, 1860-05-31
ALI ONE THING OR ALL THE
UT4fEK,

In every pro-saCery PAPER which We open
we end the following extract from speech Of
Ar. Lincoln, delivered at Springfield, June II,
1858, emblazoncd with italics. capitals and
other typographical illumination
~ believe this government cannot endure
perm Auently half Stare and half free. I do not
expect the Union to be diaso we'd. l do not ex.
Ta:. the house to tall; but do expect it will
cease to be divided. l. will become al one
thing or all the other. Either the opponents OF
slavery will arrest the further spread of it and
place it where tue public mind III al rest in the
belief thai il is in The course OF Ultimate ex
ttuction, CT its cdvcoe'es will push it forward
nntil it shall become nike lawful in all the
Sta'es-old as we'll us new-North as well as
South" :.
What is there dreadful, or dangerous, or
hereli al 10 this paragraph? We remember
that Douglas tried to make some partisan cap.
itsl Oh. Of it in the campaign Of 1858, but NJ.
ter exhausting his powers Of pezyerslon, fail
ed utn r.y. Now that Mr. Lincoln is cand-
date far tho Presidency, the whole pro-alavcry
keaEel hnEe taken up the cry, but VIC opino
they will discover ere long that they hare
been on q cold sent
Let us examine this passage Of Nr. Lin
coins Speech. sentence by sentence, and Il
there is anything III it that is bad, untrue or
dangerous, endeavor 10 disooyesi it.
lst. II 1clieps this government cannot en-
durs permanently hall slave ard half Free
What is there wrong in this sentence? Mr..
Lincoln is not alone in lis belief Very few
men, and they shallow. hraiued, do believe
that this Union will a1ways bc half slave and
half free. Every Republican in the United
States desires to put stop to tho spread Of
alavctT. They want 70 more slave. States,
mad ii lfasc sentiments can DO carried nut
there Eocor will l,c aco,lor foot Of slava terri.
tory en- the North American continent. Tho
two systeus-ffeedom' ana slavery4antoeo-
nize, and from their very nature can never
harmon:zs. They are at war with each other
the weld over. Intelligent Democrats un.
derstaud this fact as well as Republicans.
ID u do not expect tie Union to be dis.
solved
Ga tLis point Mr. Lincoln differs with South.
ern Democracy, who net only expect that the
Union rill be dissolved, but they desire it.
dissolution, and ere 1atoring to achieve TINT
end. Thsv diss>1red partnership with the
Northern Democracy at Charleston as the pri.
mary step 10 tie dissolution Of The Union H.
sslC But at this juncture the political friends
Of Nj. Lircoln step forward and declare That it
ahan not be' dissolved. What III. Lincoln
states as m expectation, the Republicans af-
firm as a fact, and Northern Democrats will
not dane to take issue with1hen: s.:-:
80 Sd. II do not e1pec: ,he house to fall; but
I do expect it will cease to, be dividel." =
WHAT is there 1iectionablc in this sentence?
Do our dougdfaeo colemp portaries expect that
the AT erican house will fa1l1 N do they hone
thtt it Will never cease to be Divided? Per.
haps they be1ive thnt divided house will nev.
er fall. Christ declared that it would Recoro
. quarTe}lsng with Mr.. Lincoln On the opinion he
expressed, let them first successfully contro.
vert the maxim laid down by the Saviour
<'h. 1T (the Uuion) will become ali one |
thing, OF al! tile o1her."
We can hardly give clearer or mona ,ncon,
s'oVeth'e reason for this opinion than that Of.
1efea oy tho author Of it: >"Eithcf the op-
P'nea1s ol Slavery will arrest the further
spread Of 1t, and p1aco It whero ths nuh,;c |
mind shall rest in tie belief That il il il: tbe
course Of ultifnaae ez6nctoh, sor. its advocate.
viii push 1t forward until it shall become alike
9a~ul in Ill tile S!ates-oId a. well "a naw-
North as we'll as South.
ana this is precisely The irrepressible con.
dlct that is being .Tased throughout this coun.
fy. The Republicans advocate til : former
solution Of the problem, and the Democrats the