The Placer herald., 1860-09-01
What win He do with it."

ChotCo HOiououb AtuCoiu oOOhc suos h'So
place, and should be succeed be must do SO
entirely by the votes Of the Northern States.
He will be placed there, if it all, and sustain
ed in his administration by influences inso-
lently procaiming an exterminating war
against one of the deeply fixed elements of
the society, and Of the wealth, Of one half
the States of the Union. The success OF the
Republican party will inaugurste new era
in the history Of our nation. We have had
mighty contests in this nation before-issues
upon which parties have divided, and great
battles fought, but these we're matters of in
,ernal policy, or related to classes or religion.
These questions affected very nearly equally
the people Of every part Of the Union. For
example, the Alien and Sedition laws, the
Naturalization laws, the Bank question, the
disposition of the proceeds of the sales of
the Public Lands, and other kindred ques-
tons, were topics that men discussed with
like freedom and equal interest in all parts
of the Union. There were Wing ard Dem
ocratc states South, and also North. Should
Mr. Lincoln take the Presidential chair, he
will do so without assistance of, and in direct
opposition to, every shade of politician Of
fifteen states of this con nfederacv,-6f
States banded together, as against him and
his party, upon one Of the first and most i'm
peratve laws of nature-self preservation.
If he should obtain that Office under these
circumstances, the question arises, what wW
he do uiM iR The simple fact of his elec-
ton will engender feeling Of insecurity and
distrust of the Executive power-will loosen
the bonds of affection existing be, ,ween the
two sections, because it is a war of sections,
and the more populous will have overpowered
and conquered the less popuIous.
That this state of facts will exist no one
can successfully deny-what will Mr.. Lincoln
do with it! Will he administer the govern
ment in all its branches, as those fifteen
states understand the law and the Constiu
ton, aud thus gain their confidence' If so,
will he be sustained by the party that placed
him in office? Can he stradde the fence,
and so completely retain his balance, as to
establish confidence in one section and a. the
same time retain it in the other2 If he can
accomplish this, then the whole country is
mistaken as to the antagonism of his party,
and the democracy, upon the slave question
in the Territories and States. This cannot
be. We fought the battle of 1856, with the
Republicans upon such an issue. and no sane
man has yet been SO excruciatingly keen as
to discover such mistake. The leaders of
his party declare that there exists an sire
pressib!e conflict between opposing and en-
during forces, and it means that the United
States must and will, sooner or later. become
either entirely a slave holding nation. or en-
.irely free labor nation" To produce the
latter result, to make it entirely free labor
nation we understand to be the mission of
Mr.. Lincon's party. since, as they tell us,
these two Opposing and enduring forces"
cannot exist side 10y side even, although it
may be in different states.
Mr. Lincoln himself says:-"This is a
world Of compensations, and he 0ho would
be no sIave, MUST CONSENT TO HAVE NO SLAVE.
Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it
not for themselves; AND UNDER JUST GoD
CANNOT LONG RETAIN IT."
Actua,ed 10y exactly such sentiments as
these, John Brown carried murder and do
nestle treason into the State of Virginia.
and no Republican leader or assemblage has
denounced the act-no, so far from it, many
of that party mourn his death and exalt him
as a martyr to the most sacred of Causes
Mr.. Buchanan sent the troops of the United
States to assist in suppresslng that raid, -
Would Mr. Lincoln have done so9 Should
like exgences arise during his adminslra-
tion, what will he do with it? Mr.. Lincoln
admits the Constitutional right to recover
fugitive slaves in the free states, vet eleven
of those states whilst acting under Republi-
can legislatures and Governors, have passed
laws to prohibit the exercise of that right
When he is President will he carry out the
will of his party in this respect or will he
oppose it and stand faithful to the consttu
ton and laws? One of the leading doctrines
of his party is, that Congress has the power
and it is the duty of that body to prohibit
any person from carrying his or her slave
into any of the territories Of the United
States, and retailing such slave as property
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