The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-12-28
Mr. Lincoln Will Not Compromise.

u1I. LluCulu w III NOb yum plUDilpOs
1t seems now to be conceded by oil who
claim to understand the position Of MIR.
Lincoln, that he will not yield an inch Of
the ground on which ho has been 80 tri.
umphantly elected to tho Presidency. All
doubts on that score, If any have been Gu
tertained, may, therefore, be dsmissed.--
While no will attempt no aggression upon
the rights of any section of the Union, he
will maintain, by all Legitimate means, tho
principles of which tho people, in his elcc-
tiou, have given their emphatic approval
The New York Tribune, which bas never
before assumed to speak for the President
eloct, says:
Wo are enabled to state in tho most posi-
tive terms, that Mr.. Lincoln is utterly OPP
posed to any concession or compromisc that
shall yield one ota of tho position occupied
by the Republican party on tho subject of
Slavery in the Territories, and that bo stands
now, ns he stood in May last, when he &C
cepted the nomination for tho Presidency,
square upon the Chicago Platform.
The ILLINOIS Stale Journal. published at
Springfield, and edited by a nephew Of MIR.
lincoln, uses this language in its issue Of
the 18th inst:
We feel indignant sometimes whom VIC
hear timid Republicans counsellng an
abandonment in part of Republican ground.
We are asking for nothing that is noi clearly
right. We have done nothing wrong. We
have nothing to apologize tor--nothipg to
take back, as o party We bave fought u
hard baltic. We have como out Of it yicto
rious; and shall we now call back the
routed, flying enemy, and basoy sprrendcl
all we have gained =? Never Let US stand
Arm as the Eternal Hills upon the Ropubl
oan Platform, and turn this Government
back into the channel in which the iramer
of tho, Constitution originally placed it
Some there are, who are cOuAselling Mr
Lincoln to take into his Cabinet two o.
three gentlemen who do not Rgroe with hin
politically. They do not know tho man
Abraham Lincoln noyor betrayed airiond--
mover violated a PROMISE and will ho do i
now He will carry out Tho policy of til,
Republican Party aud tho two millions VIII
elected him.
Tho same papor shadows forth the polio.
Of Mr.. Lincoln In regard to the Secesaionist'
as follows:
If South Carolina does not obstruc! th
collection of tho revenue at her ports no
violate any other Federal law, thero will b
no trouble, and sbo will not be out of th
Union. If she violates tho laws thon come
the tug OF war. The President of the Unite
States, in such an emergency, has piai
duty 10 perform. Buchanan may sEirE /
or the emergency may not exist during n
ADMINISTRATION. II not, then tho Union VI
last through his term of office. II tho oyeI
act, on The part of South Carolina, tnk'
ort tI,a lth nf Mnrph 1SH
then the duty of executing the laws will d.
yolve upon Mr., Lincoln.
The laws of tho u. S. must be executed
the Prosidont has no discretionary power G
the suhiect--hs duty Is emphntcally pr
nounced in the Constitution. Mr.. L;nco
u;iI per form that duty DisWaion, by force,
treason and treason must and 'eiIt be put dou
at all hazards. This Unou is uot,wili not at
cannot bo dissolved until this Goyernmo
IL oyorthrown by the traitors who ha
raised the disunion flag. Can thoy owe
throw it? We think not They may d.
turb its peace--they may interrupt u
course of It's prosperity--they may cloud
reputation for stability-but its trnnqullI
will be restored, its prosperity will retnrn, al
the stain upon its national character viii
transferred and remain an eternal blot
tho memory of those who caused the d
order" Let tho seceseionists understand
let fly on tho wings of the Igh'nin
and fnll like q thunderbolt among tho
now plotting treason in Convention. th
the Republican party, that the great NorI
aided by hundreds of thousands Of patro
men 10 tho slave States hape GeICrn,ESd
preGSrUs The Union-peGeeG6ty If they &C
Joreibiy II th'y must.
What tho people ask and confidently I
pect of Mr. Lincoln, ss President In, that
will administer tho Government faithful
and impar.hlly, without compromise W
Sropg or completely with traitors.