White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-07-05

mink OF many OF the acts and politics o
that party, its cup is not yet full-th
day has not yet come when it must dis
solve in its own corruptions. But tn
day is coming and is not far of. Th,
party has made itself entirely sectional
It has concentrated It's very being int
one single idea negro slavery has con
troll of all its faculties, and it can see anC
hear nothing else" one stern, tyranni,
thought, that makes all other Thoughts
its slaves %
But the Democratic party still lives
and while it lives, it and the Republican
party are the only real antagonistic pow
ers in the nation, and for the present, ]
must choose between them. l choose the
latter. as wiser, purer, younger, and less
corrupted by time and self-indulgence.
The candidates nominated at Chicago
are both men who, as individuals and
politicians, rank with the foremost of the
country. l have heard no objection to
Mr.. Hamlin personally, but only to his
geographical position. which is thought
by some to be too far North and East TO
allow his personal good qualities to exer-
else their proper influence over the nation
at large. Bat the nomination for the
Presidency is the great controlling act
Mr.. Lincoln, his character, talents, opin-
ions and history will be criticised BY
thousands, while the candidate for the
Vice Presidency will be passed over in
comparative silence.
Mr.. Lincoln's nomination took the
public by surprise. because, until just be
fore the event, it was unexpected. But
really it ought not to have excited any
surprise, for such unforeseen nominations
are common in our political history
Polk and Pierce by the Democrats, and
Harrison and Taylor by the Wings, were
all nominated in this extemporaneous
manner-all of them were elected. l
have known Mr.. Lincoln for more than
twenty years. and therefore have a right
to speak of him with some confidence
AS an individual he has earned high
reputation for truth. courage, candor,
morals and amiability, so that. as a man,
he is most trustworthy. And in this
particular he is more entitled to our es
TEEN than some other men. his equals,
who had far better opportunities and aids
in early life. His talents, and the will
to use them to the best advantage, are I'M
questionable; and the proof is found in
the fact that, in every position in life.
from his humble beginning to his present
we'll earned elevation, he has more than
fulfilled the best hopes of his friends
And now, in the full vigor of his man.
hood and in the honest pride of having
made himself what he is, he is the peer
of the first men Of the nation, well able to
sustain himself and advance his cause,
against any adversary, and in any field
where mind and knowledge are the wea-
pons used.
In politics he has but acted ont the
principles of his own moral and intellec-
tual character. He has not concealed his
thoughts nor hidden his light under a
bushel. With the boldness of conscious
rectitude and the frankness of downright
honesty, he has not failed to avow his
opinions of public affairs upon all fitting
occasions.
This / know may subject him to the
carping censure Of that class of politi-
clans who mistake cunning for wisdom
and fslsehood for ingenuity; but such
men as Lincoln must act in keeping with
their own characters, and hope for sue
cess only by advancing the truth prudent
ly and maintaining it bravely. All his
old political antecedents are, in my judg-
ment, exactly right. being square up to
the old Wing standard. And as to his
views about "ths pestilent negro ques-
tion," / sm not aware that he has gone
one step beyond the doctrine publicly
and habitually svowed BY the great lights
of the Wing party, Clay. Webster. and
their fellows, and indeed sustained and
carried out by the Democrats themselves,
in their wiser and better days.
The following. suppose. are in brief
his opinions upon that subject L. Sla-
very is domestic institution within the
States which choose to have it, and it ex-
ists within those States beyond the con-
troll of Congress. 2. Congress has su-
preme legislative power over all the Ter
ritories, and may, at its discretion, allow
or forbid the existence Of slavery within
them. 3. Congress in wisdom and sound
policy, ought not so to exercise its pow
er, directly or indirectly, as to plant and
establish slavery in any Territory there.
tofore free. 4. And that it is unwise and
impolitic in the Government of the Uni
ted States to acquire tropical regions for
the mere purpose Of converting them into
Slave States. .-,.-.-. ..-.a. 81
These, I believe, are Mr.. Lincoln's
opinions upon the matter of slavery in
the Territories, and I concur in them
Thew are no new inventions, made to suit
the exigencies of the hour. but have come
down to Ms, as the Declaration of Inde-
nendence and the Constitution have,
sanctioned by the venerable authority Of
the wise and good men who established
our institutions. They are comfortable
to law, principle ard wise policy. and
their utility is proven in practice by the
a. vet unbroken current of our political
history. They will prevail. not only be-
cause they are right in themselves. but
also because Q great and still growing
msiority Of the people believe them to be
right: and the sooner they arc allowed
70 prevail in peace and harmony. the Bet
tar for sll soncsrnsd. Is we'll those who