The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-11-22
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standard of the party will be lowered, for
the purpose Of coaxing the secessionists
into an abatement of their threats against
the integrity Of the Union, that lie will
do no such foolish thing; and We can al
so assure those tim gentlemen who are
eDtreatlng him to declare himself anew,
that they are misusing their time Mr..
Lincoln is not the President elect. That
he is the choice of the people is clear;
but until the Electors meet in their re.
spective States and choose him according
to the Constitution aud the forms of the
law, he is 10 more than any other private
citizen. In the meantime, all men de-
slrous of knowing his opinions upon mat
tiers of current interest will find them
clear y and unequivocally set forth in his
many speeches AS these opinions were
deliberately formed, there is no occasion
to fear that Mr. Lincoln will change
them, at least until their untenableness
is proved.
There is, Of course, a general desire to
know how the President elect is effected
by the rub-a. clubbing now coming up
from the Southern States. \ gentleman
who talked with him, on this secession
question, only day or two ago, repre-
Sents to Us that he is cautious in his ex.
pressions, but unquestiouably firm in his
belief that the laws should be upheld -
He does not, if he is correctly reported,
believe that any of the States will, when
the question is practically presented to
them, decide to go off IA d organize
Confederacy in which slave. holding and
the Slave Trade are the bonds of union.
lie thinks the economical objections to
such scheme will, if the returning pat
riotism of the people does not, before
these objections come home with their
greatest weight, bring the conservatives
into power. He is SO confident of the
business of his intentions and the modcr.
alton Of his views &s tbSt l4e IS a HReReqettoeea
the d'sunionists can work their people up
to the point of concentrating their
threatened treason; and he is not without
q certain reliance that the Administra-
ton now In power will prevent irrepara.
BILE mischief, down to the close Of its
term lie is reticent, moderate, calm.
Before he acts or makes any public dec.
larations, he will know the ground upon
which he stands, the full extent of the
disatfection, and the temper Of those up.
on whom he must depend for carrying
out the policy he will inaugurate That
he will try all methods Of Cancellation
consistent with his sense of right and his
obligations to the country, we have no
doubt If these are Of no avail, his sup
porters know that they have in him u
leader who will not fail, at the proper
time and in the proper manner, to use
all the means at his command to ensure
respect for the obligations into which
the States have entered.
! The multitude of conjectures which
have been made in regard to the new
Cabinet, are unauthorized by anything
that Mr.. Lincoln has said in public or
private. We are advised that he has not
decided who his Constitutional advisers
shall be. We take it, however, that the
wise-acres VIII labor under the delusion
that Lincoln is Douglas, and that his adj
vlsers ulust be those whom Douglas
would have called to his aid, will be dis.
appointed when the names of the Secre,
tsries are announced. The point of dit.
ficuty in selecting, is to find men in the
South upon whom the honor of a Secre.
tarysh'p may be SAT- ly conferred, and
who are at the same time of sufficient
consideration at home to give character
and strength to the new Administration
IN the slave States. We do not doubt
that the difficulty will be surmounted
The to-be formed Union party of the
South will afford abundant material ont
OF which Secretaries and all the minor
officers may be made.
1t is an unfortunate commentary upon
the seccders course, the fact that anon.
ymous aud threatening letters, address ed
to Mr.. Lincoln, are thought to be neces.
sary to support it. OF these he is daily
in receipt of perhaps dozen, each afro.
clous. Death is the least of the ills with
which he is threatened Death, proceed.
ed by the torture, and followed by the
pains of fire and birthstone, is the least
with which he can be excused. These
excite only contempt in him to whom
they are addressed. Though coming
from hundred different parts of the
South they agree in one thing-that
that there is an organized baud of broth
erhood, every member Of which takes an
oath to compass the Presidents Death
The letters are eviacscc Ct nothing ex-
cept the hate and impotent malice of
those who write them; but their asser.
ton that new order has sprung up in
the South, unfortunately has conirma
ton from other sources more reputable
and credtabls Men who know Abra
ham Lincoln would not spend their time
in inditing such stuff But it is tolera-
bic compared with what missives of an
other sort contain. These latter, in the
text aud peu,aud ink sketches, seem to
be sent to illustrate some propensity for
the amalgaIna.ion of the races with
which it is thou ght by the South that
Honest Old Abe i. afflicted. They are
numerous ana disgusting
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