The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-12-30

heal hostility of leading South Americans to
platform lavoring free white labor in
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Extracts from our Correspondence.
!. s.l. Dec l9.--l hold that your press was
81 more Importance 10 the cause than
not even ia the most gloomy periods of
conflict; ior then we at least knew our
l,. and colld count upon those that would
... firm. Now, On the contrary, we cannot
from day To day what new project may be
rsr.d - distract US. We have some, even in
ga,.achusetts, who conceive the great end to
= 20 scl the power-no matter how-get the
,5a.r. and then make the Anti-Slavery after
.ard, For such people your policy is anything
in agreeable They will not denounce you,
/ /, true: but theywill very quietly recommend
,,methng else-the Tribune, for example,
q the Boston Journal.
need not say how entirely / accord with
,5a in all of your late articles. They will have
tendency to consolidate the hearty Anti-Sla-
7ery men. and to enable them to resist the
temptations Of entangling alliances. Ny own
yfcy has always been of liberal cast towards
al men who will concede the single point of
| 2
La,r always rejected, and [ trust shall hereafter
coltlnue 10 reject, every combination formed
On the basis OF the mere acquisition of power,
eiloul regard TO the specific purpose for which
ii, effort 10 attain it is worth making at all.
Herein your press has always been comfort
nr. look to it now with the same conf
dt.rs that have ever had.
Ir5,r F,cmom o.. IoacG, Dec. l3.-The
T.l difficulty ia obtaining subscribers is the
af,i,g Of money. Several. who would have
sl -rbrd. could not get the money to pay !;
aal f., they have plenty Of property, but it is
hc cash III hand.
ib.rr has been a great advance i'll Anti-Sa-
,r, ointment or perhaps should say forard
q. tf u does not come up 10 my standard gen
a.s ~ilhn the four wears have been in this
r..on.
When came INTO the county, four years ago,
l-rr scarcely man in the county, out OF
larr. who would cast an Anti-Slavery or Re
'..cin vote. aud there was a bitter hostility
Hn.t ou little colony, on account OF orr
.r heiig Anti Slavery. Many of these
Id now read yoilr paper with interest, and
'." Gee 3-t.tr state of things IN the fu-
There one objection to the Ere, for which
q afc n", io blame. nor can YOU remedy. we
sulHe. II doe, not come regularly, and IT
| l0iRn;iy fail, To come al all. We get our
} ark papers regularly. and in from eight
l 'i da,,; but W. never get the Err IN less
l-n twenty DAYS, and frequently two az three
I ta-r. II Is now more than four weeks be
at t.u- This Is one difficulty in obtaining
/ >'rihcr,; where the fault is, we do not
ls4. Four numbers have failed to reach Us
Ir,s,nt volume Numbers back. during
faue aud summer, always feel sorry It
Ar h-.,c Just had quite an 4, citement IN oul
'',. p,ca i"ned by the escapr of two slaves
ih.ir master in Nebraska City, Great
81 ea- mad, Ia find them. but without sue
House, were searched men abused. and
81 Ac. think it will open the eyes ot
-r 90 ihr true nature of Slavery.
j ra' public convenience is this post of
o' iNc.t, days from Washington To Tabor
81. i.' only cighi or ten from New York
ame.ai! Wen Try 10 find a remedy Ell
Marlborough, Massachusetts,. Dee. 23.-l
1'" h'en reader of the Era from the
canning. and II has become to me Il neces
.s - iiie. have never read paper IN
'Airh ! found little TO dissent from, and sc
-rh m tie views set forth so eminently true
'-' just. and SO ably advocated. The charac
VI 81 the literary department of the paper
'o' has always been Of a high order. was
specially pleased with your views of the ex
ioNehcy al the great Republican Party of the
''lAiry putting out of sight their distinctive
i"hup'eS. for the sake of forming "a conglomer
a. 'flo,iiIon paryof heterogeneous elements
'4''e ehlei bond of union should be the desire
Substitute ono set of men for another in the
-''fN oi "o'crnmrnl Such policy would
Formed
-" sorry That the Err is not more ade-
IN tanned hope, for your sake, and
''e Tor The sake of The good cause, it will
iaf-' accession 10 it's subscription list
f'F 3" come. Yours, respectfully,
HoRATIo ALGER.
-'''" Ctar,."'oa. Dee H.. l3.-The paper
-1' '' pndlates the idea of doing evil that good
come or. IN other words, is opposed to
:, sNuerllis principle for the sake OF policy
ne one that should commend itself to the
81 consideration of a party having prin
P''9 worth preserving, as. trust, the princi
p. % The Republican party are.
me- no doubt, will demonstrate the folly o
eourse recommended by some of the Repub
r, raFers' OF uniting with the Opposition, fol
P1'l pose OF securing the return of Anti. lie
''on members to the House of Representa
tan: Rejoice that such counsels did not pre-
o.I ~ Limos; for, although Douglas has nm
5''edly secured his return to the Senate.
"uch rather the slime Of his devious anC
'uOus way should besmear the members O
own party than Republicans. Besides. tb.
|. PDnHcans, having obtained so glorious a vic
"a THAT hitherto Democratic State. know
uleir success had been achieved by al
'I n eommendation of their principles. anf
MI; .Ielr adoption by majority Of the people
o ach Tact they could not have known. had the,
6seh'eq to have gone into the canvass witt
h principles complicated with the policy O
Douglas Democrats.
o.I. nohor to the gallant Lincoln and his abb,
H. 1IIors, through whose perseverine effort
nsh' OF Republican truth was made TO meme
'S NE murky clouds of Douglass Democrat,
'SS-SlaVery sophistry.
soon or late, is the sure guerdon O
Ete,naia and uncompromising adherence to tn,
principles OF justice and right; and