, 1860-11-17

vote IS 1rTcEutars uHI II Will uc scarcely
possible for the present majoritics to be
overcome. Il lcw days will solve the doubt
il any yc, remains.
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4 FEW ITEMS FROM SPRING
FIELD.
We arc enabled TO assure Mr.. Lincoln's
friends who ara alarmed lest he should
send out an Address in Which the standard
Of the party will he lowered, for the pur-
pose Of coaxing the scccssionists into an
abatement Of their threats against the in
tegrity Of the Union, that Ae will do no
such foolish thing; and we can also assure
those t;mid gentlemen who are cntrcating
him 10 declare himself anew, that they arc
:nisusins their time Nj. Lincoln is net
the President elect That be is the choice
Of the people is clear; but until the Elect
OTIS meet i'll their respective States and
choose him according to the Constitution
and tic forms Of tic law, he is no more
than any other private citizen. In the
meantime, all men desirous oflnowing his
opinions upon matters Of carrcnt interes:
will find them clearly and uncquivocal!y
set fort, in Ills many speeches. As these
opinions were deliberately formed, there Is
no occasion to fear tllot Mr. Lincoln WILL
change them, ut least until their untcnab:c-
ness is provcd.
There il, OF course, u general desire 10
know how The President elect is affected by
the srab-a-dubbing now coming up from
the Southern Suites. A gentleman who
talked with him, on this secession question,
only day or two ago, represents to us t'':'
he is cautious in lis expressions, but III"
questionably firm in his belief that the laws
should bc upheld. lie does not, if he is
correctly reported, believe that any OF Tic
States will. when the question is practical
ly presented to them, decide to so of and
organize Confcderacy in which slave
holding and the Slave Trade arc The bonds
Of union. Tie thinks the economical objec-
tions to such :. scheme will, if the return
ing patriotism Of the people does not, be-
fore these objections come home with their
greatest weight, bring the conservatives into
mower, lie is so confident Of the business O.
his intentions and the moderation Of lii;
views that he canno. conceive how, after liz
policy is developed, the disunionists caa
work their people up to the point of consun'-
mating 1lter threatened treason; and he is
NOT without Il certain reliance that the -ad
iuiais.ration nov in power will prevent r.
reparablc mischief, down to the close OF its
term. Hcis rcticcnr, moderate, calm. Be.
fore he acts or makes any public DECLARE
tions, he will know The ground upon which
lie stands, the full extent Of the disaf1cctiol:,
ana the temper Of those upon whom Ii:
must dcpcpd fer carrying out the police
that be T;,1 inaugurate- Tlat he will Try
all methoss oiI cancellation consistent with
lis sense Of right and his obligations to the
country, we have no doubt. If these a:e
Of no avail, his supporters know that the;
have in him leader who will not fail, 1T
the proper time and in the proper manner,
to use all the means ut his command 10 ci-
sure respect ioz the obligations into wilici'
the States have entered.
The multitude OF conjcctures which have
been made in regard to the new Cabinet.
are unauthorized hy anything that Mr..
Lincoln has said in public OF private. Wc
arc advised TINT he has not decided who
lis Cons: :itutIonel advisers shall be- We
take il, however, tina: the wisc-acres VIZ"
labor under the deltsion that Lincoln is
Douglas, and 1hat his advisers must be
those whom Douglas would hare called IL
lis aitl will bc disappointed when the
names Of The Secretaries ure announced.
The point Of difficulty in selecting, is IL
find men in the South upon whom the hon-
or Of Sccrc:aryslI;p may be safely con-
fcrrcd, and who lyc ut the same time OF
sufficient consideration ut home to give
character and strength TO the new Admin
istration III the slave States. Te do no:
doubt that the difficulty will be surmouni-
cd. The to-bc formed Union party Of lhe
Soutl will afford abundant material ont G.:
which Secretaries and all the minor off,
GERS may be made.
It il IN unfortunate commentary upon the
seccders' course, the fact that anonymous
and th-cStcninE letters, addressed to Alr.
Lincoln, are thought to he necessary t'
suppor: ii. Or 1!.csc he is daily in receipt
Of perhaps dozen, each atrocious. Deatl:
is the lees: Of the ills with which he is
threatened Death, preceded ',y the tor
turc, and followed by the pains of fire and
birthstone, is the least with which he can
i,c excused. These excite only contempt
in him to whom thay are addressed.
Thousl, coming from hundred different
parts OF the South they agree in one thing
that there is III organized band or BROTH
erhood, every member Of which takes all
oatl, to compass the Presidents death. The
letters are e:idcnce Of nothing except the
hate anl ircpoieut malice Of those who
write them; hut tlcir assertion that nesE
order has sprung up in tic South, unfort1'-
OuiElf HIS CtlItE4loliuA AAO4A VtAA~A 9oN+~N' =
more reputable and credible. Men who
know Abraham Lincoln would not spend
their time in inliting such stuff. But it is
tolcral,!c compared with what n,issiyes CT
another sort contain. These latter, in the
1cxt and pcn-and-;nls sketches, seem to lie
sent 10 illuatrate some propensity for the
,maleamation <:t the races with which it Is
thought by the South that Honest Old Ahc
ia afflicted They are numerous and dis
gusting.
Ofiice*eckers will beinterested in knowing
that no place, high or low, las been prom
ised TO any man-that the fatcst slices rs
well as the 1eanesl hits are all On the plat
ter. Il is Mr.: Llncola's habit to tell all
who app.ua:l, him with petitions for place,
that he conaot jet do anything for them.
II am rot sc. President elect, AMI il were,
until my advisers nrc about me, and somc-
thing besides the distribution Of places il
agreed upon, 1 must continue to say No =
Sucl. We believe is the language he holds
TO all who conc.
IL all the above, which comes to Us at
second hand, there may he errors to be by
and hy corrected. But We have written
what Is told, upon authority which nc do
not question. Our readers will agree with
rs that Nr I,irco}n Starts OF rs becomes q