The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-05-30

them talk differently. The Boston Htrd.d,
Douglas paper, says:
The nomination, in many respects, is strong
one, and will be difficult 10 defeat; and those
who tiatter themselves that the Democrats are TO
walk over the Presidential course with ease, will
find themselves mistaken. The Convention at
Chicago has given evidence of shrewdness, no
less il the nomination of Mr.. Lincoln than in the
platform adopted, which is progressive without |
being ultra and, unless it is met by platform |
equally plain and ineligible, it will require no
prophet TO interpret the handwriting on the
wall.
The Philadelphia Press, Forneys paper, says
II is now quite certain that if Mr.. Douglas be
rejected by the Democratic Convention at Balti-
more, Mr.. Lincoln will sweep Illinois, Indiana,
and the whole Northwest, and his election by
the people becomes, perhaps, toregone conciu-
sion. One thing is sure, and must be known TO
the Baltimore Convention, and that is, that with
Douglas they can triumph, and that with any
other candidate, defeat is almost inevitable
What the result may be time will determine
The seceders and disunonists who retired from
| the Charleston Convention would most assuredly
prefer the election of Republican President
rather than the success of Mr.. Douglas; but
| whether this factious personal opposition can
control the masses Of the people OF the South
ern States remains TO be seen. 1t is not doubted
that large majority OF the delegates from the
South refused to secede, and will sustain Mr..
Douglas if nominated.
| The Y. Y. Sunday atlas, a Locofoco paper
which goes in strongly for Seymour, says:
| The nomination of Lincoln and Hamlin will be
received with immense enthusiasm in the West,
where they can hardly fail to make a clean
| sweep. 1t will. therefore, be the most abject
| folly tor the Democratic party TO nominate Doug
las with the expectation Of his carrying single
Northwestern State. Lincoln can carry Illinois
over the bead of Douglas by at least ten thou
sand majority. The whole fight so far as the
North is concerned, has been transferred 10 the
Middle States Of New York, New Jersey, and
PENNSYLVANIA. Here, too, will be the only To-
cality where the Bell and Everett ticket will OPP
crate to the disadvantage of the Republicans
In the West the latter ticket will hardly be
known.
1t is quite time for all true Democrats who de-
sire to See the Republican party beaten, and the
standard of the Democracy once more triumph.
ant in the Union, to stop talking about the nom
nation Of Douglas. The handwriting on the
wall, to which We would call the attention of the
delegates, who are to assemble at Baltimore on
the 18th June, is thus interpreted by US
douglas and Defeat-SeymOur and Success"
The \. Y. Journal Of Commerce, a Pharisai
cal and sanctimonious sheet of the Aminidat
Sleek School, prophecies that
"An attempt will be made to raise factious
!, issue to present him as "hOnest Abe Lincoln,
nominated in the Wigwam the candidate who
can "split rails and maui the Democrats
There will be great excitement throughout the
land, and "Wigwams" will be built now, as log
cabins were in 1910; the passions instead of the
judgment OF the people will be appealed to, and
the attention OF the public diverted, as far as
f possible, from the real issues before the couI
=. try"
|, The n. Y. Sunday Times, Locofoco paper
says:
The Democratic Convention to be held at Bal
timOre will probably present US with the name o.
Douglas, and the seeding Southern States with
, a name more Immediately identified with their
own feelings and interests. In view of such al
, event, it would not be too much to predict thai
Abram Lincoln would be our next President
II the Democratic party of the North and South
continue in its present disposition to separate, il
can nationally expect no other result. "Divide
and conquer" is an old maxim, under which it:
opponents have wrested more than one victory
; from the Democratic majority, and they arr
keenly alive to its applicability on the presen,
occasion. la Mr.. Lincoln they have presented
ss n.Ioraan 80 .-il ~s-y noa.Iy poll ev.,, yut,
of the Republican party and the greater portion
of that of the Eastern AboltiOnists With Doug
las against him, he would enjoy fair oppOrtuni
ty to carry Pennsylvania and New Jersey. ii,
: would certainly carry New York. How much
would he, then, fall short of an election
. 1t follows, If We are correct in our premises
that the result of the next Presidential election
depends entirely upon the course of the june
Baltimore Convention. II the North and South
I can unite upon popular nominee at that Con
vention, he will be elected. If they cannot
both North and South may count upon contem
plating Atram Lincoln as the next occupant Of
the White House.
The n. Y. Day-Book, Locofoco, saws:
The nomination of Lincoln at Chicago. is a
formidable one, probably more so than would be
that of any other man who has been named in
connection with il. 1t is as distinctly and IN.
mistakable Anti-Slavery" as would be the nom.
ination of Seward or Chase; but Lincoln actually
represents a far more dangerous phase of Anti.
Slaveryism than either OF the former, or, indeed,
than Giddings or Garrison. He embodes a sys-
tenn rather than sentiment, and while far more
likely to deceive and delude the masses than
Seward or Chase, his administration, if he should
be elected, would be far more dangerous to tho
South, and therefore to the safety of the Union.
The Boston Transcript, which takes no dis
tinctive position in politics, says:
1t is both amusing and instructive TO observe
how the nominations made for the Presidency
and Nice-Presidency at Chicago yesterday, are
received by the politicians of the different par
ties. The Union Constitutional party laugh at
the nomination. as the old Wings laughed at the
nomination of James X. Polk in ls44. 1--WE
will return" said Rufus Choate on that occasion.
James X. Polk to the Convention that discoy.
cred him" In the same way the Democrats
were hilarious over the nomin atoms of General
Harrison and General Taylor. The success of
these three candidates proves that contempt for
opponents is more pleasant than wise.
Mr.. Lincoln, though not generally known, like
Mr.. Seward, as a statesman, and confessedlv in
ferior TO Mr.. Seward az a representative man.
still possesses qualities which will make him
strong candidate. There are no preiudices
against him in his own party, and therefore the
whole strength of the party will be exerted in
| his support. He is probably more likely to carry
what the Republicans call the doubtful States"
than many others who are better known in these
States. In regard to his mind md character, he
seems 10 combine in a rare degree shrewdness
with enthusiasm, practical sagacity with passion
ate devotion principles, and, in canvassing the
State of Illinois against Douglas in 1853, he pro-
we'd also that he was one of those sturdy work.
ers who can toll terribly" No public man of
his party has quicker, more instructive percep.
ton Of popular feelings and modes of thinking,
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