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About The Cassville standard. (Cassville, Ga.) 18??-1??? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 4, 1860)
1 Hr. Douglas' Norfolk Speech. ! be trusted b j the South, * plead guilty to j It was popular sovereignty that intro- dueed negro slavery into the colonics of i Virginia, ttje Carolines and Georgia, a- gainst the prohibitory poweraattempted to Who are the Allies of Lincoln. Every Northern paper in Lincoln is all abuse against Douela^B not word of con deal nation do tflHI ter against Breckinridge and his party. - and abided in The secessionists are terribly ezerdaed over Mr. Douglas’ Norfolk speech. They rave and rant like madmen, and denounce t be doctrines of that speech as federal km olflfte deepest dye. And yet hundreds of They charge Douglas with being a siai propagandist, and a Northern mwA Southern principle*. It k woB^E that there is not the ghost of S riffli Breckinridge to carry 4 rin^jflBi State—unless it be Califofgto—eiZ the friends of Breckinridge in thsjiyfl or a large portion of them—o^HBH cate the election of Lincoln lHllil to Douglas. The New York Day^H paper tliat pretend* to be ultra on thel ject of Southern rights, whose circulation j a northei is principally in the Southern States, pre- jj*ct of r fer^he success of the Republicans to the T «de the be exercised by the trustees of the crown of Great Britain. It was popular sover eignty which made Georgia, Tennessee Texas, slave States, hr Texas With wrath djprinst Mr. Douglas had ** scruples of conscience in voting for janes K. Polk and George M. Dallas, in 1844, while others of them, withequal enthusi asm, supported Henry Clay and Theodore Frelinghuyson. Did not these flreeatera oflMU, v?ho wild crucify Mr. Douglas for his Norfolk $cech, know that James K. Polk, as a jpember of the House of Representatives and George M. Dallas, as a Senator of th# United States, sustained Gen. Jacksonproclamation against tha nullifiers of South Carolina, and voted for the force bill, as it was called to “coerce a sovereign State” into obedience to fed eral law ? Did not those who, like Mr. Toombs^ Mr. Clingman, and Mr. Benjamin make the welkin ring for Cliy and Fte- linghnyson, know that|Hehry Clay held the 'tety doctrines which Mr. Do'^ag proclaimci^itemflte and that Theodore Frelinhuysm^^HpBter from New Jer sey, voted forfi(Worec- biU is 1.^33?— Undoubtedly. ^That then was tboarete Beef thaw nilpMKqteofState rights Jbrnmimp* MPked In all tMr el the men whd wti^^B^^teced South Carolina into subm^^p in IfiSS * Where then wad South Carolina arrefeer Frfmetto boys*— Upholding!* Baiter of Junes K. Polk and Georg# Xf. Dallas, both of whom vo- ted for that very Force bOgwbich would have carried Federal bayonetsttep the bo som of that State in 1833. y Again: how many of these* fierce'fije- eaters supported Hugh' L. M^ite, of Tennessee, for the Presidencmpi 1886?— Hundreds, we dare say. AM yet three yeal% before the same IlegHrl-L. 'White letting him succeed m in Oie different Statl state of tilings? they could m .^te[Ciies of “Irre wMSKf no man reck! ! and even 'there was a law prohibiting the introduc- I tion pf slavery, yet popular sovereignty carried it there. And for that reason the people saw that slavery was suited to the soil and climate of Texas. So it wiH be everywhere. Soil and climate will con trol it in the settlement of all the territo' Ties. ! But, believing asl do, tliat slavery is the I normal condition of the negro, and that it is one of thg#ixed laws of the Creator, that it shall exist, I believe the time will ^ 'come when it will exist in every State in the Union. If is this great law of nature of destiny of truth which is sore to end in 1 the overthrow of fanaticism provided the 1 Government is preserved and the Union perpetuated. Mr. Douglas had been charged with hav ing said in his Norfolk speech that if a Southern State seceded be would aaaiat Lincoln, if elected President, in commam. her iuto subjection. I am here tojtin J the charge. Mr. Douglas hel«^ noreitetg language. Mr. Douglas did say, that wheg a candidate for President wax electe^^P cording to