, 1860-11-01

MH1.ucSoEa, CUuF1HCeQ Dy Tue IesuA Oi luc
late elections in Pennsylvania, Indiana and
Ohio, that the contest was between Lincoln
with freedom in tho Territories on the one
hand, and Breckenridge with Slave Code
and the revival Of the African slave trade
on the other, advised its friends 10 vote for
the former, and expressed the hope that
the free States would giye Lincoln at least
ono million majority. There was no reason
to doubt the honesty and sincerity of thc
editor in giving this advice He did not
claim to have changed lis views on politi-
cal questions in the least lie took back
nothing that he had heretofore said in favor
ofStephen 4. Douglas and the doctrine Of
non-intervention. He was rs much in favor
ofboth as he had ever been but he saw
that neither Douglas nor his peculiar dog
mas were in the contest at all, and like an
honest man he expressed his preference be-
tween the two real contestants and their
respective creeds, and advised those who
looked to him for counsel not to cast their
votes so they would count nothing, but to
aid in swelling the majority for Lincoln.
But the Chicago Times and Herald, the cdi-
tor and proprietor Of which are known to
be full-nedged Breckinridge men, and who
support Douglas in Illinois as the most
cficctual way to secure the triumph Of their
favorite, secs nothing but treason in the
course pursued by the Pioneer aud Demo-
erat. Says that interesting and patriotic
sheet:
As the hour approaches for the grand trial
of strength these Judas friends begin to un-
mask and exhibit to the world their hidcous
treason Such men as Hickman went carly
others sill linycr with Inc hope OF stabbing
Douglas with tho assassfn's 6tilctto, in the
house Of lis friends. Tho last traitor that has
unmaskcd Is the St. Paul Pioneer and Danurut.
1t at length hcralds to the world its foul trea-
son, and MAX 5 its last stab at tho Democratic
party uudert :cloak Of Stephen A. Douglas.
lencefonh 1t likes its rank among the Aboli-
ttonfsts,
The editor Of the Pioneer and Democrat
has been straight-out Douglas man for
the last twelve years; the editor and pro-
prictor Of the 7. d. H. have been hostile to
Douglas during the same period. The former
supported Douglas, in good faith, SO long as
there remained the slightest prospect of
clecting linn; tho latter support him be-
cause they know he does not stand the
slightest chance in the world Of an election,
! and because his success in Illinois might be
the means Of throwing the election into
Congress, in which event either Dreckin-
ridge or Lane would be the next President
As Douglas chances fade out it is quite
natural for the r d Il to grow more and
more Jealous in his support; but those
Northern Democrats who prefer interven-
tion for Freedom to Intervention for Sla-
very, seeing that It must be one or the other,
will just as naturally come into the support
Of Lincoln. The difference between them
and tho r. d. IL is that the former were
honest in their support Of Douglas as long
as there was anything TO- be accomplished
by it, willie the latter never supported him
with the honest purpose Of aiding in his
election, but to secure the triumph Of his
dcadliest foes.
If the Tines and Herald undertakes to
read out Of the party all Northern Demo
crats who take the same view of the mat
ter which the Pioneer aud Democrat so ably
enforces, it will have its hands full, aud at
the close ofits lators will find the Demo.
cratic party not only shoru Of its best mcua-
bers, but Of majority Of its voters also.
Already the Winona Democrat, another in.
aucntial organ Of 3lr. Douglas, has fol-
lowed the example Of the Pioneer and Dem,
ocrat while all over the free States, and
particularly here in Illinois, the honest,
freedom-loving supporters Of Douglas, have
resolved that the only patriotic course now
open to them is to vote for Lincoln. In com
pany will. JoHS HICKMAN and the Pionce,
and Democrat they can well afford to bca,
the denudciations ofthc Times and Herald