The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-01-03
Lincoln's KnoWledge Of the Crisis,

The dispatches from Springfield,
Illinois, generally agree in repre-
senting Mr.. Lincoln as opposed to
any compromise or concession
of the extreme party poll
cy which has caused the withdrawal
of one State, to be Immediately fol-
lowed by six or seven others from
the Union, and rendering fearfully
imminentthe final disruption ofour
entire Government.
If these reports are founded in
truth-and we fear they are--it
gives an insight into his character
that may well cause the American
people to look with fearful appre-
tensions to his forthcoming official
career. There he is, in an retired
country village in the interior of
Illinois, having no actual knowl-
edge of the alarming state ofaffairs
his election has produced, surround
ed constantly by venal fatterers,
and breathing but one atmosphere
and that created by the extreme
and fanatical portion of his party
delivering his views with auto
cratic precision upon such a slen-
der basis Conformation. He mani
tests an Ignorance objectionable in
giving out such opinions to the
country, and q criminal self-pre-
sumption in not waiting until he
reaches Washington City and has
an opportunity of interchanging
opinions with leading men from all
parts of the country, and thus nc
curing some information as to the
difficulties he will be called upon to
encounter.
Secluded for years in this quiet
village, intoxicated with vanity and
success, utterly ignorant ofthe feel
ings of the Southern people, he and
his party never having had any
political association with them, ex-
cept as antagonists, and scarcely
acquainted with the sentiments of
his own section, it is absolutely in
decent and an outrage upon thena-
ton for him to express and have
circulated expressions of the policy
that is to govern his Administra-
ton. But we suppose the ventila-
ton of those sentiments is owing
to the fact ofhis rapid growth since
the election, as we have been credi-
bly, informed by an old unfamiliar
acquaintance who lately paid him
a visit, that the important, conse-
quential and Presidential airs which
he puts on are truly amusing to
those who knew him in former days.
This "wise' and "erperienced' states
man talks glibly about administer
ing the Government upon the
principles of the Chicago Platform
not deviating in the least from that
extraordinary political chart! lie
appears to regard it as more sacred
than the Constitution of the United
States, which he will have to swear
to support.
Let us remind Mr.. Lincoln that
although he was elected under the
forms of the Constitution, the Chi
cago Platform was most overwhel-
minglyrepudiateda and emphatically
condemned. The vote upon that
question stood as follows, in round
numbers:
Lincoln and Chicago Platform 1900, O0C
Opposed to Lincoln and Chicago
Platform $500, OOC
Majority against both 1000 O(
Do we understand Mr.. Lincoln
to say that, in administering the
Government, he intends to obey
the voice of the 10000 0 voters
and disregard the wishes of thu
2,8O0,O00, embracing a majority O
the people of nineteen States ofthi,
Union? If the election was to b.
tried over, neither Lincoln nor hi
platform would scarcely obtain {
State in the Union, the people be
: ing perfectly satisfied with both
even before their reign has com
menced.
We do not hesitate to declar,
emphatically that he will not b,
allowed to pursue any such suicida
policy. In the face of revolution
and secession at the South, and al
unexampled financial crisis at tn,
North, infinitely stronger men thai
nature ever intended him to b.
would have to quail before tn,
storm,
| All account from Springfield
agree that he has been well cram
med with the idea by the toadie
' and hattererss surrounding him, tina
he is a General Jackson No. 2, the,
7 having false and perverted ideas o
that old hero's character. A fey
more moves toward responsibility,
will teach Mr.. Lincoln That he /
not Gen. Jackson, nor is this the ag
o 1833. An attempt to carry GU
9 his partisan policy will assured
4 cover him and his Administratio.
with shame and disgrace, shive
/, the Union to atoms, and render
- civil war inevitable. If he posses
ses any ofthe qualifications reouis