American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-03-15
Judge Bates and Senator Seward.

adopted unanimously.
Judge Bates and Senator Seward.
The New York Independent in an ar
tcle on parties and candidates. has th'
following paragraph;
Judge Bates has been commended il
some Quarters with an unwise activity anC
p6rtinacity, while 10 other Quarters thu
proposal Of his name has been rejected
and denouhced for reasons which seem tc
SAVIOR more Of party spirit and 81 party
policy thAD,,of simple patriotism. We dc
not at all believe tha, Judge Bates win re
ceive the nomination at Chicago for The
Office oil President; nor do Ae,on the Whole
desire that be should be thus nominated
We are; therefore, The more free to say
that we know hin personally, as well al
by his pubIic reputation; aud that there il
no better man tHan he-uone 10 whose re
ligious fidelity, sHd fsf.ilghted patriotism
and manly iudepebdebce Of spirit, the
great trust Of the Presidency could b'
more safely committed. 10 us the oblec
ton that he was not member Of the Rs
publican party in 1886 is Of no weight
1t is enough that on the great Question o
the day-the question Of slavery as related
10 the Federal Government aud the F,de,
raj Cons itulion-he takes-as such mar
can but take the right side. He bold'
the old doctrine Ia regard to slasery-tbt
doctrine OF the Revolution and OF the Or
dinsnce OF l887--the doctrine Of Wash.
ington and Franklin, Of Jefferson and
Madison, jn tie days when Virginia hnC
not yet been degraded into the slave coast
OF America--tbe G,-ctr.ne Of Roger Sher
man and Oliver Ells~ orth and John Jay
He has done long ago whst Washington
did only in lis last will and testament, =
he has emancipated bis own slaves iJt con
science sake. and for the sake OF The tes'
timony VIII rob he thereby gave against the
system Of slavery. We do not ask wLeth,
er he agrees with us on every point, III
is enough for US to know that he is hearti
ly opposed to the new. demoraiizing, and
revolutionary policy represented by who.
ever may be made the candidate Of the
Democratic party. And the country ought
to know 10 advance~-as we know~-tb at
he will not consent to be used by any third
party as a means Of aidiug the Charleston
candidate. .' ...l ..... ...,
We have already intitm'ted our belief
that Judge Bates win not be nominated by
the Chicago Convention. As we read the
signs Of the times, the choice OF that Con.
veniion will, inevitably, and at last unaui.
mously fall upan another man. We need rot
namo the man vino is at this moment more
conspicuon than any other man in the
United StateS;the man whose name is more
feared and ekecrated than any other by
the upbolders Of tn, existing misgoyern>
ment and the plotters Of disuniou; the man
whose speeches 10 the Senate are historical
events, waited for as men wait for the
news Of an expected battle, and read with
the eagorness with which men read the
telegram Of victory! the man whose nom.
inaiion above that OF any other man. would
meet lhs issue Of Che day aud
bring il to trial on its merits distinct from
all side Issues. The gif. Of prophecy is
not oursi we can olny, like our Yankees,
guess what will bel but our belief is that
the Chicago Convention--,wbalsyer may
bo the FIRST choice" Of the delegates from
one State or ahother--will i'll Gnd itself com.
PEELED to nominate the foremost of Ameri.
cans, the wsest and most national of our
'talesmen, thg most sagacious and yet most
digniiod Of politicians, and the caime st
aod steadiest Of them in the long battle
against the 'ncroaohmeuts of fslavery.--
We do not pledge ourselves beforehand to
svery measure Of bis administration, but
we shall not refuse to vote for him.
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