Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-07-19
And Still they Come--One More
for Lincoln.


The Nj. Carmel Register, one OF the
sblest Of Illinois newspapers, hiss come out
fairly for Lincoln and Hsmlin. The ReQis.
ter has been until fortnight past, an Old
Line Wing organ, with suspicious lesnings
toward Douglssism. The grosns Of the
Douglssites In that region in view Of this
accession to Republican strength 10 Illinois
are said to be dolsful 30 hear.
One MoRE.-The Piqus Enquirer, here.
,ofore a Democratic paper, 10 its last issue
hoisted the Lincoln flag, giving the follow.
ing reasons for itI course;
II has been known here for years that we
have demanded a PURE PQpu'er. Sovereignty
Platform and candidates honestly identified
with that doctrine, as a guarantees for our
support Of the nominees Of the Baltimore
Convention, and that we could not, in any
event, support any gentleman for either
President or Vice President who held to the
doctrine that the Constitution protected
slavery in the Territories. This has no,
only been our position, but 1t has been the
position of all the leading Democrats In
this city. and we were not prepared 10 see
this great principle sacrificed to appeare the
demands Of Southern delegates.
We demanded as a condition precedent to
our Fsupport Of the har'eston. Baltimore
nominees, that the plstform adopted should
recognize the great doctrine Of popular
sovereignty. After hoping against hope,
this principle was repudiated by both wings
Of the party to which we had for long years
given a cordial support,he one boldly svow-
ing the doctrine that the Congress of the
United States were bound to enact laws for
the protection of slavery in the Territories,
and the other accomplishing the same pur.
pose by making the Dred Scott decision a
part Of their political creed. On these two
platforms are placed nominees, and our sup.
port demanded.
The position we have occupied for years
on this question has been familiar TO our
quandam political associates. We have
openly avowed Our most unqua ;ifed opposi.
tion to the principle that the Cons titution
recongnized or protected slavery in the Ter.
ritories, and to that other more modern poll.
tical heresv . Slave Code, 10 no unmeusur
terms. We demanded the most perfect
freedom to the people in the Territories with
the right guaranteed to them not only to
regulate their own af1sil 8 In their own way,
but to elect all their officers from Governor
down, thus giving them Popular Sovereignty
in the ruest sense Of the term; but We have
got neither, and are now required to swallow
Brec kinridge and Lane with Slave Code.
or Douglat and Johnson and the DreJ Scott
decision with he Southern Interpretation,
or go out of the party to which we have
ever belonged. We have chosen the latter.
We find ourselves without political sym
pathies with our former political associates.
We are driven to the necessity of seeking
new; and we find in casting our eve over
the political field, an honest sentiment, un.
contaminated by a contact with political
tricksters and lifelong struggle for the
Presidency, representing all the generous
feelings of his party in favor Of free Terri
tories. We find him representing the SEN
timents which we have in vain sought tc
mnke the sentiments Of the party to which
we have belonged; we therefore place the
name Of Abraham Lincoln at our msst-head
and proclaim him as our choice for Presi-
dent Of these United States, believing that
a generous public will sustain us in thus
adopting the right.