The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-07-12
THECANvAss BEFORE Us.
From the Y. Y. Tribune.

Prom the n. \. tribune
With no desire to incite undue conf
deuce, and with no wish to ignore the
fact that " We know not what day may
bring FORTH" We must still regard the
election of Lincoln aud Hamln as NOR
ally certain. Of course, we realize that
the Republicans might throw away the
victory SO manifestly within their reach
by allowing confidence to preclude effort;
but we see no evidence on any side that
they propose to spend the next four
months in counting their unmatched
chickens, or in quarrelipg over their ap-
portionment. On the contrary, we have
never known party more willing to work
at SO early stage of the canvass, than
the great mass of them now are. Their
meetings are generally large, and ANNA
ted by the best spirit: their organiza-
lions are mainly in good state Of for
wardness, and their ranks free from Bit
terness or disaffection. That our leading
candidates are able, worthy and popular,
is not permitted to cover the association
with them of local candidates who are
otherwise; but in every quarter anxiety
is felt to effect such State and minor
nominations as will strengthen, not weak
en-, our National ticket. Aud these eff
orts are very generally crowned with sue
cess.
There are few points to which we
would draw the particular attention of
Republicans in every quarter, in the
confident hope that such attention may
be the means of not merely securing our
triumph in November, but Of making
that triumph complete and enduring
They are briefly these:
l. Improve the opportunity to bring
important truths home to minds hitherto
unconscious ofMem. There was never
before time so favorable as the present
to making a wholesome and durable i'm
preston on the minds of our former ad-
versaries. The most ignorant must be
aware that the Democratic party has just
been rent in twain by the pressure upon
it Of what its writers and orators have
been accustomed CONTEMPORARY to char
acterizc as "the Niger question. =
Hence they will be compelled, in spite, OF
their prejudices, to comprehend that this
"Niyger question is not created nor
evoked by the unwarrantable informed
ling of Abolitionists or Black KepubIl-
cans" with the rights Of the peace OF
the South but it is an inevitable element
strip If &t %se T H6 81 s999tb b
perpetual Concession, can ever expel.-
The interests and aspirations either of
Slave breeding or of Free Labor must and
will be paramount in our National policy;
We do not say that they arc irreconcila-
bic but it is perfectly plain that Dog
berry's axiom-"When two ride horse,
one must ride behind applies to their
relationship to each other Slave breed
ing has had a long spell forward; Free
Labor is about to take its turn: Witness
the Free Homestead aud Tariff bills so
nearly passed by Congress at its late ses
sion. Democrats Of forty years, who
have opened their eyes to the half truths
of Douglasism-who at length realize
that the South can ask too much-that
she is not always the victim of Northern
enroachment and fanaticism-can easily
be induced to open them still wider and
see more Now is the time to make the
whole truth plain to thousands Of minds
hitherto obstinately closed against and
we entreat those who have long labored
and hoped for this suspicious day to i'm
prove it to the utmost. Read what your
Democratic ncighbors have to offer bear
ing on the present interesting juncture
in our public affairs, and ask them to see
how the matter looks from our point of
view. To this end, have a few Of the
best Speeches and Documents always on
hand, and be ready to give and receive.
Thousands may be permanently enlight-
ened and convinced in any State where
such exchanges shall be general and
the good effects thus produced will be
felt throughout the next generation.
II. DO all in your pocer to strength
en- the Republican phalanr IN the nert
Congress.-To this end, it is eminently
desirable that the ablest, most experien-
ced, most effective Members of the pres
ent House be returned if possible. We
note with concern that number have al
ready been superseded or permitted to
decline a e-election-that Speaker Pen
nington hesitates to serve another term
that three of the four Members from
Michigan have been dropped-aqd that
similar changes are meditated In other
quarters. Now be far from US the notion
that Member must be sent back mere
ly because he is in the present Congress;
We are quite conscious that there are
many there whose places can be more
than made good by new selections But
this We do say and insist on Where a
Member has proved eminently faithful,
upright, efficient, he must not be set aside
merely because he has been already twice
or thrice elected, nor because some other
aspirant is impatient for the place, or some
other county claims its turn. In view of
the momentous issues depending on the
composition Of the next Congress, such
considerations are paltry, impertinent,
dispcable. Could the Republican cause
afford to spare from the House such men
as Messrs. Sherman, Grow, Colfax, &C.,
while the National finances are cut at the
| elbows, the Homestead bill unpassed, the
Mali service in state of anarchy, and !
the responsibility ofdealing authoratiyely
with all these topics about to deyolve on
our side? Could new men quite as able
and worthy even half fill the places of
those we have named? Every intelli-
gent nprson mist know thew could MT