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political Song.
Written for the Bedford Gazette.
THE CABINET-MAKER.*
AIR :— Rosin the Bow.
'Tts said that old "Spotty Abe" Lincoln
Once mauled a huge pile of fence-rails,
And hence the Cnicago Convention
Pinn'd its faith unto his coat-tails.
But alas ! for old Gid and old Greeley,
They never once thought in their greed
For office and spoils, that the people
A Cabinet-maker will need.
Their hands are all red with ihe slaughter
Of Auburn's "irrepressible" sage ;
Xot all the Atlantic's salt water,
Were it tears, could the sorrow assuage
Of Weed and of Webb and ot Raymond,—
Their hearts foi poor Seward will bleed.
Tall Lincoln's dead body political
A Cabinet-maker will need.
The Bell ot oidTennessee's toiling
Far as Everett's voice can be heard,
The death-knell of Lincoln out-rolling,
By breezes conservative stirred.
Then shout, 0 ye Democrats ' louder
For your candidates, shout, and your creed 1
Old Lincoln's dead body political
A Cabinet-makei will need.
Then, Hurrah for the Sage of Chicago !
Hurrah fot the Giant in mind 1
He'll make his old cabinet saw go.
And scatter Abe's rails to the wind ' *
He'll shove his jack-plane as in boy-hood.
He'll bore through old "Spotty Abe's creed, ,
Till down in the Washington White Hou<e,
OM CALIIIT t- rr-hk* r ttey'll need.
•STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS was a Cabinet-maker in
early life.
BE HUH!. EXTRICTS!
Our readers will remember liow lavish the
Opposition were in their praises of ?.lr. Dou
glai when he differed with the Administration
i-i regard to i's policy on the Lt campion- qnes
luri. [As we have, heretofore, frequently sta
red, that question was one of policy, and the
Democrats in the country differed in regard
*:> i!. The whole paitv, however, agreed as to
the principle involved viz : Popular Sua
nignty. It was only in regard to the applica
tion of that principle, that difference of opinion
existed among Democrats. No man was more
nor less a Democrat because he was in tavor of
or opposed to the Lecompton Constitution, so
long as he voted the regular Democratic ticket,
the only test of Democratic orthodoxy. Under
this rule, the Democracy of Bedford county
■
gave their ardent support to Win. A. Porter,
.•ti Anti-Lecompton Democrat, to A. 11. C m.oth
another of the same school, and to John Rowe,
a strung Douglas man. They will, therefore,
be but acting in consistency with their former
course, ia voting lor STEPHEN A. DOU
<.I LAS.] Manv of the Opposition, when Dou
gia was making his gallant fight in Illinois,
with Lincoln in front of him and the olDce- i
fcoldei s behind him, declared they would vote 1
fur him for President no matter who ran against
him. We know some of these, and shall take!
good care to see whether they can keep their j
word. As a specimen ot the feeling of the Op- j
tiosition in this county, a year and a half ago,
we append the following "elegant extract " : i
[From Fr. Jordan's Inquirer, Nov. 12, IS.OS.]