the prescribed rales of the Con stitution, he would defends him in the 1 discharge of hi?constitutional duties, but whenever he undertook to usurp coretitu- ■ional authority—or commit any agpes- Kion upon the rights of the South, he-would assist in hangin^ffm as high as the Yirgin- igSs hung old John Brown, Mr. Doug- said futhermore, that the election of Lin coln was not a cause for disunion. I a- gree with Mr. Douglas. The cry was now protection a neic plank and one originated expressly to de feat the choice of the people. Stephen A. Douglas. This protection plank was a myth—there was no statesmanship in it— ; it was of such insignificant proportions, that‘it was like an astronomer turning his glass from a comet the size of a continent j upon that of a crevice in a icall. The | Senate did not intend any practicable good > by the protection plank, if they had they ■ would "have protected slaray in the Ter- ] ritory abolishing it; - ] The great principle for w(iieli hcopras | contending, and the princip^ for ^■tch t Stephen A. Douglas and th#'l)enaH^tic t part}- was attempting to pcrpctuatcHras < the principle of non-intervention, or- as < Mr. Calhoun called ft, non-atfiop. | The North demanded that slavery should t be prohibited in the territories, but Mr. j Calhoun-said no, let us have no Congress 'j ibnal intcrfcrancc, but non-action—non- a -hands off. was to give t».«eLfMple of the TfeA§| ries the right to regulate the slaverj^HB tion for themselfi. SjWfi. H. Y. Johffff was, as is well kn^g| a great favorit^pf Mr. Calhoun, wfcBBjMxfcHo have proremb ced him the tirint fon of his ag<^Hl||| Senate. Gov. Jahagteu, in his l4H||| ftjpa speech gives #4 substanefc of rate interview Cribbnn, ww which it will be mcaiwbM he said that hs had rather risk the people of a Territory |||||||^BH]ld call the attention of those Atlanta for the purpose of pur- chaatag goods, to the card of J. M. IIol- A^^tjtomanufacturcs all kinds of hats f,nt ‘ si!k hats are in much more durable ipjlpll^li^fcorted from the North and is a Never young man. and |rHe?nupe tie will receive a patronage cohimeiasiiTate with his laudable enter- jjpae inbuildSbg up an establishment for tWaunritouc AiaMBte most use- :ter for honesty to pretend that Candidate can nfig^Bbprry Estate. Then suppoi ursday Morni r '< OCTOBER 4, I860. J —“ We arc fflmY State Dongla^s supporte^^Hregular Dcmomgtie ^organization, and moreover stanason the ground represented for ten years past by Northern politicians as the position of the great Democrtkc party." -\pd in the same article we fintehis lan guage—“ Are the people dolts rakfools^ Will they support such a man, su'fh* AH Ay, and such an ishuc as Mr. Douglas aJP his friends now propose ? No indeed, uti- less the people arc utterly stupid, they, will, on this issue of Douglas men, p7r«. the State to Lincoln, of course, to demon strate their own self respect, if nothing mere.” This is the language of a paper which National Democratic Ticket Notice. HPH^Rterdoy, the 25th inst., Hon. Al- ^nnder H. Sk^thens Arrived in the city, ■KBs way to Cherokee, Georgia, andal- QBMfcpBeh debilitated from the cxces- Summer months, be- was IfrcTajfcd upon to say som^iM^^hejt half of the time-luffiored principles^-of the National Democratic party, and in vindi cation of the great champion popular soverignty, Seaton A. Douglas, At one o’clock, Mr. HPiens gave-his consent to. speak to the extent of his strength. Ue fact was published at four o’clock, a 4flC| half past seven, the lygcst and most^Hi thusiastic outpouring of the people bled at the City Ilall tg'J?«*^ikpurc pa- itli his ! triot and distinguished st^^Kn. Old middle aged, at^d ydang men were Men of all par ties^Mje there, and idles, married' gffd 1R, and the FOR PRESIDgJTT, STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS, OF ILLINOIS’ ^ Olayton comjHBrl was- a young marr; he was a stateajui far advanced in life. Yet such was thwgenerosity of his nature that he took me By the hand and admitted me into his. confidence. He conversed freely with me in reference to the great interests of the South, concerning which we felt alike.'