The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-05-31
NO.21.
OPENING OF IHE CAMPAIGN.
How the Nominations are Received.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
From Tie " Y iSun. (eemoerae)
Lincoln s nomination is co usidered
chslleuge to the Democrats to nominate
Douglas when their Convention reassem-
bles at Baltimore. Little doubt is en-
tertaiued that the challenge will be ac-
cepted, and that Douglas will be put Ia
the field. The Seward men in this city
do not conceal their vexation. and they
openly soy that, if either Do uglas or
Houston be nominated at Bsltim ore, the
State of New York will go against the
Chicago nominee By large majority.
From TIE " Y Sunday Atlas, (Dem.)
The nomination of Lincoln aud Hamlin
will be receised with In mense enthusiasm
in the West, where they can hardly fail
to make clean sweep. 1t will, there
fore, be the most abieet folly for the DEM
ocratic party to nominate Douglas with
the expectation af bis carrying single
North Western State. Lincoln can car
ry Illinois over the head OF Douglas by
at least ten thousand majority. The
whole fight, as far as the North is eon-
cerDed, has been transferred to the Mid
Gle States of New Y ork, New-Jersey,
and Pennsylvania. Here, too, will be
the only locality where the Bell aud EV
craft ticket will operate to the disadvan
tage of the Republicans. In the West
the latter ticket will hardly be known.
The three Middle States we have men
toned can all be carried by the Demoe-
racy if proper candidate is selected;bus
that candidate is not Stephen A. Douglas,
who would be beaten in each OF these
States by thousands Of votes. Give Us
Seymour or Guthrie. OF both Of them, and
the battle will surely be won for the DEM
ocracy and its principles. If ;he Balti-
more Convention will nominate Horatio
Seymour for the Presidency, be will to
certainty receive the vote of the State of
New York, which, added to the entire
vote of the South, would be sure for such
a candidate, the victory for the Democrat
ic party will be as sure as the rising OF
the sun on the election day.
1t is quite time for all true Democrats
who desire to see the Republican party
beaten, and the standard Of the Democ-
racyonce more triumphant in She Union,
to stop talking about the nomination of
Douglas. The handwriting on the wall,
to which we would call the attention Of
the delegates, who are to assemble at Bal
timore on the 18th June, IS thus iuteTpre-
ted by us-"Douglas and Deieat-Sey-
-, cy- ard Srocoss
From The Boston Herad, (DousIas.)
The nomination, 10 many respects. IS
strong one, and will be difficult to defeat;
and those who fatter themselves that the
Democrats are to walk over the Presi6eu-
tial course with ease, will fad themselves
mistaken. The Convenfion at Chicago
has given evidence Of sbrewdDe,s, DO less
in the nomination of Mr.. Lincoln than in
the platform adopted, which is progress
sive without being ultra; and, unless It IS
met By platform equally plsin and in
telligiSle, it will require 10 prophet to
interpret the handwriting Oh the wall.
Hg"We venture to say" declares Tie
Cincinnati Gazette, ''that there is not in
the whole West a man " bo stands higher
in popular confidence than Old Abe Lin
coin. He is nan OF the people. He
bas risen BY the force of his own energy
from the position of fatboatman to the
honored head Of the Illinois bar. He is
a man whom no obstacle could intimijate,
DO defeat check, no misfortune embitter.
A man whose life is a synonym of homes
ty, capability, and energy, is Abe Lin
coin"