"The election in Illinois, probably, is the
most important that has taken place this fall. To ,
'hat quarter has the eyes of the whole Union
been centred. The campaign there was the
most excil-ng that lias occurred in the country
t- the iast halt century. Douglas and Lincoln
were the opposing candidates for a seat in the
' raUnHsUtes,Senate, before the people, and
Douglas has triumphed, having secured a ma
j nty on joint ballot in the Legislature, which
.-•ecjres ins return to the Senate ; and his ticket
has piobably a majority on the popular jvote of
the State. It is known that on the question qf
the admission of Kansas, Mr. Douglas differed
with Mr. Buchanan, and tfce leading spirits of
his administration. From that time to the pres
ent, he has been pursued by the administration
with the most bitter and unrelenting furv.—
A 'ter the adjournment of Congress, Mr. Dou
glas went home to Illinois, there, before the
people of his own Slate he had to appear and
defend his course. He appealed from the Pres
ident to the people, and thev have sustained
him ! The command was sent forth from Wash
ingtun to nil the office holders in Illinois, that
thej should vote for the Republican-Lincoln
r ?p'-exentalives, and in every case where there
tcis any opposition to the command, the person
t}! '* removed, and a lickspittle who was willing
to obey wa if p U ( ,b his place. HE WAS OP
POSED BY THE WHOLE LECOMPTOJV
FORCE OF THE COUNTRY, AA'D THE
ATTACKS UPOM HIM BY THEIR ORA
TORS A.VI) PRESS, WERE OF THE
MOST FIERCE. OUTRAGEOUS AJVD
MALIGNA AT KLVD. THE BEST SPEA
KERS OF THE OP POSIT 10 A LY THE
COUNTRY WERE CAATASSLYG ILLI
NOIS LY FAVOR OF LLYCOLJY, AIDED
BY THE WHOLE POWER OF THE. AD
MLYISTRJtt'4OA\ AMD YET HE ({.DOU
GLAS] HAS SUCCEEDED, AND THE
LECOMPTOA-B UCHA.VA'S VOTE OF
THE STATE IS OA LY ABOUT 3000 OUT
OF 2F'J,O JO! What a triumphant vindication.
VVoat a condemnation of the Administration !
In tin. c jnt-st Mr. Douglas had the SYMPA
THIES )i the people ot the North, of ail shades
ot opposition, which aided him materially. In
his fight witn ex-cutive usurpation and tyranny
he occupied nearly the correct ground. His
re-election will oe more of a CQpdemna'ion of
Mr. Buchanan and his*advis c rs, than a defeat t
ihe Republicans, many of whom through
S YMPATHY voted for him.
IN OUR OWN TOWN THF. SYMPA
THIES OF THE OPPOSITION WERE AS
OF MR. DOUGLAS, IN
HLSFLAST/WAR WITH THE ADMIMS
TRTTION, AS THEY WERE FOR MR.
LINCOLN."
Another trar.scendantly beautiful extract is
Lie fallowing, from Jordan's Inquirer, March
sib, 18T5S :
"The nigger-organ is informed that if we de
sire to publish anj speeches on the bogus Le
compton side, we will wait until some of the
great intellects of its party, such as Hunter.
Toombs, etc., have spoken. Bigler is looked
upon as small potatoes, and very few in a hill,
throughout the country, and we are inlormed
that Pennsylvania Democrats, as well 3s others
who weie in Washington, at ttie time, huog
their heads in shame for the honor of their State
when Be-'f Bigler attempted to reply to D ugla%
IT REQUIRES POWERFUL AIEN TO
WAR WITH GIANTS."
That is the reason way Spotty Lincoln can't
"come in."
Still another most exquisitely chaste and re
freshingly beautiiul morcmu, is the lollowing
from Jordan's Inquirer , Jan. 15th, ISSB :
'I he B tck-Locolocopaper of this place inti
, mates that we ought to publish the spech of
beef-Bigier in answer to Douglas. We have
I some objections to thi. We are informed by
persons who were in the Senate at the time,
that every Pnnnsylvanian who was there hung
! his head in shame for the honor ot In* Stat" at
the poor fm made of himself, and (he manner
in whim the Little Giant overpowered him.—
H-> Was the butt and laughing stock of the Sen
i a!" and all present, and made a complete ass of
I himself. One of the leading Loroficos ol this
; [dace, a short time since, remarked to us that
I Bigler was not qualifi-'d for the undertaking,
1 and that he was th- wrong man ; tha' Jeff. Da-
I vis, Hunter, or some other good man would
: have been the right one However, we will
make a proposition to the nigger-organ, if it will
poMish the whole of DOUGLAS' GREAT
SPEEC H, we will publish the speech of Bigler.
What say yon, wit I von do it ?
The Gizefte published Douglas' speech, but
Jordan never dafed to publish Bigler's. Hadn't
he better do it now, as we have no doubt Big
ler's has by this time become the grW speech
in Jordan's estimation, whilst Douglas' has,
doubtless, dwindled down wonderfully, in his
jaundiced eye 1
Jlppropos n( the first extract we would re
spectfully inquire, are the sympathies ot the
Opposition in Bedford still with Douglas as
much as with Lincoln ? If not, why.shocldn't
they be 1 Douglas is agansa regularly nomi
nated Democratic candidate, as lie was in 1858.
