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The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-06-06
The Irrepressible Conflict.

81 believe that the right of property in
slave is not distinctly and expressly af-
frmed in the Constitution. "--Abraham
Lincoln.
an my opinion it win not cease until
q crisis shall have been reached and pass.
ed. "a house divided against itself caa-
not stand" / believe this Government
cannot endure permanently, half slave
and half free. do not expect the Union
to be dissolved-I do not expect the
house to fall, but do expect it will cease
to be divided. 1t will become all one
thing, or all the other. Either the op.
ponents of slavery will arrest the further
spread of it, and place it where the pub.
lie mind shall rest in the belief that it is
ia the course of ultimate extinction; or
its advocates will push it forward, till it
shall become alike lawful in all the States
old as well as new-North as well as
South."-B.
The above quotations from Mr.. Lin.
coins speech show where bsstands upon
the great isms that divides parties. The
second made some months in advance of
Mr.. Stewards Rochester speech. is identi--
cal in sentiment with the famous passage
wherein occurs the now familiar phrase
of "the irrepressible conflict" 1t will
doubtless form standing text with tho
opposition during the canvass, and We
quote it now in order to give it our full
endorsement, and to express our readi-
ness to go into the canvass on this issue.
The Republican party, with Mr.. Sew
ward and Lincoln, believe that free labor
and slave labor arc antagonistic to each
other, and that thu States of this Union
will ultimately be all free or all slave.
But they expect this uniformity of institu-
tons will be the gradual result of time
and the voluntary work of the States
themselves each III its individual capacity.
Holding that free labor is the only sys-
tenn under which we c,n attain the high
est prosperity and greatness, they hope
and believe that the time will come when.
throughout this broad, ocean-bounded
Republic, there shall not be found q sin.
ole slave. The accomplishment Of this
end, however, they would leave to the
advancement of civilization and the pro-
gress of liberal and enlightened IDEAS
They propose no war upon the South. -
They propose no infringement upon the
reserved rights of the States. They pro
pose merely to say that free labor is the
only wise and just system of labor, and
that the true policy of the Federal Gov
ernment, so far MS the territories are con-
cerned, is to encourage it by extending
over them the Jetfersonian prohibition
contained in the ordinance of 1851
State Journal.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-06-06
Letter from Seward.

The following is the closing paragraph
Of letter from Mr.. Seward on the plat
form aud nominees of the Republican
party.
| find in the resolutions of the conven-
ton platform as satisfactory to me as if
it had been framed with my own hand,
and in the candidates adopted by it, en-
inent and able republicans with whom I
have cordially co-operated in maintaining
the principles embodied in tina. excellent
creed. | cheerfally and earnestly give
them hearty and earnest support. l
trust, moreover, that those with whom |
have labored so long, that common SER
vice in noble cause has created be.
tween them and myself relations of per-
sonal friendship unsurpassed in the ex-
perience of political men, will indulge me
in a confident belief that no sense of dis
appointment will be allowed by them to
hinder or delay, or in any way embar-
rass the progress of that cause to the con-
summation which is demanded by pat
riotic regard to the safety and welfare of
the country, and the best interests of
mankind. Yours, &C.,
W. II. SEWARD.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-06-06
Abraham Lincoln.

Mr.. Andrew of Boston, who went to
to Springfield ILL.,, IN his capacity of
Chairman ofthe Massachusetts delegation
10 Chicago. thus describes the impress
ion produced on him by Mr.. Lincoln:
.'At Springfield we saw him, and all
there was of Inn laughter and it was no
difficult matter to catch a sight of that
honest and intellectual face; for he stood
Ike Saul among his veterans, head and
shoulders above every man. Cheers.
| tell you, fellow citizens, that man six
feet ard four inches high, is to be found
seldom anywhere off a prairie. 1t is q
way they have of looking up and pceking
over for they are always aspiring to look
beyond the horizon. d. you ask what
sort of man is Abraham Lincoln? |
suppose no man heie asks that question
who has read his speech--one Of the le ID
ing men Of he West--as a cou.s lor and
barrister standing first among all his
peers--as citizen, admired and revered
for all the virtues that become and adorn
the man. He has countenance which
bespeaks the benignity and beauty of a
noble soul. My eyes were never visited
with vision of a human fac3 in which
more transparent honesty and more be-
nignant kindness were combined with
more Of the intellect and firmness which
belong to masculine humanity. APP
plause. would trust my case with the
honesty and with the intellect, with the
heart and with the brain of Abraham
Lincoln as a lawyer; and would trust my
ccuntry's cause in his care, as it's chief
magistrate, while the wind blows and the
water runs"
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-06-06
Yhe IrrepressiDIe Conflict.
BY W. II. BURLEIGH.

