The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1860-06-28

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| measure in Congress to abdicats The consti-
tulional power and duty to regulate COM
merce among the States. and to grant 10 the
| States discretionary power to lsvy tonnase
duties upon all our commerce, under The
pretense Of improving harboss. rivers. and
lakes; has changed the statue Of the negro
slave by making him no longer mere
property. but . politician. On antagonist
power in the State. . power 10 which all
other powers are required 70 yield. under
penalty Of dissolution Of the Union; has
directed its energies to the gratifcation of
its lust Of foreign domain. as manifested IN
persistent efforts to seize upon tropical re
gions. not because those countries and their
homogeneous people are necessary or even
desirable. to be incorporated into oar nation.
but for the mere purpose Of making Slave
States. in order to advance tho political
power of the party in the Senate and in the
choice of the President, 90 - eiJectualiy to
transfer the chief powers Of the Government
from the many to the few: has in various
instances endangered the equality OF the CO
ordinate branches Of the Government. by
urgent efforts to enlarge the powers Of the
Executive at the expense Of she Legislative
department; has attempted to discredit the
aud degrade the Judiciary. by affecting to
make il. At first. the arbitss of party quar-
rels. to become soon and inevitably the pas
sive registrar Of party decrses.
In most. il not all these particulars. un-
ders,and the Republican party Oudging 1t
by its acts and BY the known opinions of
many of lis leading men) to be Shs exact
opposite Of the Democratic party; and thas
is the ground Of my preference OF the one
party over the other. And that alone would
be q sufficient reason, il had not other
good reasons. for supporting Mr.. Lincoln
against any man who may be put forward
by the Democratic party. ~ the exponent
Of its principles aud the agent to work out,
in practice. its dangerous policies.
The third party. which. by its very forni-
alton. has destroyed the organizations of the
American and Wing parties. has nominated
two most excellent men. kaow them
well. IS sound statesmen and tyus petr o.s.
More than thirty years ago served .''h
them both in Congress, and FROM that time
to this have always held them in respect
and honor. But what can the third patty
do towards the election of even such worthy
men As these against the two great parties
which are now in actusl cootess for the pow
er to rule the nationi It 10 made up entire
ly Of portions OF the disintsgratsd elements
Of the late Wing and American parties
good materials. IN the main. admit, but
| quite too weak to elect any man or establish
any principle. The most il can do is, here
and there in particular localities, to make a
diversion in favor of the Democrats. In
1855. the Wing and American parties. not
forming a new party. but united - allies
ported Mr.. Fillmore for the Presidency. and
with what results? We made . miserable
failure. carrying no State but gallsut littIs
Maryland. And surely. the united Wings
and Americans of that day had far great
er show of strength and far better prospects
of success than any which belong 70 the
Constitutional Union party now. In fact. I
see no possibility Of success for the third
party. except in one contingeucy-the de-
straction of the Democratic party. That is
a contingency not likely to happen this year.
for as badly IS think Of many Of the acts
and politics of that party. its cup is not yet
full-the day has not yet come when it must
dissolve in its own corruptions. Bot the day
is coming and is not far of. The party has
made itself entirely sectional; IL has concen-
trated its very being into ono single idea;
negro slavery has control of all its faculties,
and it can see and hear nothing else e-"one
stern. tyrannie thought. that makes all 9TH
er thoughts its slavesv'
But the Democratic party still lives. and
while it lives, it aod the Republican party
are the only real autagonistic powers in the
nation, and for the present, must choose
between them. choose the latter. as wis
er, purer. younger, aud less oorrupted By
self-indulgenee.
The candidates nominated at Chicago are
both men who, As individuals and politicians,
rank with the foremost Of the country.
have heard no objection to Mr.. Hamlin per-
sonally. but only to his geographical posi-
ton. which Is thought 10 be too Tar North
and East to allow bis personal good quail
ties to exercise their proper in6asncs over
the nation at large. But the noninssion FOX
the Presidency is the controlling act. Mr.:
Lincoln. his character. talents. opiaions aud
history will be criticised by shosssads, while
the candidate for the Vice Presidency viii
be passed over in comparative silence.
Mr.. Lineoln's nomioation took the public
by surprise. beeauss. until joss before the
event, il was unexpected. Bat really 1t
ought lot to have excited any sssps'se. fos
such unforeseen nominations are common IN
our political history. Polk and Pierce By
the Democrats, and Harsisoo snd Taylor
| by the Wings. were all nomioased 10 THIS
| extemporsneous mannef-a0-ot ths0 were
elected have known M Lincoln for
more than twenty ysars, asd therefore have
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| d.,e. A. 40 ;odisidual. he has sasned q
h;rh rsoniasion Tor izssh. cousaes. oandor.
mor.l. aod a.iahilit5. % thaA = . man. he
| is most trus.wostby. ksd in - Past'euisr
=. = nore estislsd to our esaesw Ahao some
Other M men. biz equals, Who h.A f.. better
opoor,noiies asd sids n eariy Ise. HIS
t.Is.t,. .nd the vin 70 ~ shea 70 lhe best
sdr.n,.ee, are snansss;soab':: and the
proof is found IN the faea thaA. - every Po-
sitioa 10 Es. iron his h.nhle esg'an.ns %
Ii. psessss veil sarssA sles.iaoe. - 1as
| nore thea fsl6iisd ths bess hcPes o ms
frienda. And now IN tl,s fun viEos Of has
| .enhood ana II tha- -hossss- -psids 81 hAsnns
| 10 himsen what b i, b = - leer CT
the 6rss u.sn Of the nakoa. " Hsbas 70 aus
"a, h;meeH snd adyaoee III oa@A agAins.
any ad,ersasy. ard !. ~ 80 .ssss - mih'
asd knowlsdas afs ~ v
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