Lincoln is again Ins opponent, as he was in
ISSS. Pougla3 is again opposed by the Ad
ministration as he was in 1858, and Lincoln is
again assisted by the office-holders as he was in
lb5S. Why, then, should the sympathies of
the Opposition be changed 1 En 1 Mr. Jor
j dan.
Senator Douglas' Letter ol'
Acceptaiace.
WASHINGTON, JUNE 27, 1860.
Gentlemen : In accordance with the ver
: b<ii assurance which I gave you when you pla
ced in my hands the authentic evidence of my
nomination for the Presidency by th-* National
. Convention of the Democratic party, I now
send you my lormai acceptance.
Upon a careful examination ot the olatlorm
of principles adopted at Charleston,and reaffirm
ed at Baltimore, with an additional resolution
winch is in perfect harmony with the others, I
find it to be a faithtn! embodiment of the time
honored principles of the Democratic partv, as
the same were proclaimed and understood by all
parties in the Presidential contests of 18-LS, '52,
arid '56.
Upon looking into the proceedings of the
Convention also, 1 find that the nomination
was made with great unanimity, in the presence
and with the concurrence of more than two
thirds of the whole number of delegates, and in
exact accordance with the long-established usa
ges of the party. Mv inflexible purpose not to
be a candidate nor accept the nomination in a
ny contingency, except as the regular nominee
of the National Demociatic party, and in that
case only upon condition that the usages as well
as the principles of the party should be strictly
adhered to, had been proclaimed for a long
time, and became well known to the country.
1 These conditions having all been complied
with by the Iree and voluntary action ot the
of the Democratic masses and their faithful rep
resentatives, without any agencv, interlerence,
or procurement on my part, I feel bound in
1 honor and duty to accept the nomination.
BEDFORD, FA., FRIDAY MORNING, JULY *2O, iB6O.
; / n taking this step lam not unmindful oi the i
' resjjonsibilities it im|X>ea ; out, with a firm re 1 i-1
! ante on Divine Providence, i have faith that i
| the people wiil comprehend the true nature al
the issues involved, and eventually iiiau>tain j
j the right. The peace ol the country and-safety
!of the union have been put in jeopardy by at- f
tempts to interfere with and control the domes
; ticalfairs of the people in the Territories through.
the agency ot tlie Federal Government,
j li the power and duty ol Federal interfe-;
! rence be conceded, two hostile sectional par- !
ties must be the inevitable result—the one in- ;
flaming the passions an,l ambiiion ot the North,!
and the ;her ot the South—each struggling toi
use the Federal power and authority lor ihe j
1 aggrandizement of its own section at the ex
! pense ot the equal rights ol the other, and in i
! derogation ot those luiidainental principles of)
! self-government which were brrr.lv established i
m this country by the American Revolution as J
i th basis ot our entire republican system. Du-J
! nug the memorable period ot our political his-!
! 'ory, when the advocates of Federal interven
tion upon the subject of slavery in tue Territo
j ries had well nigh "precipitated the country
! into revolution"—the Northern interventionists
I demanding tne Wilmot Proviso for the proht
| bit ion of slavery, and the Southern mterven
! tionists (theu few in number and with >ul a sin
| gle representative in either House of Congress) j
j insisting upon Congressional legislation tor the j
! protection ot slavery in opposition to the wish--'
jeg oi'the people, in either esse —it will be re-
I membered that it required all the wisdom, pow j
jer and influence ola Clay, and a Webster, and a i
i Cass, supported by the conservative and pa!ri- j
j otic men of the Wtug and Democratic parties
;ol that day, to devise ar>d carrv out a "line of
I policy winch would restore peace to the coun
try, and stability to the Union. The essential
! living ptincipleol that poiicv, as applied in the
legislation of 182 C, was, and now is, non-inter*
j vention bv Congress with siaveiy in the Terri
' tories.
j The fair application ol this just nnd equita
| ble principle restored harmony and fraternity
i to a distracted country.
