The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-09-26

Mr.. Adams estimate for the payment Of thess
two items goes on inc -easing from year 10 year,
until 1878, when il reaches the sum Of {2sl,
LAT ola We commend these figures To the cen
sideratiOn Of those who have brawled 20 yocf
erOusly about Taxes! Taxes! Taxes'i,"
APPEAL.
Fellow Citizens, Our cause is before YOU
Conscious Of the reciitude Of our principles, the
correctness Of our policy, and the ability, integ.
rify and fitness Of our candidates-State and Ne.
| tiOnal, He present them to YOU with the fullest
confidence Of your cordial and hearty support
We have dwelt at length upon matters Of State
finance, not because Of their overshsdowing i'm
| portance, but because We would stop the mouths
VI those who desire 10 draw your attention from
the vital issues that press upon Your considers.
| ton.
Questions al greater importance than these
meet each other face to face in this contest, and
demand a solution ut your hands. As the faith.
ers stood, in the trying days Of the Revolution.
mahu!ly up to their duties tn their country, 10
humanity and to God So you are called upon To
stand, amid the political revolution of to-day, and
by an earnest Yet peaceful struggle in behalf Of
the same principles for which they pledged their
- lives. their fortunes, and their sacred honos,
prove that you are worthy sons Of noble sires !.
The errors Of the past, Whatever they may have
been, must rest with their authors but the fa.
ture Of this country is your own. Il has - YEA
hut just entered upon its career Of greatness and
the wool Of its destiny is almost unwoven.
BY preserving sacred to freedom the vast IN
h-ritance that lies a mighty, unoccupied empire
On our western border, you will lay the founda-
ton of q greatness. prosperity and endurance
that will exceed the hardihood of Rome, the
glory Of Greece, the serenity Of Carthage.
The name Of our Republic has become the NJ
lying cry Of freedom in oil lands, and no mn
who loves her fame, or chershes her welfare, will
deiaee those principles from her escuschesn
which have given her prosperity, prestige, md
immortal renOwn.
Republicans The thickening evidences d
the success of our principles should nerve your
arms and strengthen your hearts for the closing
struggle! Already, in the midst Of the contest,
the green bills of Vermont send forth her thup
ders OF victory, that roll TO the rcmotest verge
Of the Republic
Scarce have the footsteps VI THE mighty peal
passed across the heavens, ere the rocking
pines Of Maine, from all their deep recesses.
give back the glorious and swelling anthem oil
triumph,
Our enemies see the hand. writing On the wall,
and like the imbecile king Of old, their knees
smite together, They have scofied At and dehed
the higher Law, and ignored and denied the
irrepressible conflict" yet the higher hW.
which sarks out the grand results Of justice, hes
undermined the foundation Of wrong upon which
they have built; while the irrepressible conflict
between truth and error, right and wrong. which
they nave 80 long derided, hsspenetrated 70 Their
very vitals and rent them in twain! Verify.
whom the Gods would destroy they first make
mad" In all these events which are trsnsPiring
before our eyes, We see the wonder.woskings Of
that overruling Hand that leacs the nations BY
paths they have not trodden, and that bringsjsy.
Gus and benefcent results out Of evils that have
too long afflicted the world
Let not victory cause you TO relax your
efforts, nor the discussions of your foes lull you
to security, b2t let each incite you 10 more VIC.
Orous and determined action. II il only BY etef.
nal vigilance that Liberty can triumph, or her
triumph be maintained. And il, in the coming
contest, prejudice, treAchery, or fraud, shall &C.
complish our defeat, be not disheartened! The
Republican party will still live, for its principles
IRE lfe-giving; and victory nust sooner or Ister
attend its onward march; for
"Fryedom's hattie once begun,
BeQueaihed frcn bleed ne sire 20 son,
Though bsfred Oft; 10 ever Won I"
IN CRAvATE,
HORACE ANGEiL,
John DCSsBAK,
e. Co~s- If Ingksn Cousty Re3sdlioas C>srdi o.
J. RAKIHpbDsw, Secretary.