The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-02-28


The RepubIlcan Party and Its Traducers.
The proslavery Democratic party, having
nothing like democracy in their possession, ex-
cept the name, and fndirg it, consequently,
losing business to call truth and reason to their
aid, are compelled to resort to falsehOod, soph.
istry, misrepresentation and abuse, to sustain
their sinking fortune. Without stopping here
to expose their turning, twisting and tergiversa
ton, in attempting to make their creed conform
to the mandates Of their southern masters, let
US look at some of their misrepresentation of the
principles and purposes of the Republican party.
Take, for instance, the John Brown RAID. Our
readers cannot have yet forgotten the hue and
cry that was raised BY the Locofoco press at the
time Of that affair, and how they we're going to
of the whole transaction! A few months, only,
have passed away, and how stands the case to-
day? They have made thorough examination
Of old Browns carpet bag, have looked into
every corner of it, shook it, squeezed it, and
turned it inside out; they have caught the men
engaged in the foray, and, by brides Of life and
pardon, have attempted to extract from them
something that would implcate the Republican
party in the affair; and finally, with a great
flourish Of trumpets, the Senate of the United
States have made a solemn investigation Of the
matter. What is the result? The terrible car
pet bag has failed to implicate a single Repub.
can in the plot. The men engaged in it have
manfully met the doom of death in preference to
peruring their souls with a single charge of
completely on the part of the Republican party
and worst of all, the Investigating Committee
have proved that John Brown was BITTERLY
HOSTILE to the Republican party, because its
leaders could not sympathize nth his riers and
aid has sehsnes, This is the ridiculous finale
Of the matter. Yet do the pro-slavery press re-
tract one of their charges? Not one. Their
motto is, "when one lie is exposed, hatch out
half q dozen to replace it,"
Equally glaring is their Misrepresentation of
Stewards "irrepressible conflict" doctrine. They
charge him with advocating a conflict "between
the tree and slave States" when every one who
has read his speech knows that he teaches no
such thing. The Opposing and enduring for.
ces," Of which he speaks, are the principles of
Freedom and Siarery, and no sane man will dis
pute that there is as "irrepressible" "conAct"
between the principles Of the two a. there 10
between truth and error. The struggle between
Freedom and Slavery in this country, according
to Senator Stewards view, is a struggle for polit-
zeal aseenddney; and while he believes that
Freedom will ultimately triumph, he desires it's
triumph to be only obtained by peaceful ard
eeastitmtional means. It is easy to eco the pur.
pose the black Democracy have in view in their |
slanderous abuse of VIM. II. Seward Knowing |
that he is the representative man of great and
powerful party, they think if they can only pull
Aim down, the party must fall with him, and
they have no conscientious |
scruples" as to the means they employ to bring |
about that result.
Our readers cannot have forgotten the course |
pursued by the Democratic press toward Henry |
Clay. Not content with opposing his political |
views, which they had a right to do, they de-
scended to the lowest depths of defamation and |
abuse Of his private character and public con-
duct, and yet when the grave had closed over
him, they could shed crocodile tears over it, and
laud the nobleness of his nature, and the purity
Of his public and private life! What confidence
can be placed in the representations of such po-
itical marauders!
One thing more and We are done. Having no
national principles to build upon, the only hopes
the Democratic party have Of regsining their a.
cendancy is upon State issues. In their state
ments on these questions, lying is both the rule
md the exception. Time and again have their
alse and malignant charges been exploded, but
hey keep the base coin Of false charges in circu-
alton, knowing, if they did not, they would have
no political capital to do business upon. A far
y We are concerned, If there were no other quss-
ions pending, We would be perfectly willing to
30 into the coming campaign and fight the battle
,pon State issues alone, and our enemies should
10 welcome to al the advantage they could
yain.