The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-06-07

success, and / COugf ituldtc you upon
the cheering prospect before us The
connection Of my own name in tie Ma
/ tional Convention with the nomination
for the Presidency renders it proper
that I should say that 1 was placed 10
that attitude by tho action Of tls Re.
'pubGcans Of Ohio, a very large maiori-
ty Of whom, ia their State Convention,
presented my n2mo to the Republicans
of the Union AS their choice the
Presidency ] regard the oyE lon
of tho State Convention as the w io-
the State delegation; and, so regarding
it, had expected Of it the same unity of
action that characterized tho course of
the New York delegation in the support
Of Mr. Seward, Of the Illinois delcgu-
ton in the support Of Mr. Lincoln, and
Of the Pennsylvania delegation in the
support of Mr. Cameron, under similar
/ instructions But with the dual choice
Of the Chicago Convention ] am entire
| ly satisfied; with It's declaration Of priu-
ciples 1 um satisfied Every principle
in that platform 1 have publicly avow-
cd and advocated for many years, and
its declarations still meet with my cor
dial concurrence
It has been said that the nomination
of certain candidates might have en-
dangered the success Of the cause we
have all 50 much at heart God forbid
that my nomination or that Of any 9TH
er man should imperil the triumph Of
Republican priuciplesl Those princi.
pies arc dearer to me than all merely
personal considerations, and 1 rejoice
that, although was not nominated, my
principles were, and that they have so
true and so faithful a representative in
the coming contest as Abraham Lin
coln Of Illinois.
The doctrines of tho Republican par
/ ty are about to receive a triumphant
.yiudication at the hands Of the Ameri.
can people They and those who have
advocated them have heretofore been
.persistontly misrcpresented. but lot me
say that even the slavoholiing States
themselves, under a wise and patriotic
Republican administration, will soon
discover the error into which they have
been led by these Misrepresentation
For myself l cherish no hostility to-
wards the people Of the Southern States.
would not deprive them Of single
right guaranteed to them by the Con
stitution-nor does the Republican par
/ ty propose 10 10 SO. It simply contends
for freedom in the Territories, against
the Southern demand for Slavery there.
1t believes that freedom and free labor
will best develope their resources, and
contribute most to the welfare and hap
Ipiness of those who may emigrate
thither, from the Slave States as well as
from the free. In the former there is a
comparatively smaller class Of slave
holders, while the great majority of
white inhabitants are shareholders
and poor We contend that the Terri
tories should be opened to the poor en-.
Iigrant, whether from the North or the
South, and that thus shall be pcrpetua.
ted a true Popular Sovereignty, in
which the majority shall govern, rather
than a class control. In the Southern
States there are thousands, kept down
by poverty and social distinctions, who
long for schools and churches, aud for
unrestricted opportunities Of self-cul-
ture and elevation in the social scale
We Republicans propose, by keeping
the Territories in reserve for them, tc
furnish them these advantages; and il
is a very fortunate and significant cir.
cumstance that this leading idea Of the
Republican creed is so we'll represent
ed by our candidates.
The life Of Mr., Lincoln furnishes an
ILLUSTRATION Of the operation Of thai
idea. His grandparents were natives
of Virginia, his parents of Kentucky
and they were poor. Young Lincoln
left the unfriendly atmosphere of slave.
.ryin his native State, and removed tc
indiana, where he could breathe free
air and carve out for himself a more
favorable destiny. Had he never made
that removal it is scarcely probable
that, hampered by the difficulties that
surrounded him, he would have risen
to the high position he now occupies
before the people Of the nation But
he came over on to free soil, where
generous sympathies awaited the la
borer, and helped him on in his up
ward career. Rising by his own no,
bic efforts, he is to-day the chosen
Presidential candidate of the Repub-
lioan party, aud on the 4th Of March
next will be the duly chosen President
Of the United States.
OF the nominee for Eico-Prosident, ]
can truly say that he is eminently
worthy Of the confidence reposod in
him. have served with him long in
public life, and have known him we'll
lie has been a lifelong Democrat
not of the modern type, but Of the
school Of Jefferson and Franklin. 49,
His Democracy is not Of that kind
which consists in subserviency to the
dictates of a slavo-holding class, and
whose highest manifestation is in the
alacrity with which its devoteos will
chase a runaway niger, but that De
mocracy upon which our institutions
are based; which, towering sublimely
above tho selfish interest Of classes and
factions, is enthroned upon tho solid
foundations Of true popular sovereign.
ty-the expressed will of an intelligent
and patriotic people. can pronounc,
upon him no higher eulogium than tC
say that he is worthy Of association
upon the same ticket with Abraham
. Lincoln.