The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-09-01

from Michigan. Gen. Cass, j. was dis,
tineslT brought tprxard D. az issue bsfors
shepeopk IL Tennessee. 10 TIA
contest. 10 coumon With the South general
". thev Tshe people Of Tenncrsrel repudia.
; tsAshe idea thar . handful, or any number
of Ainhsbitans.. in Territory Of the United
States, should have the power granted e
them By Congress Of regulating their do.
nestle institutions at their discretion. 10
deny to tie citizens Of one seeii0r Of fhs
Union the posrer TO enjoy his right q
propxs.y ia xsasxs- We are nas prepared
u reverse and set aside the previously es-
gtabiist ed practice ana, doctrines of the GoS-
ernmsn;, Tam 50 "a iass tsms. We could
|. saa DO peace. no eniat, no end Of agitation
that vas teresns, from such course. We
though. that if Territorial Legislature
should, in ora Or tive Years. establish or
abolish STAR err, TIE agitation Of thu question
Of slavery would still 20 on. We, in Ten
nessee, 81 that time believed We we're advo-
eating principles aad Doctrines on this sub
jec. approved in all the Southern States.
The principle then cousended for was that
the people of . Territory. whsn they come 10
form their State Constitutions AND rHES
ONLY we're qualified to establish their do
nestle Institutions.
These sentiments taken in connection with
his iisa-shat ..humarisy to the slaves, not
less than Justice 10 The master, recommends
the policy of diffusion and extension OF
siavefyJ Into any new Territory adapted TO
his condition." show conelusiyely that Mr..
Bells as uasquivoeally committed to the
Interests Of the Shareholders in the Terrific
ries, as Abraham Lincoln is TO the interests
Of Freemen on the National domain. Soon
stitation'' will have to resort TO something
more than assertion--will have to pro-
duce something more than rigmaro!e-
before he can hope to show the intelligent
man, that, at the diction Of any set of men,
or any party, Slavery agitation will cease
in the halls Of Congress, and the people of
the several States left to CIRCULATE their
domestic institution in the own way" If
Congress has Bopswer either to prohibit or
establish Slavery in the Territories how can
it delegate to the people thereof n power i,
does not possess? 4 Territory has no SOW
ereignty but such as it derives from the
organic act furnished by Congress. Are
the Beilevere.t party in favor of comforting
upon the people of Territory the right TO
inhbit the introduction of slavery, so long
as they remain in a territorial condition:
Mr. Bel ard his party say no. Mr.. Lincoln
and the Republicans, say yes. Here is tn,
issue joiaed--tha ''irrcpressblc conflict.n
Here, and here only, is where Mr.. Bell's
sec.iondliSm differs from that of Mr.. t,nu
coins. The formers sectionalism favors
the interests Of Slavery; the latter's that of
Freedom Let the honest working men of
the country decide, By their ballots, whether
they will elevate to the Chief Magistracy OF
the nation, repres entatiye of the interests
of Slavery, or representative of the inter
es,s Of Freedom
PARTISAN MISREPRESENTATION
The Baltimore Patriot, BelIeverett pa
per of great ability, in conoedng the elee-
ton of Lincoln and Hamiin, makes the fol-
certain partisan presses, every word Of which
we heartily endorse:
The Saturnalia of the partisan press is in
full blast again, after four years rest,
and though IL is not yet quite so abandoned,
so lost to all sense o. shame, as it was in
the last Presidential canvass, it is evidently
destined to surpass it in fcrocity, as the
conflict wears apace, for the reason that
there are more angry and hostile elements
| at work." Fa5s-T zs.s.F 6#=s#
! The worst feature of the canvass, so far,
is the bald and wlIfal misrepresentation by
/ the Democratic and Union partisan presses,
of the renl strength of their candidates in
/ States, where an untruth will serve to con-
ceal their apaucty Of numbers. A few
examples will suffice In illustration Of this
policy. ....... ......a
! The Cleveland PiaiEaeGier, Douglas pa
per, is daily filed with the barefaced false
hood, in every possible form, that aIr.
Breckenridge will not have single vote in
Ohio, aud that the Little Giant viii carry
that State by nj least 100000 majority.
| The Boston Courier, Bell paper, with al
/ most as shameless peFyersI0n Of the truth,
graveiv assures us. that Douglas aud Breck-
/ nridge will not get n single vote in Massa-
chusetts, aud that Bell and Everett will
! triumph in that State By an uncountable
majority. The Al, any Atlas, Douglas
paper, is continually announcing to the
world. that its candidate will beyond the
/ possibility Of n doubt, s"eep New York from
! tho Lakes to Moutauk pa Mt, especially since
they have swallowed up the Bell party of
/ the Empire State. The Philadelphia Penn.
sylvauian, q Breckenridge J0urnGl, resounds
every morning with the false intellig nee,
that the old Key Stone will DECLARE for
/ Breckenridge by not less than 80 go major
fitg over both Douglas and Lincoln. The
Washington Constitution, the Buchanan
Breckinridge central organ, reprOduccs
every day the boastings and misrepresenia-
tons OF it's aflillating contemporaries, and
administers them to the reader in copi-
Gus doSas, and II We are to believe that
! graceless sheet, the election of Major Breck
inridge is placed beyond the remotest doubt
pay, h. Will carry every one of the States,
and he who questions its conclusions, is both
n knave and n fool.
7 Ia fine. enc seeks almost in vain among
I the thousand and one newspapers of the
I country for sober aud sound political state
meuts--statsments in which the wish is not
father 10 the thought. in which faisehood
aud cxaggcrations DO not form their staple.
/ And the excuse for adopting tins policy is,
that a lie is as good as the truth for iniiu-
encing rubiic opinion. Putting aside the
! iui4u.ty Of this plea, as thing that does
not trouble the conscience OF the mere poll
ticiau, there Is no graver fallaey than this in
the whole theory and practice of politics.
A lie auy where never can work good re-
suit IT always carries with it its retaiiating
compositions. Is was the practices Of this
system Of blowing up ones own balloon
with srlf-csfn"d falsehoo5s, that defeated
NJ. Clay 10 1914. His presses cried yietoryl
tiii they were haaTSs, when all the while the
enemy werc sweeping them from the field.
SHALLOW PRETENsEs OF THE DOUG
za-- r--- s-- LAStTEs
ssaaser Seward is not nan 20 be mis-
taken Is 10 the actual state Of political af-
/ fairs in his own State, nor would be stake