The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-12-25

hepuphcan ranks are industrious in spreading |
facts before the people for the next four years,
we can hardly fail of reaping rich harvest in
1860.
Martins Ferry, Belmont county, Ohio, Dec. |
This is a renewal of my old club of last |
year, to each of which the Era has become |
not only fixed fact, but one of the necessaries
of life.
l see that the Republicans at different points
are recognizing for the Presidential contest in
1860, under the banner of Fremont. The or
ganization is all right enough; but it is very
questionable whether the designation of can
didate thus early is not premature. Because
he was good standard-bearer in the campaign
that has just ended-the best, perhaps, that
could have been selected-it does not necessa-
rily follow that he will be best qualified to lead
the, hosts of Freedom in 1860. The ever-vary-
ing and cohstantly-increasing demands of Sla-
very may raise new questions, and force new
Issues upon US in the next campaign, with
which be may not so entirely coincide as some
of tho old and tried friends of Freedom; or new
exigencies may bring new man into promi-
hence, just as Colonel Fremont himself became
the representative of the Republican idea of
1856. | have no wish to disparage Colonel
Fremont, but would rather sacrifice the man
for principle, than principle for man. Meas
ures, not men, is, or should be, the Republican
motto Truly, your friend, ]. 81. DRESNEN.
Lansing, Michigan, Nor. 1--we have Clio.
riously triumphed in Michigan. The Republi-
cans seem fully determined to commence an
other campaign. Notwithstanding the election
of Buchanan, they are unsubdued in spirit, and
are determined to crush out the spirit of Sla-
very Propagandism.
l consider your paper the most reliable one
In America, but the price is too high to enable
me to give it large circulation, as there are
so many cheaper ones. But, as a printer, 1
know the Era is offered sufficiently low.
Portage City, Wisconsin, Dec 4-This State
is Republican by $4,000 majority, on a correct
canvass. Our aggregate vote in Wisconsin is
l22,500, and we have but three members of
Congress. The aggregate vote in Mr. Billing
bursts district is more than 1000, showing
that he represents larger constituency than
any other member.
Our Legislature. stands Senate-Republi.
cans 10, Opposition IL; ACKNOWLEDGMENT
cans 81, Opposition 81 We are not disheart-
ened in the least. Our Republican vote last
year was $4,000; now, it is more than $1,000.
Truly, thine, NJ NJ. DAVIS.
Heyn&ls DeIapqre, 1IM mo, 2lst.-There
has been decided change in favor of Repub.
licanism in Delaware since the election. The
strong vote given by the North and West for
Fremont has surprised and encouraged many
who were timid and wavering, and who now
openly express their preference for Fremont
and Freedom; and though Rum and Slavery
time is not distant when our little State will be
disenthralled from their baleful influence, and
stand up an advocate of right.
An old friend in Indiana sending us thirty
dollars worth of subscribers, says:
Monroe County, Indiana, Dec. 3.-Accord
ing to your proposition, am entitled TO the
Era for two years, or during life, for l am in
my 18th year-too old to read much longer.
In 1860, believe we will be able to bear
down all opposition to Freedom, not only in
Indiana, but in all the free States. It is not
worth while to mourn and lament for our mis-
fortunes IN the tGte election We will pick the
aint and try them again.
We commend him as an example to Younger
men.-Ed. Ere
kenSington, Pa, Dec. Ill am an editor, |
and receive far more papers than am able to
read, and had thought of disseminating nv
subscription to the Era but think it very |
important to the cause that it should be well |
sustained. There are few editors with whose |
course have been better pleased than yours |
Had the Republican party throughout this
State courted the American party less, feel |
pretty we'll satisfied that the result of the late |
election in this State would have been far more |
favorable to our cause. | know a number of
members OF my congregation withheld their |
support, from the influence of suspicion that
the triumph of the Republican party would
operate favorably to the cause of Know Moth.
lnglsm. do hope the party in all the States
will hereafter keep aloof from all affiliations |
Surely we have an issue distinct, tangible, and |
important enough to render all uniOns unne-
cessary; and, if unnecessary, they only prove
suicidal. Allow me, therefore, with all respect, |
to express the hope that you will continue to |
recommend the same independent policy that |
has distinguished your excellent paper from
the beginning. Under the controlling inhu- |
ence OF this policy, our cause, even if its pro- |
gress should not be so rapid, will have a far |
more permanent aud reliable basis. Assured |
as | am, that, if justice and truth are to pre-
vail in this country, it is destined to triumph,
| feel particularly anxious that it should be |
free from all "entangling alliances" Any ad-
mixture with foreign elements will only tend
to paralyze the energies of its true friends and
detract from the glory of its ultimate triumph.
These affiliations have their origin in the want
of faith in the great principles of truth and
right, which constitute the vital energies of our
cause.
Patriot, Ind, Dec. 2-Enclosed, please find
two dollars, my subscription for the coming
year. | have been a subscriber to your valu-
able paper for the last eight years. ] am now
in the seventy-eighth year of my ages my
sight has grown dim, and l feel much of the
bodily infrmities attendant on old age; but
can't do without the Era. You may set me
down subscriber to your paper as long as /
can see to read and as long as have a heart
to beat, l will still pray for the success of the
principles advocated in it.
Your friend, Mrs. DAN. B. GURLEY.
Fort Madison, Io,oa, Dec. 5.-The result of
the contest Just passed through is not what we
expected and hoped. The facts brought to
light are however, encouraging to us Republ-
cans. They are ouch as to compel our oppo-
nents to concede that our victory is only defer
red for time. The friends of equal rights
and Freedom must stand shoulder to shoulder,
to sustain their principles. If the rallyipg cry
OF many OF our opponents is to be Slavery and
Disunion, as they at present indicate, as the
struggle between Freedom and Slavery goes
on, it will add numbers and strength to the
Republican cause, from among those who voted
against 1t at the last election. We are dis
tinctly pledged to sustain Liberty, Justice, and
the Union of the States, and are not, like the
sham Democracy, in league with those who
openly unite to concert measures to break up
or dissolve the Confederacy. Patriots in every
section will yet be found rallying against the
Nuliders, and, / trust, in such numbers in the
South, as to overawe aud thwart them in their
reasonable designs, and establish free speech
and free presses among themselves. Appear
ances in Kansas are rather against us now