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LAST ENrnEATY.
presumption that the Republicans are
. succeed By reaso Of tho division Of Their
opponents rather .hao by their own Inherent
strength aud the Y cohesive powor Of their rrin.
:ip'ea: and that's man objectionable on the
ground Of wa' 1t Ct availability, to tho six
doubtful States Connecticut, 1hode Island,
New Jerscy. p .nnsylvnnia, Indiana and nli-
noia, must b. nominated at all hsxards-is too
dangerous 10 ob:ain currency among shrewd
and saga :1oas msn. That with 8 victory
within our grasp, ifths:. prudence is exercised
which the crisis demands, there should be any
number o. : delegates, who, for The sake Of pro-
noting II - fortunes and gratifying tho a1nbi-
lion Of 1nY living man, dare to stake all upon
the CT >a;ingency Of Democratic disruption
rat re- than throw themselves back upon the
c Artau and reliable strength Of the party op-
possd to the extension Of Human Slavery,
.is to, rnoustrous for belief. And that
these delegates caanot SOC that tie nomination
most strenuous!y insisted upon By large MI
uortr is that which, more than ali other causes
combined would compel tbs settlement Of The
disputes AMI dsscnsious in tie Democratic
ranks. and force us to make head against m
united and unsctupuluas party, is 'ncomprc-
hensible. Not that alone-thnt they do not
also SEQ that VIC must make tie fight in that
contingency, without the aid Of q largo share
Of the l75,0oo votes in these six States cast
Tor Mr. Fillmore in 1856, and now claimed for
John Bell mud Edward Everett, is the most
fatal feature Of tlis otherwise plain matter.
It is natural that gentlemen from the strong
Republican States ii Vermont New York,
Michigan, WISCONSIN and Minnesota, where
the action oi tho party is with difficulty kept
Within the safe and wholesome limitations Of
the Philadelphia Platform, should look with
distrust upon aug representations which set
forth the actual condition Of political affai1s III
the six :La:es that VIC have named, End the
difficulties which the nomination or a certain
candidate will throw in the way Of eucoess.
We can conceive that they coming from
LOCALITIES IN Which Republicauism has deep
aud firm roox, cannot understand why it is
,ha. IliuoiA ludiaua and Pennsylvania, popu-
listed III part by cuisrants, or tue deseenoants
ii en,israats, from the Slave States, should
uare the fears by which they are tormentcd !
and why it is thai, without exception, all their
leading men in private station, thes candidates
in nomination for State Offices, their most FAR
sighted politicians, and their most ardent
friends Of tue Republican cause. should declare
that tho policy which few Of the States that
.sc ce7:aio far any Republican candidate, and
a few others that canuot giro any apprcclab!e
sunport to the ticke: under auy circumstances
v;,atsye1 seem determined to pursue, is, If not
the precursor o. d-nat at least the opening o1
(c,rt,,; s,trrrl. tic eud Of which il involved
in great ohscurity aud doubt. But let us point
them Ia a matter Of history permanent eSa
d.pca Of tho o,i.iou Of Indiana and Illinois
which will. to Ill fair minds, carry corrcc
knowledge Of pubic opu1on in those States
We refer u tbs Baek laws-statutcs thai
which noao arc more UNANIMOUSLY deapot'c an
unjust in Naples or Grand Calro-wl'icl til
Republican party in neither State la
ever been able to repeal. Dy thest
Slavery is virtua]ly established within the ju
sistction Of tho two SAtes and any horse
block il either may ;luy day 1'c made the aut
ton slaud at which men are hought and sol<
Here is fact-no. m opinion Of some ha
,nad z:a!ot-which none can gainsay; g!as'n
publ;c evidence ia the statute book Of the IT,
condition, tile average enlightenment Of IL
rop,,lar mind on this negro question in Int
aaa apd Illinois. fc ask, VIC cutrcat. we in
riore. that caullidate iuside Of the Republic:
party, radical up to the extreme limit ofthe pla
form, but not obnoxious to the charges viii
will pe urged by the so-callsd Democra
against ono prominent gentleman now in i
tie!d and in high favor, may he selected, to L
end that triumph 1nny not be thing Of in
mite labor, and prolonged md painful dou1
but n certainty from tho moment that
choice Of tue Convention is declatod, let !
sreak;ne in behalf Of larger circle Of Rept
lioau readers than can bo claimed by any otl
iurpal west Of New York, let us, WHO ha
labored 50 long and, VIC hope, 80 accep.ad
for the Republican cause, wArp tho Cow
rention that the voice Of tho united doubt
States caanot, rr,.stno. bo disregarded; tt
are s;1, If not seven, III u1mber. They are
ardsntly devoted to the general principles
the party As auy os,ers- 1hcy recognizs
n.ce-s,v for succcss, that the good nam
the country, impcril1ed by the disgrace'ul
niu.stration NOW in power, may be restor
.aat tho Uuiou, now threatened By tho Den
racy, may lie preserved; t1at the Republl
orsauization, upon which the hopes Of
country nuw hang. may be kept from tbs
*olution which ds(oat fo1eshadowH. = T
cast seventy-hre electoral rotoe. They
no,ent, mud their appreciation Of tie noeai1
not only here at Chicago, hut ut the p5l]
November, must be secured, else an inglor
and fatal defeat stares us in The lace. Fo,
sake Of all that the party would acconp
W. ent1eat tho Convention to nctwith the
dsace, wisdorn aud foresight which the {
demands, We believe that all Will Je
we'll
John Ncli in Kentucky.
1,,,e,,,,,v 17.-,Joho Bell, enron
Tcnnc.sr. was ssreuadtd this evening