The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-04-12
SD ENDS THE LESSON.

The Enterrl,ed save-uem0cracy, nave ixiriy
outyed fear-they have lief, themselves nothing
10 be frightened at. Township after township,
county after county, and State after State, roll
up major;ies for the Republican cause, and their
returns are received by the LocCfoco leaders IN
stupid, staring silence. If perchance an editor
Of that fraternity summons resolution to COM
n,cnt upon these occurrences OF the past week,
il il not to analysc tie returns, but TO bech forth
a.athen,as agans; Black Republicans, Abolition
lists. and Democratic traitors. They are given
up TO much cursing, and held forth through the
limited apace devoted 10 elections, in blind,
impoten,, aud savage style, filter for wild Indians
who paint themselves, go naked, and torture
their enemies at The stake, than ike respectable
Locofocos, vho wear buchanan broadcloth, drink
his Bour'lou, and cat his beet. Now and then
fendi-h ul,na-u. al laugh, breaks the painful ST.
lcnce a. ii . glance at the awful summary had
driven some editor mad. II is indeed dreadful
trial. ]. is y singular fact, that among the things
which have done all this work, not a word Is sad
Of the great moving cause.-the open detection
OF the Locoioco party, under the debauchlns III
iuepcc oil the Nicholson letter j. never mention
ed The party. common and pros'i'uted rs 1t IL
to the lusis and avarice Of slavery, puts on airs,
through i,s editors. and wonders why this, that,
and III. other good men, Is not respectful and
friendiv a. Of wore Thcsc false advisers and
sycophar.tic friends, never dare ter once To sho"
her true condition and fallen STATE, but treat her
DEGRADATION a. If it were secret.
i,ut whv Waste words IN vain comment or
cen-,re-tbere :. MOT, 40 Natto'tal Democratic
oorfs-,hat oil organization, glorious for IT'S
strength q. plumbers, the talent OF IT. leaders,
and the riu;nps Of its flag lies to-day PROSTATE,
in all the free States of Tia. tnlon, except CALI
fornia New England, once anC long it, strong
hold, upon whose granite baitements, that Tag
was never struck for quarter OF centuiy-
New England Knows her more. New York,
P.nn-, |, ania and ohio after the other has
thrown that ALI glance 10 the wind. The Oil de-
tenders of that inith, as time and age have caus-
ed them to loos.. their hand hold upon the active
deeds Of life, have sunk, one by one away, leav-
inc no inheritance OF faith to their SONS, and the
men vet active, whose powers are still III 'hc
fierce strife Of politics. have deafened their eais I"
the charm nf the Democratic name.
To all Re, ub i.An-, a future opens, more brlsh'
and glorious than ever vet .lcd It's lustre upon
the head Of al army. The campaign Of 1850,
to be made famous by first the full national demon
s,ratou for free,lnm md free labor, il upon us.
Already the ho.c g. prepa' ion resounds. Al
ready are We warned To be- on the alert with or
SANITATION, to the widest extent, and in the most
thorough detail Ia all the essentials Of this or
canization, how do We exceed our discounted
foes. In tongues of speaking eloquence, which
in the heat of conquest, shall ring like the trum-
pet of the lealer-giving no uncertain sound
in a press. which works, while Others sleep,
quietly issuing the weapons OF reason, ready to
tn. hands of millions If men-in the cOunsels OF
sayacious men, wlio acting in committees, pre-
mare all things 10 the end that action may not be
lost nor energy wanted in the hour Of need, but
above all, beyond all and better than all, in the
well grounded confidence OF ultimate triumph
in cause of which all are proud-n the merits
Of which all are ready to work-to spend-and
70 be spent.
Our 1or- ii,v now Jake conHsei viii TIC"
foars. No; Ion Republican cars are tales OF
doubt, of discord, or of apathy, but looking
steadily a. the bright Polar Star, whose rays fall
alike upon victory and freedom, urge on the col
umn to every entrenched line Of slavery. While
We cannot expect to "carry the war into Africa,
and bring to standard the men OF the South,
Saint Louis bids us not to despair to find those
over the lnc, who feel and recognize an emulation
in the cause. Republicans. lot us stand together
Let a generous confidence in each other, super
ccde doubt, suspicion, and warned by the wretch
ed fate of our adversares, who broken and shat
tered as they are, are yet divided among them
selves, lie: us 60 into the Presidential election
Of 1850, viii, many hands, but with one heart.