Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1860-03-01

real character and purpose Of that in
iquitous measure. and that the hollow
hypocrisy of its claims to justification
on the basis of Popular Sovereignty
were held up to the indignant gaze Of
ell who were not willfully blind. AS
Mr. Douglas is very likely to be the
candidate of the Sham Democracy.
there would be eminent fitness in pit
ting against him one of his two chief
antagonists in the memorable struggle |
which dissolved old organizations and
called the Republican party into being.
Each of them is. by original charac-
ter. By training. by experience. en-
phstically q statesman Of unquestiona.
BILE ability. unsullied integrity. broad
National views and feelings. and thor
oughly Republican principles and as
pirations. No sane American. no mat
ter of what section. would have any
fear that the National interests or hon.
or would suffer under the sway Of Sew
ard or Chase. while the noisy swssh
of disunion would be rebuked and ex-
ploded bv the election and administra-
, tion of either of them. and stand ex
T posed to ell the world as the hollow
l mask it really is. No earnest Repub-
/ lican. surely. could refuse to work as
{ well as vote for either Chase or Sew
J. ard. or to do every honorable thing
e within his power to secure the election
of whichever should be nominated.
q Is the Republican party strong
h enough to elect Chase or Seward?-
n Could they. or either of them, carry
: Pennsylvania. New-Jersey, and llli-
nois, or all the Free States except
IT Pennsylvania? If yes. then the only
+ practical question is. which of these
$, two foremost Republicans shall be
re our standard bearer in 1860?
9. We propose to leave both these
g questions to the Chicago Convention.
We have our opinions with respect to
them; but we do not desire that the
Convention shall be governed or in
fuenced by them. We only urge that
, all the States. but especially the piv-
" otal States above-named, shall send
; able. candid. impartial delegates to
" Chicago-there to state exactly what
'' these doubtful States can and can no,
do, and that the Coz. rention shall give
~ earnest heed to those statements anc
take action accordingly.
And it does seem to us-though W,
" hold this view subject to the represen
80 tations Of the delegates to Chicago
Nc from the doubtful States-that if w
= can not probably elect Seward o
y :, Chase, it will be vain to nominate in
- stead either Banks, or Fessenden, o
" Dayton. or Cameron, or Lincoln
" Good men and true are they all; bu
vi wherein or on what ground can we ra
~ tionally hope to obtain for either c
them any considerable support whic
:" will not be accorded to Chase or Sew
ard? All of these are simply an
- !" thoroughly Republicans, who tough
" with us the good fight Of 1856. an
'"' bear the scars of that well fought an
- glorious. though unsuccessful struggl
;, " No one will seriously contend that e
'"' ther Of them is ADLER. more eminen
" more deserving. than they who led Il
~ forlorn hope against Douglas and h
% Iniquity of 1854. On what plausib
'.' ground could we hope to secure {,
w them the votes denied us in 1856?
NY II. then, our Convention shall d
" eide that It can not safely nomina
'"' Seward or Chase. we hold. with d'
" submission, that the man for the no,
is Edward Bates. of Missouri. NJ
ne Bates is commended to our judgemeu
md because. while essentially a RepubI
our can, he has not hitherto been ideni
IN fed with our party and is not expos
'or' to the unjust prejudices which ince
hat. SAINT misrep esentation has excit
feat against our veteran leaders. Bor
ion reared. aud always residing in sla
/. he State. it will be morally impossible
up make any body believe that he mec
and tates disunion as Q means OF getti
d. rid Of Slavery. or that his electi
and would result in disunion. A prac
are cal Emancipationist. it would be ha
pur. work to make him odious to sane A
sIed olitionists, while we might safe
ndi. count. in his behalf, on the noisy, n
hall lignant. untiring denunciations Of
ther little handful Of Disunion Abolitioni
we who refuse 10 vote even for Seward
our Chase. yet insist on damaging tn
iev. statesmen by speaking well Of the