Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1860-06-07

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Falsifying the Record.
The Democrat few weeks ago publish
ed an extract from a speech purporting to
have been delivered by Mr.. Lincoln, in
which it made him speak as follows:
- nevertheless did mean to 20 on the banks
Of the Ohio, and throw missiles into Kentucky,
to disturb them in their domestic cinstitutions,
Upon examination, we ascertain that
Lincoln made use Of the following lam
guagc:
Judge Douglas said, at Bloomington, that
| used language most able and ingenious for
conccaling what | really meant: and that
while | had protested against entering into
the Slave States, | nevertheless did mean to
60 the banks Of the Ohio, and throw mis-
siies into Kentucky, to disturb them in their
domestic Institutions"
Instead of using the language charged
to him, Mr.. Lincoln was only quoting
construction, put by Judge Douglas upon
his political opinions, which construction,
however Mr. Lincoln denied.
Mr.. Lincoln's views on Slavery were ex-
pressed at length in a speech at New York
on the 2StA of February last, from which
we make the following extracts, to show
how widely he is misrepresented:
1t is exceedingly desirable that all parts of
this great contederacy shall be at peace and
igr u0yvg gNlsa J.
cans do our part to have it so. {" We will
and applause.) Even though mach provoked
let Us do nothing through passion and i'll
temper. Even though the Southern peonIe
Will not so much as listen to US, let us calm
Iy consider their demands and Weld to them.
II. IN our deliberate view of our duty, we pos
siby can. Judging by all they saw and do
and by the subject and nature of their con-
troversy with US, let US determine, if we can
what will satisfy them. Will they be satisf-
ed if the Territories be unconditionallv sur
rendered to them? We know they will not
in all their present complaints against us the
Territories are scarcely mentioned Invasions
and instructions are the rage now. Will it
satisfy them If, in the future, we have nothing
TO do with inyasi0ns and instructions? We
know it will not. We so know because we
never had anything to do with invasions and
instructions; and yet this total abstaininc
does not exempt us from the charge and the
deuunciation.
The question recurs, what will satisfy tbam2
simply this We must not only let Them
alone, but we must, somehow convince them
that we do let them alone. This, we know by
experience, Is no easy task. We have bnen
trying to so convince them, from the very he
ginning OF our organization, but with no suc.
cess. In all our platforms and speeches We
have constantly protested cur puTpgsn n Ier
them alone; but this has had no tendency n
convince them. Alike unavailing to convince
them Is the fact that they have never detected
a man Of US in any attempt to disturb rbem
These natural and apparently ADEQUATE means
all failing. what will convince them TL;s
and tins Only:-cease to call slavery yrorc
and join them H. calling it right. And this
must be done thoroughly-done in acts as
well as IN words. Silence will not be +alara
ted-We must place ourselves ay0wedIv with
them. DouGLAs's new sedition law must 10
enacted and enforced, suppressinc all daclor.
atlons that slavery is wrong. whether uoaa
IN politics, IN presses, in pulpits. or in mr.;
vate. We must arrest and return their fnci-
tive slaves with greedy pleasure we must
pull down our free State Constitutions rho
whole atmosphere must be disiufected from
all talnt OF opposition to slavery. before tho1,
VIII SC''SS ~ DSiASNC lLitt All tHGlr troubles
proceed from US. | am quite aware they do
not state their case precisely in this wav
Most of them would probably say to us. let
US alone, do nothing to US, and say what Won
please about slavery" But we do LET them
alone-have never disturbed them-so that
after all, 1t Is what we say which dissatisfeS
them. They will continue TO accuse us ofdo. /
ing. until we cease saying. | am also aware
they have net, as yet, in terms, demanded the :
overthrow OF our free State Constitutions.
Yet those Constitutions declare the Wronn
of slavery with more solemn emphasis than do
all sayings against it. and, when all these
sayings shall have been silenced, the over
throw Of these Constitutions will be demand /
ed, and nothing be left to resist the demand. /
1t is nothing to the contrary that they do net
demand the whole Of this Just now. Demand. (
ing what they do, and for what reason they !
90 they can voluntarily stop nowhere short /
OF TINS consummation. Holding as they do, /
'hat slavery Is morally right and socially ele- /
vanhg, that cannot cease TO demand a fa.l ma
tlonai recognition Of i as a legal right and a .
social blessing. (Appause.l Nor can we /
Jusuhabiy withhold this on any ground save
our conviction that slavery is wrong
If slavery is right all words Acts laws
ana Constitutions against it are themselves
wrong, and should be silenced and syyer,t
away If 1t is right, we cannot Justly oh;ect
to ITS natonality-its universalitv: if Il is
wrong they cannot justly insist upon its ex
tenslon-its enlargement All they ask we .