The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-08-04

LNufbW be deeeiSed! 7n<St tre 5u,
fro doeHmenss besreen rhich re car
choose vhen re come TO deposit our bal.
lots. One is, that the Constitution favor.
slavery as fully a. freedom /; sha; neither
has advantage over the other that they
must srasef tosesher and EXIST S ge,her, and
under equal protection, until the Territory
shall be clothed with State sovereignty
and that both alike are national.
The other is, tha, the Consultation treats
slavery as !oca! municipal Institution; does
not give il single attribute Of nationality
that it has not an equal status with freedom;
and sha. its extensionj is to bs. discaaraged.
Heb skali lie kss kesx eeD thssc ~oppAsins
views? answer the inquiry Our labor
ing classes dsserre all the encouragement
and protection ice can 9ire them !; Southera
Ssdfesmen regard them as tchi.e siares =
Let us not surrender them 10 such mercie,
as the otrners Of ehd!iie labor you'd erteud
to DxY- pse faansss andrDapufscsurers
baysb ee Ae4 eskOH from Ali the beauties
81 Legislation, by the force Of Southern
prejudice; We should enlist on their side.
Our country has suffered much in the essi-
nation OF mankind, from our manifested
attachment to a system, nototiously in
counterac.ion to the principles upon which
.ssn 4osetnneAs naa fsuxtklg I cSns1am-
lions Of morality, expsdiencv, and consis-
,eDcy. should incline us to do all that We
lawfully can do, TO save ourselves from
further impu.ations. Slavery in the states,
stands behind impregnab!e defenees, bu, it
holds no charter 10 travel without restraint.
1t has long labored for, but has no. yet
reached, apo~tion of aSso.ujsm. It srasps
br empire asit is the snls Say BY Which
tyranny can ever sustain itself. Our dam
ger is imminent, bu, We can vet overcome
it, il We allow reason, rather than prejudice,
to shape our efforts. Democracy, as inter-
preted By those loudest in the profession of
1t and almost monop0lizing its name, DO
longer means the witt of the ma jority 1t
contemns the masses holds no association
with labor, and utters no word of encour-
ngement to the poor. Its professions are
impostures, and must soon fail to deceive.
IL has become worse than the ally Of slavery;
3 is fss pfant apd proskitutstool. Wisdom
Ind proprissy must al5kc repBdiste it, unless
speedily reEsherated. I - -
Our true policy is that Of resistance to
the extravagant and unconstitutional de-
mands of the South. We can only make it
eifectual in one way-BY THE SUPPORT OF
Ma. LINCOLN. He is honest and capable, an
attached to IL e principles Of the Constitu
ton, and his election will assign limits to
sectional olisharchy, and make labor hon.
orable and remuneratve.
G The question, IN its true aspect, is not
= 10 which candidate should be elected by
the people it is this-shall Mr.. Lincoln be
elected? The one hundred and twenty cleo
toral Yates Of the South will be divided
mainly, if not exclusively, between Mr.. Bell
and Mr.. Breckinridge, and their support will
be almost, if not entirely, confined to that
section. Such effective force rs Mr. Doug
las may 20 sses - 10 in 'she North;g bet his
most sanguine friends admit not only that
his election is impossible, but that be cannot
carry over two or three States. The body
OF the Northern votes will be given to Mr..
Lincoln. Mr.. Douglas supporters can do
nothing for him; the only significant result
they can possibly produce, will be to with
draw enough strength from Mr.. Lincoln to
throw the election into the House. This
done, and Lane rouid certainly be chosen
by the Seaate--the condition ofparties in
the ii use being such as to prevent q ma
joritv Of the States agreeing to either OF the
candidates. Resting on these admissions,
for they are accepted universally, We dis
cover that erery rote giren to Mr.. Douglas
must tend to he eleration Of Lane, who,
possessing neither educa,ion, experience nor
executive ability, has been selected to enable
the South to make the most out of an acci
dent in case it shall occur. To out-Lane
Lane in apostacy to the North, and in crouch
ing. fawsing subservieneys to the South,
need not tbenttsHpt I'd by the m ost am bilious
in that line Not even by d Federal office
holder. Eren if could beliere that the
leopard could charge his spots, and Mr..
Douglas do the North justice, Tpould ner-
er sustain him under The circumstances
which surround us and amid the perils rhich
noe enriron as.