The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-05-23
The Nominations.

To-day We ding to the breeze the Republican
banner of 1860, inscribed with
LINCOLN, HAMLIN, UNION AND VICTORY!
The thuhders Of joy that hail our flag, as it
floats proudly out, reverberate to the remotest
corner of the Republic. Beneath its ample
folds Michigan strikes hands with Missouri, New
York with Kentucky, Virginia with California,
Maine with Texas! Our enemies-the enemies
Of Constitutional Liberty, the enemies OF Prog
ress, the enemies Of the welfare of our country,
the enemies of our Union, are struck with con.
sternation and dismay. Well may they be, for
when they look at their own disordered and dis
organized forces, and when they see with what
unanimity and enthusiasm the serried ranks Of
our party close up in support Of ABRAA
LINCOLN and HANNIBAL HAALIN, our no
BILE standard bearers, their hearts fail within
them, and like Belshazzar of old, their knees
smite together. For them the handwriting is
already on the wall, and as sure as the ides of
November come, SO sure will be witnessed the
overthrow of the SO called democratic party-a
party that has "a stolen the livery of heaven to
corrupt as the court of Charles II, and odious as
the Inquisition.
1t is true that in the nomination made, the re.
publicans of Michigan have not obtained their
first choice-the man whom they love and de-
light to honor-the patriot and statesman, Will.
lam II. Seward, Of New York. But while they
were warm aud ardent in his support, they bow
a. cheerfuly as does that great statesman, to the
will Of the majority Of the Convention, with an
abiding faith that the welfare of the party has
had its due weight in tho choice that has been
made.
With the name Of ABRAHAM LINCOLN our rea.
ders are all familiar. Two years have not elapsed
since the eyes Of the nation were turned to ILL.,
nois to witness q struggle between two giants,
the great giant, Lincoln, and the little giant,
Douglas. The result Of the contest which had
no precedent in the history of American politics,
is notforgotten. Douglas, by trick of representa-
ton, succeeded in being reelected to the Z. S.
Senate, while the popular vote was for Lincoln
by nearly five thousand plurality. This fact fur.
nished sufficient proof Of the ability of the man
and his popularity with the masses. The man
who can meet as able and INSCRIPTIONS foe as
he met-meet him when has as firm a hold
upon public sympathy as Douglas had at that
tme-meet him, too, in State that had long
been one Of the stronghold. of the democratic
party, and can beat him upon the popular vote
by as great . majority As he beat Douglas, GER
tainly need not fear to meet him now, when his
prestige ID departed, and his party is shattered
to splinters.
But the obstacles above enumerated we're not
oil, nor the greatest with which the brave Lin.
coin had to contend. A portion of the republi-
can press, at the head Of which was the New
York Tribune, one Of the most influential pa
pers Of the country, lent its aid to the adverse.
~. Now that he 10 the chosen champion of the
republicans Of the whole country, as well as Of
the republicans Of Illinois, We sincerely hope the
Tribune will not follow the precedent it then es.
tablished for itself, but will give him q cordial
and hearty and support
In the nomination of Mr.. Lincoln We have
leader whose principles are firmly and truly re.
publican. He is q man Of the Seward stripe.
and adheres as firmly to the doctrines of the
Fathers OF the Republic, and Of Repubcanism.
Abram Linconis man Of unbounded personal no.
puiarty in the section Of country where he is best
known. He has sprung from the laboring classes,
andis emphatically the peoples candidate. Hi.
nois is wild with excitement over his nomination.
Indiana will give him 10000 majority, and Penn
sysvania 10000, and he will be carried into the
presidential chair with an enthusiasm which b,s
soe been known in this country since 1910.
The history Of Hannibal Hamrn, our stsunch
CANDIDATE for vice-President is too wen known
% need any esloU from our pen. A Jeferso
man Democat, he remained with the Democratic
party until its glory had departed, when he bold.
y severed the ties that bound him to il and ,sf,