Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-02-21


E rot nominated; and Mr.. Lincoln va
3 finally unanimously nominated an'
elected by that party; and ii is nov
E openly declared to the cour'ry tha
the former gentleman, Mr. Seward
, | is to be,Se prime minister of Mr.. Lin
coIn.the successfulcandicate ofthe Re
. publican party for President. Thes'
, gentlemen owe their elevation to Office
, to their opposition to southern Instl
lotions. They we're selected ant
voted for. not for any personal pre-
1ilections. but for their devotion tt
the doctrines which they were knowr
to have advocated, and for opinion;
they we're known 10 entertain.
Now, | call the attention OF the
committee and of the country, to
what, in brief, these opinions were.
MIR Seward declares:
"Slavery can be limited TO its pres
ebt bounds; it Can be ameliorated; 1t
can be, and it must be abolished, and
YOU and | Can and must do it. The
task i, as simple and easy as Its con-
summation will be beneiicent, and its
rewards glowing. 1t only requires
to follow this simple Iule of action:
10 do every where and on every oc-
casion what we can. and not to neg
I lect or rafuse to do what we can. at
any time, because at that precise time
and on that particular occasion we
can not do more. Circumstances de-
,ermine possibilities
Extend a cordial weleoms to the
fugitive who lays his weary limbs at
your door, aud defend him as you
would your paterual gods.
Correct your own error that sia-
very has any constitutional guarsn-
tees which may not be released, and
ought not to be reli1autbed."
You will soon bring
the parties of the country into An
effective aggression upon slavery
Again, he declares:
"What commentary upon the
history of man is the lact, that elgh-
teen wears after the death OF John
Qniney Adams. the people have lor
their standard bearer Abraham Lin
coin, confessing the Obligations of
:he higher law. which the sage OF
Quincy proclaimed, and contending,
Tor veal OF woe. for life or death, in
the i,repressible conflict between free
dom and slavery. desire only to
say We are ia the last stage OF the
conflict. before the great triumphal
Inauguration of this policy into the
Government Of the United States.
Now, sir, MIR. Seward was the high
est candidate on the first ballot, and
is 10 be the prime minister of the in-
comitg Administration. We now
come to the declaration Of the can
dida,e who was ultimately nominated
unanimously by that couven ion.-
What does Mr.. Lincoln declared
And it is such declarations as these
that have given him his present high
position in the country. He says:
"What do say is, that no man is
good enough to govern another man
wi!hoa the Other mans consent. ]
say this is the leading principle. the
SHEET ANCHOR of aauerican Republican
ism"
Again. in Chicago, on the lob of
July. 1858, be said:
Il should like to know if, taking
the old Declaration of Independence,
which declares that oil men are equal
uponpTiuciple, and making exceptions
70 it, where will it stop? II one
saws it does moi mean a negro, why
not another cay it does not mean
some other man! II that declaration
is not the truth, let US get the stat
ute.book in which We find it, and
tear it out. Who is so bold as TO do
III II il is no, true, let US tear it
out. ICries of MOI .No!] Let US
stick to it then; let us ssard firmly
by il, then"
Let US discard all this quibbling
about this man and the other man
this race and that race and the
other race being inferior, and there.
fore they must be placed in an uileri-
OF misunderstanding the standard
that we have left US. Let US discard
all these things, and unite as one peo.
pie throughout this land until we shall
once more stand up declaring that
ali men are created equal
- 81 leave you. hoping that the
llamp Of liberty will burn ip your bo-
SONS until there shall no longer be a