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regularly and take their whisky in the same
way, now promises to be failure. Its rur
pose is 50 plainly apparent thst the few poll.
tic'ans Of character and influence, among tic
Old Line Wings, who yet stand aloof from
Republicaaism, aro prevented by moro shame
from lending il their hid; and as for tho cow
boys, who have alternately belonged to each
party, careful always to train with that cne
which promises the mos! aud pays best, it is q
matter OF no consequence where they 90, hox
many conventions they hold, or for whom
they vote. Left to the latter, under command
Of tho Drookses Of the New York Express,
the Baltimore Convention will never rise to
that pitch Of responsibility in which it will
be entitled to contempt; and indications To-
day are that it will not be able to command
enough Of the former to make its nominee the
occasion II moments fear TO any but ,be
members Of the Convention themselves TIE
people Of this country have been too recently
deluded bf movement like that which this
Baltimore affair is intended 10 be, to suffer
themselves 10 BE- caught in TINT trap again, at
least until the memory Of Fillmore and Donel.
son dies out It seems to us, that if by some
mistake, the Baltimore gathering should be the
representative Of anything not wholly FOSSIL
zed, md if it should persuade some man Less
than nn hundred aud fifty years Of age to ac-
cept the doubtful honor that it will offer, that
the good sense and political sagacity Of every
men in the North who has the qualities which
would impcl him to choose Repuhlicanism in
preference to this new.fangled Democracy with
,nan-selling as its cornerstone will DO sure to
South who hate she Democratic party, but
whose prejudiccs torbid their espousing the
Republican cause, support Of 1he nominee ut
Baltimore will bs an agreeable method Of
avoiding committals prejudicial to their pock-
cts or persons And to that class at the
North who always say that slavery is 4 very
great evil, and who Always rote, If they can do
50 By indirection, to assist in spreading that
evil over thelargest possible extent Of country,
the third party ard its candidates will be hailed
with joy, as afording them the hope Of doing
the ereatest amount Of mischief ill the willie
protesting that they are only anxious to do the
greatest amount Of good. Fortunately this
class is small; and in tho heat Of the ap-
preaching contest, will be so reduced in mum.
bers by tho friction Of opposing forces, that
before the day Of voting, it will be almost
rowerlcss. The battle 10 he fought will be
one Of terrible carnestness, in which men who
for years havo been running around first one
and then tho other Of tue camps, ,yringing
their hands and snivelling with fear, real OF
feigned, will hare no place. and tho suppo-
sition that those men by my concert Of action
OF by my show Of strength can persuade any
body that they havo NJ appreciable power to
influence the result, is an insult to the intclli.
sonce Of the people which they will take good
care to rescut The systematic, wcll-planncd,
and ekilfally executed banboozlement Of 1856
by which third Of million Of men in the
North were persuaded to throw away their
yotes, and By which the notoriously corrupt and
utterly discraceful administration Of James
Buchanan vas forced upon tho country, can
not be 50 soon repeated. One movement Of
that sort will suffice for whole generation.
THE LINCOLN DOUGLAS DEBATES.
We have frequently directed attention
to the volume Of public discussions Gust:
ISSUED by Messrs. Follet Foster !S Co., Of Co.
lumbus, Oaio) be.wesn AEnAnAM LINCOLN and
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS, in our Senatorial cam
raiGn two years age. 4 re-perusal Of these
debates, in Which We have been enabled to di-
rcst ourselves Of partisauship, and the exciting
personal strife growing out Of the canvass,
convinces us that clearer presentation Of the
slavery issues growing out Of the Ncbrasko
bill and Deed Scat decision than t1lis, 10 not
to bc found We will say nothing Of the part
which Mt. Douglas bore in tlat controversy.
Hit was satisfactory to lis friends it is Ger
tai1ly satisfactory 10 us. Whether he tri-
unpllcd orcs Mr.. Lincoln in the argument or
Mr.. Lincoln over him. it will bs for cacl, rea-
der to decide for hipselE The Republican
State Central Committee Of Ohio were SO well
satisfied Of Mr.. Lincoln's victory in that "a
nous contest Of logic that they deemed it
worth their while to reproduce tho debates rs
campaign document Of tho present year.
The volume should have been entitled "Tlc
Conspiracy asainst Freedom 1t will be re-
nembered BY those who aro familiar with tue
features Of tho memorable campaign which
elected these discussions, that in Mr.. Lincolu's
opening speech at Springfield le charged upon
the leaders Of the Democratic rarty scheme
first to 1cgalize slasery in all the Territories,
and second to 1ega1ize it in an the Statee The
former he showed to have been accomplished
by the Nebraska bill and the Dred Scott decis-
ion. The 1attor lie pointed out with unm;sta-
kabls c1earness to he in digont preparation
through the instrumcntality Of the Lennon
casesin the Supreme court, provided the Pres
idenlinl election Of this rcar should giye pro-
mise that the decision would be sustained
alsor being made. To this "second Drcd Scott
decsion' AZ Mr. Lincoln denominated it, tho
attention Of all cItizens should be especially
directed. From tile beginning to the end OF
the campaign, Ar. Lincoln pressed the view Of
this lurking decision mixing slavery alike law
tul in Ill the States-in Illinois rs in Alabama,
in New York as il The Carolinaa. And If the
people failed TO ratify his conclusions By send
Ing Mr.: Douglas, the chief copspiratcr into the
obscurity which he had earned, it was because
q majority of tho Legislature was elected by a
minority Of the rioters. The impendcncy Of
this new encroachment On tie liberty
which our forcfathers established manifested
by the latc argument in the Lennon case in
the New York Court Of Appeals, in which
leading Democratic lawyer and politician held
that slavery is right and righteous, per So
gives this volume IN immediate and living in
lerest. The Republican press will como tnr
short Of their duty if they do not elaborate
aua repeat tho truths SO forcibly PRESENTED by
Mr. Lincoln il this behalf. Let cur Republr
can clubs avail themselves Of tho cheap edi-
ton Of the Debates now within rcac and eiye
them the widest possible circu1a,in,3
REPUBLICAN, rlkuEnE s..
Our aayires from different SECTIONS Of the
State as 10 the progress Of Kepublicanis,n,
continue to be Of the most encouraging char