, 1864-09-12
Ubifago Qribn11e'
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER Il, 1854


wuAr TUE WAh II A0tUTs
Mr s-w.rd IN h,s speech 1t Auburn, New
vo-l m t1e Sd inst makes q point which
s,aoryes to be constantly kept in the pop
u,sr mind. Lest aomc OF our readers fai1 to
pot,cc it, since mauy persons never read
speeches on account OF thcir length, we rc-
nroduco It in brief 1t is not new, for the
TRIBUNE hes advanced 1t; but 1t inheres In
the very germ aud ktrncl Of this contest.
Tic eum OF it is, that four years ago the
neop1c of the Untt@t sta.es clcctcd Abraham
1,rcolu lawful and constitutional President;
whertupon seven States, followed By six
,,orr. at opce tcyo1ted and set up another
uau for President. and are to-day lighting to
establish his authority In the rev olted pro
vinccs.
NC. on the other hand, are fighting to vim
s,c.te the right OF Abrahsn Lincoln to be
President of the whole UnioD, according to
thc1n6ful vote Ct tie uation. We hare a1-
,cAdv established his authority In whole or In
n,rt in niue OF more Of Them, with good
nrcsnect Of securing 1t in the rest But In
tlr meantime the period OF election arrives
again. II is great pity that it occura at this
fnsctura, but there is no he]p for 1t, and we
,nu.t vote ugaIn 4 portion of cur people
oroposc to yield to the dcmand Of therevolt-
ed por,ion BY dropping Mr. Lincoln and put
ting 1u Lis place another mtn Mr.. Seward
is risbt in saying, that II VIC do that thing,
we rive up the very kernel OF the contest!
We diyest the war Of Its principal meaning;
and even II We shall continue to carry 1t on
10 rccsver the reyoltcd region to the nation,
IL is an enasculuted affair, with half It's mo.
tive power lost out Of it.
Mir. SeHHrd IL right; VIC ought not only to
choose loyul Pr s,de.t aud eLforce Ills au-
tAssity over the whole Union, but We ought
10 insist that the man lawfully elected by
the vote Of the p ople of the United States
snail he In his own person accepted Is their
rn,cr for his term. Mr.. LinctlR has not been
tae President OF the whole nation, and If
now defcated in the election, never will be,
nnless taken up at future time; which Ii
oot likely. The rebels, therefore, gain their
noint, Now they ought by no meaus to be
allowed 70 carry their aim in any such
war. In ATTIC. years it will be fresh incite.
mcpt ts revolt, that the rebellion succeed in
nar now. But If they arc wholly beaten,
and Mr.. lincoln is made In fact the ruler OF
the ss.,on, there will be no motive to future
rebellion. Tue people ought to stick to him
Il need he for twenty yeurs, If the war ~ere
to LIST 60 long, and elect him every four
wears till be is received Us he has right to
be, Much a. We despise poor Pierce, were
he In the Ike case, We wculd vote for him to
Tho end OF the chapter. II It is to be estab-
lished By precedent that when section Of
ceuntY disnkes President, chosen by the
people. ii can rebel. and by fighting few.
years even, euccecd, there will be plenty OF 1
denasoeucs III after days TO follow It; md
we ought to bequeath no such inheritance to
our children. No matter If Mr.. Lincoln is
perfect or imperfect, fast or slow, gooa-look-
Ing or plain, is grave or tells stories, fierce
or amlablc, he wac ctoscn President Of the
Unitco States; and we are for fighting the
thing through till he ia So acknowledged;
and for voting 1t through also, while the
need Of voting occurs,