envy or rivalry ii not to be found Iu the breast of either. From his thorough cenvlcllon of the growing magnitude of the alave question and of tbe need ef a eirong effort to preetrve the Territories to freedom, Mr. Lincoln wa among the first to join ia the formation of the Republican prty,allhough the public opinion around hlai waa troogly advers to that movement. He exerted himself for the organisation of the Republican force in Illinois, and attended the first Republican Convention held In the State. This wa io liloomloglon In May, IbJC. His apeech in that Convention wof aurprliing powei and eloquence, and produced great effect, In the contest of that year, Mr. Lincoln was at the head of the Illinois electoral ticket, and labored earnestly, though vainly, to wrest that State from the grssp of pro slsveiy Demncrscy, with the " walking msgsslne of mischief," as Douglas hat been ppropristely celled, at it head. We need not refer to the Q real Campaign of 1858, ao fresh in the recollection of all leaders, farther than to subjoin I ho result of the vole on member of Ihr legislature, to wit j For Aaasiue Lincoln !25,y7S For Stik A. Douolas UI.I'JÜ By reason, however, of th flagrant apportionment of the Slate iu Legislative districts, by which a majority of the meinten ire alwayi elected by a minority of the people, Mr. Douglas waa, a is well known, returned to the Senate. In private life be is. literally unimpeachable. Among all who know him hi most acceptable aid at the aame lime appropriate toulriqutt, is lhat by which he is moat widely known : "HONEST OLD ABE." aea. At Parle. When the train arrived at Paria oo Saturday .bringing home the delrgatea who bad attended tbe Chicago Convention, it wa met at th depot by a large concourse of people, beaded by a band, with banner flying in the breexe and triumphant shouts filling the air. When the procession moved off t'i the village we uoticed one Urge man, carying upou hia shoulder a large maul soother had a rail split at the top and in which stuck an axe another carried a rail aud on tbe further end was fastened a large wedge. Here wai the axe the wedge and the maul, the impllmenta by which raila are made all symbolical of the time when Abraham msde rails. It did seem to ua that the timea bad really come " when in Abraham ihould all the people be blessed." --- Qi-itb a Mistakb. The Journal aaya the enthusiasm over Lincoln's nomination haa about aubdued. Thii ii quite a mistake, it haa taken full poasession of the heart of all patriotic people, and many life long Democrata expreaa their iuteation to vote for " honest old Abe Lincoln." The eothulium for that ticket will never die, until the last vole ia polled, and the in telligence cornea op with shouting and re joicing lhat the slavery extending, post office robbing, disunion Democracv Is r hurled from power, and tho honest yeoman of Illinoia ie inaugurated chief of thia nation.

Vot lho F.ipress.

Kaetrlot to Kveusvlllc TLe Excursion to Ev.navillc, last Fri dJ bJ the FT' J Faculty of the Terre Usule Female College proved aatis especially tbe reception and entertainment. The company occupied three cars, and com pletely filled them. The day itself wai all ibat could have been desired; coal, with flying clouds, and not a particle of oust. At Evabsville which ia usually troubled with dutty street, and ha been unusually ao for tbe past six weeks, a copious and refreshing rain Lad been sent the night previous to our arrival, in mercy to all, and nature, as well as art, wss bright and joyous. ihe road, as every one who haa ever travelled over it knowa and asys.is ono of the very best in tbe lsud, smooth, straight, safe and sure, and rapid enough for the most hasty; msnsged by its President and Superintendent, John Ingle, Esq., aod other officers, in auch a way a I be above the reach of accidents. Accompanied by the President and that gcutlcmmly con doctor, Mr. Voorhees, who is sleeve the right man io the right place, we took oor flight of IOG miles in 4:40. aod aligi.lcd iu the wide awake city of Etanaville at half past ten. Rut wa arrived, mind yu, under a con voy. At Ingle station, ten miles this aide of Evaoaville, we were met by a com miltee of about twuiily ladies and gentle men; who, with a politeness true to the noble nature ef every one of thero, bade ua Irangeri bul soon trangcri no longerwelcome to Ihe hospitalities of their city This was a pleasure greater than wo had con tr Acted for. At tho depot wo were wet by a band of music, inferior to none in our Stair, which wilb ihe committee conducted us In procession down Main street to the broad Ohio River, where we were grstifird by tl sight of several magnificent steamers, we passed op River atr.et to Oak street thence lo Third, and down Third toalarg for irC0UI)0(Jion of our party . ' ' room where everything wa in readiness De,0j llr r,fr-,hed by the grate.'u 1 J . s s supply of eold water, we proceeded to ik . ... epiciout ana loity Han, wher numerotit I i.j:.. ... . I , i . t, t t i H' "ll .?Bf.,,wU f U 'W fdU,,J üble., all bToo tb, fQUr of lh gMe h.d i.:i,isii .11 11. .1.1:. I ..w-i. w wniyif 1 Sit aiiauk-ru ur urnI n J cal handa, in the highest degree of pro pr,el; j r Than lf..A it.La.'