, 1860-05-25
TIE GLORIOUS PROSPECT

Tia pro:p.c: Ct close and effective union
l"'tseca al ,he opponents Of Slavery c1ten:
sian is now more favorable than it has beun
s:nr, theOld Wing Party vas dissolved. The
rom,uatior of Lincoln has rccorciled all jaHlng
elements IL the great Opposition Patty, and
Tho signs portend 4 great political revolution
Ike :ha: which, in 1851, overlook ll1e con-
splra:ors who stirrcl.up auow tie: yexed and
still unsettled Slavery question. Ar. LIncoln's
,erscnal character ard political antecedents-
Ills honor: Integrity and his trusted conserra-
1:sm-are s:1arantys to men Of all reasonable
aad im;ssblc shades Of opinion that, in his
hands, The government and the interests Of tho
p3ofle can l'a safely reposcd- Men who have
IN to inis time bean radical to 4 point fur be-
y5at tic plltGarn Of tho party, md who have
b,,t f.;n;]5 seconded the Republican move
meat; men who lave feared that the Republic
CHS we're co:rg too fast and too fnr, and that
Injustice to the South. hy a violation Of tie
compromises o. the Constitution, was intend
Cd; men win, ct years past, have paid no at
,.n.ioa to politics except to deprecate the do
iags Of cacl rarty-all these see that at last
,hcy have cand;datc demanded By. the e1i-
gency Ct the times, who will, if elected, ad-
minister the government with scrupu1ous re-
gard TO the conceded rights Of all, and in 4
spirit Of car6or aud honesty 10 which Wash
iugton and the White Horso have long been
strangers. The position Of the country favors
the rising Of thu surge which will. cary Lin
co1n lilo tic cha:==. secticn cmbittcred against
section 'y the treason Of those in power; the
Democracy torn ito GaclIons By unconeealed
and irrrconcilablc disscEsions; the American
movement giving awaJ to more imperative de-
,aact;= mon ti:e national conscence;' the as-
founding corruptiors Of tile Buchanan Admin
istration; tue weariness Of the whole country
with s:rifc, and All universal desire to forget
minor points Ct difference and 50 back to the
cll AID safe p7Icy ct The Fathers that peace
may be the rcsult-these are causes which
will in1pcl mcn who hare heretofore looked
upoa each o.hcr W:,h distrust and hatred, TO
join l:a3ds and 70 heartily into the work be-.
f;ra them. The limo las como for 4 change.
The ellicac; Of Democratic measures has been
tried AID proved worthless. Under two presi
denis Of the sham Democratic faith tho nation
al Prosperity aid the integrity Of the Union
have betn ru! in imminent peril; ard it is ths
jus: aad wei! founded conviction that four
years 1:ore Of Pierce, Buchanan, or d repre-
sentative success:r, would put an end 10 the
institutions which The Revolution credtcd.
Thei- unskiiful treatment Of the Slavery qucs-
tioo, has mads the EoutL and North as strang-7
gr:at national Interests Las left the rivers and
ha:i'o7s Of the West unin.},roved, aud has
brought ruin Upon Thousands aud tens Of
thousands Of manufacturers and operatives in
tho Eat. Their prctisacy in the use Of lhe
public :noacy has bankrurted tile treasury Of
u,c nation. Tici. disregard Of the rights Of
na,iona1iics and their 1llin1s tcrins spirit havo
brought is to tic bIinl Ct var with half the
c:viIizsd world: and their general rccrcancy
to til: l'rinciplc Of freedom upon which tho
Eoycron2:.t is founded, their *hamclcss5css
ard recklcssnoss in :sll matters that nppezlaiu
to the public good or the national reputation,
have disrraccd til. Republic in the eyes
Of MI mankind. All this is seen and felt.
MEMS deepest political convictions point to tie
necessity for nm union against the delauchcd
md r1ttea Democracy by which these disas-
trons resul= have ',1cu wcrked out and by
which deeper wees urc foreshadowed. The
country wants pence. It wants an
honest Administration. It wants the at
tontion Of the government turned to material
interests. 1t wants men Of integrity, not
mara politicians, al the mead Of affairs. 1t
wants IN tld-:ashioned national dynasty with
HONEST 0LD AEE rs ita chief He, with his
clear head. his .raiuinE among the people as
Que a. them, lis comprehensive intellect, his
glowing patriotism ard lis intlexible will, is
the man tor the lcur. Ard as VIC have never
believed ilia: II was tho des;t-a Of Providence
tia; tie American experiment Of selGgorerr-
mcnt should fail. either hy reason Of the ae-
Gressions of the slavery p.oragandists, or hy
the corrulticns Of Il Buchanan, so We are, in
this crIss, ready to hail ABRAHAM LINCOLN as
the man whose mission it is to savo tie n:-
tion! Upon 10 other could opposing inter-
"s;s a:ld opposing opinions have been recon-
t:rd; nud, We say it With due respect for the
great n&,u4s that tie Convention set aside,
'.pon TO oti,cr could these opposing interests
and opinions have 20 relied for conscientious
examination and lair adjustment. He will bo
<iectcSs.