, 1860-01-09

While think personal preferences should al:
ways be frankly exrxssed, Jet ath sompslled
to protest against thu prevalent practice Of ad-
vancing AS claims, By sndaayor1ng to demon
strate the unavaitability Of g.. OF Z: ~ per:
sonal preference is for abraham Lincoln, of II
Us am, Western :aaa That think he is the
only man, with the exception Of 3ir. Se7ardi
who has looked tbs slavery question in the face,
and offered practical solution Of it; that he Is
y man Of nerve; that tlcre is no Lincoln clique,
and & 40 - %en wh9 ' ss1 n,ene ,re e. o tho 40
Of Southern birth, reared to manhood in h.
midst Of the institution Of Slavery Yet,
while am thus in favor. Of this noble son Of
the West, admit that were an Eastern ulau,
my first choice would be Mr. Seward. am not
in favor Of lat least 1woud not cast my yote in
yet would do so for Nr. Chase; yet l am un-
willing to consider either Of them Us an ma
vailable candidate. l an by no meaus GER
tain TINT Ar. Chase could not carry Fennsyl-
vania, and these for<gors eonels-tons arsi not
helping our party any. Wig, let me say to the
Cameron men, who feel so confident, that there
are many good Republicans even in Penns5lva-
MIA, who Insist that lie cannot carry that State.
But why not drop all such discussions, and
let each man 70 into the National Convention
upon his OWE merits. Is there not a West to
think Of: Let US first take the position that the
man who is nominated is certain to be elected,
then let the friends Of each candidate. 20 into
the Convention and have "fair 6Eht;" and
whoever shall be the nominee, whethsr the
right worthy, tried, and true Seward, the second
jackson, that We should have in Cameron, the
noble Chase, the gifted Read, The chiyairic
Blair, the brave and stauncb old Ben Wade, the
classic sumner, the eloquent Fessenden+ OF our
own western Lincoln, Lane or Trumbuli', LIT US
10 into the mighty contest Npr'nc'ples. not
men," for our watchword, aud the God Of bat
ties will certaiu!y give us the victory Surely
| the free1aen OF The North do not need personal
popularity to stimulate 1hera torally for tue pro-
,-z..:, of tie Constitution, the Unlon. and the
Spirit Of Liberty Hushiayto" Cor. Of th@ Hill
tcauk<e WiseonSi4.
| FOR SALMON r. CHASE.
The Republicans u Ae~ton township met a!
| the Courthouse on Saturday, AID appointed
eight delegates to the county conyention, as lo!
lows: J. A. Harris, T. J: Dinsmore, E. i: Per
kins, IL s. Winsiow, John Meyer, s. q: Smith
expression Of preference as to the Republican
| nominee for President WAS hid, End The feeling
was decidedly in favor Of SALMON r CHAsT, O
Ohio. The Cameron men were few but nolsy
the ir!ecds Of Seward more numerous, while th'
Chase men predominated. For Vice President
the unanimous voice was for Abe Lincoln. Of II
linois.-Neuton (loua) Star, Mh
! FOR SIMON CAMERON.
a letter, from which the following is an ex
tract; has appeared as original correspondence
in half dozen Of our Illinois exchanges, lately
datc:. Chicago. Its Latest appearance is in til
C>ntraz Illinois G1=tti<, rubli,hed ut Urbana
The authorship Of the ubiquitous docnmen
is left to conjecture:
."There is u strong feeling in this city in hi
favor for the Presidency, a Cameron and n Lin
coin Club has been or. r.unized, which is workip
most enthusiastically for this ticket; under
stand some Of tile lending mcn i'll the State ar
in The movement. among whom are Hon. E, :,
Haines Of Lake County, Matileny Of Sangamor
DR.. Cbas. Y. Dyer Of th;s city, aud others. D'
I.eib who was the very soul Of tbs Buchana
purity fthis State in the memorable contest {
ls55, i. now most cordially and efficiently lsbo,
Ing t,r tle nomination Of this ticket. liz is
gentleman Of muca intelligence anI ts1st i,domi
a5le sntTgy and perseverance,, and AN assure
that even if those gentlemen should not t
nominated, lie will NEVERTHELESS. give the nom
nees Of the Republican PARTY his most cordi'
support; other prominent Democrats here has
recently come over to our party Va may IRE
co~yra{alats orrse!rss on fhis aceets'on to OF
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