Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-11-23

SPRINGFIELD. ILL. Nov 20.
EDS. CoM:-Senator Trumbull, after con-
graduating the assembled Republicans on
their victory, and eulogizing Mr.. Lincoln.
said: '.Mr Lincoln. although the candidate
of the Republican party, as Chief Magistrate,
will neither belong to that nor any other par
ty When inaugurated, he will be the Pre-
sident of the country, and the whole conn
try; and doubt not he s0iH be as ready to de
fend and protect, the State IL tOich he has not re-
ceired solitary Uote, against any encroachment
upon its Constitutional rights as the one in ,ciich
he has received the largest minority. While they.
by whose votes he has been designated rs
Chief Magistrate of this Republic, will ex-
pect him to maintain and carry forward the
principles on which he was elected, they know
that in doing so. no encroachment will be made
on the reserved rights of any of the States
They know the Federal Government is one of
delegated pOwers-that it can do nothing ex-
cept the authority for the action can be found
in the instrument which created it, and that
all powers not conferred are reserved 10 the
States or the people of the States. When
their political opponents have charged the
Republicans with Abolitionism. or attributed
to them a desire TO interfere with slavery in
the States, or some fanatic has Insisted that
they ought to do so. the reply has invariably
been, that the people who made the Federal
Government did not think proper to confer
on it such authority, and ii has therefore no
more right 10 NEEDLE sOith SLAVERY in State than
IL has to NEEDLE acuh serfdOn in Russia, nor are
| the people of non slaveholdiBg States in any
way responsible for slavery in the States
| which tolerate it, bee. use on that question
they are to each other as Independent gov
ernmeuts. have labored 10 and for the Re-
publican organization. with entire confidence
| that whenever it should be in power each and
| ell of the States could be LEFT an as complete
control of their otpi ofdirs respectively, and at
as perfect liberty 10 choose and employ
| their own means of protecting property
and preserving peace and order within
their respective limits, as they have
| ever been under any administration
Those who have voted for Mr.. Lincoln have
| expected, and still expect this, and they
would not have voted for him, had they ex-
pected otherwise. i regard il as extremely
/ fortunate for the peace of the whole country,
that this point, upon which the Republicans
have been so long and so persistently mis-
represented, is now to be brought to a practi-
| cal test and placed beyond the possibility of
] a doubt. 1t should be matter of rejoicing
j to all true Republicans, that they will now
/ have an opportunity of demonstrating to
their political adyersaries, and the world.
that fAey are not for interfering tciM the domestic
i,ssfltaaions Of any Of The States, and are not the
advocates of negro equality or amalgama-
ton. with which political demagogues have
so often charged Them. When this is shown,
a reaction will assuredly take place in favor
| of Republcanism. The Southern mind even
will be satisfied. The rights of Northern men
will be respected, and The frnterBat feeling e.
| istusg IN oiden fines schez men from all parts of
The country rent forth together TO battle for COM
mon caase- against common enemy, acsu be re-
stored Disunionists per Sc, of whom unfortu-
tunately there have been few in the coun-
try. for some years, understand this, and are
/ now in hot haste TO get out of the Union,
precisely because diey lpereeipe ney CANNOT much
Longer maintain an apprehension among The South
ern people that their homes and jtfrssiaes and Lpes
are to Be endangered By the action of The Federal
Government. With such, now or never is the
maxim; hence they seek to infame the public
mind by misrepreeenting the objects and
purposes OF the Republican party, with the
hope of preeipitaiing the Southern States
irto position from which they cannot, with
out dishonor,. afterwards secede, well know
ing if they delay till alter the new admins
iration is inaugnraied and tested, it will fur
nish no cause for their complaints. Seces-
sion Is an impracticabiIity, or rather an
lnpossibility. The Constitution provides no
way By which State may withdraw from