Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-10-27

been LED. 10 bthaN OF Hft4t ko'Nl W "'ee
nf NhAl they esteem minor wrong, and
submit TO each succeeding exaction Of the
Slavery Propaganda lor The sake Of the
Union. And Il YES, np 70 The middle Of
laot week. part Of the accepted, though Ill
considered creed Of the majority In our
rres, commercial centers and Of those af-
hllaied with them elsewhere, that National
triumph Of the Republicans would strongly
lead 70, V not Insure the dissolution OF our
Federal Union. And this apprehension me
Pro.Slayery journals, especially The bzp'ess
and The Herald, have done theiT Utmost 70
stimulate and 10 deepen.
But at length, on the memorable moF0lng
OF the 10Th inst, the Country awoke TO q
consc,onsness that a Republican triumph
was inevitable-that the election Of Lincoln
ana Hamlin was morally certain. Men
were still az liberty to deprecate aud 70 re-
sist, bnt hardly longer to doubt. They
might still ardeutly wish to defeat that con-
summation they could now hardly hope to
do IL. 1t was IN vain that the desperate
few---so committed that they could not do,
otherwise-still shouted, "There is ehsnce
New York can save us Or, if she does
not. other States perhaps may"-ther adj
iurations aud entrealies fell on dulled, des
barring ears. For when the Country had
learned that Pennsylvania aud Indiana had
been carried along with Ohio for Lincoln in
their several State Elections, carried, in eth
or case, by majorities so large as TO preclude
all rational hope Of reversing the verdict of
either State in November--lhe common
sense Of the Nation said at once, 'The strug.
gle is yirtully ended. True, New York
Mig1t roll back the rushing tide but so might
New England or the further Northwest ;
and the probability Is in either case the
sane. Revolutions do not go backward ;
they may be checked aud apparently arrest
eds bat they only pause to gather strength
for . further and more resistless onset.
WhengP pennsylvania, which gave Fremont
but third of her Popular Vote 10 Sc, now
declares for Lincoln by Thirty Thousand
majority over all gsinsayers, it were idle to
fancy that New York, which gave Fremont
over four.ninths of hers, will now recoil in
view Of o moral certainty of Lincoln's elcc-
tion. The contest is iu effect decided" !"
And thus the Nation, which walked OF
Wednesday morning in wondering anxiety
aud expectation, went to rest at uight ii
general consciousness that, though the pop
ular vote would not be formally taken til
November 9th, yet the popular iudgmeu
was already irrevocsbly made up, aud tha
Abraham Lincoln would assuredly be mex
President, and Hannibal Hamlin Vice-Presi
dent, of these United States.
Bot What then must become Of tht
Union Nothing.
The Union, though little wakeful. will
the ardent politicians, through Tuesday
night, never slept sounder nor more refresh
iugly than It did the night following
Stocks we're buoyant and advancing through
out Wednesday and Thursday even thost
Of the Slave States advanced and were helC
firmly. Never was the Country calmer il
the immediste presence Of great events
never was it more cheerful in full view o
RraveIy apprehended calamilies. A fev
politicians in South Carolina stuck cockade
IN their bats, Us they had perfect right Il
do prssuming them paid for, no one had
right even TO complain. The Wide-A wake
OF Washington, ST. Louis, and some othe
Slave-Slate cities, paraded their rapidly aug
meuted Giles 10 glad exultation over the tri
umph the remaining Americans" of Balli
more 10 good part a6jured their decayed or
ganization, and resolved to be hencefortt
wide awake for Lincoln and Hamlin
Nowhere was the tidings of Lincolu's assured
success received with more hearty though
quiet delight than in that section Of TIT
Union whence intemperate displays Of pas
sion aud violence were confidently anticipat
ed. OF course, there are many in the Sontl
who earnestly deprecate Mr.. Lihcoln's elec
tion probably msjority, as at p1esen
advised, do so for they only know the Re
publican party through the wholesale traduC
tions of implacable enemies but even thes
10 the main received the tidings with quie
and thoughtful dignity beneitting Amer
Can freemen. So passed the crisis of tb
great peaceful revolution of 1850.
There viii be some display Of temper il
the South some rash things will be don
aud many foolish things said but ther,
will be no serious, at least no formidable
attempts to break up the Union because o
Mr.. Lincolu's election 10 It's Chief Magistra
cy. The few who have anxionsly awaited
q pretext for raising the black flag Of Dis
union, will be again disappointed. In YaiI
will they plot and harangue their unambi
tious, Union-loviug Deighbors will say, lie
US wait to see whether be does anything
that We can reasonably make pre'ext fo
rebellion = and they will wait. and compe
the hoihesds TO do likewise. And waiting
aud watching will in due time render then
conscious OF the fact that the North has nC
Hhwin toward the South, no wish to infring
ber rights. impair her security, nor under
mine her prosperity. And thus what re
mains of the great crisis will pass calml
away, leaving the Union stronger and NOR
secure than ever-stronger because NOR
palpably resting on the fundamental bass
OF Lnsfice Humanity. and Freedom