Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-09-21
The Original and Chief purpose of
Che X epubiaeanA.

In his speech at Columbus Ohio, on Friday
10th inst, the Hon. ABE. LINCOLN is reported
to have said
al believe that there is great danger Of the
the institution of negro slavery being spread
out and extended and ultimately made alike
lawful in all the states of this Union and
SO believing, to prevent that incidental and
Intimate consummation, is the original and
chief purpose OF the Republican organization
I saw the chief purpose Of the Republican
organization. for IL is certainty true that II
the national house shall fall into the hands
of the Republicans. they will have 10 attend
to all the other matters OF the national house
keeping"
Evidently, upon this authority, the Black
Republicans are whiting their creed and
purposes down 10 an exceedingly fne pOiut
Thcy have now but itte 10 stand upon If
their chief purpose is truly stated TO be, 10
prevent slavery from becoming alike lawful
in all the States Of this Union. AS it is
universally agreed that the States have
supreme control of the subject within their
own limits the chief business of the Republi-
cans to accomplish their chief purposes. would
be TO see that the Legislatures of the free
In those States. AnS in view of the fact that
nowhere within the limits of either of those
States, has a proposition ever been made by
any body to establish negro slavery, as aState
Institution among them. and nothing has oc-
CURED to indicate that such proposition is
likely to come from any quarter, it would
seem that the Republicans are unnecessarily
alarmed. and that they are closely initiating
the example oiQuixote, the pink ofchvalry,
and the exemplar of the most stupendous
folly, in his earnest and valiant charge upon
fhe windmills. If this be truly the original
and chief purpose of the Republican organiza-
ton, we are astonished that it has not been
abandoned in shame and disgust long ago.
And if Mr.. LINCOLN shall succeed in con-
vincing the people of Ohio that such is the
fact, we niake no doubt, but that in five
years there will not be Republican in the
land. A humbug so patent and 80 studendous
cannot survive.
But Mr.. LINCOLN who, from all that we
have seen of his productions, certainly occu-
pies fictitious eninence KS a man Of great
ability and craftsmanship. predicates his
'apprehensions of this danger. upon the prin-
ciple, decided By the Supreme Court, that
slaves are recognized as property by the
Constitution and that an owner cannot be
deprived of them without compensation any
more than be can be deprived of any ether
species of property. In this decision the
Court, he says, "lays down principles which,
If pushed to their logical conclusions, decide
explicitly say if pushed to their logical
conclusion, decide explicitly that the consti-
buttons of the free States forbidding slavery,
are themselves unconstitutional" Mark
me,n he continues, az don't say that the
Judges said that. Let me not be misunder-
stood as affirming that the Judges said that.
only affirm it as my opinion that what they
did say, If pushed to its logical conclusion,
results in that" Will Mr.. LINCOLN have the
Kindness to wait until the Judges shall say
that the constitutions Of the free States
forbidding slavery are themselves unconstitu-
tionalT'
This speech Of Mr.. LINCOLN discloses more
clearly than any that has yet been given to
the public, that the Republican party is
founded on nothing-that its leaders are band
ed together for purposes that have nothing in
common with the good of the country; and
that their continued support is inconsistent
with the integrity and patriotism of the
masses of the people in that section.