The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1860-11-02
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prcme Court which is committed e==9insi
b..
What. then, Is the practical distinction
between tho nrcckinridgc and the Doug.
los niatlormsi u seems 10 me thst no.
body but "a willul partisan, who keeps
hia courage warm IN the hope of an Of
hcc, can ind any resemblance 70 Wl7hu
distinction.
Consider now the Republican platform
AEr1ham Liueolu. ia HE letior, &C.
c,rtinu the nomination 40 ChicgEo ssid'
"Thc declaration Of principles and acn-
timcnta meets my approval snl
t shoil be- NY core not to violate or dia-
gard il Va any part
'rhr purt 10 which / am inviting A.
teption, declares ne dogma ilai The
Constitution of ;hc United Statcs CAFE
rio. slavery into the Territories, a ian-
gcrous political horosy.
What, then, rs tho untaronism Of tie
platforms accepted by the gentlemen
Who are staudard-hoarcra ia THE cani-
paiqnl 10 lies In two propositions,
let. That slavery may exist IN tho
Territories by virtue Of the Feteral Com
% sd. That slavery can iegium0'siy ef'
la only under State laws.
Tn6fuIse diforence with distinctions
or o distinotion with d diferehee, just
which you please, gentlemen. -,
Am I not right Have ! not fortified
my position, that by popular exposition
/ of the Federal Constitution, the Soven-
Der election decides on behalf Of the,
Territories west Of the Mississippi rivers
for or againet what the Ordinance ot
I7s5 declared for The North-West--thet
slavery and involuntary servitode, e.,
lccpt lur crimc, should be- forever eKcln-
dcd thcrclromi aud that religion, moral.
Iity, and knowledge being necessary to
qeod govornmcnt and The hNppinvla ol
mankind schools and The means Of edu.
cation should forever be encouragcdthefes
Imagine the Northwest Wilderness
in 1887. Contemplate the great eoIIt
tral valley To-day. Linca Of railway
nuke net work over Il. They connett
we'll cultivated farms, prosperous work.
shops and thriving villages with great
finland commercial centres Chuchcsi
colleges. schools lyteums, newspspersi
are common necessities which the whnle
Ipglplc enjoy. -.,-.
nblc and prosperous, aud contcm2hto
the mother State which conceded 10 Cor.
: gress the wilderness thcy havcrodecmer!
; Consider her laws; look AZ het sncfyj
asl, for her manulnctorieai cxamine her
school statistics; cstimato her wealth,
4 and take notice of its sources; remember
: the nront opportunities % her history
r and her geographical position; then dc
= eide whether. so Tar as your ballots hANr
influence, free Suites or slave Stn's
g shall u'vc stars 20 our national flag.
c Shall honest lohur and iis. pereppigl
y goo1. its bonignant services, be peace0b'y
= mitted TO bloss new States, or shall
g domestic, slnvery, with its vices, IL
wrongs ~ sell-propagotiug oUtrages. "
extended under the fostering care Of he
% National Government
Disguise il as partisan prejudice, sopht
: iatry, and sclfshncss may, that "a tie
~ qu5siiou, ID cannot be- cvaded-- \ VII
Vnt b. compromised
'-i Z These are the words 4 would speak
'r could address all the young voters ot
u, the nation.
lt Thiuk, gentlemen, for yourselves, on
W this qucstion, in view OF the rcsponsibili-
y Ties of your ballots. Try il hy history
81 Try Oh the platforms by Il; try the rec
3; lords of statesmen by IL; test the sincerity
20 and conslstJrcy of politicians by IT, re-
l' sncct the cxigencics ofyour social pc
Isitions; appreciate the political rights
ol which YOU inherited, and you will not
IL hesitate 70 select as your choice for Pres
'S dent the man who is worthy. because, IN
n, his entire career, from the time when he
ld was hired luborer ON farm, through
NJ all the yicissiuides Of self-hoip, inprivato
n. and in public If, aud his character te-
ul day-which partisan bitterness dprcS noi
ol NAL 'gn-ho is fair exponent Of the
~ American idea ofmarhood.
III An administration such as he can d.
's- -rnct. true 10 the interests Of the whole
NJ unity, Just u the Wcst, JUST tothe
IN Eas' 81 the North, just to the south
I'm ithful 10 tn Constitution, having Nc
engagements which gys cause for hcsi.
- tstine subscrvleuey at the bcheslS ofsci
me hsh factions, is competent 70 destroy th'
On occupation Of sectional ugitutcrs, eni
eiye the nation peace on tho vcxed ques
'ed tiots, which, Ike . pcstifcroustailtl pen
on Grating nil TIE doeda Of jomes Buchull
. !. ans Naturalization, have reascfod Il Odi
th' olis 20 all parties. hH WEWo Az
There "a an nnder-cpFronf Of eomfno
~ sense and common Justice in The South
NC sFn states which those who stiinulale -
The mrhnnces and deciaim for dlsuniOn, Of
yn, account of prciigsred wrongs, d. not rfp
AS rehont That curept will flow d puf
Wy port Of an honest admiaiFation y
is Northern President. Healthfol tokon
oft now pppcar in Virrinia, in lfeh
ted tuelty, in Maryhnd and ID 8liascutia y
las Wah that current openly aowiHg a
Freedom into the great tide which nus
10 set with Republican President andCdt
ind met, there viii be wonderiCi transiol
th. nation Of opinion rospecung &c prlpy
CIV Of "nigecrism," "eecuonaIsui,h en
lis 9th ,r ugly nance for Repuhllcanism.-
There win also be such rcvointions in l.
TO cal politics, such Wholesale conslgnn
Ny Of "aspirng patriots" . political Coecu
ri try as was never Witnessed e1eept aul
~ ing the brief period "mystcrious sam
was a power al the polls. 'e
tr- The man, now Attaching his mpieIit'
rR-l seeking a iair start 10 political life, lwh
mn. docs not cast his ballOs for Freedom, ~
have the melancholy sutisiactionsof 3
nv. unpopular error, for which he can Plep
on- neither good purpose nor good eompan,
1g- No man should join rauy iaepelpei
simply because he thiaks thai mQyen,er
md viii triumph. iHskyonhg aicu " w ~
la publicans IN 1860, rbecnnse, iuRlcN Z
, oil thoir own interests, and the highest y
CIV terests of All who are dear to them, Il
I'M right; yet il is not Inappropriate % D
III them take heqh Of she signs Allsh elS