- #fB"yaid, in substance, ‘ I believe that the measure of our rights, un- 1 der the Constitution, is, that Congress ; should open all these Territories to the . free ingress of the slaveholder w property, an# nkriBl guarantee thenndis- OF GEOiROlA. afcamplishing tljeir object, the election of Mr. Lm^ln? -Referring Mr. Lincoln to the regular nominee, they-jiow have the modesty to inquire of.me whether or not I will help to dissolve the Union after Lin* coin is elected. [Laughter.] I tell them at it^nast head. Whilst it admits that I ? eTer ’ on earth - [Cricsc of “good,” and Oparglas has the support' of the regufifr" Y*®* 1 a ppl*use.] Whoever the people e* Democratic organization, it says that the ,ects * ccor *ng to the forms of the Gonsti- people ire fools and dolts unless they e- tution ’ nm^he inaugurated. ^Cheers.] lect Lincoln over Douglas. What do After he has been inaugurate, he mefet the Southern people£hink of such ad- obe y th « Constitution of the country; and vice from a paper that is ultra in the sup- if after his inauguration, and while he has port of Breckinridge? If it cant get Brock- possession of the Government he violates inridge, its next choice is Lincoln. We ^Constitution-and makes war upon any have no doubt the Day Book speaks the ®' on of this.couuli y, we will hang him sentiments of* majority of Breckinridge’s hi 8 her than Hainan ? [Unbounded enthu- supporters in the Northern States. sia6m.] , ThcDay Book dcnounccscveryonc who “I hold there is no grievance in this . abandon the time-honored prin- country and can be none, for which the jpg^s of tiie party as foOls and dolts, un- Constitution and laws will not furnish a less they will Support Lincoln Demoentic Electoral Tieket. FOR lirk STATE AT LARGE: .'Alexander h. Stephens, ofTniiaferm. AIldtrtjTUS R. WRIGHT, of Floyd. * alternates: T. P. 8ATFOLP, of Morjpn. JAMES GARDNER, of Richmond. DISTRICT EL ECTORS : lat District—JAS. L. REWARD, of Tliomng. Xd “ —B. Y. AIARTIN. oLMuscogoe. 8* —NATHAN BASS,'oyjibb 4^ . “ —H. WARNER, of Meriwether. *• “ —JAS; W, HARRIS, of Csss.. •• —J. I*. SIMMONS, of Gwinnett. Tte. “ —J. S. HOOK, of Washington. —J. CDMMINO, of Richmond, ^wtiiins voa rne r >TH district. MBfV. Jacksov, of WhitHeld, 1st Alternate. CfaAWPonn, of C?iss, 2d Altcrnnte. and eloquent ai troducing Miv The remade substance as'F “My countryman: : I^thnnk you for this cordial receptigte-f T ani here to address you as American citizens of a common cause, and not as members of any particu. las party or organization. The times are portentious, and it behooves every freeman to look to his country’s interest My countrymen, this is a good Govern ment. It is the best in existence, or has, ever existed. It has cost much treasure, and blood! It Is !a Government which had been, and is^lieLadmiration of the civ ilized world. Hie people are prosperous and happy to arr exfont unknown in the prefer- remedy inside of the Union; [Cheers.]— encc to Douglas. This is a paper that the There is no eril and can be none, for which Breckinridge papers of the South draw disunion is a legitimate remedy. [Cheers.] largely from in hunting up slandar(Og ar- Then let all Union-loving men, all conger, tides and charges against Douglas? vative men all Constituion-abiding men __ I. , , „ ' ‘ . V rally together, and put*down northern Ab . Douglas Horfolk Speech. Olitioriism and southern secession. [Great The Breckinridge papers and Realtors We ovre this much to our are endeavoring to create a great excite^ chfldren, we owe it to the memory of our . Do "5 la ^ b °™' ,se the j' Evolutionary sires and we owe it to the frjends of free institutions ttojpughout the iftirid.-" The last hope of frrenro. in tlua ,f or * dd»wori«Lift now centered in the success r jg^ of the American republic. - [Cheers.]