Up again for the conflict our banner fling
out,
And rally around it with song and with shout!
Stout of heart, firm of hand. should the gall
liant boys be,
Who bear to the battle the flag of the Free
Like our fathers, when Liberty called to tie
strife,
They should pledge to her cause fortune, hon
or and life
And follow wherever she beckons them on,
Till Freedom exults in victory won!
Then fling out the banner, the old starry
banner,
The battle-torn banner that beckons us on +!
They come from the hillside, they come from
the glen
From the streets thronged with traffic, and
surging with men;
From loom and from ledger, from workshop
and farm,
The fearless Of heart, and the mighty ofarm.
As the mountain-born torrents exultingly leap,
Whentheir ice-fetters melt to the breast of the
deep;
AS the winds of the prairie, the waves of the
They are coming-are coming-the sons of the
Free
Then fling out the banner, the old starry
banner,
The war-tattered banner, the flag of the
Free
Cur leader is one who. with conquerless will,
Has climbed from the base to the brow of the
hill
Undauuted in peril, unwayering in strife,
He has fought good fight in the Battle of
Life ;
And we trust him as one who, come woe or
come veal,
Is as firm as the rock, and as true as the steel,
Right loyal and brave. with 10 stain on his
crest,
Then hurrah, boys, for honest ''Oll Abe Oft e
West !"
And fling out your banner, the old starry
banner
The signal oftriumph for "Abe of the Westr'
The Wost, whose broad acres, from lalse-shore
to sea-
Now wait for the harvest aud homes of the
free !!
Shall the dark tide of Slavery roll over the sod
That Freedom makes bloom like the garden
of God p?
The bread of our children be torn from their
mouth,
To feed the fierce dragon that preys on the
South ?
No, never the trust which our Washington
laid
On Us, tor the future, shall ne'cr be betrayed
Thcn fling out the banner, the old starry
banner,
And on to the conflict with hearts undis-
mayed
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-06-06

Gg SOME Of the ardent, personal
friends of Gov. Seward, like Raymond,
Weed, Webb, and others, are maxine So
we're attacks on Horace Greeley, for his
course at Chicago, and attribute to him
motives of personal hostility and revenge
in his opposition to the nomination of
Seward.
Such charges are both unwse and I'M
just. We suppose Mr.. Greeley had a
right to oppose Seward without having
his motives impeached. The Conyen-
ton was composed Of earnest, able Re
pubIicnns, q majority of whom deemed
Mr.. Stewards nomination unwise, and we
doubt not but that the Republican party
endorses the wisdom of toe Convention.
Any attempt to secure a popular conlem-
nation Of Mr.. Greeley for opposing Sew
ards nomination, will be signal failure.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-06-06

Rw Many Of the friends Of Mr.. Sew
ard, both before and since the Chicago
Convention, have pcrsstcntIy advanced
the idea that the nomination belonged to
hint was owed to him by the party
he had a claim upon i.
Now, no one will doubt the signal abil-
ity of Senator Seward, nor the fact that
he has lent powerful aid to the Republi-
can organization. But other noble and
honored men have given to Republican
principles and to the Republican party all
the aid which wise heads and warm hearts
could bring. Is the party in debt to all
these men? We think not. We prefer
to believe that these men have done what
they have, in obedience to their own con
victions, from loyalty to tkeir own high
sense of duty and from the impulse of
their own manhood, and not to gain
credit account with party which might
have honors to confer.
1t is time that the idea of establishing
claims on party was dispelled. If a
man cannot work for a principle from love
of tin obedience to convictions of
truth and duty, let him remain Idle. In
making nominations, from President to
Pathmaster, a party should be hampered
W tn no claims. Ii should consult sim
ply It's own interest, and its interest will
generally, not always be, to elevate those
who have been most faithful and con-
spicuous fin laboring Cor it.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-06-06
Has Give il Up.

