Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-07-24
Four Months TIL Harvest.

| Liberty. Much of the seed has fallen on the
| highway,and has been trodden under foot BY men
who think of nothing but present gains much
has fallen upon stony ground-iike that of the
Hard Democracy'ian has either been devoured
by uncleen birds, or springing up prematurely,
rs in the Buffalo patch, has withered for lack of
sustenance at the root; much has been choked
| by thorns Of political cxpediency and comprom-
Use, or torn by the Demon of Slavery. Yet in
spite OF adverse influences, the seeds of Liberty
have been widely sown in the minds of the peo-
| pls--principles have root ard sprung up in vi.
gorous resolve--and now the harvest draweth
nigh. Say ye not there are yet four months
and then cometh the harvest" NoreRbsr shall
come to us laden with fruit of wears of toll They
that have sown in tears shall reap in Joy aud
the sons OF Freedom shall shout the harvest
home.
| But while we confidently anticipate this Is the
result of the Presidential canvass We must be-
ware OF supinely trusting to the mere native force
! of principles to accomplish it. AS we'll trust to
mere laws Of nature to produce a harvest with
out the labor Of man 1t we imagine that by the
unanimous adoption of the Republican, platform
at Philadelphia, and the nomination otcandidates
whose names inspire universal respect,conh-
dence, hope, enthusiasm in the Free States, the
cause OF freedom.has received an impulse which
will carry it forward by its own momentum, we
shall discover our mistake when il will be to late
TO retrive it. That large majority ofthe people
ofthe United States are opposed to the extension
OF slavery, there can be no doubt we believe
| this to be true of the South as well as Of the
North-that large majority of the voters in the
Free States are in favor OF admitting Kansas in.
/ to the Union under Free State Constitution, is
equally clear; and we cannot doupt that if the
vote of the whole people could be taken to-day
upon the adoption of either the Cincinnati or the
Philadelphia platform as the policy of the next
Administration there would be very decided
| majority for the principles of Union and Freedom
laid down in the latter But in all our specua-
lions about the issue of the contest, it must be
remembered that a popular majority throughout
the Union does not ofcourse determine who shall
! be President 4 majority of the electoral col
| lege-in whichthe vote is taken by States, and
lectors chosen, by bare majority, or as in most
States, by plurality of voters in their States
cast the entire vote OF that State-a majority of
actual electors for the President may represent
minority of the voters throughout the Union -
Every lawful effort must therefore be made to
secure in every Free State a majority for the
electoral ticket of the Republican party.
Could men be found in the South OF sufficient
moral courage TO run as electors upon that ticket
and to expound its principles in open debate, a
very heavy vote could be polled in some South
ern States for the Republican candidates. But
that is hardly to be expected Whether the
Buchanan, or shall divide their strength between
Mr.. Buchanan and Mr.. Fillmore, the result for
the Republican party will be the same. Either
the buchanan and Fillmore electors will make a
compromise in the electoral college, or the House
OF Representatives., in which the Administration
could command a majority in q vote taken by
| States would of course elect Mr.. Buchanan
In all our calculation therefore, we must concede
to the Cincinnati platform the entire electoral
vote of the slaveholding States. That vote is
l2O out of 296 leaving to the Free States ex-
cess of rs votes. This relative strength of the
parties makes victory easy to the united North
and West. But of the as votes in favor of the
! North aud West OF Pennsylvania shall give her
vote tor MIR. Buchanan, the slave-extension party
! VIII number l47 votes in the electoral college,
lacking but one of tie aud but tlco Of majority.
IL pennsylvania shall vote for slavery the friends
OF freedom must carry every other Free State to
counterbalance that vote. If they should carry
pennsylvania, they can spare two or three small
Ter States but the risk is too imminent to admit
o. tHterdrnReSS any1chere! Every point must
be carried or ali may be lost
In view of this close risk in the electoral col
lege, the friends Of freedom cannot afford to be
idle IN any part of the common field. The fields
are already white to the harvest but the work
OF harvesting is yet to be done. While the har-
vest IS SO penteous and promising, there is dan
ger that it will be lost for lack of laborers We
fifty thousand Christians whom our voice NAV
reach, there is work for YOU TO do-for every
one ofyou; work to be done promptly, diligently,
earnestly, to secure this harvest for freedom and
tor Christianity. The Master calls upon you to
arise and redeem this fair heritage Of freedom
from the blight and curse of slavery Behold he
has set before you an open door; but there are
many adversarles. For the first time in the his
tory OF this nation, the question OF sanctioning
federal
right OF humanity, with every principle of our
Constitution, with all that is virtuous and glor-
louS IN our history, with every interest and hope
OF our country, with every precept of the Bible
the question oflegislating into existence upon
a new soil a system which robs man Of his man I
hood aud woman of her chastity, and both Of
their right to the family, to the fruits of their
toll, and to the Word of God-the question of
adopting the system of slavery as an integral part
of our national Institutions, is to be submitted |
to the whole people at the ballot box. Shall the !
demands of the Slave Oligarchy be sanctioned 2 !
Shall this government exist for the interests of !
Slavery The indignant voice Of Patriotism
cries out, "No, never the solemn voice of His |
tory warns US, mo, never" the earnest voice !
of Christianity cries IN our ears, "No, never"
and the aroused consciences of millions protest,
mo, never"
To combine these voices OF Patriotism, of His
tory. of Christianity, of Cons cience in one de-
termined and final expression at polls, is the end
for which all Christians should labor from this |
time till the harvest There is work for every
one; fer minieters and private Christians for
the man of wealth and leisure for the profess
sional man, the merchant and the manufacturer,
for young men in Cities for farmers and meehan-
les for the day la5orer work for the wife and !
mother as well as for the husband and son; work
for every friend of God and man BY private
conversation and by public addresses by dis
tributing speeches, pamphlets, newspapers, that
plead for Truth and Liberty; by canvassing dis !
tricts for public meeting; by contributions in |
money, in time in personal effort by difusing
light and above all, by earnest prayer to the |
great Lord of the harvest, let every one labor
TO gather in the great harvest, of freedom, with I
exceeding joy. Y. Independent.
The editor Of the st. Louis Democrat writing from
Jefferson City, the coptal of Missouri, on the 18th
nit, says:
:'There are cannon in jefferson City but two