It we now depart from that wise and just
; policy, which produced these happy results, and
permit the country to be again distracted, it not
j precipitated into a revolution by a sectional con
' test between pro-slavery and anti-slavery in
terventionists, where shall we look for another
' Clay, another Webster, or another Ca-s, to j
! pilot the ship of State over the breakers into a i
i haven of peace and safety 1
The Federal Uni>n must be preserved. The
Constitution must be maintained inviolate in ail
j its parts'. Every right guarantied by the Cotw
! stitution must he protected by law in ail caeesj
; where legislation is neces*arv to'-ita enturc - '
rnent. The judicial authority, as provided in
\ the Constitution, must be sustained, and its de- ;
! cisions implicitly obeyed and lai'hfully execn
; ted. The laws must be administered, and thei
! constituted authorities upheld, and ail unlawful ;
resistances suppressed. These things must ali j
: be done with firmness, impartiality, and fufe'itv, i
it vve expect 1 1 enjoy and transmit unimpaired
to our posterity that blessed inheritance which i
1 we have received in trust from the patriots and i
! sages ol the Revolution.
U ith sincerp thanks for the kind and agreea- >
I ble manr i in which you have made known to
1 me tne action of the Convention,
1 have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,
Your friend and fellow-citizen,
S. A. DOUGLAS. j
j To Hon. Win. H. Ludlow, X. Y. . R. P. Dick, j
X. C. , and others of the Committee.
Inconsistency—The Two-Third
Vole
We observe that some of the papers who ad- j
vocale the election ot .Messrs. Breckinridge and
• Lane are making a huge fuss over the fact that
i Judge Douglas did not receive a two-third vole
lot a full Convention, as though it was a pro- '
I cepding without precedent.. If they will brush j
j the cobwebs from their memories and look back !
!as far a ; IS IS, to the proceedings of the Rait
| more Convention, they will flr:d that Lewis;
! Cass was nominated by a vote less than two-,
thirds of a tu'l Convention : and thev will lind j
that th President ot the Convention, Hon. An- j
drew Stevenson,^decided —and righteously, 100. >
that it was not necessary to have more than I
' two-thirds of the votes given. Indeed it would
j be ridiculous to decide in anv other wav ; tor j.
i (he secessionists of little Delaware, or Rhode
Island, or any single State—or, in the case of j
! a State not instructed to vote as a unit, a single •
I dissatisfied candidate, might prevent a noiruna- |i
I Inn. If these papers wish to injure the elec
; tion of Mr. Douglas, they must resort to better
j arguments than this, because such stale non- i
; sense wiil onlv raise him the more in the esti- j
, mation of the Democracy Valley Spirit.
The Three Platforms.
The three platlorms, on the subject of sla
! very in the Territories, may be thus concisely
and yet truly slated :
REPUBLICAN.
Intervention by Congress against slavery in
the Territories. In other words, intervention
by Congress to p-event the people tram having
slavery if they want it.
BRECKINRIDGE.
Intervention by Cong:ess for slavery in the
Territories. In other words, intervention by
Congress to make the people have slavery when
they don't want it.
DEMOCRATIC.
Non-intervention by Congress with slavery
in the Territories, either fo establish, prohibit
or protect. In other words, to leave to the
people of the Territories, when organized com
munities, to have slavery or not, as they think
best, subject to be controlled in the matter by
no outside interference.
Which will sensible and patriotic people
choose to rally on ? There is but one for such
persons, and that is the Democratic.
Freedom of Thought and Opinion.
| The Hoiiglas Rail Rolling
j immense Douglas and Johnson rati
' flea'ion meeting was held at Covington, Ky.,
on Saturday evening last. It was the largest
i meeting ever held there.
l r T ~" Ihe Richmond Whig says : "A large
; majority, perhaps, ol the Democratic voters of
! Virginia prefer Douglas to Breckinridge, as
v.-iil be demonstrated at tl)p polls in November.
