Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-10
CINCINNATI 10,


The London Times on LIneOIn's Election
What the Thunderer Thinks Of it.
The London Tines, of the 2lst ult., OBJ
serves;
Heretofore, when a President has been
elected, he has been supported at least by a
minority in every State of the Union. But
in the present instance there is a considera-
BILE number of States in which not a single
vote was cast for the successful candidate.
This, it is said, and not without some show
of Justice, tends directly to that state of par
ties against which Washington emphatically
counseed his fellow citizens-the dividing
themselves into factions designated by geo
graphical limits. 1t must always be remem-
bered, however, that if Mr.. Lincoln has not
had even q minority in the slave States, this
has happened because on questions relating
to the extension or maintenance of slavery
a great number of the Southern States allow
of no minority.
A man may have opinions adverse to
slavery and a man may reside in o slave
State, but he can not do both these things at
once. II he asserts his opinions, he must
change his residence, or'must prepare bin-
self for residence in world beyond the
Jurisdiction of Lynch law. If then, there
be no minority in favor of the President elect
in some of the States, it is because in them,
on the question of slavery, there is no free
discussion, no liberty of thought, speech,
writing or action and it is to this source,
and not to any peculiar factiousness in
the supporters of Mr.. Lincoln, that the
sharpness of the division now made ap-
parent between the North and the South
is to be traced. In the North there are
maiorities and minoTites on the slave
question; in the South there is at least
apparent unanimity, just as there is an ap-
pearance of universal belief in the Roman
Catholic religion in Spain or in the States of
the Church.
| Another effect of the change which has
| Just taken place is one not peculiar to Amer
! lea, but which was strongly felt in England
| thirty years ago. The Southerners and their
/ allies, owing to tenure of office extending
| over so many years, have obtained O mo-
nopoly Of official knowledge aud aptitude.
So long and so firmly established has been
their dynasty that the cause of the North
has been deserted in despair by the ablest of
Northern politicians. Seeing no chance OF
doing that which has just been done, Mr.,
Webster, Mr.. Everett, and a number of emi-
nent men of the same party, have allied
themselves TO the South, and sought, by con.
cessions to the slave-owning interest, to OBJ
tain position which they believed the
North would never be able to give them.
These men, the natural leaders of the Re.
publican party, were lost to them, owing tC
this fatal miscalculation, and MIR. Lincoln
will have to carry on his Government by
new and untried officials, in the face of at
Opposition full of ability aud experience.
is, besides, asserted that, although the Presi
, dent is Republican, the majority of the tw,
Chambers is Democratic; so that the new
reign starts with that which is only to,
) often the difficulty of American politics.
; direct conflict between the Legislature anC
the Executive. Probably this reflection viii
tend as much as any thing to soften the frs
alarm of the South, -.H 4
Upon the whole, though we do not expec
: any very considerable benefit to ourselves
! and although we believe the Southern State
to be great deal more frightened than liur
by the recent election, we rejoice, on highe
and surer ground, that it has ended in th
! return of Mr.. Lincoln.
We are glad to think that the march Q
D slavery, and the dOmineering tone which il
; advocates were beginning TO assume owe
freedom, have been at length arrested an
silenced We rejoice that vast communit
, of our own race has at length given a
l authoritative expression to sentiments whic
are entertained by every one in this country
4 We trust to see the American GovernmeI
( employed in tasks more worthy of Stat
5 founded on the doctrines of liberty al
I equality than the invention of shifts au
= devices to perpetuate servitude; aud we hes
in this great protest of American freedom Il
: tardy echo of those humane doctrines
u which England has so long become a col
: vert.