Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-03-04

Special Correspondence Of the Chicago Times
WASHINGTON. February 25.
Old Abe is going in for re election on a most
remarkable and funny record. He wants to be
re elected a Joker. He points To his expiring
term, with pride and pleasure, as great Joke
The record il a sorry joke 10 the country Al
ready the newspapers in the interest OF the joking
aspirant are collecting his "litte anecdotes and
spreading them before the people for political ef-
feet. l. il possible that the great American ma.
ton are TO be wheeled into the support Of can
didate for the Chief Mscistracy whose chief claim
to support, as urged both by himself and his
friends, Is. that he is a clownl
Lincoln may get little fictitious popularity by
his Jokes and stories, smutly and otherwise; but
wise men may discover, in his dis ,osition thus
to trihe with great and serious questions, dis
qualification for the very important position he
seeks to retain
Our army. on whose votes he largely relies,
has already made the discovery that he is the
wrong man in the right place. and the men are
not backward in showing their contempt for him.
They ridicue his pre,eusions.
II Old Abe wants 10 enter the contest on the
strength of his smutty stories, his Jokes aud wit
tcisms. fancy he will hnd the soldiers more
than a match for him
In Il former communication pointed out the
three prominent factions that were contendng in
I
succession. AT the head of the list, just at this
moment, is the Lincoln or Seward facti on
I When compelled TO define its position on poti-
/ cal questions, IL points 10 Old Abes record ex-
/ ultingly, and says. Are We not sound ON the alb
clifton question Nobody will dispute the alb
clifton tendencies of the administration. The
I proclamation Of cmancipton, now year old and
over has settled that. Every act OF the admin.
stration has proven its loyalty TO the doctrine OF
] ~. IA a
: factions take issue with Lincoln singular as it
may appear on this very question. An
abpiitionist all over, in every act of his public
/ career, these rival candidates come forward aud
/ denounce him. Ii may not be Improbable 10
attempt discovery of the points in which they
disagree from the present incumbent of the
/ White House. lt may 1t lesat expose To the gaze
! of thu great aborng masses of the North west
\ the point towards which We are rapidly drifting,
aud from which we may only be saved by the
earnest efforts of every patriot in the land
| Mr., Chase with his followers are advocates of
/ immediate aud unconditional emancipation of the
blacks everywhere within the boundaries OF the
! United States Ii will be remembered that Mr..
! LiRcon's edict only emancipates the slaves in
/ certain States IN rebellion at a fixed date IL
/ leaves the status of the negro in the border
/ States that had not rebcled unchanged. But. at
the same time. Lincoln shows his willingness
and desire TO free the negroes every where, Dy
pressing upon Congress and the border States his
schemes lor gradual emancipation with compen-
satiou 10 loyal owners So there is no question:
ing his position genuine out and out aboli-
tionist. Chase ayews his purpose TO 90 further.
/ he would ignore the Constitution more COM
/ plelely than Lincoln has done. aud would exert
the might of the Executise in aid OF universal
emancipation, and would support it by the army
now in existence and subject to the orders of the
Executive. He comes before the people as "A
candidate for the Presidency on this ground, and
this issue he contents with Lincoln. If Lin
coin is an abolitOuiSt, he Is more perfect one
He would have no slave in bondage, but releas
ing them. would elevate them to the grade OF the
white man. or rather, would degrade the white
man 10 the level OF the negro.
Fremont goes even further than either of these
loyal" gentlemen Having allied himself with
the German red republicans. he halts at no pros
pect of anarchy and bloodshed. but rather gloat-
ing at the prospect aiforilng dim promise of
military ren9wn, aud educated by his other lilies
OF the endell Philips school, he would not only
AZ once free the negroes. but would also give
them the right OF suffrage. with social equality
In every respect with the whites. including the
right of intermarriage. On these latter points
he secures the most hearty support of the ex-
IRENE radical abolition SIS, with whom amalga-
nation is an essential
Each of the aspirants for Presidential honors
with their followers. claims for himself the most
perfect "loyalry' IL Is most remarkable how
easily they manage to delude their adherents
with the idea that those who see the constitutions
al objections to their revolutionary schemes
saying nothing of objections of moral and So
cial nature--are di>oyal and how readily they
manage to convince them that the ground thew
! tread uDUn is concentrated TO the purest loyalty
and patriotism And vet each of them
openly and clearly violates the fundamental law
OF the land. the only difference between them be
ing in the extent to which they GO in their dis
loyalty.
Is it possible. then, that the people of the Uni
ted States will extend the rel IN OF "a class OF men
whose only claim OF support is their persistent
purpose TO introduce inferior race into the
workshops and upon the farms of the North. to
compete with the white wOrkngmeD, to their
great damage? Ab0itiouism has never before.
in the history Of our country. been so bold in the
! ayuwal OF their designs. Ii j. To be hopei that
this bodness will work It's overthrow now, all
wise men aud true lovers of their country, It's
peace aud prosperity, unite in believing 1t will DO
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