(Besides, Douglas will obtain a large vote in ev
ery Vote in the Union, North and South, while
j Baeckmridge will obtain no vote at all in anv
i Northern State, with the exception, perhaps, ol
; California and Oregon. Indeed, Breckinridge
: is as much a sectional candidate as Lincoln, and
•is the nominee ot a thoroughly sectional party.
. thn is looking anxiously to an early dissolution
of the U
nion. The national and conservative
; Democrats of Virginia, therefore, caiiuot vote
j for Breckinridge."
I irr-The i jexington Star, the home organ of
I G )v. Letcher, declares tor Douglas and Johnon;
: also the Rockingham Register, the Valley Dem
ocrat, the Staunton Vindicator, the Spirit of
Jefferson, the Morgantown Star, and other in
fluential papers of Virginia.
Tfrhe Wilmington Journal, the Fayette
viile Cmotininn, the Favetteville Courier, the
Goldsboro' Tribune, and]Saiist>ury Banner, have
j Declared tor Breckinridge an( i Lane. Tne
I New hern Daily Progress has declared for DJU
gias and Johnson.
exchange says that a note-worthy
j fact is, that Mr. Russell, cl Virginia who led
j the secession at Baltimore, and Caleb Gushing,
j who planned it, were both old-line Wbigs.
gentleman who lives ir. Montgomery,
Alanama, and who is a client of Mr. Yancey,
slates that Alabama will give 10,000 majority
for Douglas.
T? 3 "fh- Hon. John S. Phelps, the distin
guished Kepieseutatuv in Congress from Mis
souri, has telegraphed that tie will stump the
State for Douglas and Johnson.
10/""Democratic Slate. Convention in Georgia.
The Douglas wing of the Democratic party
ol Georgia will hold th-br State Convention at
MilUdgeville on July 24th, and the Breckin
ridge inen were to issue ttieir caii in u few
days.
Piltsfield Sun, the oldest Democrat
j ic paper in New England, has come out strong
;ly in lavor of Douglas. The editor of the Sun
1 is postmaster at Pitts-field,
j' WfTht Tenth. Legion foe Douglas. —The
Jeoth Legion Democracy of Virginia are rally
ing with the greatest enthusiasm under the ban-
I tier oi Douglas and John-on. We received on
j yesterday evening, the Democrat and Register
ybo'h published in Rockingham, and both the
old and honored organ* of the Tenth Legion
Democracy, and both flying at their mast-heads
the name oi Stephen A. Douglas.— Richmond
j Whig.
Cr-Douglas Meeting in Tammany Hall.—
; NEW YORK, July 2. A Douglas meeting was
i held in Tammany Hail 'hi* evening, into which
j about 3,()G0 people were crowded, while spea-
I kers occupied standsjin the streets. Ex-Mavor
j Tiemann presided. There were brilliant dis
plays ol tire-works.
Speeches were made bv Senator t'ugb, Han.
E. C. Marshall, of California, and others.
GfThe famous Empire Club held a meet
ing on Saturday night, at Mr. Duryee's in Cath
erine sifeet, lor the purpose of deciding upon
which ticket the Club should support in the
present Presidential campaign. Mr.
ving presided, and Mr. J. A. Baker acted as
Secretary. There were no speeches made, but
a series of resolutions declaring for Djuglas and
Johnson, were adopted unanimously.
(£WToucey for Douglas. — The Washing
ton correspondent of the Boston Hcrat ii stys :
"Gov. 'ioucey, Secretarj* ofthe Navy, main
tains that Douglas is the reguUrly-uoininated
National Democratic candidate; and that it is
the duty of the Connecticut Democracy to u
nite cordially and earnestly in his support."
Floyd is said to be out lor Mr.
Douglas.
[TF*The Memphis Jtpptal thus gives its fad
herence to Judge Douglas :
•'Regarding Judge Douglas as the national
candidate—as the man against whom the Black
Republicans will make their main and meat for
midable assault, and as the man who has defeat
ed them against greater odds than was ever en
countered in any contest ; who has met their
mobs, and sent back defiance to their hi-ses ,
who has fyeen burned in etiigv at every cross
road, and hamlet, by these contemners of the
constitution, and whose prospect ot again de
feating them is b-tter than any living man's in
our judgment —we shall continue to advocate
his cause, and urge our friends to his .sup
port."
