Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1860-10-27
who can save Us2

To save the country from civil war and all
the dire evils that must follow the elevation
sof Islheclh to the Presidential chair, thirty-
two Nofthern eISstdfal votes are needed
Who can carry In answer to this mo-
mentous apestien eSe elip the tollqwing from,
Tie Mu6fe ReglStGr, W1ieTefn IL is9fuily net
and answered:
How often have the press organs of the
boilers declared that Judge iJouglas being in
the field, was the obstacle 10 that democratic
uitny which was necessary 10 beat Lincoln !!
Look at this declaration in the light OF the
lato Black Republican triumphs. These in-
dicute the election OF Lincoln Eefore the peo-
pie and by the electoral college in November,
but they do not make it certain. If Lincoln
loses New York he is beaten before the people.
Now take the BrecGites at Their word and
withdraw Douglas from the field. What
then? Why New York goes for Lincoln as
sure the sun rises IN the East. douglas,
then, stands this moment the only possible
and earthly bulw. TX Le;ween the Sou.h and
Black Republican Administration to be
elected by the electoral college. Douglas, the
abused the reviIed, the scorned Of the South
ern disruptiOniSts, is the only mortal nun aud
chance to defeat Lincoln before the people
Can Breckenridge do it? His only strength
in New York is the strength of tile Admin
istration and its office-hoIdcrs. Can Bell do
it? His only strength consists i'll the vote he
would draw from Lincoln. Douglas is the
only man who possesses an active, vital, living
strength in the Empire State, and if Lincoln
is beaten in New York. and thereby defeated
in the Presidential election, it will be to Ste
phcu A. Douglas that the South and the ma
ton will owe this price ess boon.
Suppose Douglas take INTO his head to with
draw at this mulnent Where would VIC be
Bea on and crushed at the feet of the Black
Republican party. In vain would the South
call on Breckenridge and Bell to take his
giant place and avert the impending evil
ltwould lie like durting feather in the teeth
of a tornado, or all attempt "tO dam up the
waters of the Nile with bulrushcs." 1t looks
like an act OF retributive justice from Heaven
that to punish the South for its black ingrati-
tade to this northern statesman who has risk
ed and dared and laboled and suffered so much
for her people and her institutions, he now
occupies an attitude of power III which by
the. ntteranoes Of tNE4' words or the writing OF
a,singIe sentence,she can give over the South
TO that Black Republican, rule which some Of
its infatuated leaders have done SO much to
invite. And could any Breckenridge man
blame him, were he to utter the words Of fate,
:. | WITHDRAWN" IIav'nt they said, again
aud again, Lincoln was better than .Houg!as
They said so in effect when they boltcd at
Charleston and thousands Of them have said
so in words since Suppose he should now
take these gentlemen at their words and cry
- | withdraw take L:ncoln"
If Lincoln is beaten before the people,
there is but one name under heaven, but one
living human beng that can do it-Stcphen
A douglas. If he does do it, and carries
New York against Lincoln, will he not richly
have vindicated his best title over all living
men to be the next President of the United
States even though it was the only service
he had ever rendered the country?