, 1860-10-03

From the Keotuk Cats City, Sept al

To tht R<pu5l;c1n Committee Of 1eokuk Io.oa
AksrA j. n. AanEin, I'm. 8. AcGarr, j. B.
Hot0tN, Geo. " 4AcCrary and John n Noble
Sins: A few days ago, had the honor to re-
ceive your letter Of Sept. 80, informing mo thai
mass meeting Of Republicans Of Iowa, lii
nots and Missouri is expected To be held al keo
kuk, on the 10th day OF October next, and in
TINT occasion, aud "address the multitude )
which you expect to be very large.
thank you, gentlemen, for this mark Of you,
respect, but beg you to cxcuse my non.attend
auee.
The simple truth is tha. / cannot afr,rd K
attend. l answer you nj have already an
B'ered many others, that atn under a necessi
y to return to my professional labors. 1hict
for more than year hare been too much inter
rupted By the excitement Of politics. Ma
unwittiDgty drawn into the discussion Of pub]i
affairs without any wish OF intention to tok,
an ac:ive part in the canva.s for the Presi
dency.
In SO far II may be thought able to exer
cse any popular influence, suppose tho worl
is already done.
Five letters of mine, bearing upon the sub
ject, are already in print and before the public
Those letters, as far Is they 60, express N,
stand BY the doctrines which they declare, IN.
when they full, 1T fall they nust,) am Willing
to fall With them. never was willing to maxi
The question Of negro slavery in the Territories
and consequently the government OF the Terri
tories themselves, the dominant question Of III,
country-overriding and swallowing up evar,
consideration Of popular interest, na,luna
policy and constitutional law.
But tbs Democratic party would have It 80
It has pertinsc1ously agitated the slavery ques
tion, in its taost dangerous form, By using al
the means In lts power to acquire tropical c0un
tries, with their mixed and upgoyernable peo
pie, for the sole purpose Of turning them intt
slave States.
It wautonIy repenled the Missouri Comprom
ise, which had been the bond Of peace for tht
third OF a century; and it destroyed the com
promise of 1850, under which the nation rested
in quietness and peace. It did all it could t.
pass the wicked Iecomptou bill, aud did actual
" pass the despiesble English bill; aad foilec
in those dishonest measures, it still keeps Kan
eas out Of the Union, for the apparent purpoat
Of suppressing its rote in the pending Iresiden
doctrine in law aud politics the n,onstrous her
esT, that the Constitution Of the United Statee
essAbishes slavery in all our Territories, and
keeps it there beyond tho reach Of all human
power Us long as the country remains in Ter.
risorial condition, ind large portion OF tha,
country, including Kansas aud Nebraska, ha.
remained in that condition for more than half 8
Of speech and the press, and violates the saucti
II Of the Post Office, because it is either con.
sctous Of guilt and therefore afraid to face tic
truth, OF is too timId Gud weak to meet and put
down error and falsehood.
It has not learned what Jefferson taught
that "erEor may be safely tolerated when truth
ia left free to combat it." But, in blind zeal fo.
the defence Of opinions and ideas, in 1hemselyes
inde}eosible, it strikes boldly at those funda.
mental W4p ror rs i
religious liberty are based-free opinion, free
speech, free locomotion aud free pre.s.
have long believed that party whnse char.
meter il masked by SO many disquallifying vices
il unit to rule free people: and. therefore,
it was my earnest wish to See all the elements
Of opposition brought, into harmonious action
for its overthrow, By the election to the Presi.
tainted with tie habitual vices Of that danger.
ous party.
Ny Efforts in that direction hare not only boen
unsuccessful, but result exactly opposite is
now sought 10 be brought abcut, by combining
the most opposite and hostile parties aud fac.
ttons, for the ayowed purpose Of defeating Mr.
Lsnculn's election-not for elecsiog any other
cumstances, il hardly possible. This scheme
TO defeat Lincoln, but elect nobody, seems to
be based upon principle entirely new in Ame1i-
can trade.
It is i principle Of \ joint stock company, in
which each subscriber lin case there is any
profit in the &dventure,) is to draw dividend
in proportion to his stock in trade.
Thus in the Political company lately formed
in the greAt commercial State Of New York.
land it is rurnnrcd that there are other like com.
panies in other States. the stock Of which in di.
vidtd into thirty five shares, it ha8 been pub
lcly gazetted that Mr.. Douglas OWLS fifteen
shares, and Messrs. Bell ind Breckenridge ten
shares each; and, Of course, by all the lava Of
honest trade. the diviaion OF the profits If any,
must he in that rasio. But it may lie we'll
doubted whether there will be any profits TO
dissde. 1t is far more likely that the concern
Will hare to "go into liquidation before the
middle Of November.
The scheme, indeed, is attractive, by it's No.
ytlty md boldness, and is characteristic Of tue
daring enterprise Of our trading peop1e but
then, the stockholders are such inVeteTate enc.
niss and are SO Justly suspicious Of each other,
that it is hardly possible for the affairs Of the
cess. Besides, tbs peopls with whom The new
company must deal +ill, in all probability, pre-
fer t. transact their political business with some
firm OF longer standing and Z better reputation
for candor and ]ihsra..ty. Dut,olts serious.
Tais combustion Of opposite and hcstie par-
tes, not to elect any man to the Presidency, but
ayowediy to defeat m election By thspeopte. is
factious and dangerous On the faee Of it. il
proc'a'tns distrust Of the people, end desire
to withdraw The great question from the body
Of the ration and re'er II for decision to email
number Of mea-the House Of Representatives
alt Of whon arc open to ali Of the appliances Of
political spectators. who will hare ample op.
portuaities to work upon their hopes and fears,
their ambition and their interest.
II the traders succeed in defeating IN election
by the people, it il more than ps o6able that in
view OF the present array Of parties in Con-
gress, the HOUSE Of Representatives. Eiu n1so
tail to make an election, aud then the Senate
must choose Vlce.President from the t~o
highest on the list voted for by the electors:
and the pereon 30 chosen will become President
OF the United States, md what sort Of i'resi.
deut1 4 Constitutional President, l admit,
aud, therefore, to be quietly submitted 10, but
President that no citizen in voting for electors,
ever thought Of as President, aod yet the par.
ties which bargain and con1rive, and labor to
compass this result, all profess to be great
friends Of the people, and firm believers in their
virtue aud their capscity to chooee President,
in the way Of the Constitution, wisely and well:
still, they are doing their worst, to take the
election, in fact, from the people and gi,e it to
the Senate. And why give i: to the Senate Just
nowf Hecacuse .just now the Democratic party
is in c sinking condition, and already be!ow the
hope OF electing President BY popular vole.
But if this new echeme can be made to work
nately has It'll Democratic msioritT, msy
fo.ce upon the country President in anito n
tho people.
Tan4 Il es.m. IN ma n1a;n xxb.+sr.ru.., .t;u
intrigue may assume before the public, tha. the
success iii ha to ra.estabf;sh he na,~ h-nta4 80
snd de;sated nsmoc-ot;c na-+n and ~" roaEa =
.,rnnycr than ever hv he ahsoy,,,,on of naas+
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