SUii tbere was wanted an occasion, anip
that occasion was gtven in an hour of mads*
nuns the Democratic pirty and Almin strW"
tion, with tbe sympathy, or at least thf
aequieacenoe, of the old line Whigs and th#$
native Americans, refused to allow tu§*
State of Kansas to exercise the perfect freest
i dota in chooHtng between liberty and slavery
I wbioh tbey bad promised to her, except sh#
should exercise it in ftvor of slavery. Theft
came tue hour. We had then, fellow-citizen^
tbe material for a parti we bad the occasio®
\r a pam and the Republican party sjiranjr
into existence at onee, fuil armed. Ipriu
never knowingly do ev 1 tbat good may corn*
of it I wiii never even wish tbat others
do evil that good may oome of it and fof i
thi simpls reason tbat 1 know evil to be oeitiKf
turn, aod the g.iod only possible or problet
bleoif
mor|tr
why not withdraw from the field? For thi'
simple reasoa that if the victor retires frofli
tbe Held, tbe vanquished will then coma
back, ..nd the battle will nfit bs won. Wh|r
should the victor withdraw, and surrend#
Dot of force, but of reason. [Applause U
returns kindneas for unkindness fervently ip«
oeised
prea»dao«e%
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loyalty for demonstration* of disio|*
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