KsPThere was a large Douglas meeting held
in Wilmington, De1.,,0n Saturday night, and
strong resolutions were passed.
Kentucky.— The Louisville Democrat in
forms us that toe Douglas and Johnson Demo
crats kindled all the bonfires, raised all the
shou's, and fired ail the cannon on Saturday
night. The Breckinridge and Lane Democrats
it seems, didn't burn a tar barrel, or lift a voice,
or shoot a gun.
Tuesday morning the inhabitants of
Haverhill, Mass., were unpleasantly moved by
the sight of two effigies hanging to cords sus
pended across the main street. One ol these
was labelled "Caleb Gushing, a traitor to his
country," and (he other "George Johnson, false
to his constituents, his country and his God."
Their appearance created considerable ex
citement, but at 6 o'clock tbey were cut
down.
VOr*Here they come. —Amos Cogswell, Re
publican Speaker of the Minnesota House of
Representatives, last year, hasgiven formal no
tice to the State Committee that he cn no lon
ger act with the Republicans, but will support
Mr. Douglas. Lynus Lowell, ex-Speaker of
the Republican Legislature, has also given in
his adhesion to Douglas.
iCf"Hon. David T. Laird, of Rock port, Ind.,
who was a Fillmore elector in lHbfi, and is
said to be one of th® ablest speakers in the dis
trict, has announced, in a speech at Leaven
worth, his intention to support Douglas.
Douglas ratification meeting at Fan
euil Hall, Boston, on Friday evening, was large
and enthusiastic. Mr. E. C. Bailey presided.
Mr. Oliver Stephens, delegate to the Baltimore
Convention, Hon. Mr. Richardson, of Illinois,
and others, addres-'ed the assemblage. Resolu
tions were adopted endorsing the Domination ol
Douglas and Johnson.
Dowrltis Meeting in Kansas City. KAN
SAS CITY, MO., July 3.—An immense Duoglas
ratification meeting was held here last, night.—
I h" public buildings were illuminated and dec
orated with flags and transparencies. Bonflr?
were kindled and salutes fired, and a general
feeling of hilarity prevailed.
At the meeting non-intervention speeches
wre made, and the customary resolutions a
dop'.ed.
"CP*Douqias in ihe Empire Stale The Al
bany Atlas and Argus pledges the Empire S'ate
to Douglas by a large majority. Itsavs : "TFTE
feeling among the people in favor of the nomi
nation ol Douglas and the platform ot non-in
tervention is enthusiastic. There is among the
masses of this State a ground 3Well which poli
ticians do not yet appreciate, and which will
carry the Douglas craft proudly into the port of
victory."
T U" Douglas in Lancaster.— LANCASTER, Ju
ly 5.—1 he friends of Judge Douglas here, to a
man, indignantly repudiate any affiliation with
the Disuniooists. We demand a clean electo
ral ticket, a fair fight, and will reject aov pro
ject by which tiie regular nominee of the
National Democracy is intended to be swin
dled.
iIJ-The Lexington, Va., Valley Star, fhe
home organ of t*ov. Letcher, has hoisted the
Douglas and Johnson flag. It savs "Judge
Douglas tnviog received the nomination of the
National Democracy convened at Baltimore for
the lofty position of President of the United
States, we Jo no' hesitate to hoist his name at
our mast-head, pledging him a cordial and hear
ty support, and shall, in our weak and feeble
way, do all that we can hororablv, to ele
vate him to the position lor which he is a can
didate.
"Oi Lane and Breckinridge, the nomiuees o!
a handful of Ultra Southerners, we will simply
say, that had either one, or both been nomi
nated at Baltimore, by the regular and Nation
al Democracy, the nomination would have met
our cordial approbation : and the ticket received
our enthusiastic support."
ir_r"The L ou "j, v jjj e Democrat, the oldest and
most influential Democratic paper in Kentucky
(Breckinridge's own State; has run up the dag
of Douglas and Johnson !
Speech oifcioii. .fosni L. Sanson.
