Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-09-28
The Election in November.

cicaf anu carefully Ptcparcu ehPVs"V" w
parties. In this country. which appears In
the Atlantic Monthly for September;
every man who has di'pa.-ionately en-
dcavored TO enlighten himself IN the matter
cannot but $50, that. Tor the many. the
course ofthings IN slavehOlding states !. sub
stantially what we have described, a down
ward one. more or lees rapid, In civilization
and In all thosc results OF material prosper.
liy which In a free country show themselye.
in the general advancement Tor the good Of
all and give q real meaning to the word
Commonwealth. No matter how enormous
the wealth csn,ered in the hand. OF few.
II has no longer the conservative force or
the bcneGceni influence which IL orern
when equally distributed even loses more
ofbo,h where system Of ab.cn,eei'm pre-
walls so largely as in the South. In such
vommuni,ie, tie seeds Of an "irrepres'ibls
conflict" are surely. u slowly. rp.ning and
Signs are daily multiplying tina, the true
peril to their social organization !, lcokcd
Tor, les. IN a revolt Of the owned labor than
in an in.urree,ion Of intelligence in the la
Dor that own. itself and find, itself none the
richer for 1t. To multiply such eommuni'
tie. is to multiply weakness.
"lhe election IN November turns on the
single and simple question. Whether We
shall consent to the indefinite multipllca.
ton OF them and the only party which
stand. plainly and unequNocally pledged
asains, such a policy, nay, which Is no,
either openly or implicdly in favor OF u, i'l
the Republican party. We are Of those
who at fret regretted that another candi.
date was not nominated at Chicago; but
We comics. that We have ceased 90 regret IL.
for the maguanimi,y Of Mr.. Seward sin,o
the result OF she Convention was known
has been greater honor " hi. party than
hi. ele,,ion 10 the Presidency would lave
been. We should have been pleased with
Stewards nomination. for the very reason
We have seen assigned for pa..in: him by.
that he represented the most advanced
doctrine. Of hi. party. lie. moro than any
other man. combined in himself the moral.
ist orpugnancy to Slavery asa fact. the
thinker. resentment Of i,a' theory, and
the .taiis'. dis,rusi OF IL asa policy, thus
summing mp the three Efficient cau.". that
haze chiefly aroused and concentrated the
aniaroni.m Of the Free State. Not bril-.
liant man. he has tha, best gift Of Nature.
which brilliant men commonly lask Of al.
wsys bsing able 10 DO hi. be., and the
very misrepresentation Of hi- opinions
which wa. rc.oried to in order 20 neutral.
ire the cGcc, Of hi. 'peeehs. in the Senate
and elscvheru was the b., testimony 20
their power. safe from the prevailing cpl.
dcnic Of Congressional oloquencc as IL he
bad been innoculatcd Tor It early in hi. ca.
rccr, be addrcs.c. himself 20 tho reason.
and wha. he SAYS sticks. !, wa, assumed
that hi. nomination would have cmbl,iersd
the contest and tainted tie Reru' loan
creed with rAdicali.m but We doubt IL.
We canno, think tina, party gains by no,
hitting u. hardest, or by sugarins ito opIn.
ions. Republrcan.m i' not conspiracy
10 obtain Office under false pretenec.. IL
hA. definite aim, an earne-, purpose. and
thc uBlinehns ,enAeI,y Of profound con-
vieiion. twas not called into scine 10 cor.
re, the corruption. OF the party now in
power. Mr.. Bsll or Mr.. Brcckinridgc
would do that. ior no one doubts their hon.
or or their honesty. ltis no, unanimous
Abou, tho Tariff. about S,ate.Rish,., about
many other question. OF policy. What
uni,c- the Republicans i.a common faith IN
the early principles aud practice Of the Re
public. common percussion that slavery,
a. IL cannot but b. the natural foe OF the
one, has been the chief debascr Of tho other.
and q common resolve 10 resist it eneroaeh.
msn,. everywhen and WcrySberc. They
SEQ no reason 10 fear that the Constitution.
which has shown such plant ,enaci,y under
the warps and ,wisiIngs Of foriy'year.'
pro'lavery pressure, should BE- in danger Of
breaking. If bent backward again gently TO
u. original rectitudO Of fbre. AL forms
Of human government says Maehavclli,
have, like men. their natural term, and
,hoss only are long.llVed which posses, in +,
,hemsslVo. the power Of returning to the
principles on which they were originally
founded
&" IL is in n moral aversion 10 slavery a. |
great wrong tina, tho chief strength Of the !
Republican party lies. They believe as
everybody believed sixty years ago; and We
are sorry to see what appears to be an in.
ellna,ion in some quarter. TO blink this as
pect OF the case, lee, the party DO charged
with want OF conservatism, or. what is
worse. with abolitionism. It's and will 10 ;
charged with all kind. Of dreadful things, I
whatever i, does. and IL has nothing u fear
FROM an uprigh, and downright declaration
Of IL. faith. One part Of the grateful work |
IL has to do IL to deliver Us from the curse
Of perpetual concession for the sake Of a
peace that never comes. and which, II 1t
came, would not be peace, bu, submission, ,
from tina, ,OrpOr and imbscili,y Of faith
in God and man which have stolen the re-
srectable name OF conservatism. \ qucs /,
ton which cuts so deep as the one which
now divides the country canno, 'se debated.
much less settled, wi,hou, excitement.
Such c,ci,emsn, is healthy, and i'a sign
tina, the III humors Of the body polite are
q L.. ,ba,, ,at,-