The Louisville Democrat, douglas
Democratic) says in its last number:
The nomination of Lincoln ut Chicago
is the strongest his party could have
made. The Republicans were wiser
than we gave them credit for. Douglas
has not met as nearly his match in de-
bate, whether in argument or tact as he
did when he met Abraham Lincoln is his
own State. i Such is the
man nominated at Chicago; and he has
the elements of POPULARITY about him
where votes are wanted. He is self
made. He has battled with the world by
himself, and owes his position to his own
ability and force of character.
1t is plain that this ticket is not to DO
easily beaten, and it is idle to undervale
its strength.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-06-06
How Old Abe Received the
News.

When the news of the nomination was
received in Springfield, Mr.. Lincoln was
in the State Journal office. A boy came
headlong into the room where no was
sitting, with scaled dispatch, which hs
placed in his hand. Mr.. Lincoln opened
it and sudden pallor came over his
features. He gazed upon it intently
nearly three minutes. Then his custom
AIRY smilc returned and he rose, saying:
"Well, boys, there is littlo woman
down at our house who is interested in
this business" and he walked away with
out any further appearance of agitation
to inform Mrs. Lincoln of the joyful news.
Press dc Tribune.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-06-06

Eg Abraham Lincoln, while making
speech upon the great question of the
times, made use of the following apt, and
forcible illustration:
If saw venomous snake craving in
the road, any man should say ! might
seize the nearest stick aud Kill it, but if
found that snake in bed with my chill
dren, that would be another question:
(Laughter.) might hurt the children
more than the snake, and the snake
might bite them. Applause Much
more, if l found it in bed with my neigh
boris children, and l had bound myself
by solemn compact not to NEEDLE with
his children under any circumstances, it
would become me to let that particular
mode of killing the gentleman alone
(Great laughter.) But if there is bed
newly made up, to which the children
are to be taken, and it was proposed to
take batch of young snakes and put
there with them, take 1t no man would
say there was any question how ought
to decide. prolonged applause.)
That is the case! The new Territories
are the newly made bed to which our
children are to 60, and it lies with the
Nation to say whether they will ave the
snakes mixed up with them or not, Il
does seem as if there could not be much
hesitation what our policy should be-
(applause.)
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-06-06
W. ii. SEWARD,

TIE nomination Of Lincoln and Ham
lin takes well in Pennsylvania. The
friends there didn't seem to be afflicted
with doubt that they will carry the State
by large majority. The occupation is
gone of that Bell which tolled the knell
OF cisunion where Everett goes, and its
clapper has been tied up. The Union
is considered as entirely safe, in the pros
poets of Lincoln's success, and for Messrs.
Bell and Everett there is no longer any
use. The opposition of Pennsylvania
will be united, and will poll for Lincoln
that tremendous majority they always do
when united. Lincoln's success we look
upon as well assured Dem,
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-06-06

~ From all portions of the country
reports reach us of the satisfaction and
enthusiasm with which the Republican
nominations are received. Mr.. Lincoln's
republieanis,n is distinct and emphatic
enough to satisfy my one, while the con-
servatiye have confidence in his honesty
and ability. A large number of conser-
vatiye papers which have hitherto oppos-
ed the Republican party, no come cheer
fully to the support Of LINCOLN and II Al
LIN, and the "signs OF tho times" give
promise Of coming, triumphant victory.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-06-06
A Punching Time

