The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-05-19
The Chicago Nominations and Plat
yorm- Their True Reading.

The Chicago Nominations and Plat
yorm- Their True Reading.
The black republican candidates and plat
form are before the people. Lincoln and
Hamlin are the nominees for President and
Vice President, and Vim. FL. Seward, the real
organizer Of the party and its principles, is
drown aside as worn out and useless poll
tician. lie has exhausted his availability in
bringing up the organization to its present
condition, aud now its control is passed into
other bands.
The platform exhibits manifest evidence of
the fears entertained by the black republican
leaders of the rising tide Of conservative feel
ing among the masses Of the people, In the
attempt which is made to cover up the real
aims of the party with mass of verbiage-of
plable Interpretation by local expounders. 1t
sets forth that the causes which called the
party into existence "are permanent in their
nature" but refrains from stating what they are;
the generaiities of the Declaration Of Indepen-
'tte federal constitution, the rights Of the States
and the Union" must be preseIved disunion
speeches are denounced; the lawless invasion Of
the States is denounced, protection by the fede-
raj government to the right Of property Ia
slaves is refused; extravaganza in the govern
ment is condo mned; the constitution Is de-
clafed to be an anti-slavery instrument in the
Territories; the normal condition of all the ter
ri,ory of the United States is declared to be
that Of freedom, and the right Of Congress, Ter
ritoiial Legislatures and individuals to give 1t
legal existt nee iu any Territory is denied; the
reopehirg of the African slave trade Is brand
ed as a burning shame; the vetoes by the fede-
raj Governors Of the acts Of the Territorial Lee
gislatures of Kansas and Nebraska against
slavery are condemned Kansas declared
entitled to admission as State pro-
teciiye tariff is cautiously advocated ; the
House Homestead bill is endorsed Know
Nothing legislation against patnrslzed. citi-
provements, the Pacific Railroad, and a
daily overland mail, are pronounced to be OBJ
jects worthy of patronage by the federal 60
verBment.
Here We have platform in which any dcma-
gogue north Of Mason and Dixon's line may
language pliable and elastic enough for any
purpose. The chief Characteristic Of 1t Is the
adoption of the Spooner and Seward theory,
that the constitution Is an abolition instru-
meht, and the attempt to place political abo-
litionism on legal and constitutional ground.
Lawlees invssions Of the States are denounced,
the worshippers of John Brown are fouted
and the necessity ofpreserving the Union for the
purpose Of sbolishing slavery in the Southern
States is clearly proclaimed. How this is TO be
accomplished under the color Of law and con
stitu,ional right we already know-thanks to
Mr.. Spooner and Mr.. Seward. The former has
set forth the whole scheme, with all its logical
deductions, and the process of nberating the
slaves by writs Of habeas corpus issued by abo-
lition judges and the latter has announced
on the floor OF the Senate, the determination
Of the black republican party to reorganize
the federal courts. The "irrepressible conflict
is 10 be continued under the shadow of the
law, ST a black republican President can be
elected.
In adopting this theory, the black republi.
cans place themselves In direct antagonism 10
the Interpretation Of the consultation which
has been accepted from the time Of Its adop-
ton 10 within very short period, and which
the abolitioniss of the Garrison and Wendell
Philips school admit to this day. The attempt
is revolutionary, but il Is revolution in Disguise
and not openhanded aud honest, like that
Of the radical abolitionists. II IL the policy
Of a set OF political hucksters, adopted for
the purpose of making desperate effort to OBJ
tain power All It's professions Of love of
peace, Of respect for State rights, Of rejection
Of John Brownism, are hollow and false; for
the use Of power under the guise Of the consti-
tuition, and for the purposes proclaimed, would
involve fifteen States Ia an armed resistance 10
federal invasion, and place federal troops in
the stead Of John Brown and his followers.
The following extrac, from speech Of Abram
Lincoln, the black republican candidate
for the Presidency, delivered at Springfield,
Illinois, on the l7sh OF June, 1865, gives us the
true Interpretation Of the platform, and the
personal sentiments Of the black republican
-
believe this government cannot endare permanently
dssovea / DO no, expect the house {, fall; bui 10
expect ~i cease be divided. II ~in become al oas
,hus ali the other Ether The opponents OF slavery
" arrtsi the further spread Of a5d place where the
public mind sh al rest In the belief that In the
q ultmse er,lpctcn, or IT, advocates viii push for
ward ui Hthait become alike lawful In al the States
old ~ well - new-Norih as vel ~ South
Mr.. Lincoln knows that the latter aiterna.
tive, which he puts forward with so much
apparent no esty, IL as impossible as that the
sun should rise to morrow In the West
The elause Of the platform treating Of the
tariff is lame ai,empt TO secure the support
Of the old whig prosec,ionis,s, and the free
soil and free trade democrats, who are
today enrolled In the party Franks. II isa
between the Tribune and the Ere.