MR. You are aware he has energized which i chosen up against the offers, whereby We starved brand new soldiers who had been aside fighting the new matches of the nation. I say that Ficklin knows it is incorrect. [Loud applause.] In the event the Legal now says he even offers which as an excellent variety of a flat-out over everything i considered-day inside the mention of Trumbull’s charges, then i encourage him which he generated it fees just before We told you a term throughout the Trumbull’s. He put so it submit during the Ottawa, the 1st time i found one on one; plus in the hole message one to Courtroom Douglas produced, the guy attacked me regarding an issue 10 years dated. Isn’t really the guy a pretty guy as crying about someone and come up with costs up against your just two years old. [Thank you.]
When one charge are produced submit from the Chicago Times , the latest Springfield Register (Douglas body organ) reminded the days your fees most put on John Henry: and i also do know that John Henry is and work out speeches and you will fiercely stressed getting Court Douglas
This new Judge believes it’s completely incorrect that we must have dwelt on this charges regarding Trumbull’s whatsoever. I offered the fresh apology to own doing this within my starting message. Possibly it didn’t enhance their interest. I mentioned that when Legal Douglas are talking in the places where We talked to your succeeding big date, he used extremely severe code about it fees. A couple of minutes later on We said I experienced confidence within the Courtroom Trumbull’s veracity and you will cleverness; and my own personal viewpoint was, about what I know of reputation out of Courtroom Trumbull, he carry out vindicate his position, and you may prove any sort of he’d stated to be true. It We regular 2 or 3 times; after which I fell it, rather than stating anything else about the subject for months—maybe 1 month. I introduced they of the in the place of seeing it at all till We available at Jacksonville, Court Douglas, on the plenitude of their fuel, is not prepared to address Trumbull and you will i want to by yourself; but the guy happens truth be told there and uses that it language: “He cannot hereafter inhabit their time in refuting such as costs made by Trumbull, however, that Lincoln, having indorsed the character out-of Trumbull getting veracity, the guy Page 184 is always to hold your (Lincoln) responsible for the newest slanders.” The thing that was Lincoln accomplish? [Humor.] Performed the guy maybe not perform correct, when he met with the complement options of appointment Judge Douglas right here, to inform him he had been in a position to your duty? [Keen cheering, “an excellent, an excellent. Hurrah to own Lincoln!”] We query a frank listeners whether into the creating for this reason Courtroom Douglas wasn’t the brand new assailant in lieu of I? [“Yes, sure, Hit your again!”] Here I satisfy him face-to-face and you can state I’m happy to grab the responsibility in terms of they rests up on me.
LINCOLN—That is the knowledge
Having done this, I ask the interest for the audience toward concern whether I’ve succeeded inside preserving the brand new costs [“yes,” “yes”], and you can if Legal Douglas features at all been successful inside rebutting they? [Loud cries away from “no, no.”] All to you heard me phone call up on him to state hence regarding such bits of facts try a great forgery ? Do the guy point out that the thing i present here because a duplicate of the completely new Toombs expenses are good forgery? [“Zero,” “zero.”] Do he declare that the things i establish due to the fact a copy from the bill said by himself try a great forgery? [“No 
,” “no,” “no.”] Otherwise what is actually demonstrated because a good transcript in the Globe , of quotations from Bigler’s message are good forgery? [Zero, zero, no.] Really does he say the quotations out of his own speech was forgeries? [“Zero,” “zero,” “no.”] Really does the guy state which transcript from Trumbull’s address is a beneficial forgery? [Noisy whines out of “no, no.” “The guy don’t refuse among them.”] I would personally upcoming should know the way it comes about, when each piece regarding a story holds true, the whole facts looks like false? [Great many thanks and you may laughter.] I take it these folks have some experience; they see obviously one to Court Douglas is to play cuttlefish, [Laughter] a tiny types of fish that has zero mode regarding safeguarding alone when pursued but because of the wasting a black colored fluid, that renders the water so dark this new opponent don’t see it and therefore it escapes. [Roars of humor.] Is not this new Judge to tackle the brand new cuttlefish? [“Sure, sure,” and many thanks.]