—1 The enemies of free institution are watch ing with breathless anxiety the progress of this* secessiqp movement Tyrants have no hope of fastening their chaims up Stephens were in of Congress, I am willing to vote for the Clayton compromise, and transfer the sub ject forever to tWpeople of the Territories; ’ said he, ‘ I would f rather trust the its of the South, on this question of •ery, in all its aspects, with the people of a Territory'than with this Congress, or any we arc likely to have in the future.” [Applause.] “I voted fofrthe Clayton compromise, -ICPPtav&ljMre^thaJt where the jrcat em b®o^Rnl'*ri^Jipcamntion 0 f southern intertst^lriid southern rights, tiie great Calhoun led, I should be safe, I voted for the measure; and as for back as 1848 I stand upon the record as committed to the i doctrine of non-int«w<»tion. [Prolonged applausej The C^’ton compromise bill passcijjthe j£jcnate by a large majority. It was sent to the I louse of Representatives for their concurrence, but a proposition was made j to lay it upon, the table, which, under the ! rides, cut off all debate. It is a fact, how- ‘ era^ {hat art! the Representatives from the ! 'Salih in the Hinge, except six, voted a- gaiBst the niotiofi to lay upon the table. Therefore, so-far as that is an indication of southern sehtimi say he advocated in his Norfolk speech, the subjugation of sovereign States, should they attempt to break up the Goyernment in the event that Lincoln is elected. They misrepresent him in this, as they do oif every other subject Mr. Douglas says that there is no grievance in this country and can be none, for which tj)e Constitu- who recorded intervention—hands off. The Democratic party North and South acceptwF^, and the party is pledged to inaintaitf it' AM I for one intend to maintain it And for thus maintajf^gjt&is principle Mr, Doug- l#s is denodnretfas disloyaLtpUhc South. Base ingratitude! ■ , Stefflicn A. Douglas stands to-day fite Saul amon^^tetaCrop^ets, a' head and rs the govern ment, IJcly^Sj^p^iwiililfeAnrc in t s within th^ Union, and that t^arri i> r- t evil, and fon be none, tor which disunio^ is a remedy. He says that any man who . is elected agreeable to the forms of the Constitutioh should be inaugurated, and however muoh he would deplore the ?! nc * , tion ofan abolitionist, he would offer no ; resistance to his inauguration and that ,* wlien-inaugurated, if he violated the Con- . stitution or trampled upon the rights of l any section, he would be in favor of hang ing him higher than Hainan. Mr. Doug- . las can neither please the secessionists nor ; Republicans. The secessionists raise a , great hue and cry against him because he i says the laws should be faithfully execu- , ted, no difference who might be President The Republicans raise a perfect howl a- gainst him because he says that if one of their men should become President and violate the Constitution or make war upon any section, he would be in favor of hang ing him higher than Ilanian. Should Lincoln unfortunately be elected and that circumstance lead to a disruption of the Government, with all its train of min and devastation to every Section, and to an annihilation of the last hope of the permanence of a Republican form of Gov ernment, succeeding generations will hold the scceders at Charleston and Baltimore, responsible for the causes that led to the dire calamity. There can not be a man of any intelligence in the United States, but who will admit, that if the party at Charleston could have united upon Mr. Douglas, that he would have been elected by an overwhelming majority over all op position. And if Lincoln should be elec ted, he will be indebted to thesecedessibr his success. To show how Mr. Douglas has been misrepresented as to his Norfolk speech, we make the annexed extracts from bis Petersburg speech, dritrerod a few days after he made the Norfolk speech. In al luding to the questions asked him, he says “I was asked the other day at Norfolk by an elector on the Breckinridge seces sion ticket whether in the event Mr. Lin coin was elected President, I thought it would be good cause for dissolving this Union. I answered no. [Immense ap plause.] The election of no man, accor ding to the forms of the Constitution, * cause of disunion. [Cheers;] I would regret the election of any other Abolition ist or Blade Republican, as a great public calaasity, and aren- greatly lo be deplored as bringing an urfnl respcm&ibility upon thoae wha produced such a result but it is not cause of disunion. [Cheers.] Such of