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, 1860-11-03

The Louistanian, Breckenridge paper Of
New Orleans, gives publicity to The following
conversation between a New Orleans merchant
md Mr.. lincoln:
A highly respectable merchant of OFT citT,
Just returned from the North and West, in-
forms III that during his visit there he had m
interview with Old Abe, the rall<p1lttcr. Up
on being asked BIZ our informant what he
would do, or what would likely be his policy
In rcgattl TO the South should be be elected,
the rail-splitter replied that similar intcrroga-
tories had been propoundcd to him By mnny
persons, and also in writing by letter, but that
be had uniformly refused to answer them,
since he did not deem It either polite or rr.,-
dent to declare Ills policy in advance Hctook
occasion, however, to apprisc our informant
that be would dispel TIC illusion existing at
the South, that he would hnyc to send men
from the Free States to fill the Offices, By as'
snriug him that there would be found plenty
Of persons at the South glad enough to get
them, and that he had already received four
hundred letters from the slave States begging
Office, large and considerable portion Of
which came from Louisiana.
We beg our rcadcrs to ponder upon this, and
keep copy Of this paper until after the 4th of
blarch ncxt, should the n1inois railsp1itter be
elected, and when hc makes his appointments
for Louisiana, refer to this statement, and he
will have m additional cue to the causes and
motives Of the disruption of the Democratic
party at Charleston aud Baltimore These
fellows, in their application for Office, are TAX
Ing time by the lofr!ock, and arc determined
not to be bchindhand in the race to catch tho
Treasury drippings. Is it my wonder after
such revelations, to hear persons in Louisiana
say that Lincoln is preferable to Douglas, md
moro safe and reliable for the Souths We
think that the rai1splitter showed good deal
Of shrcwdncss when lie plaJcd the Breckin-
ridge game Of silence, and refused to answer
the intcrrosntor1es put to him. a mum can
frankly expresses his views, because his sup
porters, not knowing what ,his opinions arc,
have nothing to find fault with, but arc COM
uc1lcd, as gamblers say, to 60 It blind"
, 1860-11-03
:-7a.-~:I% ~'r.. -
Forging Naturalization Papers in tho
49,. County OF Kane,

Editors Chicago Tribune:
by the ENCLOSED, from the Elgin 9asttte you
will notice what means our Democratic oppo-
nents are using to carry the State for Douglas
When on Inst Tuesday, Oct. Goth, tho ftnud
was discovered, our Democratic friends felt
really little ashamed, and indeed they feared
that the names Of the parties who issued these
forged papers, would be made known to the
public. We hope yet that the forgers will be
detected and su0ur the consequences Of tho
law. Yours, DR. JAEGER.
MORE DEMOCRATIC FoRoEnIEs.
KS noled In another place the Court Of Com.
mon Pleas in this city il now holdinga special
term to grant naturalization papers. On Tues
day the Court detected q man In offering d
forged paper declaring Lis intentions to be-
and signed BY Luther Dearborn, clerk Of Kane
County Circuit Court. The clerk Of our court
Is an expert in detecting forgerics OF altera-
tions In writing. Hc discovered that this pa.
per WIS signed with ink that was yet frrsh,
although purporting to be four years old.
The man upon bcing questioned under oath
said he had never made application at &C:
given him this paper; said he would bring
/ Ill the mau that guve him the paper and thcn
| made Oh excuse to retire foff moment
since which he has not been heard from,
| Upon examination, it WAS asccrtained thai
nearly twenty persons had received thcl1
second papers on these forged first papers. il
| appears that some scounIrei has got hold Of {
lot Of Dearborn's old blanks, aud is filling
them up and furnishing them to fEuoran
frishmen, and sending them to obtain thci
papers, so that they cau vote for Douglas. /
Is thus the Democratic vote is to be tncreascs
in this district We mean to get hold Of til
names Of those who have imposed upon tn
Court, and We hope their votes will be chal
icnycd when they come TO tho polls. It /
this utter recklcssncss on the part Of Demo
cratic Lenders. this triaing with the electiv
franchise, this baEtering away the dearest rlsf'
Of American citizens, which has aroused I'll
forcyer.-EZain Gasdte, Aou. 1Sf.
, 1860-11-03
DfSENEOC CTHTATE.

