New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-05-11
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dispose of THEN Affairs th~ir way We s.ni no TS
Reptbc,I. u ino. understand their ba.ioe.' best and
mus. he SLOWED 70 choose their mode OF doug ".
ruf a. o ifs Ne Ses slSf nd S New pse
eIty and svey pointing out for the guidance o. ,S ps
ss II the Illinois Republicans were children nDnies such
ae.on from the PIs Of o,he s.s We, s.aa q sdo% not
the East and tbs. political ssssdty and common sen, St
si my Ies1ns r.: S1ss R5"sea1 .sd ii
Eastern contemporaries TO mind thsir own ou,ns,t sna s
mind W ben he Republicans Of aoi. s BE- IN wan o.
their advice they viii let them know IT. but til then let US
alone"
We do not know what The Republican has said
to call forth this rather puDgent than courteous re-
monstrance, but the reference TO Eastern poIu'
seal friends," to "New-York and New England
"pspers," and TO "wise Eastern contemporaries,
is 30 broad that those most anxious to "mind their
Gown business" cannot possibly mistake its drlit'
1t is not The Springfield Republican only or mainly
il lie the Republican Press of the Atlantic States
which has drawn down OH itself this severe rebuke
by its untimely and impolitic commentators OF
Senator Douglas. We protest against the justice
of this sweeping censure.
If our Massachusetts contemporary has been ad'
yisDg the Republicans of Illinois whom to support
or not support for L. S. Senator, we do not defend
that " interference" Let Illinois designate and
elect her own Senators; and if the Republicans
have the ascendency in her next Legislature, they
will of course elect the man of their choice 1t is
understood that their preferences are very generally
though informally concentrated on the Hon. ABRA-
HAM LINCOLN of Springfield, widely known as one
of the truest and most effective advocates of Repub-
lican principles. Should he be chosen to the
Senate, he will prove one of its abest members,
and an honor to those who elected him to represent
them In that august assemblage. Should the
Republicans have power to choose, and exert that
power in bis favor, we know of no right and no dis.
position in any Republican to resist or controt them.
Yet there is contingency in which even he might
be elected-a manner of effecting such choice
that would cause such election to be viewed with
regret by Republicans in other States, and which
would give them, in our judgment, abundant reason
for expressing that regret. We alude to secret
coalition between certain Republican leaders and
the little faction Of postmasters, tide walters,
ard Federal office. seekers, who, for the sake of
their dirty pudding, present aud hoped for, pretend
to approve the LecOmptOn fraud, and are now
bounding on the track of Senator Douglas. Any
spring copnIving with this pack on the part
of the Republicans of Illinois, no matter by what
name CLOSED under what preteIts yelled, would be
regarded by Republicans in other States with pro-
found disfavor-a sentiment which they would be
likely to express though at the risk of mourning
fresh rebukes from The Chicago Journal.
For while the Republicans of Illinois have the
right to designate their own candidates
and the Republicans of other States
have all equal right-which does not seem to be
every where col ceded-to express their appreciation
of the conduct Of statesman, even though belong
ing to adverse party and residing in tue State OF
Illinois. And it is not to be disguised that they do
regard the course of Senator Douglas throughout
the Lecomptsn struggle with an emphatic approva
which borders on admiration. They have seen him
separate himself from a triumphant and almost
inyincble Administration, which had honors to
dispense and millions to disburse, Drawing the de-
nunclatons of the party organization and party
press which had for twenty years borne him onward
from triumph to triumph, and from indigence and
obscurty to Opulence and distincton-they have
seen him incur the deadly and unquenchable hatred
Of the Slave Power, blasting in moment all his
reasonable hopes of attaining the Presidency through
the machinery and the spell of the Democratic
paIty-and for what Changes like John Cal
houn's, from a PROSTATE minority to an lnvincible
majority, are easily accounted for; but when
statesman go high in position, in power and in
hopes, separates himself from triumphant ma
ioIity TO fight mOmentOus battle on the side of
minority to whom be had always stood in deadly
opposition, it is scarcely reasonable to attribute
that char ge to any motive which does not honor his
cOnscientiousness and his courage And it seems
to us particularly ungracious in those TO whom he
has thus lent the weight of his powerful arm to
unite with his and their implscable adyer,sries in
dspsrseing his motives, tettliDg bis influence, aud
par zirg his exertions.
We speak only of what has been. Judge
Douglas, in the future as in the remoter pact, may
be found standr in deadly hostility to that National
policy which seems to US dictated by the most vital
Interests of our country and of mankind. He may
see fit to foster and iDfame the spirit of Fibuster.
ism, or desire to annex OF oyerran fofegn proyin-
ces. peopled by ignorant aid degrad, races, which
Gems to us at once at deadly with the spirit of
gel uine democracy and with the peace and safety
lie internal development and growth, the moral and
material well-beDg, of our own favored lard. On
The Protection of Home Industry, the opening OF
new territories to Slavery, the systematic improve
ment of our Rivers aid HarbOrs, We may again be
found, as We were for nerly found battling ear
nestly sgain.t his speeches and his votes But,
however pointed may be our future differ
epces-and We do Lot mince phrases with