'I he Speech ! Hon. John L. Dawson, chair
man ot the Penniylvania delegation, aiier the
nomination of Douglas, was as follows:
.dr. President and zenticmen of the Conven
tion.—lt is scarcely necessary tor me to sav
that at no time timing the sittings of this body
did judge Douglas receive the united vote ot
the delegation from Pennsylvania: and 1 may
further add that in the consideration ot a plat
form, a majority 01 us united with our South
ern friends, ready to give them all that we be
lieved them entitled to under the Federal Con
stitution. In our judgment they a-ked for nolh
ing more, and we were not willing to offer
tiiein less. [Applause.] In our action, then,
'.ve nave been overruled by a decided majority
of this body, and for Pennsylvania 1 am liee to
say that, attached as we are to the Democratic
party, its principle!, its discipline, its organiza
tion ; standing iheie forevt-r, in the eloquent
language oi the President in his opening speech
at Charleston, standing as perpetual sentinels
upon the outposts ot the Constitution, we will,
1 trust, abide its decisions and support its nomi
nes [Cheers and applause.]
Judge Douglas is a man ot acknowledged tal
ent, and eveiy where regarded as an accom
plished statesman, skilled in the art ct ruling.
Born under a New England sun, vet by adop
tion a citizen of the West, bonoied in the val
ley of Ohio, and cherished on the slopes of the
Atlantic, he now should be of the whole coun
tiy. [Cheers.] Untrained, to some extent, in
early hie in the learning of the schools, the de
ficiency, it any exists, has been largely compen
sated by the generous measure in which nature
has dealt upon him ber choicest gifts of intel
lect and character. [Applause.] Like Heriry
oi the revolution, like Peel of England, these
noble qualities have made him the architect of
his own fortune. [Cheers and applause.]
That the union is a confederacy endowed
with special powers, the States composing it
retaining all the undelegated attributes of sov
ereignty, is the fundamental truth of our polit
ical system. In defence of this troth we are j
ebout to engage in a new contest, and in the:
comprehension of its charartei u e have ttior- j
ougbly to educate the public mind. The pop-)
ular heart is to be won back to loyahty by hol
ding up to its contemplation the image of the
Constitution, in its seieue beauty oi lineament i
and proportion.
The erring conclusions ot our fe|!ovv-citizen ;
of ail sections are to be corrected b} a thorough
and persevering exposition ot their fallacy, and
in place of these are to be inculcated the para- '
mount claims ofthe Federal compact to the hear- ,
tv allegiance, in letter and spirit, of every A- i
merican who can comprehend and appreciate
the institutions ol his country, and who reilly
cherishes a desire for their perpetuity. (Ap
plause.]
It here, in this beautiful city, which looks
out on the Chesapeake, we had needed any
incitement to a broad patriotism in our deliber
ations, it should have been found ia the associ-
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Hi ions in the midst of which we are assembled ;
for it wa at Annapolis, at the close of the Rev
olution, that Washington resigned his commis
sion. It is also within sight of the spot at
which we are convened that imposing monu
ments rise to the gr-a'ness of his memory, and
to the patriotism of the sons of Maryland.
[Cheers.]
Pennsylvania, the State io which Indeoen
dnce was first proclaimed, and the work of the
Revolution c <nfirme I by the construction of the
Federal compactthe State which holds within
her bosom the ashes of Franklin, antf hoasts the
first bstPe-fjeld of Washington, will be true to
her noble memories, [applause.] and in the ful
ness of that enlightened conservative sentiment,
for which she has bfen distinguished, will rally,
I hope, n giant strength, cat th dost from her
eves, and aid the friendsof the Democratic par
ty once more to elect their nominee. fCheers
end prolonged applause ]
Douglas will Carry Illinois by
Ten Thousand Majority.
fhe Chicago 'I tmcs asks if anv one abroad
doubts that Douglas will carry Illinois tv a ma
jority of thousands! It says :
" I hen, we can only answer that no one
Democratic or Republican—hre at borne has a
doubt on this head. There may he, here and
there, in different parts of th Northern section
of the State, men who are distinguished for ig
norant adherence to Lincoln, who claim that
Lincoln will carry the popular vote, hut all
candid, intelligent men know better. We do
not need to say it to the Democracy of Illinois
for their encouragement, hot we do' sav it, and
desire it to be understood abroad, that Mr
Douglas will have the State by at least ten thou
sand."
