The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-11-02
The Work Of the Aiarmiss.

IL IL IL pOSSiDIc u CTchto ulllCuIty
and to excite real fear at tlp South
because OF Lincoln's election, it is
evident that few at the N,rth are
determined to play the incerliary to
{ tho utmost OF their ability. In the
prospect of the early and cerain ex
, tinction of the political hopes OF
some OF the Bell and Everett men.
; they appear determined to revenge
/ themselves by setting the politi3a
edifice on fire, and thus to earn
themselves notoriety, il not fame. -
Quoting from certain foolish dec'ain.
ers at the South, dccl ,rations Of wba,
somebody will do il "subjugatcd, !"
I"iusuited." betrayed, deprivei OF
rights and so forth, they 20 strlight
on to say that the supporters oi Mr..
Lincoln mean all this mischief, and,
therefore, that the menace applies
directly to Lincoln's election. So
outrageous and persistent have been
the ialsehoods uttered of the Repub.
licaDs, that many at the South do
not believe them true. Ii has brcn
the solo business OF the Northern
Journals they saw to publish fal1e.
hoods for political effect, to coin lies
to keep mp excitement, AMI it has
not been a thing credible with the
misguided readers of these papers
that all this mclange of stories should
be manufactured. They therefore
are, without doubt, much misled. and
perhaps much excited, but a days
reality will dissipate the whole cloud
of shams by which they have been
abused.
great body of the Northern people
intend any harm to the South. 1t is
absurd for them to fear us, or for us
to fear them. INSCRIPTIONS dema.
gogues may injure both parties
greatly, and they have injured both,
but only by getting up this muinal
distrust and apprehension. The
rant Of distempered brains about the
terrible purposes Of Seward, Weed,
and Sumner is to the las, degree
silly, if not criminal, since there is
no leadership Of the party supporting
MIR. Lincoln in their hands, even it
they were ogres. There is no such
leadership in anybody's hands. 1t
is the public who rise spontaneously
to elect him, the people led hy no.
body. but following out their own
clear Judgment, clear conscience, and
good sense. Have not the people "a
right So to elect a President?
1t is likely that they, in their quiet
towas, their counties and at their
mfsiWNndip '8G tIarf '6@dT 1quaia
and frien1s2 The Lincoln movement
is, above oil others in our history.
simply an expression of the feeling
of the people. Of their love for an
honest and able man, and Of their
demand for new and upright public
policy. This they will have; and
they have seen sn much trouble from
the abnses of Democratic Presidents
that the whole world cannU prevent
tAem from electing somebody else.
They had one altern tive only in
considering their duty at the poll'-
to take Mr.. Buchanan's regular sue
cessor, or to take Mr.. Lincoln -
Blind men, insane men even, would
choose rs the majority have chosen
when snch an alternative il present.
ed, aud it is ridiculous to rant at the
rate some disappointed people dc
about a struggle between the Nor.t
and the South. There il M such
struggle. There is nobody to bt
beaten but Buchanan Democracy. =
The whole pretense of our alarmist
is a vast heap Of .hams- -shams il
part emanating from men too veal
or too timid to see things clearly
hut in greater part from the repre-
seBtations o, the most interruption
set Of political falsiiyers the worl'
has ever known.
To the people OF the South "
have to say. wait until the storic
told OF the Republicans have som
better semblance Of basis in trui
before you get alarmed. Wait un
til there is sense in fal.iiic ationi wit
i which You are piled by The merce
nary journals Of the North. 1t wi
be worth your while also to distin
guish the mercenary among our III
nails, to separate those which live b
, frightening people, and of this so
= to take all they say with many grair
\ of allowance. Wait for what tn
extravagants all about tho countr
call an covert act" before putin
yourselves to the slightest discomfo
- on account Of concern for any intc
~ est Of yours or ours. You will, |
- so doing, wait great while, al
= will meanwhile be on good tern
:, with the party now coming in powe
!. simply because it will deal with
u u parts Of the Union conscientious
- and justly, as they have always be-
~ ~ dealt with.--[Phaladelphia Nor
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