ery is voted up or voted down." At least Northern public opinion must cease to care anything about it. Southern public opinion may, without offense, continue to care as much as it pleases.

Welcome or unwelcome, agreeable or disagreeable, whether this shall be an entire slave nation is the issue before us. Every incident— every little shifting of scenes or of actors-only clears away the intervening trash, compacts and consolidates the opposing hosts, and brings them more and more distinctly face to face. The conflict will be a severe one; and it will be fought through by those who do care for the result, and not by those who do not care-by those who are for, and those who are against, a legalized national slavery. The combined charge of Nebraskaism and Dred-Scottism must be repulsed and rolled back. The deceitful cloak of "self-government," wherewith "the sum of all villainies" seeks to protect and adorn itself, must be torn from its hateful carcass. That burlesque upon judicial decisions, and slander and profanation upon the honored names and sacred history of republican America, must be overruled and expunged from the books of authority.

To give the victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only are necessary.

when the Supreme Court of four judges, because of and one expected to be ma by the adding of five new ber; that he, Judge Dou part in that onslaught, down on the bench as o judges. I suggest to hir tions how far judges hav advance, when appointe stances, and how far a c prostituted beneath the c man is better posted to: once been entirely throu Still no response, ex Dred Scott decision!" me in saying that Judg Dred Scott decision ur circumstances-circum question, "Why does h ciously? Why does h life? Why, with a for hostility to judic any living man, does votion that nothing and this country, 1 thing. With it, no nothing can succee sentiment goes

down." At least Northst cease to care anything

Kublic opinion may, with

to care as much as it

Mlcome, agreeable or disThis shall be an entire slave

My ex fore us. Every incidentof scenes or of actors-only

4vening trash, compacts and es Myosing hosts, and brings them Himatnstinctly face to face. The ****** f severe one; and it will be the chances those who do care for the The third those who do not care-by finging of Drets and those who are against, a ter, and holding kim slavery. The combined did not operate hi aism and Dred-Scottism must

This point is made overnment," wherewith "the ately but if acquies" seeks to protect and adorn ustain the logical corn from its hateful carcass. Rroft's master might upon judicial decisions, and the tree State of Iofanation upon the honored

rolled back. The deceitful

history of republican America, nd expunged from the books

to the right, not bloody lots only are necessary.

Thanks to our good old Constitution, and organization under it, these alone are necessary. It only needs that every right thinking man shall go to the polls, and without fear or prejudice vote as he thinks.

FIFTH JOINT DEBATE, AT GALESBURG, ILLINOIS, October 7, 1858.

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Mr. Douglas's Opening Speech.

ADIES AND GENTLEMEN: Four years ago I appeared before the people of Knox County for the purpose of defending my political action upon the compromise measures of 1850 and the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska bill. Those of you before me who were present then will remember that I vindicated myself for supporting those two measures by the fact that they rested upon the great fundamental principle that the people of each State and each Territory of this Union have the right, and ought to be permitted to exercise the right, of regulating their own domestic concerns in their own way, subject to no other limitation or restriction than that which the Constitution of the United States imposes upon them. I then called upon the people of Illinois to decide whether that principle of self-government was right or wrong. If it was and is right, then the compromise measures of 1850 were right, and, consequently, the Kansas and