Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1861-02-21
MR. LINCoLN's JOURNEY TO NEW YORK.

MIR. LINCOLN'S JOURNEY TO NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, Feb. 19.-At every station be-
tween Albany and this city, Mr.. Lincoln to-day
received demonstrations of enthusiasm. The
journey was Il continuous ovation. At Pough-
keepsle there was an immense gathering, and,
in response to their greetings, Mr.. Lincoln made
few remarks. He said these demonstrations
indicate that the whole people were willing to
make common cause for this object. That if,
as it ever must be- some have been unsuccess-
full in the recent election, and some have beaten
that if some are satisfied, and some dissatisfied
the beaten party are not in favor of sinking the
ship, but are DESTROYS of running through the
tempest safely, and are willing, if they think
the people have committed an error in their YER
dict now, to wait in the hope Of settling it right
next time.
don't say that in the recent election the peo
pie did the wisest thing they could. Indeed,
don't think they did but do say, in accepting
the great trust committed to me. which do
with determination to endeavor to prove wor-
thy of it, | must rely on the people of the whole
country for support, and with their sustaining
aid, even I, as humble as / am, cannot fail to
carry the ship of state safely through the storm.
If can only be as generously and unanimous
ly sustained as these demonstrations indicate,
shall not fail trust, that in the course shall
pursue | shall be sustained not only by the par
ty that elected me, but by the patriotic people
Of the whole country.
RHMr. Lincoln at Pittsburg on Friday added
another to the already numerous family of
speeches he has dropped along his devious route
toward Washington. If he continues making
these efforts all the way to the Capitol we hard
w think his most earnest admirers will be able
to withstand the revulsion that must come from
an over-satiated appetite His speech at Pitts
burg is contradictory in terms if not in sense
He declares in the outset that he designs to give
the subject of our national troubles full consider
alton before he speaks definitely, and yet pro-
ceeds to say what will be regarded as very def
nitely committing himself. The condition of
the country Lo assures his hearers, is extraordl-
nary and fills the mind Of every patriot with
anxiety, and yet he is equally certain there is
really no crisis. The Chicago platform, he as
serts, should not be varied from what the peo-
pie understood it to mean when the Republicans
were asking their votes. Who is to decide what
this understanding of the people was, Mr.. Sc
ward or Mr. Greeley, the President elect does
not inform the public Neither the matter nor
manner of Mr.. Lincoln's addresses appear to us
equal to the occasion or to his position. They
are contradictory and frivolous in substance, and
delivered in style that is painfully wanting
in the dignity that should belong to the Presi-
dent elect when discussing topics upon which
the existence of the Republic depends. He ap-
pears to forget that he is no longer talking to a
little coterie of admirers at ng6eld.-BaN.
american.
RTMr. Lincoln is still on the move, maxi
ing wayside speeches, solemnly assuring his adj
mirers that there is nothing going wrong that
really hurts anybody" and that the crisis is
merely an "artifcial'' one Mr.. Lincoln at the
North asserting that there is "pothing going
wrong" and Mr. Davis, at the South, talking
about '.irrevocable and final dissolution" show
the actual danger of the country
Gazette.
VIRGINIA CoNvENTIoN.-Ric1amoa Feb. 49,.
The Commissioners of Mississippi and Georgia
addressed the State Convention to-day, appeal
ing strongly to Virginia to go with them. They
pictured the advantages of such course, and
the danger of remaining with the North. Their
speeches contemplated no such event as a re-
union. go.
Mr.. Preston, of South Crolina, speaks to-
morrow.
RY"The New York Express says that il, after
the recent patriotic action of Virginia and Ter
nessee, the Border States are ultimately driven
into Secession from the Union, the sin and the
shame, and all the untoward consequences will
lie at the door of the leaders of the Republican
party, Mr.. Lincoln included. If they, by per-
sistent obstinacy, refuse to accede to measures
of fair and just settlement, guaranteeing the
equality of the States and the constitutional
rights of the Southern States they alone will be
responsible for all that may ensue. They have
not now any propositions from Seeding States.
The olive branch is held out by the Border States
perpetuate the "Unted States" led on by the
Mother of States, old Virginia. If those having
authority sr influence in the Northern States
desire to be considered, or have any claim to be
thought wise men, honorable men, true men,
or even prudent men, they will not fail-their
elected President, first and foremost-to accept,
adopt, and zealously support practical and pa
trotic measures, designed for the restoration of
peace and good will in our land. 70 refuse, in
the present crisis, the fair and just demands of
such States as Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee,
and North Carolina, sis to destroy government
which was the hope of the friends of liberty
throughout the world" Let those concerned
take heed to the warnings Of the friends of the
Union in the Border States.
W-The Charleston Mercury does not like the
Constitution adopted for the new Confederacy,
and says so with its usual frankness: eve
regret that any Provisional Government was
formed at ALL and in one or two important par
ticulars confess to disappointment and surprise
at the Government and laws enacted. l seems
that the United States Protective Tariff of 81
has been adopted, and that a positive condemna-
ton of the institution of slavery, through the
slave trade, has been inserted into the Constitu-
ton ITSELF Neither Of these did we expect. -
The Mercury consoles itself with the belief that
the Constitution is only a provisional one, and
therefore, "better" permanent one may yet be
adopted. The Charleston Courier, while ex-
pressing its qualification in the full establish
ment by the Montgomery Convention Of "strong
and vigorous government" calls attention te
that article of the Confederation which reserves
to Congress the power to declare war, and urges
an immediate attack upon Fort Sumter, without
b ootir IF hn no1r