Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-11-10
lusfIcE AMD HUMAMTY ExALTED !

The verdict Of Tuesday was one that the OPP |
pcususs Of freedcm aud ibe dignity Of humsn'
~ may pro6t by. Finessing, trickery, ana .ne
cudalInr and kenueing Of Heterogeneous tac'
tious ana extremes Of contrarieties and contra
dlctlons have proved weak and imPoteut for
ought but The exposure Of an entire absence
or priucipe and heart--a mercenary clutch Tor
rpoiIs. Fusion, bribery, intimidation and pan
ics have only had the effect TO show the despera'
ton, the readiness for any unhallowed expedient
promising power and pelf The combinations
against republican purity, and even banded JUS
tiee 70 all men. are not inaptly compared to
she combinations and chicanery Of the surround
ing nations agalnss She children Of Israel In the
times Of Joshua, and the result Is not at all dis
similar. II is On exempIi6cstion Of higher law
"a mingIing up Of politics and religion. The
driving out Of the government the gOths and
vandals Of slavery, by an agency so FAR above
mere human power, and SO far in extent beyond
even human expectation, leaving no room to
doubt that there Is q God in Israel, who takes
cognizance OF and directs 10 the affairs Of gov
snmsnss, and regulates even political parties.
Such Waterloo defeat never entered iuto
the calsuIasioDs Of any party. There Is scarce
ly q position taken, OF q SANDER charged upon
the republican parry, bat that this astounding
resul. meets and rebukes. The most important
Of these latter in the estimation Of our oppon-
ents, was the charge Of sectiOa0iism. Take the
map, and trace upon It the footprints Of re-
pubIicauism as evinced by the election returns,
and see how essentially the falsehoOd falls TO
the ground. A striking feature, too, and full Of
instruction, Is the almost entire annihiation Of
the parties and faction that identified themselves
with human bondage and seDtient degra-
dation. There is hardly nucleus left to rally
sbout The birthright Of old line democracy
b narrowed down to the veriest slave states,
and its destiny linked beyond hope with the
waning iuiquity Of slavery. Douglas and his
incantations have gone together to their owD
place, righteous retribution for bis heaven
daring presumption. He may have carried the
electoral vote Of Missouri, but that is all that
is left him in the pacific states. The national
ticket has probably carried four Of the border
slave states, and that ia the sum Of nationality
as measured by that standard. The three fac
tions have fused aud confused. and by so doing
sunk every manly priuciple, and after deal Of
Aickering and Tuning, gone out in the same CON-
mon stencil. Then look at Republicanism,
planted upon the broad aud impregnabIe plat
form Of haman right manfully and valliantly
fighting its battles, under Heaven, with its own
right arm, in its own integrity and independence
turning neither to the right nor the left, and
seeking no questionable or unholy alliances, but
relying upon and triumphipg in the justice and
righteousness Of its cause. The triumph ia the
most marked and glorious. the most comforting
10 the heart OF the patriot and phianthropist
10 the history Of parties since the organization
Of the government.
May the advantages thus put in the hands Of
the great republican party be used judiciOusly,
and with sedulous regard FOr the welfare Of the
country, aud its numerous and diversified in
ierests.
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