New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-05-26

foorodh He mot .qu.Isy u. .Eams" q bis
and with admirabIs .s .botd % m.ke bic hesrsI. forge,
tbs while after impartial witness. would have said
be had sss may yeS +. sn @ .nssesSs
ing portion Of this confidence TO the excited Republicans who
listened to him"
LET US just put one Jact-a most incontrovert-
ible one--in opposition to the above assertions;
this namely: Long before Mr.. Lincoln ~a' re-
oo,osd this side cfhe WaJash as probable eandi-
don 70, me Presidency, The Republicans Of Ohio had
unoo,d b,o,,;,u IN disseminating that series Of de-
bates bct,ceen Messrs Linecin and Dopgfos-n" one
side merely, but BOTH sides--as campaign doea'
ment for 1860. Witness the following circular TO
Republicans advertised in our columns several
weeks ago:
pKnarys BETWEEN xRssRs. LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS.
To The Members Of the Republican Party
The undersigned have arranged with the Publishing Hone OF
Fot1ETT FosrEK Co.. Of Columbus, to publish the debates
between Mes,rs Lincoln and Douglas in Illinois, during the ex
citing campaign 1853 and the speeches preceding the debates
but together with the two great speeches
of Mr. Lincoln In Ohio In 1859 Throughout the Union the con
test was regarded the spirited and important tht had
been witnessed for many years The peculiar doctrines OF Mr.
Douglas which had given him much prominence are here SET
forth by him. their attractive fons while the eminent
ability with which they ayzed and their sophsy hed
ND attention of the American people, by MI Lincoln e'sy
where received the most gratifying Communications Inc d'
tpctye features Republican party the friend oil free
Labor and Free Institutions contrast with that Of Slavery and
M Incidents fully and ably presented than oy
Mr. Lincoln these speeches. II not too much TO say ha
in no have the vital principles Of the two great parties
Of the country been found 70 condensed ana so soy SGT o "
in this volume.
No man can Justly claim be thorough and intelligent poll
can who studied these debates and made himself m
arguments Of the advocates of squatter Sovereignty
IN IL lo,I ungat afaF
These debates are authentic having been reported by the
friends Of eachMr Douglass in The Chicago Times and Mr.
Lncons The Chicago Press and Tribune" The volume will
make pages large octave printed from new type on clear
white paper at the following rates:
80 cents Copy, Bound in Muslin
$3.50 per Thousand, Bound
S.,J per Hundred, unbound.
$3.50 per Thousand unbound
They will be and by express to all parts Of the
country Committees and individuals will please write Foett
Foster Co.. Columbus Ohio, and designate how many copies
they will This should be done that the edition
may be large enough to supply all orders.
SO the work is out, which viii be Apr z, parties
sending orders will be notified and the books will be sent
ceiyng the remittance viii your friends aid n this matter
promptly Respectfully GEORGE NJ PARSONS
Chairman Republican State Central Committee
Colyrby, Ohio Feb 1860 WIN. T. BASCOM, Sec'y
We had repeatedly urged Republicans to buy
and circulate this discussion-had ourselves pro-
cured and sold some hundreds of copies of it-be-
fore we ever dreamed that Mr.. Lincoln would be
our candidate for President.
How is il with The Post? Has it ever even
yet, urged anybody to purchase and read that dis
cussion! Has its party ever got up an edition of
it, or circulated copies of that got up by Repub
Gcansl If Judge Douglas really triumphed over
Mr.. Lincoln il that discussion, why not?
We might proceed to show that The
Post is entirely wrong in asserting that Mr.
Douglas in 1853 received majority of the popular
vote of Illinois That vote (for Members of the
Legislature that was to elect a U. s. SenatOr) was
correctly summed up in our article of Wednesday
as follows:
For Members Of The Legislature:
Lincoln l25 275 Lecompton. SOL Douglas. $50
For Treasurer:
Miller. l254aO Dougherty FOndey. 500
For Superintendent Of Public Hsyuction:
Bateman. 1924 $50 Reynods.....5lS French l3
These figures show that The Posts assump-
tions that Mr.. Lincoln ran behind and Mr.. Doug
las ahead of his party's average strength en-
tirely mistaken.
Equally baseess is its assertion that the
Americans" supported Alr. Lincoln in body.
Many of them supported him; but many likewise
supported Judge Douglas, being impelled thereto
by letter from SENATOR CflttcnutH' kScc Coiu-
paratve returns from the counties of Alexander,
Carroll, Clinton, Franklin, Gallatin, Hardin,
Jackson, Madison, Massac, Morgan, Pope, Saline
and Williamson, in The Tribune almanac for 1889
In fact, had the Americans of barely the three
counties of Madison, Morgan, and Sangamon
unanimously supported Mr.. Lincoln, he must have
succeeded.
We trust no one will understand us as dispar
nging Judge Douglass conduct of the canvass on
his side. He made great race-One eminently
creditabe to his energy ard capacity-and it is
neither wise nor fit that his friends should seek to
disparage the abilities of his competitor. Judge
Douglas himself does not. For our own part, We
say-If any one fances that a fool will answer to
stump State against either Lincoln or Douglas,
just let him try it
THE HOMESTEAD BILLS.
The Homestead bill, passed by the United States
House of Representatives in March last is sim.