The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-10-25
To-Day.

! Inc Citt| cry EAlChSlOllStS, SAYS the New
York Tribune, has already been distinctly
pronounced--it remains only to be formal
ly recorded. There i3 no remaiuing ration
al hope OF defeating the election Of Lin.
coin and Hanlin by the People on the 6th
of next month. For it is idle to dream ot
an lntOxication of success that may pre-
clude vigilance and paraIyze eXertion-one
has but TO open his eyes in order to assure
himself that the victors work. and viii
work, the more earnestly and generally
that their triumph is already secure The
October results IN Pennsylvania and Indi-
ara four years since did not stay the hands
OF our adyeraarIes, nor Will those Of 1860
( lmpel the Wide-Awake hosts to arrest
Their march ON the very steps OF the Cap
ltol. Effort Is not only always easy but
always abundant when success Is seen to
/ be assured and at hand. We shall poll
! more votes for the Lincoln Electors in ev-
! cry State OF the Cnion-alike in Vermont
/ and Nirgnia-because Of our annihilating
victories in the great Middle States last
Tuesday.
The contest being thus virtually ended
for there are not ten men Of decent in
tellI@ence to-day IN this city who still
cherish a serious hope of defeating Mr.
Lincoln election we submit that there
are certain eIectioneering appliances Of the
last few months which ought. for the coun-
try sake, to be now laid aside and forgot
ten; since. while they can no longer effect
their original purpose, they are Yet preg-
nant with the seeds Of the very gravest
calamitics
Among these Is the device Of represent
ing the Republicans as a band Of crazy
fanatics, intent on the immediate aud com
PulSory Abolition Of Slavery in the South
Dy the force Of Northern coercion. if not
through the direct exerti0n Of Federal
power. The "Heiper' cry by which the
organization OF the House was 50 long OBJ
structed last winter-the spiracy to
make the hcpubIIcans responsible for the
John brown raid-the purading Of every
reckless, eXtrava@ant expression Of some
individual Republican, often perverted or
exaggerated, not to speak Of the thousand
sayings attributed to Us Of Garrison. Wen
dell Philips, &c. vino have steadfastly
hated and opposed the Republicans from
the start-tacse tricks OF unscruuulors
partlsans, while they have lnanifestly
ceased TO answer the ends Of their authors.
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peril. For il has been so habitual with
speakers and writers, es-
peciaiIy at the South, to represent the
i'ePubilcans as intent on a compulsory
emancipation OF the Blacks, that a Negro
lnsurrectlon-pcrhaps more than one-is
very likely TO follow the knowledge Of
hePubi!con triumph. The slaves are al
lowed to learn nothing of the sentiments
and purposes of the North, but through
the distorted medium OF their masters
preJudlced and eIrant impressions, TOO Of
ten based on the wholesale misrepreScnta-
tlonS OF hre-catlng demag0gues, intent on
aggrandIzlng themselves by fomenting
dlstruSt and hatred of the Free States
Quite a number Of slaves were tortured or
put to death in Tennessee at the close of
1896, on account Of an alleged conspiracy
among them to rise Ia insurrectlon under
he expected lead Of Col Fremont, The
Danger OF similar conspiracies next month.
mpeIled solely by the gross and general
perVcrslons OF Northern views and purpo-
'es now current 1T the South. is one that
calls Tor the exercise Of wisdom, vigilance
lnd true courage, throughout the Slave
states, TO prevent more deplorable waste
)f human lives.
And, again, it is most desirable that ,,
he sensible, patriotic citizens-vEo
are far more numerous in the Slave States +;
han they would seem to be if we Judged d,
he South by what appears in her uewsoa- :
intcrpoSc at once to stop ,
he ridiculous gasconade of disuuion which
ome who know better with many who
know scarcely anything, mischievouslv ;
persist In. 1t is now clearthat this exerts :
md can exert, no influence over the Free
states, except to confirm them IN their j
lXed resolve not to be bullied out of their :
convictions by meaaces wich strike at I
he root Of constitutional government :
nd that make a mockery of elections = =
o undertake to browbeat the north out ( :"
f her convictions by threats of rebellion =.
nd revolution, is to renounce the whole :
Of popular elections. and con = =
ert our country into another Mexico or =,
ew-G Granada, where each election is * 9
ected 10 be followed by civil var be- y
Neen those who carried it and those who
ere defeated. OF course if grown men r
ave fancy forsticking cockades in their IN
ats, after the old Federal pattern of '9S =,
ley must be INDUCED in that fancy: but
hen they give to these cockades this in o.
rpretation-"If we lose the election. we h,
can to upset the election" they nro- -
aim themselves traitors, not to this ar Lo
lat rule, but the vital principle of rem -
institutions. 4 beaten party oi
not necessarily ruined but a party Ct