Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-01-04
articles from Mr. LincoEa's Home
Journal.

articles from Mr. LincoEa's Home
Journal.
Extracts from the Chicago Democrat have
been freely circulated, North aud South, IS
from ''sfr. Liucolu's home organ" and Is
they are uniformly Of an ultra aud gioieus
stamp, / has become necessary 70 aissaow
theu. gho Springfield Journal, which speaks
for Mr.. Lincoln, says:
'sWere the character of the Chicago Demo-
erat unseEstood at the South as it is here ~
Illinois. Alr. Lincoln would not be held respan
sble for such sensation articles as the ABOVE
/: is certain that during the entire eanysss
which has just closed, the Chicago Democrat,
| if il did not openly oppose, did all it could,
by boldly and persistently misrepresentng tb,,
principles of the Republican rarty, 10 defeat
the elecflon of Alr. Lincoln to the Presidency
Ii is hardly necessary for US to say, from what
We knez Of Mr.. Lincoln, that it's insulting
tone 10 Ho manner rejects his feeiiugi or sen-
tments.- lie stands firmly and imalogahly ~
on the platform Of the Republican party, aud
is believer iu the principles therein enunese
ted; but in the midst Of the popular trimlya
which these principles have achieved, neittei
he nor tas Republicans as a paGty, assume 70
indulge 10 any such strain of offensive tauri
and ridioule We feel satisfied that 40 wil
DO his duty fearlessly ia any emergency tbai
may arise, but he viii DO it With constant re-
gard to ali the rights which are guaranteed TO
the several States under the Constitution. Tho
coarse language Of the Democrat 6uds no SYN
patty anywhere except among few Democrat
ic papers North, which are uupatrlotIc enough,
dy eigie4 circulation to such incorporate arfi
.eias. ses.sek ta inteasify Tue present excite
meat al the South. We would only ssg. 10
conclusion, that the Ere eaters of that section,
who are now making use of it in handbiit
form, as pretext for attempting to carry OUT
their disanion threats, are sadly in need OF
rational argument for their incipient treason. !"
STAND FlRM-BE TRUE.-We feel indie-
nant, sometimes, when NC hear timid Ropubli-
cans o0unseling au abandonment in part of Re-
publican ground. We arc asking for nothing
that is not clearly right. We have done no.
thing wroog-we have nothing to apologize FOR
nothing to take back, as party. We have
fought bard battle-we have come out OF it
victorious, aud shall we now call back the
routed flying enemy, and baseiy surrender ali
that we have gaaedl Never, Let us stand
firm as the eternal hills upon the Republican
platform, and ssturn this Government back iu-
to the channel in which the trainers of the Con-
stituuon originally placed it.'' Some there
are who are counseliug Mr.. Lincoln to take
into bis Cabinet two or three gentlemen who
do not agree with him politically. They do
60. know the man. Gu the 18th of June,
1858, in speech delivered in this city, Mr.
Lincoln said:
Our cause, then, must be entrusted to, and
conducted by, us oDn andoabted friends
those whose hands are free, whose hearts are
in the work, who do care for the result T@o
years ago the Republicans of the nation mus
tered over thirteen hundred thousand strong.
| We did this under the single impulse of re-
sistanee 10 q common danger, With every ex-
ternal circumstance against us. OF strange,
diseordant, aud even hostile elements, we gath
ared from the four winds, aud formed, ana
fought the battle through, under the constant,
hot 6re of a disciplined, proud and pampered
enemy. DID ,De 6raue all then to talter nolcl
now, when that enemy is waveriug, discovered
aud beligerenta The result is not doubtful.
| We shall lot fail-if We stand firm we shall
not fail. Wise eounsels may accelerate, or
mistakes delay it, but sooner or later, the vic
/ tory is sure to come" The victory has eome,
brilliant, glorious, overwhelming Mr.. Lin
coln himself led the triumphant host. The
people have intrusted their cause to him, know
ing his 'hands to be free,' his 'heart in the
work. and that he sdoes care for the result.
Will be entrust il now, think you, to those who
are not sits own undoubted frlends?' Viii be
call around him hostile Cabinet, and reward
With Office and honor the very men whom the
people have repudiatedl We do not speak as
one clothed with authority, but We are satis-
fed that he will do no such thing. Abraham
Lincoln never betrayed trust, never violated
promise, never deceived friend, and now,
when free aud mighty people have crowned
him with the highest honor of earta, va DO
not think be win begin that work. He will
carry cut the policy of the Republican party,
and tue two niIllons of freemen composing
that party shonld rally around him, cheer aud
sustain him. Let there be no wavering, no
falteriDg now, no treaoherous counsel, no base
surrender of principle. Let there be justice,
moderation, prudence, but unhlnehlng hrmness.
! We have undertaken, in the language Of Mr..
Lincoln, 20 sturn this Government back into
the channel in which the trainers Of the Con-
stituton originally placed it, Let ua do it.
The UNION, IT MUST BE PREsERyED-
There are not few who seem to think that the
Union will be dissolved whenever the South