St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-07
The Next President,

The Next President.
The Presidential future begins to be
discussed. The elements are various
and curious. Many in the South look
forward for the candidate at the
Charleston Convention, while others
say that the North must have the
President-the only way to protect
ourselves is to secure the North with
the Office, and be sure that the man is
ours. As to the Republican party, it
is impossible to predict anything
The patriotic votes on the Crittenden-
Montgomery bill by the Republicans
of the last session will compel an Or
ganization Oh broader principles. Cor
wins national IVA in Ohio, Gree
ley's concession to popular sovereign
ty, and the indisposition of the Repub-
licans to accept the doctrine of emo
more slave States" indicate that the
days of sectionalism are numbered.
The Democratic party is embarrassed
and divided by the mad policy of the
general Administration, and unless
this policy is rebuked and repudiated,
the act of the Administration will per.
petuate these divisions. Nobody is
daring enough to present any man for
the Presidency. 1t is a very safe cal.
culation, however, that none of the en-
gineers of Lecompton have: the slight
est chance. Those of them who hal
from the South are already doomed,
because the people in that quarter
find that the end of the English bill
has been to deceive them most shame
fully. If the Democrats stand upon
the popular principle they may win
the prize {; but if the Administration
is permitted to make their platform, il
will be a scaffold to any candidate.
The personal divisions in the South
are notorious, and will soon exhibit
themselves to the world. The only
man in that region who scars above
the politicians is Wise-and he is to-
day more loved and feared than any
man in his State, if not in all the slave
States. IIc wins 10y bold blows, not
by calculation, and battles the plans
of the tricksters of parties with great
adroitness.
If Douglas should succeed in being
reelected to the Senate, it is quite
probable that the Charleston Convcn.
ton will nominate him for President.
and perhaps Wise of Virginia, or
Jones Of Tennessee, for Vice Presi
dent. But if Douglas fails in his pres,
ent campaign all is lost to him, and
Buchanan is quite as likely to be the
nominee of the Charleston Convention
as any one.
a large amount of clcctionccrine
has been done in this county of late
by Office seekers and their friends, and
it is said that pledges have been ex'
torted from voters in in
stances to support II candidate OF
another. When it is considered how
10th the candidates themselves are to
make pledges, and of how little value
they are when made, we think the
freemen, who are sovereign until their
votes are parted with, should keep
themselves free, and go to the polls
unplcdged to any candidate. The
Bible says I'VE know not what a day
may bring FORTH" and this is especial,
ly true with regard to Office seekers
and politicians. We would suggest
that freemem should give pledges to nc
candidate, but wait until the day OF
election comes, and then, after having
weighed the matter thoroughly, walk
up to the polls and deposit their bal,
lots for the most suitable and most
worthy candidates. Even then, there
will be t~reachery enough.