C1AELEy RICHMOND says, and VIC PFC
s1mc It's tr:e, ,.,at there is an agent Of the
Gre~e2tcr; Q: South Carolina now in this
city, to hire Democrats to 60 Soa!h and
hold 1llc;r nls::crs while they dissolve tEc
Ua:oa. nc thinks inasmucl, rs 1ha: pre-
cicus State has 1.3,oa0 more blacks than
whites, thai Wages Tor Northern mcn will
be COED there this winter, II this d:sunion
movement goes Oh. There arc maay who
woall uaq1cs,:onably accept the offers
which 1Ec already made, but for tic fact
that tic blank contracts sent on here con-
TIN clause forb;dl:ns the employees to
anal@arEa:c with tic Slaves, while the
c'iiva:yy are a5scn: At tho war 4 little
MOT. l:acrality and less scrurlc for South
crn -;gst,' in this regard, would doubtless
secure ii: services Of as many Democrats
as the reIci:;ous Stale will be nblc to pay
for Charles says he is ready to suggest 4
compromise Whenever Ills services in this
delicate matter arc asked for.
, 1860-11-03

The Baltimore Ilt,iot calls attention to
the 5.:ct tia. The gEc:. value Of the specie
system in Our national finances has been
again realized By the people in the late e!-
forts of the Secretary Of ,lc Treasury and
the gamblers of the New York stock cx-
change, TO produce money panic that
would knock down all prices. They could
aot reach the circulating medium. The
hundreds Of independent banks could not
be induced to contract their circulation,
viii Inc same faei;iiy rs the Pennsylvania
United States Bani- could. Fortunate was
it, that the Democratic leaders could not
use the specie system, they were tho au-
thors al, against the public interests, or We
should have scc;. another Diadlc panic en-.
acted about these times.
&c; Us hope that tho lesson will not be
forgotten, and thct the few Republicans
who still cling 70 the idea Of IN Cnited
States D.n:i. will sec the dangerous power
OF SUCH IN Institution when engineered by
uuscr,pr1ous men like Cobb and his con
JrxIrs in that outrageous swlndle.
, 1860-11-03
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SEND TT TO THE EEDEEEs

Suppose YOU 10 send it TO the House
what thea: Why, B-cckinridgc' will be
elected, and lis gang Of nulliiiccs and &C.
ce:s;on:s:s, with their slave code and their
project ior re-opcniny the Save trade, will
be commissioned with q new lease cfpower;
o., in the terrific battle which will be fought
in Congress, the Union will be torn to
pieces. .Arc either Of these tho goal for
which the ir:cnls Of Mr.. Douglas-thosc
OF tleia n,io desire to curb the arrogance
Of the slave dr.vcrs-sct out: Hyou will,
cc1a it 10 tic House; but let those who
couc.it taa: suicidal act, be ready to bear
the curses which will be showcred down
u2oa t!:e::'T gull: 1cad=. Why not end tho
whole n12ttc-, and vote for Hoacst Old
Abc, c: oacc Is he not safe, is lie not
wise, is he no. 9 man Of the people, is he
no. natrto: Of TIC true metal: Who
can imagine that abraham Lincoln could
play the fools or tao traitors part:
, 1860-11-03
The Wide AWnkes.
rEet,+, Thm ~ v Trfhrne

Tho most imposing, influential, and potent
political Organization which ever existed IN
this country, IL the Wide Awakes. They have
been the salient Characteristic OF tho cam
patg1- They hare thrown Into the canvass an
tncalcnlab1c amount Of e9shuslasm- They arc
future historian, who shall depict the incidents
which will make the political revolution Of
1850 memorable in our annals, will devote one
Of his moat glowing chapters to the achieve
ments Of the Wide Awakes:
But, the multitudtnous Clubs which harein-
fused such energy into this contest should r.
member that they were orgaaized not merely
~ to throw flood of brilliancy over the pre-
lminary stages Of the tight, but mainly 10 make
sure the ricto4z upo7. TIE trial day. In plain
English, tue prime object object Of these Clubs
1s to secure majority Of the Electoral votes
for Lincoln and Hamlin on the first Tuesday
Of November So far Us they are concerned,
that is tho day for which all other days were
made. Two or three suggestions may not be
improbable:
j. The Wide Awakcs should regard all that
they have yet done as mere drilling and dis
ciplining Tor the battle on the day OF election.
IL They should now dot their caps and
capcs, and set asid their lamps and lanterns, and
| 80 at the serious work Of preparing to bring
! every Lincoln voter to tho polls.
ILL., To do this, they should dcvide them
| selves into squads, assinGlns to each cpceial
| portion Of the work. They should have squads
to perfect poll-lists, to confer with doubtful
voters, to distribute ballots, to rally laggards
TO tho polls, to challenge illegal votes, and the
like.
". They shonld take thorough measures to
| prevent illegal votes going into the boxes II
! need be, they should offer rcwnrds for the de-
lection and punishment Of fraudulent voting,
On this point, they should not permit them.
selves to be thwaTted, but Should prevent the
| prostitution Of the franchise ut all hazards.
v. They should sec that fair play is allowed
to MI legal voters in their attempts to deposit
their ballots. They should permit no citizen
Of my party to be brow-beaten or frightened
from the exercise of his rights.
VI. When tic day Is closcd, they should Set
that the ballots arc honestly counted and can
vaesed.
VII Finally, Wide Awakes! don't wast'
your time from now to the election in iGl'
par1adcs. You have done gloriously in keeping
up the enthusiasm aud shedding bEillianc,
| over the field while the combatants were tas
Ing up their respective positions. The rca
fighting il now about to begin. On the day
battle, don't be preparing . programme 70
celebrating the victory. Don't BE- FURNISHING
your bannc crs and filling your lamps. Work q
the polls from carly dawn to set Of sun. An
then: when the triumph is achieved, au
all Is made sure, and the lightning nashe
"gictory!" along the wires, set apart a day 10
! general jubilee worthy Of the grept cycn'
But. tW then o,yanizet PLAN! WORK !Americ
| expects every Wide Awake to his dUtyt
, 1860-11-03