We cannot vouch for the truth of the
following story from the argus, but it
gives good illustration of the pinching
times in getting into the Wigwam at
Chicago.
One of the Wisconsin lobby at the
Chicago Convention, anxious to see the
show from the gallery of the Wigwam
tried to pass by the doorkeeper, when he
was told that no gentlemen could enter
unless accompanied by lady. Not to
be bluffed, he waited the entrance of an
apple woman and undertook to pass him.
self in under her protection. The door
keeper told him that dodge was "play-
ed out" at an early stage of the game
Back went our preserving friend and
waited until the impracticable doorkeeper
hasl bad time to forget him, and then.
closely following q remarkably well dress
ed female, be lightly grasped her shawl
and for the third time presented himself
for admission. Hold on, sir! you can't
90 in, said the doorkeeper. "WelI,then
let my wife come out; | am not going
to trust her in there among all those ruff,
ians, alonel" Indignantly exclaimed our
friend. is that your wife?" asked the
guardian of the Wigwam. swell, it is"
said the gentleman from Wisconsin,
The doorkeeper turned Ike well dressed
female around, and exhibited to the bor-
rified gaze of our friend the repulsiye
lineaments of a greasy nigger wench.-
"Satldn' drapped," and when our frrnd
revived lie took the first train for Madison
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-06-06
TIE 'EMdependeRt' COX lincoln.

The n. Y. I1dependent comes heart
lily to the support of the Republican tick
ct and says
We accept Abraham Lincoln as our
candidate for President, not because he
represents the Republican party, but be-
cause he represents that principle, and be-
cause we know him to be a true man, a
man Of great ability, who has thoroughly
studied the question of the times, man
honored and beloved | y bis fellow citizens
at home, aud and who, if chosen Presi-
dent, will use all his power and official
influence to reestablish the Constitution
as our fathers made it. The enthusiasm
with which the nomination is received by
the people, and the discontinue it has
produced among the leaders of the Dem
ocratic party. are its best Endorsements,
and give assurance that it will be ratified
by the populvr vote in November.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-06-06
COUNTY OFFICERS.

G, W. CAIRNS, Register of Deeds; Office
in Wises Block, Broad Street.
j. II. SoUTHWICK, County Treasurer !;
Office in Wises Block.
HENRY p. AMES, Sheriff; f. N. RED
MON. Deputy; Office over City Bank in
Wise's Block Broad Street
?. d: PIERCE, District Attorney. Office at
Trimbelle.
A. H. YOUNG. Clerk of Circuit and County
Courts; o. GIBBS. Jr., Deputy; office in
Wise's Block.
OLIVER GIBBS. Jr, Clerk of County Su-
pervisors; A. II. YOUNG, Deputy, Office in
Wise's Block
WM. HoWES. County Judge; Office in
Wise's Bock
p. V, WISE, Special Court Commissioner
under the new code.
JAMES II. HUNTER. County Surveyor;
offce ~ Pleasant Grove.
OLE wISGER. Coroner office at Martel
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-06-06

State of Wisconsin,
Circuit Court for Pierce County.
H. A. Truman
VS..
l.. s.. Lewis.
BY virtue ofan execution to me directed and
delivered, issued out of said Court in the above
entitled cause. on Judgment of Mechanics
Lien rendered by said Court. have levied up
on and this dav taken the following described
Real estate and buildings situated thereon. TO
vii One Blacksmith Shop, thirtv-fonr feet
long. by twenty wide. and dwelling house
thirty feet long. by twenty-five feet wide said
buildings being nearly new. and situated on
Lot No. II of Blcch - in Bay City in Pierce
County, Wisconsin Togtthc with all the
right. title and interest. which the said def
Giant had at the time of rendering said Judg-
ucut in and to the land on which said build
ings are situated, not exceeding one acre.
which | will expose for sale, and sell at public
aution 70 the highest bidder for cash at the
remiso5 in Bay City, in tic County and State
aforesaid, at three o'clock in the afternoon ofthe
fifth day of May, A d. 1869, to satisfy said
Judgment or mechanics with costs of sale.
j. S. WHIrE. Pitts Atty.
II. i. AMES, Sheriff
of Pierce County. Wis.
March, 9th, 1860. no39 CIV.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-06-06

If is rumored at Washington that Ev-
erett will decline because the arty is not
likely to he large enough to be rcspecta-
lie. Talking about ''the dead and gone"
a eonthern Op position member of Con-
gress met one OF the returning delegates
from Baltimore, and said: "Well, who
did You nomnate!' 1--WE nominated
Bell and Everett" "What, Bell and Ev-
erett?" eyes" "Wty didn't you nom
mate Chcate?" "Choate. why he is
dead y ooh, know it, but lie hasn't
been dead very long time"
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-06-06

gw Rev. THEODORE PARKER died at
Florence Oh the 10Th of May, Mr.. Par
ker was one of the leading men of the
age, and whatever may be thought Of his
peculiar religious views, all agree that he
was ripe scholar, a true phi!anthropist,
an eloquent orator, q subtle and yigor
Gus thinker, and noble and pure mind
ed man.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-06-06