... i i .1 1 . - Th M'TOr B,kr """ded the plat ror,n "d bade us all welcome, a guests ln,i ,;,!... t,nni t.m f . and Citizen from Terre Haute In a most 1 a . r-1'rolTered .1. ITtA hAtlllt! IU AriVa.laa.saia, 1. the bospitalitiet of their own homra.at well a of this hall, to all who could remain to ,h,ro lhm- To generou. invit.tion W" "'peikible flat 10 reply. Afi IDtWr r W bur,l,n frora very haart, and found I nllaeanae a ft I.m.iI. fa. A t" - '" w WorJ rm ", "resident pre fern, of the iner 11 10 roJ'1 rol( lo learning, yet the I xpeiience of thi day have taught u l0ere u l ,eMl ro3f'1 roMJ 10 Evaosville, D,ln"gd by a royal head, aided by royal DM,U nJ toU' nJ bave at ita end m" w,lu mol r" reeeMMf And may . Tour honored air, and the who Ikus bosPiUl,,7 "eelra us, ever experience the richest of Heaven' blessings. Then after a blessing Bought of Heaven by the Rev, Mr. Oatch, Ihe repast served by the fal rest and most gallaot of the youth the ladies aud gentlemen of Evaosville gave all the satisfaction which ham, toogue, sardines, cake nameless and contilless, luscious strawberries aod ice cream, could Impart to hungry mortal, After these refreshments, walk aod ridei abou t the city, on the river, aod call by little parties at the bouae of aom of our noble entertainers, and visits to the schools and chureh, were iu order and enjoyed too, in company with our boat J and at 4 o'clock P. M., we look leave, es corted ten mile by our friend now no longer stranger and at half past eight alighted once moro in the goodly city of Terre Haute. Altogether Ihe citterns of EvausvilU by this act of friendly hospitality extraordi nary, have made ua, Mr, Editor, hopelessly Insolvent, unless they will come hither and allow ua to attempt to do likewise. - -eo - - AnnSritL AaoTHaa. Agsia ou Haturdsy ol.'ht about II o'clock, were our cillavn cslledout by the alarm of another incendiary fire, being the fourth of the kind during the mouth. The fire on Ssturday night was on South Third street, by which the dwelliog bouse and cooper shop of Mr, Icsbod Oilnlan were entirely consumed, together with a large qusnlity of staves, hesdiug aud hoop poles, Mr, Oilman's loss will not bo less than $J000 to 12500, on which there was an insurance of $300, The fire rag-ed most fiercely, lighting up the whole neighborhood and placing in emmiuent danger surrounding building. Th firemen were on hand with their usual alacrity, bul owing to the almost utter Im possibility of obtaining (water, worked at a great diaadvantage, end not until after much trouble could they obtain sufficient water to do efficient service. That thia fire wae the work of incendiaries there is not the shadow of a doubt, aa at 10 o'clock Mr. Oilman passed by hia shop, noticiog that every thing wa secure, and at 1 1 o'clock he waa arouaed to find the bop completely enveloped io flames. The question now remain what shall be done? Will the citixen remain secure, until each iu hia turu i driven from his bed by devouring flame T We auggest a vigilence committee lo clear the city of all suspicious characters. There see mi te be oo protection from tbe power that exist against these fiends tfial are weekly lighting up the fires of the in cendlary and endangering the live and destroying the property of our Cilixens Since writing the above we learn that a young srao named Johu White haa been arretted, on bia own confession, for having aet fire lo the cooper shop, giving at reaaon for tho act lhat be Lad a " spite against Oilman. a..e . fj Our friend Dawson of the Ft. Wayne Times, we are glad to see, hss the follow, iog ticket flying at the uiau. head of hi paper ef the 18th: roaraastutNT, OLD ABE LINCOLN, or Illinoi He who splits railt and raaula Democrata.' We have met Ike enemy and they are our. OiaMAX RtriBUCAsa. The mea bera of the German Republican Club a re requested to meet at St. Charles Hsll Ihla WeJnreJay evening, for the transsction nf business of importance.