In Mr. Yanccy's letter to Mr.. Meadows,
written June 16, 1859, he spoke as follows Of
Mr. Jefferson:
Exceedingly loose, and indeed unconstitu-
1ional idcas On the subject Of Slavery carly
crcpt Into the public mind. Wild, imRSacti-
cable and falEc notions rs to the equality Of the
hutnan race, got abroad both here and in
Europe Tic world had so long been pressed
down under The weight Of absolute dcsPotisnl
that the rebound Of opinion went far beyond
tho line Of truth; and the error, starting In
France, swept across the Atlantic, and for o
time unsettled, even here the we1l-ba1anced
principles Of our Constitution, and the opin-
ions Of some Of our greatest statesmen. From
this Bource Mr.. jefferson became imbned with
tile spirit Of Slavery emancipation ; md under
his powerful Influence this mental poison
sprcad through n,,r political sphere; while nn-
der the still stronger mdntnce Of Ecrcral
mighty preachers Of the gospel. 1t became o
creed in our religion that Slavery was a moral
lcprosy fastened upon the land, In tho height
Of these radically false notions, Congress
passed. the law prohibiting the foreign trade in
6!aycs-dcclaring it to be Of the iguomlnious
rrado Of piyacy-on level with and tho equal
of murder aud .ohbery on thu high SEAS; and
having thus cut or ohe Of the chief resources
of It's increase and prosperity on the cast, II
turned to ycst, and by the Missouri Compro
pliea,ion Of the Wilmot proylso in fact, it d2
clarcd that Slavery should be forever excluded
from all Of our Tcr7nS:sses. corta Of S6 deg
70 min, that is, from three fourths Of our ~
main,
, 1860-11-03
GuK-rent Squattcr Rally at tho Capital
OF AFl4eonSIn--1tcnS.
Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribunc.l