Since 1858 there ha* not been a dav that the
Republicans have not lost ground in Illinois.
How the .\omiuations art
Received.
Everywhere, it we may judge from the tone
of ocr Newspaper Exchanges and telegraphic
dispatches—the nomination ot Douglas ami*
Johnson, is warmly received hv the great mass
|of ihe Democracy. Bonfires, illumination*, the
firing o! cannon and other demonstrations of joy
prove the strong hold the little giant has on the
; hearts of the people. We are in receipt ot ma
ny exchanges, nearly every one of which has
hoisted the regularly nominated ticket to its
mast head—and is doing battle for the old Dem
ocratic party. Many papers too, that had been
opposers of Douglas before the nomination, of
course feeling it now their duty to sacrifice
their persona! feeling on the altar of the gener
* ai good, are as ardent supporters of the regular-
Ily "nominated ticket as any. This is right.
This is the only means by which an organiza
lion can he kept up—or that would pipser.t any
hope ot success.— Waynesburg Alessen^er.
Those living- in <lnss Homes
*houl<i -lot throw stones!
Are our Republican brethren entirely harmo
nious in their nominations ? Have they not
got their "Breckinridge ticket" too ? They trv
to appear very much amused at the apparent
division of the Democracy—but they should
look st home. Is therp no prospect of division
among those who constituted the Fremont pha
lanx m the last Presidential campaign ? Vliey
almost united the opposition to the Democracy
at that time—can thee do it now ? Does Lin
coln s'anti as well as Fremont with conserva
tive men ? Can any one say that Lincoln is
no* an out-and-out Abolitionist ? Does he not
ciairn the paternity of the "irrepressible conflict
doctrine?'' Will this fact commend hi-u to con
servative "Old Line Whigs" or honest "Amer
icans V Recollect the masses ol the [old line
Whigs and American parties were with Fre
mont io the last campaign ic Pennsylvania and
\"W York. l\ ill such men desert their own
ticket—a ticket with such men as Bell and Ev
erett on it ? Look t > your own household,
gentlemen of the Lincoln Abolition Partv.—
Look to the safetv of your own windows instead
of amusing yourselves throwing stones at ours.—
W A Y.N CSB UP.O MESSENG E.H.
"THE RAIL MAKER"—A KEEN RETORT—
?.|r. L:gan,o< Illinois, speaking at the New
York meeting, of the assertion of the Lincoln
ites that their candidate once made rails, re
plied :
"I have only *•" to say in reference to roa
kng i ails. If Abraham Lincoln mad® rails,it is no
disgrace; but if he had no brains put in his head
by God Almighty, the making of rails will not
put them there. H<> would make a poor Pres
ident, il he had noother than a railmakmg qual
ification— [Cheers.] However Stephen A.
Douglas, was also a working man once himself;
a cabinet maker. I have, then, this proposi
tion to make; that we nominate Douglas at
Baltimore, and let the cabinet maker run against
the railmaker; and I predict we will send both
back to the<r original employments—Lincoln to
making rails, and Douglas to cabinet making."
[Prolonged cheers.]
LINCOLN'S INFLCKNCE. —Sangamo** county,
Illinois, in which Old Abe lives, formerly gave
800 Whig majority, while at the late election
it elected Democratic members of the Legis
lature by about 4-00 majority. During the
great' Senatorial con'ett between Douglas and
Old Abe, this county was thoroughly "stumped"
bv these two distinguished gentlemen ; and, at
the election, Douglas not only carried f a
large majority, hut also b"at Lincoln in the
I ward, precinct and city in which he lired and
■ voted. The fact is, Douglas will beat the
| "rail splitter" in Illinois so bad that hi friends
will not hav® courage to hold a coioner's in
j quest over the scattered fragments ot bis re
' maim.