ID We give below a correct copy of the

Republican Platform recently adopted at Chicago, it i cotrvct a compared with oue of the copies reported by the Commit tee lo the Convention. Thoe of our trader who desire preserving one, had belter lay hisoneasi le. At il.i tune we Lave but to aay that it mn t our hearty approbs'iou in every single parl.cular. Had we the power, we wu!J eot change the dot of an I or the cro of a T. It rfflerfN in riefe particular the Republic. n sentiment of li.e country and we Lave no doubt wjJJ nuel with the same faVorof Republicans rvcrr uere. ' mir-OBlf. Rrflmd, That we. the dlrai...i .ent.t.Te. of the Republican rlectori of the United Statea. Convention ass,, . bled, in dihcharps of the duty 0wr0 our constituents and our rountrv. u.ii. ... the following declaraliona : J.I hal the history of ihe Nation durin2 the lt four yrara I... fulJr established the propriety ai d necessity of tt.e organi xation and perpetuation of the Republican ajs.te an.l ll.at il. s. . .uu iiiav me raure Which Called it im existence are i rrmanert io their nature and now more than eer bef-re. dem.nd its peaceful and constitutional triumph 2. Thai the mslntenanee of theprintipie. promulgate,! , t Declaration of Independence and embodied in the Federal CoDti.t1t,oD-"Thi ,11 men .recreated equal; that they are endowed by their Creator will, 'certain inalienable riXx. lhat among these M. life, j-rlf iBJ pursuit of L.ppine.s; that to .Jur. ihe-e rights, government, .re Instituted among men, deriving their just powers frora the consent ..f ihe governed'1-, senüal lo the prceervation of ,., republican iostiiu lions, and that ,he Fede.al Constitution, he rights of th St,,,,, (d th Uni f 1 ihT e: '."""J uu; fch'U " reserved 3. That to the Union of the States thia nstion owes its unprrcedrnird increase in population; ua aurj ri.ing development of material resources, it, r-riJ augmentation of wealth, lis happiness ,(Une tn j it, aMn.t,! r0,r "i",1 we Lo,J hhorreoe. all scheme for disunion, come from whatever source they may; and we congratulate the country U.al uo Republican member f Congress has u tiered ,.r countenanced ihe threat of Disuniou so often niJe by Democratic membeis wiil,ui rebuke and with applause frou their political aaaoeiateaaud wa denounce those threat or disunion) iu case .r a popular orerihr.iw of iu.r cendsncy, a, denying the vital principle .f a free advert. nein , ,.,! a fcwal d Miitempljtfl trisitiii alncli it ithejm. pel alive duty .f an indignant people Merplv lo ret uke and for.-v er silence. 4. Thst the itiaintriiiinfY inviolate iifil.r rijihta of the Stales, n J esieclall t I.e right r each State, lo order and control ita own domestic Institution arro ding lo ill ownjaJgfi.enttxcInsitely Isevaentialtolhst i IM,wrr wleh th perfection I our political isiinc depend! and we deou'iure Ihe lawless inva . aion by an armed force of the aoil of anv Slate or Territory, no mailer under what prrieit, at uunti- the grire-l of f riniN. 5. That the present Democrat! AdmitIstratlon has far exceeded our worst apprebensiona in its mssiirelesNtibervienrvii the sx salons of a sectional Interest as ej cially evinced in ita desperate rxntiuns toiorrctlie infsmous Lecompion Cntiiu. tion on the protesting pi ple of Ksnsts; in construing me personal relation between roaster and servant to involve an unqualified property io penons; in ita attempted enforcement, everywhere, ou land and tea. through the intervention or Congresa aad of Ihe Federal Courts, of the extreme pretensions of a purely locsl interest; and in it, general and unvarying abuse of Ihe power entrusted lo il by a confiding people. 6. That the people justly viw with alarm the reckless extravagance which pervadre every department of the Federal Government; lhat a return te rigid eeono my and accountability la indispensable U arrest the yuematic plu nder of the public treasury by favored partisans; while the recent startling developmenla of frsuda and corruptions at the Federal metropolis show thst an entire clunge of administrstion i imperatively demanded. 