Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1860-08-02

anu ne EntOrCement OF the Laws.
In the present confused condition of the
political parties of the country, numerous
and varient are the views put forth by polit-
zeal men as the effect of the election of this
or that man. and the success of this or that
party. Some profess to see in the election
Of Mr.. Bell, panacca for all the ins under
which we labor,-others with equal conf
dence, maintain that to the preservation Of
the Union, and the peace and prosperity of
the country, it 10 essentially necessary that
Mr.. Douglas should be electsd TO preside over
the destinies of the land for the next four
years. Another class of political men, who
claim to be as honest and farseoing as those
we have already mentioned, stoutly maintain
the Importance Of elccting Mr.. breckenridge
to the presidency, if we wish to maintain the
integrity OF the Union,-while another class
maintain that the policy proposed to be pur-
sued by Mr.. Lincoln and his party, Is that
which characterized the founders of the re-
public, and is essential 10 OFT permanency
and the fall development Of OUT yesocrces.-
To this ii is objected by the opponents Of Mr.
Lincoln, that his party and his policy is Sec
tionaI, and should he succeed, it is probable
that his Inauguration might be resisted, or
that the South might secede from the Union;l
in order therefore to secure the defeat of Mr..
Lincoln, the Baltimore Exchange, In well
tempered article, proposes union of all the
elements opposed to Lincoln upon Breckin-
ridge, as the candidate whose chance Of sue
cess is greatly superior to that of either of
the others.
Our readers are aware, that as the adyo-
cate of Bell and Everett, we have pronounced
our unqualified opposition to all fusion, and
insisted upon our friends, in all the States,
running pure Bell and Everett ticket, but
should It be thought advisable to pursue a
different course, we have advised union with
the friends of Mr.. Lincoln.
The candidate named by tho Exchange is
to us the most Objectionable of any in the
field, because, whatever may be Mr.. Brsck
inridge's private opinions, he is evidently the
candidate Of the Southern Secessionists, and
we are opposed to that party in toto,-wth
it we are for IN aking no compromises, for we
maintain with Henry Clay, that the value of
the Union far surpasses all the interest we
can possibly have In extending slavery into
the territories. With candidate then, who
las been brought into the field mainly by
,:sunionists, we can have no sympathy-un-
.cr no circumstance can we act in concert.
In other quarters it is proposed to unite
with the friends of Mr. Douglas, in order to
defeat the disunionists. II this were simply
the issue, and if there were no other great
principles in which We are interested to be
promoted and there was no one else upon
whom we could rally with q probability OF
success, there might be some reason why we
should unite with the Douglas men; but when
We remember how deep is our interest in the
passage Of q judicious tariff, in order to revive
the depressed condition of our manufacturing
interests, it is not possible for us to I'm tie with
a party which has avoweG its hostility to pro-
lection, and whose standard bearer is ac-
knowledgedly devoted to the doctrine of free
trade.
Now the objections which we have stated
rs lying with great force against Breckip-
ridge and Douglas do not lay against Mr..
Lincoln. He mot charged with being dis
unionist,-bst his enemies persistently affirm
that the principles Of his party, If carried out,
will result in the destruction of the Reptile.
Congressional legislation on the subject of
slavery in the territories, is the doctriue both
Of the Breckenridge and Lincoln parties, with
this difference, the Bscckinridge party favors
Congressional Intervention for the l,SOtection
Of slavery in the territories, while the Lincoln
marty, arc in favor Of Congressional legisla-
tiou to prohibit slavery in the territories
The Breckinridgs doctrine is Of recent origin,
willis tho Iiueela doctrine is as old as the
Republic itseM Before the adoption of the
Constitution, and when the States were held
topethe. BY arsiclss Of consideration, Virginia
coded that portion of heSterritory lying West
Of the Ohio river to the general government
and Congress passed q law prohibiting slave
nv in said territory, aud TO which, no objec-
ton. which appears on record, was made by
Virginia or ali, other State-and immediate
" after the adoption Of the Constitution.
which was substituted for the articles Of con-
federalism, Congress reafirmed the law OF 's7.
In the ono case then, we have upon the part
Of the fashsrs of the Republic Congressional