Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-06-01
Opinions a4 Democratic Journals.

Opin1ons as Democratic Journals.
We give below the opinions of sundrv
prominent Democratic iurnals on the Chicago
nominations It is superfuous 10 give those
OF the Republican papers-they all, without a
single exception, give the ticket a cordial and
hearty support
From the y. T. Sunday Atlas
! The nomination of Lincoln and Hamlin viii
b received with immense enthusiasm in the
West where they can hardly fail to make a
ce.sn sweep. 1t will, therefore, be the most
as.iect folly for the Democratic party to nomi-
rnie Douglas with the expectation of his car
reiag d single North western State. Lincoln
ca carry Illinois over the bead of Douglas by
a least ten thousand majority. The whole
f It, as far US the North IS concerned, has
bes j transferred to the Middle States of New
7 nix, New jersey, and Pennsylvania Here,
tf#, will lie the eny locality where the Bell
as Everett ticket will operate to the disadvan-
- Of the Republicans. In the West the
ilgssrs .eket VIII hardly be known.
Z SIC three Middle States we have mention
"a can all be carried By the Democracy if a
l9lasper candidate is selected but that candi-
date is not Stephen 4. Douglas who would
be beaten in each of these States by thou
sands of votes. Give US Seymour or Guthrie,
/ or both of them, and the battle will surely be
woe for the Democracy and its principles.
From the journal of Commerce.
While we have no desire to detract from
Mr. Lincolns position as respectable citizen
of Illinois, we are not aware that he posses
ses in any considerable degree, the qualifica-
tions demanded for so elevated position as
that of Chief Magistrate of the United States.
Probably an attempt will be made to raise a
faetious issue; TO present him as honest Abe
/ Lincoln" nominated in the Wigwam, the can
didate who ''splits rails and mauls the Demo
Gratis" There will be great excitement
throughout the land, and aWigwams' Will be
4 built now, as Iog-cabins were in 1910 the
i passions Instead Of the Judgment Of the peo-
! pie will be appealed TO, and the attention of
/ The people diverted, as far as possible, from
dbe real issues before the country.
From the n. 7. Sunday Times
! We certainly anticipated the nomination Of
Senator Seward at the Republican Conven-
tion, and possibly the wish was farther to tbs
thonght, in that anticipation for we felt a
solemn conviction of the certainty of his de-
! feat and the nominal representative of the
/ non-conServative principle in our national pol
/ itics, he seemed to us as one exempariiy set
/ apart fof such a sacrifice. But majority Of
I the delegates to Chicago reasoned exactly as
! we did i'll relation to Mir. Stewards position
! before the people, and were too astute to i'm
molate their hope of victory upon the altar
of their affection for an impfacticable Chief
j They consequently abandoned Seward for Lin
| coin, the whilon antagonist of Douglas.
From the Day Book.
The nomination Of Lincoln at Chicago is a
/ formidable one, probably more so than would
I be that of any other man who has been nam
cd in connectiou with it. 1t is as distinctly
and unnistakably 'Anti-slavery' as would have
been the nomination of Seward or Chase but
Lincoln actually represents a far moredangerous
phase of Anti-s|averyism than eitcr OF the
! fztf1ler, or, indeed, tban Giddinas or Garrison.
( Tie embodies u system rather than d sentiment
and while far more likely to deceive and deude
the masses than Seward or Chase, his admin
istration, if be should be elected would be far
more dangerous to the South, and therefora to
the safety of the Uuion.
From Forney's Press.
II is now quite certain that il Mr.. Douglas
be rejected hy the Democratic Convention at
Baltimore, Mr.. Lincoln will sweep Illinois, In-
diana, and the whole North west, and his cleo
ton by the people becomes, perhaps, fora
gone conclusion. One thing is sure, and must
be known to the Baltimore Convention, and
that is, with Douglas they triumph. and
that with any other candidate defeat is almost
inevitable. What the result may be time will
determine. The scceders and disunioniss who
retired from the Charleston Convention would
most assurediy prefer the election Of Repub-
ican President rather than the success of MIR.
/ Douglas bat whether this factious personal
opposition can control the masses of the peo-
pie of the Southern States remains to be seen.
/ 1t is not doubted that large majority of the
! delegates from the South refused to accedc
aud will sustain Mr.. Douglas if nominated.
! From the Rochester n. Y..I Advertiser
Lincoln is a candidate not to be despised.-
He is a man of fair talents, setmade man,
tall, swarthy, rather cadaverous-looking Ken
tuckian, a good stump talker, and possesses
The qualities which make men popular with
'the boys"
From the Boston Herald, LDouglas.I
! The nomination in many respects, is strong
| one, and will be difficult 10 defeat and those
who fatter themselves that the Democrats are
to walk over the Presidential course with ease
will find themselves mistaken. The Conven-
ton at Chicago has given evidence of shrewd-
ness. no less in the nomination of Mr.. Lincoln
than in the platform adopted. which is pro-
gressive without being ultra; and unless it is
met by platform equally plain aud intelligi-
ble, il will require no prophet to interpret the
| handwriting on the wall
From the New York Times.
By their nomination of Mr.. Lincoln, and by
the platform which they have adopted, tie Re
publicans haze declared their wish and pur-
pose to deal With this question (Slavery) if
possible, in a spirit of moderation, and to
maintain the characteristic position of the Re
publicans north with as little offanse rs may
be to the rights, the feelings or the interests
of the South. They have not asserted in any
/ hostile fashion their cardinal doctrine of tbs
right of Congress to interfere for the exclu-
sion of slavery from the Territories, though
the fanatical violence with which the opposite
doctrine, of the duty of Congress to intervene
for the protection of slavery in the Territories
was put forth by MIR. Yancey and his friends
in the Convention at Charleston, might well
have tempted them into doing so. Still they
have not disowned, and cannot disown, that
doctrine, and their triumph will involve the
probability of its positive though pacific as
sertinn when once the power of the country
shall pass into their hands. Few northern
men, Jew Republicans at least, believe that
such an assertion would be followed by any
formidable resistance on the part of the South
still less by anything like secession or disun-
4l,a tixypo oe rnufharn
men declare this skepticism to be fatal mis-
take. Still it exists, and must be taken into
account in estimating the motives and proba-
bic course of the Republican party. Their
answer to the question is peaceful interference