Mr. Dougla? VorifeUcarey. u taakihg It a mockery and a by word instead of a shining star. [Cheers.] “I did not come Jierc to ask your votes nor your suffrage? for office. I am here to make a plea, an Appeal, lor tho invincibil ity of the and the perpetua- tion ofthe j5p^fa£^tChecrs.] The Presi dency is **‘‘t and at any time 4 life would be rattier a burden to ifle—not that I am any less ambitious than^other men, but I am too ambitious to have my death warrant now sealed, to take place four yq|& hence, airiT*lo be carried out T * -3 a. J* «• I am here to detract from no* man or party, and if I cannot say ?bmething in praise of several gentlemen who are can didates for the Presidenty, or the differ ent ticket: prijudicc. several candidates. I know them well, and none da.I know better than Stephen A. Douglas. I know him to be honest, faith- ilirotk Ai i>ri(,>:s.— IIxJhH io,.-* ,, jean ■u iSUIX'KIMlinOE.:—If made a^apfteeh BMpti'.h inst The n;cx: I will not say anything to their I am well acquainted witli the S^^^^O^tOjMhicc in tiie crowd ask-pH hhg/qn^Be Norfolk questionsqg&j hc sjnw Iiis candidate might answer for r %s|! ■Sfinsclf, but he [Mr. M.] would not . cr the clcclioiCM^icolu a sullidcfl#0|8S* for dissolution of the Union. mlMk' inridge we understand, ’.vaTik^BMHiMA- and heard distinctly the Mr. Jiarshali, and of course answered for himself, hut he didnfrido u. Mr. Breckinridge docs not dare to an swer the '-.questions. He is afraid ci ther to answer as Mr. Marshall did, or to take tho oposjte side. Can’t some of his friends, induce him to “screw his cour- age op to the answering.point?—Xath.. Patriot. lent, as for back as 1848 the South stantfo ugonAiierecord, bv her unanimous-vote in tfoa’Senpte^ and by the vote of a latge majority of her Represen tatives in the House, committed to the doctrine of QonJntetveafion.” TApnlause. 1 oritarlfeetoet Breckinridge. Wliile they motefoMar, «r ought to know, that it. urosMmeviteMy elect Lincoln. We do noClfoliere tliat if Dousrlas was to with drew today, and even go so far as to take' the stomp for Breckinridge, that there is ehjr power on earth that could prevent the cfoataon Of Lincoln. Douglas is the idol oflu party in The Northern States,..and snore especially in the great North West. TWy consider that he has been basely j treated by those for whom lie has sacri ficed oomuch, and for whose rights lie has so gallantly bottled in many li.ard fought content*. He and they arc abused and vinUtod-by tho supporters of Breckinridge. Yoo ted them that they are frees oilers, I and no better tluni abolitionists. Under Oon4ntervei^jjj)n.” [Applause.] Docclas Ticket is the Field.—Breck inridge’s last hope of Florida is gone.— Messrs. Pcdtm, Culpepper and Jones, are- announced as Electors for the “ Little Gi ant” in this State. . Gen. Peden has open ed the cantas in good earnest iri the East “Alas! poor. Yorfck.” Breck’s friends have 4^ted-on little Florida, but now she slips from his grasp. [Cheers.] .My mission, therefore, this season is not to make speeches for myself but to compare notes with you of Virginia and see whether there is no common that slavery was right, morally, religious ly and politically. He maintains that this is a government for white men and not for negroes. And that the Declara tion of Independence had no 'reference to the negro. Mr. Douglas has defeated tlic South when assailed by three thousand clergymen, by Iiigherlawism, and all other isms that were warring upon her rights and interests, even when her own repre sentatives were derelecC of duty. And how we are oaHcd upon to strike-down this man 1 Where, toy q—iisyiprn, is gratitude, or is there no justice in man? Mr. DougW lias been charged by the supporters of Mr. Breckinridge, as an in stance of his unjrorthinCBS of Southern support as having Vbted for She Wilrnot Proviso. This intention to prejudice the public mind at the South in relation to that vote, was wrong and unjust Mr. Douglas never-supported the Wilmot Pro viso, only when instructed as a Senator by bis State; and before and after testing his rote he protested against the princi- The tables are turn ed. It’s the Giant, killing