AAD4s0Nt " 1fa Aaof L. 1tNV
For the last two weeks mammoth hana-bi11s
posted all over tho country, and advertise
ments with great display Of type IN the Doug
las papers hare announced . Rally Of the
friends Of Douglas and Johnson" at this
city
1t was "to be the largest and best meeting
ever held at the Capital" Marshals and de-
pntics, q President for every town in the coun-
ty were appointed. 4 speaker from Illinois,
two from Iowa, and Six from Wisconsin, were
announced to address the people in English,
German and Norwegian. The impression T.s
conveyed to some Of tho more ignorant ofthc
Democratic camp followers that 3" my great
principle" was to be represented By its can.
didatcs for President. Great cf1ortsw were made
to ret up demonstration that should entirely
eclipse the Seward meeting.
Yesterday all these preparations eliminated
In 50 utter and complete failure that eonld
not hare believed it had not seen with my
own eyes. The President Of the day did not
appear. Merrick Of Illinois, Augustus CEsar
Dodge end B. N. Samucls of Iowa, s. Craw.
ford, II. L. Palmer, II. Il. Carpenter, Emil
Roath and Dr: Fcssell, the advertised speakers,
stafd array, amp most Of all the squatter Soy
crcigus did not turn out. There were 10
'.dettgations from the country" and not the
average number Of people in town. The can
non were fired and the drums beat in valn. The
Marshal Of the day, wealthy amateur farmer,
living few miles out Of town had 10 process
sion to manage aud put ont his horse aud laid
aside his sash in disgust. Lesa than two hnn-
dsed persons gathered in one cnd Of the Dem
ocratic headquarters, formerly 4 theatre, where
our Mayor undertook 10 play farce md be jol-
II. Such complete lizzlc in city usually
casting 1908 Democratic votes, in a county
where they hare almost always had a majority
] mass meeting they have attempted to get up
during the campaign was most piliable. The
Democratic paper last night was dumb, max
| ing no reference whatever to the demon
stration,
The moral effect Of this exhibition of weak
ness on the wayering will be terrible to our
| opponents. The Republicans In this Demo
cratic stronghold arc working as never before
and are confident Of success. Gen. Atwood Of
the State Journal will probably be nominated
for Assembly in this district to-day. He has
hard district to run In, but he carried 1t last
| spring for Magyar and will probably take 1t
now.
| The detection Of Senator Gill Of Watertown,
President Of the Douglas Club, and the intro:
| duccr Of Douglas when he showed himself in
those parts, will damage the Democracy in the
Third Congressional District hundreds ofvotcs.
Our friends are confident Of making clean
sweep through the State. The only danger is
in regard to the Legislature, caused by indc-
pendent candidates in some districts.
We expect to send greeting to Illinois with
some Il, 900 majority next Wednesday.
Yours truly, WISCONSIN.
, 1860-11-03


What Layc the sincere. earnest, jealous
Douglas :ac2 n Chicago. TO gain by con-
tlnucl sur port Of their candidate: You,
Car:e-, Gage, co!vin, Sherman. Van Bu-
rea, Acall:s.cr and a host O.. others who
,w,sA The country well-you who hope for
the pc:rctuity Of this Cnion, for the lini-
tat.oa Of the arrogant Slave Power, and for
the extension Of free principles, what arc
yo1 ,:n3 il this crisis? Do you want, By
q ndiyis:en Of No-1l.crn 1acn, to put that nc
ton, which has disrupted and ruined the
Dcnocsatic party and assumed the control
Of the Government, into power again ? Do
yoa want to elect John C.. Breckenridge
and ;nlorsc lis policy arc you disun-
Ionists, and do you want to aid and com
fo1 tic men who are threatening 10 break
this Government up? If not, why persist
/, tc-eTorls, which, il successful, will
thror; the election into the House and Sc
c1rc TIC triumph Of that which you most
hate: Why not unite with us aud settle
this disunion question now nnd forever by
pa::ins Abe Lincola in the Presidential
Chair and bidding tic di=unionists do their
Hort.s, Is not Lincoln wise, moderate,
cool, discreet, patriotic: Don't you know
him as such? Is no: the contest between
him :nd Brcc:zinridgc? Has Douslas any
chancc? Arc you not for Lincoln, tho
: En;on and slavery restriction, rather than
for E1ecLinridgc, disanion and slavery cx-
j. tension: DoaSlas, being out Of the way,
arc you not for white men and tic North,
rather than slaves and the South: Do you
want Old Abe TO 60 into the Presidency
.bac1ed up only by feeble majority, That
vii! encourage The enemies Of The Govern
meat and of human liberty to prosecute
thci- tvaitorous designs p; You know he
will 60 IN with or without your aid-why
:: mot then seat lin there By an unanimity
:. which will alp discnlon in the bud, and
= giyc this great Republic peace again ?
49, These arc home questions; but they arc
:. Important, and they demand IN answer ut
:. the pills, on.thct day in which the North
expects every man 10 do his duty il, guard
2.hs and per7utua1ing that glorious heritage
ri,lch our fathers lcltrs? Lctus, enmasse,
with OLD ARE at our head, sweep down
:! upon tho enemies Of The Constitution and
!. The Onion, and silence them foTe11.'-
, 1860-11-03

