The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-10-17


in theft, took his last chance in the pulpit, be-
fore his final silencing he told his flock that
they were all a generation OF vipers-'' but,
said be, there is one great and glorious con-
s0latiOn-you'll all be damned" Our politi-
cal Mawworms, all over the State Of Michigan,
are now taking their last chance, before the
great wave of freedom sweeps over them.
which is to bear them 20 their final oblivion,
and their preaching is much to the same cf
feet.
"Fron grave 10 gay, from lively 10 seSsr-
was once the poets picture of versatility, bat
what poet ancient or modern, ever aspired to
the quiet and easy transition found in these
two paragraphs, which follow each other, in
the leading column of the last Journdt-the
change from the solemn drge. TO the rafting
quick-step, at military obsequics is nothing to
it, Here we have them:
''Shall we have peace under this incompara-
BILE gOvernment-whie war and strife seems
destined to overthrow the rest of the world. or
shall we plunge headlong and thOughtlessly in
to the arena? Who will take the responsible
ty? These are questions that come with
sibility than any party obligations or pride Of
consistency. And every man must answer that
responsibility to himself. to his kindred. to his
fellow citizens to his country and to his God"
And then, just below, speaking of the APP
proach Of little Douglas. who blows his own
trumpet through the State this week, it says:
I'VE regret, in common with thousands OF
people in this part of the State, that Judge
Douglas could not find time to speak at Ian
sing. But We must fOregO these regrets i'm the
hope that he will do more good in other States.
He proceeds to Springfield. ILL.,. St Louis, and
through the southwestern States. He speaks
at Mobile on the 9Th of November. and on the
9th, the day Of election at New Orleans. He
has energy and pluck enough for half dozen
candidates. Success tn the big &" Little Giant
THE stages and railroads will carry passen-
gers for talf price,
This is the primest and richest of all practi-
cal jokes. exhOrting the staid, sober, rejecting,
conservative men of the country, to rally to
the support Of the first Presidential candidate
who has had the shamelessncss and effrOntery
to go abOut-stages and railroads at half-price,
to peddle lies against his opponent, and sick
ish praises of himself.
If there is Republican in Ingham county,
whether conservative or radical weak and silly
enough to be Influenced by such dish-water
twaddle, we trust for the sake of the party,
that he will follow the journals advice, by
forsaking the support of true man, and take
up the colors, and horn of dismay and terror,
for the AFFECT and paaic-struck little dema-
gogue, who sees no future for the States of the
American Union. but in his own self-aggrand-
izement.
We must beg pardon of our readers for treat
ing this ridiculous subject with pretense of
seriousness. The picture which these syco-
phantc politicians, who see the federal power
and control, following the lead of tnat of every
free State but California, State after State into
the hands Of freemeu is one which humilates
human nature itself The end of Savers, in
the ring from the fist of his conquering adver-
sary, was honorable and triumphant compared
with the detestable bowling set up by nearly
all of the LocOfoco leaders, upon the eve of
their great and mOmentOus defeat. Their
"DagOn, the man of their idolatry, stands
ter blow rings upon his quaking carcass, they
believe, in the extacy of their fear and rage,
that it is their country, and not their idol,
which is about to tumble. In three short weeks
and less-busy weeks they should be to all Re-
publicans-these "rumors of dire intent will
have passed away like tale that is told"
and the People of the American Union will
prepare to enter with bright prospects. and
gay hopes, upon four years of peace under the
guidance of Lincoln and Hamlin
In the meantime, no sooner will the sixth of
November pass, and the smoke clears awav
from the field. than politicians of the South
always ahead Of those of the North-will pack
their trunks for Washington to seek Office I'M
der federal Government which was to have
been dissolved. but has not been-happy for
them if stages and railroads are half price"
No bitterer punishment could be devised for
these demagogues, who work upon the fears of
the weak and nervous by tales of national ru-
ill., than to hand them over to such men of the
South as John NJ. Bolts, Emerson Etheridge. H.
Winter Davis, or Geo. D. Prentice, who, while
they do not support Lincoln, are sensible
enough to laugh to scorn, from the stump to
Southern audiences and through the Press, to
Southern readers. the palpable lie. that South
ern communities can be stirred up to mad sedi-
ton, BY the deserved and utter defeat before |
the People, North and South, of Stephen A. |
Douglas, or by the peaceful election of his
worthy, able and patriotic opponent. Abraham