7. Thai Ihe new dogma Ihn the Const., lutiou, of ita own force, carries alaverv Into any or all of th Territories of the lUited Slates, Is a dangeroua political heresy, at variance with the explicit provision, of that Instrument itaelf, wilh roUmpnram ous exposition, and with legislative and judicial precedent; is revolutionary in il tendency, and subversive of Ike peace and harmony of the codotry. 8. That the normal condition of all the territory of the United State, ia lhat ( Freedom. That as our Republican father, when Ihey ha l abolished slavery in all our national territory, otdaint'd that "no person should be deprived of life, liberty or property, wiihuut due proces, of lew," it becomes mir duly, by legislation, whenever auch legislation i, necessary, lo maintain this provision of the Constitution against alt attempts to violate it; Mid v deny the authority of Congresa, of a Territorial Legislature, or of any Individual, to give legal existence to slsvery in imv Territory of the United Histe. tl. That w brand the recent reopening of the Ariean slave trade, under the cover of our national flsg. aided bv nerecrsl..na i.f judicial power, a a crime agalust humau uy. arm a burning aiiame to our country and age; and we rail upon IVngrr u lake prompt and efficient mrurc for the total and final suppression of llistei.cra bl traffic. 10 That In th recent Vetoes, by their Federe! Oovernors, of the sets of the U-gU laluresof Ksnsssand Nebraska, prohibit ing slsverv in those Territories, we find a practical iilustrsi ion of the boasted Dem. ocratic principle of .Nonintervention ami Popular Sovereignty embodied in the Kaesss Nebraska bill, and a demonstration of the deception an J fraud involved therein, II. That Kansas should, of right, be immediately admitted as a State under tho Constitution recently formed and adopted by her people, and accepted by the House of Representatives. l'i. That, while providing revenue for the support of Ihe Oeueral Government, bv duties upon imports, ai.und policy require, auch au adjustment of these imports as lo enre irago the development of ihe indtiatri al lotetest of the whole country ; aud we commend lhat policy of national rxrbangi a which sec arcs to the workiog men liheisl wage, to agriculture remunerating price,, to mechanic and manufacturers an ade quale reward for their skill, labor, aud en. terprise, and to the nation commercial prosperity and independence. 12. That we protest against any aale or alienation lo others of the 1'ublie Land, held by actual settlers, and agalust any view of the Free Homestead policy which regards tbe settlers as paupers orauppliauts for public bounty; and we demand the passage by Congress of the complete and satisfactory Homestead measure which ha, already passed the ilouse. 14. That the Republican party is oppoed to any change in our naturalisation lawa, or any Slate legislation by which the righla of cilisinship, hilhtr.o accorded to immigrant from foreign lsud, hall be abridged or impaired; aou ie favor of giving a full and efficient protection lo the rights of all c'sssa of citizens, whether native or naturalised, both at Lome and abroad. 15. That appropriations by Congress for River and Harbor improvements , of s N't. lioual character, required for tbe acounmo dation and secutit) of an existing cmi merce, are authorised by the Constitution, and justified by the obligation of the Gov erumenl to protect the lives and pro rty of its citiseus. 16. That a railroad to the Pacific Ocean it imperatively demanded by the interests oftho whole country; that the Federal (Jovernmeut ought to reuder immediate and efficient aid in ill construction, and that a preliminary Iheieto, a daily overland road should be promptly established. 17. Finally, having thus et forth our distinctive principles aud views, we iuvile the cooperallou of all citizens, however differing on other questions, who substantially agree with ua in their affirmance and) aupport. rtxso.iAL.Tb numerous friends of Dr. Clippenger will be pleased to learo ef hi return home, in improved health, and wilh, a rich fuod of rerniuisceocea of the inlcrlocalilie, arouud Washington City and VU Virnoti. Sooa Barr' unrivalled sod ii daily quenching the thirst of multitudes. Their fount is kept ia almost unceasing flow.