Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-11-05
WARRINGTON NEws AND eOss,P.

fain have closed my argument with that my open
ing article; for at once am habituallv terse and
fully concious OF the value 10 You Of space. But
your comments upon nv little caveat require,
fancy, some notice from me; so beg you indulge
me once more Twill be as short as can
You open your rtjoinder thus: g We have to
call our friends attention to the fact that while
Lincoln Is supported by the abolitioais's OF the
North, Breckenridge is supported by the dsunion-
lists. per Sc, Of the South Now there will be no
more treachery on I.iucoln's part to his friends
and supporters In refusing to carry out, In his ad
ministration, the policy which the abolitionists
may prefer, than there would be, on the part Of
Breckenridge in refusing to carry out the policy
OF those Of his supporters who are advocates Of
disunion per Sc"
might, just here, but need not deny, I'm an
instructive chapter, the existence at the South Of
& Co., have fully instructed the muse OF history
In the truth that what Of disunionism there is al
the South (and IL Is fearfully extensive now,
must confess is there not per Sc, but neesssitat
rel and sx talfonis-from the necessity Of the case
and in retaliation.
so, granting you that disunionists at the South
do support Breckenridge, what of it! Itcertainly
does not follow the efrom that your argument Is
good; for even Mr.. Lincoln himself will, dare
say assert-laughing meanwhile CONTEMPORARY
at Douglas-that Mr.. Breckenridge is not himself
disunionists, even t1 talionts; that he has made
no sympathetic promises to the disunionists, and
that he Is not running on disunion platform.
such being the case, as it as, MIR. Breckenridge
or such class there beD can indulge in no
the other hand, Mr. Lincoln is supported by abo-
litionists, as himself an abolitionist; and 4 On
YOU must admit that he has made sympathetic
promises to the olitionists and that he is run.
ming on an abolition platform. (And Just here
"a pdrsnthesiS, let me remind you that use the
term "abOlitionist' not as a free-soil northerner
would, but as a conservative southerner should
for SO Tar as the South Is concerned, the d Stnc-
ton between abolitionism and ee-soilism, or
republ canism, is one without di ference ;.or
IL d ference there be- the d ference Is in favor
to us, Of the abolitionists; for Gerrit Saith
would as President be less dangerous to the 5 nth
like be is as an iIdividual-than would be Mr..
Lincoln)
So while Mr.. Breckinridge, by perpetaatng
the Union, cana0t exercise ''treacheryn toward
any disuaionist, Mr. Lincoln, by being just to the
slave interest, must prove false to the power
which shall have elected him.
Your argument, therefore, upon that point at
lesst, Is not as good as Manila basket-it will
net hold water.
You open your next paragraph thus: " Lincoln,
II Will De remembered was nominated at Chicago
over Seward, because the opposition dared not
trust their cause before the people Of the West and
Middle states with j candidate known to enter
tain Seward's extreme views upon the slavery
question:
I am no less decorous than honest when affirm
that, so far from " remembering" such to have
been the case, had never heard it before Won told
us so yesterday. ] had thought, ard | am afraid
the people Of the South will ever think, that Mr.
Lincoln was nominated by Horace Greeley. and
because lac was the Patentee Of the " irrepressible
conflict"
Mr.. Seward in his ''bloodv and brutar' speech
at Rochester, only echoed the thunder Of Mr.
Lincoln which mendacity, while 1t made for the
fatally able' Senator come notoriety ut large.
and popularity at home, ''damned to eternal in.
fanny at the South the echoist; and SO aroused the
indignation, by Its peccancy, OF tie honest Mr
6reeley, that he very properly punished the pla-
giarist, and vindicated the originality of the
author by giving Mr.. Seward .'sot back" and
by nominating Mr. Lincoln.
such at least is the TEACHINGS Of stern hFstnyv.
and however much IL may conflict with the id rs
OF fancy the minds of the South will receive il
as truth, and act upon it as such. And that Gree
ley would knowingly nominate candidate to
please the South is what the South will hardly
be expected to believe; or that the white-coated
philosopher might be deceived in his judgment
OF the man, is what those who know him best
may be inclined most stouty to deny
II, however, Mr.. Lincoln Is determined to de-
ceiTe his warwick of the Tribune, and IL he
desires to not take bis unexpected seat teltv the
stools, lie should have issued an autograph before
the election; for SoutherneIs will not, believe
De guiled by heterograpbs of any date, or by an
autograph issued too late to evince its honesty
oeserai reference Is just now being made to an
aPoehryphal letter from Tom Corwin to a gentle
man or this city, In which, tits said all sorts of
goodies are promised the South, IL IT will
only be good boy and let "Uncle Abe" treat II
pretty much az uncle Richard the Third treated
an historic youth In the Tower of London
But, queries this pertinacious and matter.of fact
young Edward" Has any letter been written
w uhJoody! Sech a letter been written2
Was ar. Corwin its author, IL he icas, was 1t
Written at the suggestion of or with the kuowl-
edge Of Mr.. Lineoln, II SO, did he and will be
endorse IT, IL he did and will, ,oiH he, IL he can,
hand, If not, why didn't he write himself,
per alum or per Sc, why could be not have had hs
promise made public In such time not to deceive
his enemies! 10 the author Of such letter friend
OF Lincoln IL so, is he friend to the South,
IL not friend, how am to trust him; or. il a
friend, why don't he publish the letter and show
his authority? The name Of the reputed reel pien,
OF the letter, Finally, since 1t is clear that II
Mr.. Lincoln did authorize, Mr.. Corwin did write
and MIR. - did receive such letter the tro
are going to fool somebody. You will pardon
me, 4uoth this so young and yet SO wise" Ed.
ward, the Cotton Prince, IL I strive to see To 4,
that IT is not myself who will be fooled
But, although just becoming inspired with my
theme, must close.
Nots.-We make room above for our respected
correspondents rejoinder to the Stars editorial
OF Friday last, though It's length almost deters ui
from So doing.
We do not realize that Ii requires extended
comments at our hands, doubling that it will
convince any ant-disunionist, pc, Sc that Lincolr
may not make an ant-aboliti0n administration Tin
the Southern sense Of the term) as consistently a.
any successful candidate usually ignores, afteI
election, his implied promises when an applicant
for votes Since parties have existed IN thi.
SoohHJi thcfC uCfcr Wds q ffeolueQt elected who
failed to be supported AZ the friend Of opposite
policies. That is to say, every Democrat who ha,
been formidable candidate for the Presidency
say from Jackson's time to the present, has beer
eectioneered for in Pennsylvania, for instance a,
not being pledged az ainst projection to her man
ufacturing interests, IL not being intensely fol-
1T while at the South all Of them have been SUP
ported as being free traders. So, too, with refer
enee to Internal Improvements In the West
Lincoln's platform is that Of the Chicago Con
vention, which from Its PRONUNCIATION has DE. \
interpreted as variously the Cincinnati Mat
form-quite. Sumner, Giddinss, Greeley & Co
give II one Interpretation Corwin, Lincoln & Co
give 1t very different one; or Mr.. Defree,
and others who have published recently con
corning Lincoln's declarations, are very wide O,
the mark. However, what We aimed to show or
Friday last was, simply, that Lincoln had taken
due care to give himself as wide margin inside
OF which to turn out to be a conservative when in
power, as our Democratic Presidents usually OF v,
themselves to make anti-protective and snti-inter
nal-improvement administrations, though Penn.
syl'ania and the Northwest may vote themselye,