TIE Covode Committee have got into
another rich placer to show up the fraud
and corruption Of the Administration
Witnesses have been summoned from n.
York to prove that 1900 men were trans
ported from that State into Connecticut,
in March last, to carry the election for the
Democrats. The Committee expect to
be able to prove who paid the money to
defray their expenses, ana in what villa
gcs and cities the frauds were committed.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-06-06

The REPUBLICAN PLATFORM IN Doors.
The Springfield Mass Republican
gives most felicitous definition of .'tEon-
est Abe, " the Presidential candidate of the
Republican party. Itsays: He will make
what we have not had lately-an honest
President. He is neither trickster nor
time-seryer, but a straight forwaed, man
", able man, who believes in the prin.
elples he represents. He as IN fact the
Republican Platform an Boots. God
bless him and give him yietoryt'
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-06-06

'.If Lincoln should be elected" said q
highly respectable Democrat, she will be
mere nulitv in the Administration"
1T strikes me, answered Republi-
can who heard the observation, '.that the
man who by his own genius and force of
character has raised himself from being
penniless and uneducated fiatboatman
on the Wabash River to the position
which Mr.. Lincoln now occupies, is not
likely to be a nullity anywhere"
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-06-06

g Hon. STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS b IS
declined to deliver the address at the next
State Fair at Madison. 1t is now expec
ted that Henry WARD BsEcHER Will be
engaged for The occasion.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-06-06

A GOOD joke is told ofone Of the Jap
panese officers. On Saturday he went
idto BARRIERS shop at Washington, to
have bis tonsure shayen, wich was done,
and quite to his liking, On leaving he
paid the price charged in the empire from
which he came, taking from bis poach
and handing the barber one copper coin,
eight of which are equal to one cent
So doing, he walked Ieisurely away.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-06-06

Few of US know what we would do in
a pinch, but we rather think if we were
called upon just at present to define the
National Democracy, we should do it by
adopting Parson Higgenson's definition
of mince PIE livery white and indiges-
tible upon the top, very black and indi-
gestible at the bottom, with untold hor-
rors between. Prentice.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-06-06

l LOVE My COUNTRY MORE THAN /
LOVE My PARTY" $50 said HANNIBAL
HAMLIN, when the Democratic party re-
pealed the Missouri Compromise and re-
opened the agitation of the Slavery ques-
ton; and thereupon resigned his posi-.
ton as Chairman of the Committee on
Commerce in the Senate, and gave in
bis adhesion to the Republican move,
ment.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-06-06

The japanese are overcoming their
repugnance to female society, enforced
upon them by the Tycoon. AT Gen. Jass'
reception, few nights since, they exam
ined the jewels on the arms of several
bellies, and shortly after a dashng blonde
exclaimed: zone ofthem kissed my hand,
he gave it such a squeeze first. Oh, he
did it splendidly y
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-06-06
Lincoln GncOmMitGeG.

The Chicago Tribune stating that
Lincoln is entirely uncommitted in his
disposition for the Presidency, relates the
fo!iow;ng:-
On Monday preceding the nomination,
one of Mr.. Lincoln's trusted friends adj
dressed him note, telling him that his
prospects were improving bat that's the
last moment, it might be necessary to
say n word here and word there for
securing the support of certain interests;
and the writer Of the note asked that he,
with two other friends whom he named
might be empowered to "noogtiate," if
negotiations should become necessary
We saw Mr.. Lincoln's reply. He said,
mo, gentlemen; have not asked the
nomination, and | will not now buy it
with pledges. If | am nominated and
elected, | shall not 90 into tho Presidency
as the tool Of any man, or as the property
Of any faction or ''clique We quote
from memory, but his language was sub
stantioIly as we give it; and nothing but
an injunction Of sccresy prevents us from
printing the name Of the gentleman to
whom the letter was addressed.