The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1860-12-06

had the cOolness, forccastc and capac
ty to introduce inloia merely rovoIu,
tionary document IN unabstrct truth an
, plicablc to all men and all times, and
so to cmbalm It there that to- day, and
in all coming days It shall be rcbukc
and n stumbling block to the harbn.
gers of rcappearinsi tyranny and OPP
preston tim"
BY this we SEQ that we have man
claiming for himself and claimed by
his party to be President elect of the
United States, constrnng the Dcclala-
tion oflndeEcndence to mean and de-.
clare that the negro j the equal of the
white man. II sccms to me that the
author oGsUch II sentiment is either Il
fool or II knaye. If Il lool what can
you hope for from him am Instrument
in the hands Of such moa as Summers
Wilson, Seward, 4 Co, the representa-.
tive men Of the party, who have ex-
hausted Bllingsgate in abuse Of the
South and Southern institutions? II
dishonest, where and in what is your
promise?
Now, for more testimony rs to the
policy OF Lincoln and his party, and
to show that they have waged war
supon us with the determination to
prosecute it until our institutions arc
ovcrthrown, and the equality of the
races, white and black, established
throughout the land: In his CANVASS
with Judge Douglas, Mr.. Lincoln, at
Springfield, in June 1888, in reply to
the rcmmk Of Judge Douglas that he
"did not care whether slavery was vo.
tea mp or down, says, sour cause then
must be entrusted to and conducted by
its own undoubted friends, those whose
hands are free, whose hearts are in the
work-who do care for the result
There, you see, Mr.. Lincoln married
heart and soul to the cause of negro
freedom. lie speaks OF it as his cause
he talks Of it by day, and seams to
dream oft by night He is at war with
al! who do not concur with him in this
"onc idea" He urges that it shall he
entrusted to none but it's .undoubtcd
friends, and those whose hearts are in
the work. He has never ma lie a speech
or written letter bat that negro free
dom and negro equality are the points
upon which he centres. In this he
lives, moves and has his being. Upon
the strength Of his advocacy Of this
principle he is the representative and
standard bearer Of a sectional party,
and now claimed to be President upon
this, the ony y merit ever claimed for
himby any Of his devoted friends, mot
excepting the "Iligher Law" Seward
except the splitting of some rails thr-
ty or forty years ago. But di@rcss
My object in coming before yon is alone
to present you the testimony upon
which you are to form your own con.
cIusions. SO, we will go again to Lin
coins record. In 1859, DR.. Cunissius.
Of Massachusetts,, wrote to Mr.. Lincoln
upon the subject OF the Massachusetts,
Constitutional provision upon the sub
jcct ofnaturaliz, ton, aud upon the SUI
jnct Of the fusion Of the Black Rrpubli |
can party with some other party. |
have LincoIn's answer in my hand, and |.
will read part Of it: at is well known
that ! dcplorc the oppressed condition
of the blacks Crhcrc, don't You see it
for him to open his mouth .
or move his pen, bnt that he must SYM
pathize with the regro, and pray for
his freedom and equality with the white
man! But to go on with the sentence:
at would therefore be very nconSiS-
tent for me to look with approval upon
any measure that inlringcs upon the
rights Of white men. In
respect to fusion, | an in favor Of it
whcrcvc" it can be effected upon Re.
publican principles, but upon no other
condition. a fusion upon any other
platform would be as insane as unprin-
cjpcd. | shall oppose the lowering Of
the Republican standard even by Il
hairs breadth"
Is it necessary to talk to this people
to convince them that submission to
the rule Of such dcspolism and dcrange-
mcnt can by any possibility result 9th
2rwisc than in their total overthrow,
lisg,ace and ruin?
We sometimes hear it said that Lin.
,oln, although elc' ted by Il party iauat-
cal in itself, and in whose ranks there
ire a number OF men who have said
,ad things, still will BE- very cJnscrva.
i've, an We will find no change in the
administration Of the government. We |
nave already seen enough from him to
satisfy us, it does seem to me, that tho
.hings might look well, and his out
ward, aud to the South ostcnsibIc ne
ION, be all conservatism, still it would ;
pc as 81 whitcl sopnlchrc hIIel with {
lead mems bones" Still, gentlemen, {
,eing determined that however well the $
,,noc ,vn L,vr uusscl nv - uuy satisfy :