, 1860-08-22

FartAan Misrepresentation.
ihe baltimore Patriot, a Bclleve1ett paper o.
great ability. in conceding tie election of Lin
coin and liamin, makes the following observa
tsons on 'us shanelessuess Of certain partisan,
presses, every word Of which we heartily en-.
dorae:
J., me oatu' MALTA Of the partisan press IL in full
o'sst again, after four years rest, and though,
II Is not Jet quite 50 abandoned. SO lost to Ill
seose o! shame, as it was in the last Presiden initial
canvass II u e'idently destined to surpass It in
'eio:y' as lie conflict wears upace, for the rea.
1nents at work.
oe "ot:t feature Of tue CANVASS so far, is The
oa!u aao ~1iul Misrepresentation by the demo.
cIatae aud Union partisan Presses. Of the rrai
stfehgth Of their candidates in States, where ali
uhtfuth Will serve to conceal their t,aucjty OF
numours: lew examples will suffice in illus.
traton Of this policy.
The Cleveland Ptaind<al<r, Douglas paner.
IS daily hl1sd with the baretaced feisehood. in
every possible form, that Mr. Dreckipridge will
no1 nave single vote in Ohio, aud that the it,
tle giant will carry that State by at least 100
WV majority. The Uoston Eouritr, Bell pa-
Per, with almost Is shameless perversion Of
tne u t.uta, graveiy assures us. that Douglas and
bfeck1nTldge will not get a single vote il Massa-
ehusetts, and tLat Bell and Eserett will triumph
II tha' state by IN uncountable majority. Tie
ALBANY tis@ds, Douglas paper, ia continually
announcing to the world, that its candidate will
yond the possibility OF doubt, sweep New
otk fEuna the La .es to Hontauk Point. espe-
clalIy tince they have swallowed I'D the Eeil
party Of the Empire State. The Philadelnhia
fsn"ty<ra"iaa, breckenridge journal, ressands
every morning With the faiae intelligence. thas
the old keystone will declare for Breckinri,lrr
oT n2t less than $4,000 majority orer boIh
uous'as and lincoln. The Washington Goa,si-
faE'os the Buchanan lsre:kinridgec central organ.
Eeproduees every dug the boas,iugs and misre
plesenIations Of ITS aiiliaiiug contemporaries,
una admlnisters them to the reader il, copious
doses, and # We ate to believe that eraceless
sheet. the election OF Major Breckinr;dee il
placed beyond the remo;est doubt-uay. he will
carry. every one of the States, and be WHO
fool. ~O''' >A' 9 "oo J.
!, Ii tine, one seeks almost in vain amongst the
Thousand and one newspapers Of he conotrr
Tor sober and sound political s:atemeu:s-statc.
mepts IN which the wish is not father to The
thought, IN which fa2sehood and exaceerations
10 not form their staple. An the e1cuse for
adoptln9 this policy, IS, that lie is as good a.
NE tra!n Tor IL Influencing public opinion. Put
ING ASIDE the iniquity Of this plea, as a thing
t1a. aoes 1ot trouble the conscience ofthe mere
po!ltician, there is no grarer fallacr than this
IN Inc whole theory and practice Of politics,
ne any "here never can work good rc,u1t: il
always carries With it liz retalia.ipr cam ncnsa.
tfon' It was the practice Of this system nf
blowing up ones own balloon with kele eoinei
talsehoods, that defeated Mr. Clay in 1874. lis
presses cried Victory till they were Eoarse.
them from the field. ~ep'0e
"hlE victories and Whiz lies were synonx-
nous IN torn.r days, aud used to be the lau3h.
ins stock Of the enemy. Even the Iatriot used
10 cal! oo"n curses upon its bead from the hrt.
1ing cheValiers, who reposed confidence ia il
statements; but u Was no worse than its con-
temporaries. And now, because it viii not ner.
severe III this practice, and repeat from day tn
cay the wanton falsehood, that Bell md Erer.tt
are gong to defeat Lincoln and Ham1in in ali
the Tree States, squad fplace hunters in iii.
huo5e get up crusade agsiust IT, denouoce j,
~ untrue 10 the interests Of the ticket it yolup
tarily 1pports, aud in this warfare aoa;nst
journal that is daily doing more for lie cunss
OF Colonel Bell than all OF his presses besides
sneF are countenacced By such pro.tituted
nneets US the Louisville journal. the S.shr;i1a
Htdnntr, the Memphis Ehqnir+r. the Nav YnrE
ErpTfss, the Boston Court<r, and their hosts of
penny ,wiist1e.tenders, which hare not brains
enoaeh - DO ought but squeak out what they
near from their snperiors. hut let Them hoxl
.nu-"e Nv shail not suppress the truth. eyen
'uon.h It makes against our carse.
We notcs that the Calm consciousness ~
coming victory, that used to preside ~;,5 ~
much dignity over lie columns Of ih. nsnn.
cfa1ic AZ well as the Harrison aut Ta1Ior naner.
70 I former Presidential batileE, has dsser,rd he
oiMer, eud transferred its seat To .hc coiumna
u y tae kspabscan j3uraals, and only nn,y and
nen 40 we come acrcss Democratic paper that
;onten'plaIes defeat with any thing Ike resieuu.
ion aud serenity.