General Cornelius Robinson OF Aabama
Offers his valuable plantations aud negroes for
sale. Hc is "disgustcd,'' lie says, twill, the
submissission policy Of the south," and is de-
tesmined to convert his property md leave.
The Marquis Of Chaudos, who, with his
wife, has been following tho grand tour Of the
Prince, is gathering u collection Of choice
paintings Of American scenery. The pictures
arc said to be very well chosen.
THE Boston Ga:et.c mentions rumos that
The Duke Of Newcastle limited to prominent
gentleman Of this city that another year this
country and Canada might receive visit from
aEoyal pcrsonage whose presence would be
sigaalized, he did not doubt, by crcu more
glorious reception than had been extended to
the Prince. When that person comes, the
question will be" Who shall dance with the
Quecn?''
Col Forney WIS burned in ot1igy at Read
inss, fcuusSlyanla, last week. His pen hand
rn:@. evidently wns not Llistercd in the opera
tion, for he Is writing terrible articles against
the Sccessiouists. ts.-Lontsrd|Ee{ Ky.) Journal.
Mrs. JOHN c. Calhoun, rclict Of the distin-
guished Senator from South Carolina, has been
~, ~. sonle uu4e " . '1s.t ~ ~. @ uAu s' a'e
e1eu'son, near otaoensou'g' ars. eaAneon IS
NJ" s'S,,-e'sn. 5ea9s Q, as' WIN Ill eye
scarcely olnnco " aee' eneef.ul IN con'c'sa-
1on' ana ie,ers ",sn pleasuse 10 ner many Fal'
uea m .'.I. asso...-4u. 1a.s nna-s..o@- . -
"'@>nnn 49, ss
-On tue occasion OF the rFlnecs Elslt to
Sas.i Hail. The Princc hrcpaned ~ to = s wnttcr c
aud requested him to ret glass Of vine. The
walter promptly replied that they "haynt
~ p,n.c - u. t,sn, nna ahat T. 1ae ~
lug ns ~ acc,r.nne n nn i, o.ho ah ~as
slous to provide wine. *sThen.n sid Tie
Prince, turning to tho waiter, <.get me glass
o. oeer;. fof me second tlme t; ns "as onlsea
Ga,on;rjt es' '' IVY
rh. ,,.+ ,,o.-a cov, Er,o,a o,ro,,cot,
>. s' ~" AVN
the dca1n, o5 MS loss IN eteane1' o1 s'aHes
Sheridan Knowles. Mr. Knowles is well
tnoun n. +be ,n+bor cf uTbc Urnch}s,ck ,,
u+,'' .,-.c. ..-1--,-N
iao WIG anu onans o'ne' popuA pass,
'sad IS IN actofin MS o"u plass' us '1s'1eo
fhis country many years SINCE anu appeared
atthe PRINCIPAL theatres. LIE was spenala
reader and elocntionist, but never rus popular
with the crowd OF late years he had re-
bounced the stage, reGsretting' it was sud, bis
previous connection with 1t, and he had be-
oomea very acceptable preacher In connection
With the Baptist denomination. As a PREACHER
, 1860-11-03

be compelled to submit to IN unjust and
fraudulent apportionment Of the Statc, be.
cause VIM Church was renominated over a
less successful competitor? Shall we pre-
vent the large German vote, without which
Repuhlicanism in Chicago and Illinois is
powerlcss, from going with us hereafter,
by winking at tho defeat Of the German
candilatc nova man who is a Republican
and Citizen without reproach? Shall we
sacrifice Scammon and Brown, two Of the
best citizens Of the State, and put doubtful
material in the lawmakers place because
somebody las said that they do not hntc
n. 3. Judd?
Last Spring We stincd rcscntments which
were the growth Of years, forgot injuries
and ISLANDERS that were hard 10 bcar, ,forgavc
offences that We thought never could be
forgiven, and did our best for candidates
who were personally hostile and politically
Objectionable, in view Of the next Tuesdays
struggle That even then, was above and
superior to all other considerations. The
men before whom we gave way then, TINT
there might be peace-that the prospects
Of u Republican triumph in the State might
not be marred by quarrel and split here
in the seat Of Republican powcr-where
are they now? They lead the bolters
They arc daily cuddling under dirty Dem.
ocrat:c blankets with the men whom VIC
then fought with unspairing vigor and zeal
for their sake. They arc moving all tht
agencies that they can control to compas:
| defeat Of the party 10 which they owe 81
| much!
We cntrcat Republicans who have beer
gulled By these men to open their eyes Il
the fact that the question now at issue i
not one of fees, Of the nationality Of candi
dates, or Of the proper OF improper division
of patronage. 1t is questi"n Of Republi
can ascendancy in Chicago and in Illinoi
Ia question which, through The election o
Il Senator and the apportionment for mem
bers Of Congress, is matter Of Nationa
concern! VIC cntrcat them to ffown dow
all attempts to produce discord and strif
now; and to remember the men who ar
plotting for 4 Republican defeat. Rcncn
ber the traitors!