Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-02-23

ballot box Without concedlng some
; thing to them in return2 Will the]
not realize in part, at least, some 0
. their most fayolite political wishe:
through the men you, by the al,
Of their votes, put into ofiice2 Fur
ther, as long as your tickets ART
, the same, viii not the country holt
you responsible for their incendiary
deeds? While ever you act with
them, you are enabling them to do
or, rather, incidentally and indirect
ly doing for them, the very thing:
which you, in the premises, con'
iemn. Again: as long as You afiil.
late with them at the baliot-box,
they will as a. class, gain accessions
of strength from your ranks. Then
why not shake them off anu draw
the lines between you, practically
as well as theoretically? Better
suffer defeat In every election than
triumph by the aid of men whom
you profess to despise and condemn
Personally and privately, the lines
between you and them are plain and
distinct enough; but publicly and
politically they are too dim! They
are powerless at the polls, and in
local and Federal Legislation, with
out you.
! Then permit another suggestion in
regard to your elections and public
men. 1t is plain to me that in yo-
ting for your candidates for State
and Federal appointments you ig-
more the question of slavery. You
are not Abolitionists, but you do
not trouble yourselves to know sheth-
er your sspirsnt is OF not. He may
be as deeply stained as Phillips OF
Cheeyer, bat you vote for him with.
out seeking to know anything about
him In this respect. His views on
the tariff question, the public school
question, the canal question, &e.--all
your local questions-suit you.
Then crspaing qualification in
your estimation is, he is not a Demo
crat. On this vague negative Re-
publicans, old line Wings and Amer
leans conglomerate at the polls.-
He is not a Democtat;' that is
enough for you to know, provided
his local views are right.
Thus you elect, perchsnce, ultra
Abolitionists to your State Legis.
lature and Congress. Now for all
that you could say to the contrary
your present Governor may be at
heart not a whit behind the most
ultra Abol,tionist in the land. Ger
tain it is. in my own judgment,
and that of thousands even in the
Republican party, that your Ex-gov-
ernor, Hon. S. p. Chase, is thor.
ough Abolitionist. lie takes the
main ground or principle on which
they act. he is tie man that said
to me, Il do not rant the negro FREE
because 1 lors him, lat because 1 Aate
his master dndhat siarsry.'
4 am aware that through his or.
gan at Columbus, the Ohio State
, Journal, Gov. Chase has disclaimed
this declaration. ], however, reas-
sert it unhesitatingly. committed il
to paper a few hours after it was ut
, tered. Your Legislature may vel
make a United States Senator o
Gov. Chase.
Then look at those now in you
Congress, sent there by your party
, from the Northern States-Ssward
! Wilson, Hale, and may not say
Wade and Trumbull, sc. Thes'
, Senators never were elected as .9b
, ozitionists, but does not the Ultima
tum of their craftsmanship fully &C
, cord the darling wishes of the mos
ultra Abolitionist? You Republicans
. old line Wings, &c, cannot aci Will
! Democrats-the only national par
!. ty in the country-'bscaase they ar
0 corrupt And yet you are acting
S with a party the most corrupt Q
!. any in the land.
You call our politicians dema
!. gogues. But how do your publ
i men triumph over Democrats
d Evidently by demagoguing the mas
i. ses, and thus drawing to themselvt
u all these fragments Of parties.
d You call Us Nullifers. But a
of the nalIi6casion is on your ON
of side Of line. Who nullify the Fl
oflgitiye slave Law? Who trample Il
g, Constitution, with its compromise
Of under their feet? If you do n