Jack—no lon ger “ Jack the Giant killer.” The Doug las men of the State so long haired and browbeaten by the Yancy-Breckinridge- men, have at last asserted their indepen dence and the ides^of No.re»b«r will show many a voter for the Popster Soveseigra. Jhi* ticket gtetfipSkU to Bell without a^toubt u Soteushfor B<*ckingham:”^ IMeride Smith el. Teumessee. ’Sn The Breckinridge leaders of Tennessee, becoming .alarmed, seduced'* young man on the Douglas ticket to make* propose tion for a fusion between the two wings of the party. So confident was the Brtck- inridgers that it would be adopted, that they openly admitted that them, wax no chance to defeat Bell in the State unless tfll! put tj -should unite; But we>ee. that the proposition will not be sanctioned by the Douglas men, as it was to enure en tirely to the benefit of Breckinridge;— Maj. W. H. Polk, brother of the late Pres ident Polk, and J. Knox Walker, Presi dent Polk’s nephew and private Secretary are doing yeoman, service for Douglas and Johnson, and show no disposition to ScD out to the seceders. Some of the Breck inridge speakers claim Tennessee, but there is no- possible dunce for them to carry tiie State; In Memphis there is n Douglas Club in every ward in the city, and so perfect k the organization, that they can nor tell about how the vote <f the citj will ga TbW^estimated vote k WOO, of wWch Douglas will receive 1750, suppeto that they eoald be transferred to the support of Breckinridge. They are actuated by principle, and a disposition to give every section her jnst rights. They hare no interests to be sacrificed by the rule of an abolitionist or freesolar, as wa of the South have. A la-ge portion of theaa would probably not vote, should their cherished leader be stricken down, or withdrawn, and thus permit the dec- tion to ga by default It would be pre sutetag ten mock upon hrnnm nature to suppose they would support men who have heaped every conceivable abuse and insult upon th^m and their fovorite. No ■rail who takes a correct view’ of the nut ter can desire flic withdrawal of Me. 'J#ou»;- las unless he wants to see -Abe Lincoln elected. . - one of the meat jpteresting features at the Fair. - The addleea was delivered by the Hon. D. W. Lewis, of Hancock, on last Thurs day. He had a large audience to listen to him, and we hope all were profited by the interesting address. Mr. Lewis is one of those gentlemen of Handock, who by their judicious system of culture, have brought the poor pine lands of that County to e- qual in their prodnctiois, tha most fertile lands in the State . We will publish* list of the prenuunK- so soon as we are furnished with a-copy. : pesogntphj Acquired in Eifte»mui- utes. Any person desirous of reaming abort band in an incredibly short space of time can do so by procuring Garry’s Steno graphic Chart Hk system is an abbre viation of less than one-eighth off common writing and js practiced by more, report ers than any ether ej8tem.nalr reuse.— After acquiring it, all that k necessary to- report a speech or sermon is practice.— Price of ebast with foil instructions, one dollar; ten copiesfer five dollars; Perfect satisfaction guaraanteed or money refun ded James E. Qoinman, agent, Monti cello,, Sullivan county, New York. “Any newspaper giving the above (with, this paragraph) one insertion, wiH.be. en titled to a copy.” We’ll take a. copy, Mr. Q. A preyer meeting was heRl on. the 4th., a calamity, I trust In God, k not going to JM 1 1500 amPBreckinridge 850l The he kifiietedon this country, and I am sat- Memphk Appeal says thS estimate will' kflad that it wift net be tins time, [tea- be very near the vote whep polled. Thk a earn applause] But if unhappily, it does not look much like Brcckiuridgejwill shaH oaeur, it wifi'he the work of the se- cany Tennessee. ceaionntB who baked at Baltimore.— ♦ — [Thanders of applause;} There k not' a 3“ The Georgia State Fair will be man of (wains in all America who does not held in Atlanta from the 23d to 27th Oc- know that if they had Staid in the conven j tober in=L and 5th of September, at Glasgow, Scot land at which there were present abop$, fifteen thousand persons.
