Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1860-05-31

              hi ii wiiii iipijiimi " I : ) 2Nfo. 00 MOUNT -VlSriLPa-OlNr, OUZO, TUTJXXiSID.A.'Sr, JWE-AE" Ol ICOOj Vol. VI. 0' H' 1 V i V X 'I r -t I 1 1 , , ' OBlQINAli. Republican Campaign Song. Tune Bosin the Bov. t Com all ye good men of the nation, With hearU yatriotio and true, . And work for our country"! salvation, .' There's labor a-plenty to do. At the holm of our national vessel , J-The pilot's a treacherous man) , Ho1 taking us all to the devil, Ai fast ai he possibly oan. '" ' Then let us Up and bo adorn , ,Before it's forever too late( 'And steer from the breaker of ruin. Our noble old vessel of State. We will place at the helm a new pllotj "Old Abb" Ii the man never fail! j He'll oom.4own upon the old pifaUs, With a ..rash like a thouiand o railil Old Buok outs a sorrowful Dgure, lie's wed, for the rest of bis life, "To the dear irrepretnbU nigger, And all for the want.of a wife I What the produot will be, 'tis no matte, ; , Already he quivers and quails; His friends are beginning to scatter, Sinoe the wind Is all leaving his sails. The bougiasites they are despairing, And Douglas begins to look blue; Though thoy double their drinking and swearing, Old Abe will have little tr do, ' tor the looos, they had a convention, At Charleston, we learn by the mails, " Andfought.liko the oats of Kilkenny, Till nothing was left but their tailsl Hurrah! then, for Lincoln and Hamlin! i The glorious campaign is begun: Fight on! and vote on, till the cannon ' Proclaims us the viotury won. Hurrah! then, for Iiinoolri and Hamlin! The Locos are trembling with awe:. Hurrah! then fot Lincoln and Hwnlinl "." .HuirahiandHurrnhlandHucrahl . -. , " Hurrah forAbe Lincoln! Aia "Boatman . Dance." Ilurrah, hurrah, did you hear the news! The Democrats have got the blues; They're pusilcd now, aud all afraid, Because we've nominated Ads. ' Chobus Hi! ho! we'll put them through, . Split their rails and haul them too. Hilhul we'll rut them through. Split thoir rails and haul them too. In all their ranks they cannot And A candidate to suit their mind; They kick and squirm, but 'tis no use, Thoir game is up, their f latforin's loose, CUOBXS llilholAo. They know that thoy will lose the day If thoy take up with Stephen A.; And so to add to thoir humbug swell I think they'd better take upell. Chohi'S Hi! ho! to. I hear thoy've bought an old steam tug, On which to piece poor little Duo; Fur rres'Oent 'too late they've found, His co.t tail comes too near the ground. ' CnOBUB Hil hoi Ao" We'll give them Ham enough this fall, To satisfy them one and all; . (Served up In style quite noat and plain, Just imported from Old Maine. Chorus Hi! ho! Ao. Hurrah! hurrah! wo are sure to win, Aud tho wny wo'll boat will be a sin; The coming year's impending blast, Will show them they have crowed their last. Chorus Hi! ho! Aci OHinlNAI.. THE LINCOLN BANNER. BY I. 8. S. BOISE. Fling the Lincoln banner but! Breesos are blowing: Loudly do Freemen shout "Let it be flowing! Under i(a ample folds, Quickly we'll rally, J From biil and dalo, rook and, dell, . Mountain and Valley." Fling the Lincoln banner but! Let it be flaunting: To the Douglas olnn, there's no doubt, Nothing so daunting. O'er the tools of liuohannri, Sj base and inglorious It can it mvtl be It will it victorious! Fling the Lincoln banner but! Lei it be waving: We've a country, and right, That are ichly worth saving. Gird il your armor bright, - True to each station; ' Bush on the thickest fight, For their salvation! Fling the Lincoln banner out! Keep it in motion: Alrtady, beholdl like The waves of the ocean, The people are moving, "l Around it to rally, , . ''From bill and dale, rook and dell, 'Vliiuntaln and valley! be Lincoln oanner ouu proud undulation, ins will greoj, kh a lnviLccla nation: 8i-.x-lo, slave-en insion', , vTfnd tyrany neer, y Sai Lmoolh and Hamlin, 'And Freedom forever! " Then fling the Lincoln banner outt Let it be floating; Fbr freomen wW 'strongly '.,'.) ' Bnetain It, by votings Around it we'll rally, Our cause it is glorious, (. '. ,ft roJ-lt,'uft le- ': : '. Il will be vietorinuil - t'be Republican . State Convention of 1 1 Ii nois ,wm held t Springfield on the 9th instant. Richard YaUs :aa Dominated for Governor. nd F. A. Hoffman for Lieutenant Governor. They expressed strong hopes of being able Id carry lbs St to at tho ensuing 'IVesidontial contest; " . The Republican Platform.as Unanimous- ly Adopted oy us aiuiuu4 tion at Chicago. We dive below the platform of the Uepubli can party, a promulgation ol principles by which the Nati n will be proud to aoiae : Resohid, That we.the delegated representa tiveg of Republican electors of the United States, in convention assembled, in the dis charge ol the duty we owe to our constituents and our country, united in the following dec laration: 1st. That the history of the nation during the last four years has fully established the propriety and necessity of the organization and the perpetuation of the Republican party, and that the cause which cilled it into exist ence are permanent in their nature, and now, more than ever before, demands it peaceful andkonBtitutional triumph) 2d. That the maintainance of the principles promulgated in the Declaration of Independence and embodied in the Federal Constitution, is essential to the preservation of our Repu olican institutions) and that the Federal Constitution, the rights of the States, and the union of (he States, must anl shall be preserved; and that we reassert those truths to be Sdlf-evident; "That all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights', that among those are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that to insure these rights, governments are instituted among men deriving tUoir just powers from the consent of thegjv- ernor) 3d. That to the Union of the States this na tion owes its unprecedented incroase in population, its surprising development o material resorces, its rapid augmentation o' wealth, its happiness at home and its honor abroad; and we hold in abborence all schemes for disunion, come from weatever source tliey may, and we congratulate the eountry that no Republican member of Congress has uttvred or countenanced the threats of disunion so often made by Democratic member without rebuke, and with applause from their political associates and we denounce those threats of disunion in case of a popular overthrow of their ascendency, as denying the vital princi-p es of a Iree government and as an avoivul of contemplated treason which is the imprative duty of an indignant people sternly to rebukj and forcvir Silence, 4th, That the maintenance iovolate of the rights ol the States, especially ol the riD'ht of each State to control its own domestic institutions, according to its own jugement exclu sively, is essential to the ba'Unc of power on which the perfection and endurance of our piliiical fabric depends, and we denounce the lawless invasion, by armed fjicj, ol the soil ol any state or territory, no matter under whateer pretext; oth. That tbe present Democratic admin s- tration has far exceeded our worst appre hensions in its meaur.'let8 subserviency to the exactions of a sectional interest, as espe cially evidence in its desperate exertions t) ,orce the inlamous Lecompton constitution upon the protesting people of Kansas, in construing the personal relation between mas ter and servant to involve an unqualified prop. erty in persons, land and sea, through the intervention of Congress and the Federal Courts, of the extreme 'cetensious of a purely local interest, ai gli general abuse of the power intrusted tolb oy acoiifiJing people; 6lh. That the people justly view with abhorrence the reckless extravance that pervades every department of the federal gov ernment that a return to rigid economy and accountability in indispensible to arrest the systematic plunder of the public treasury by favored parentis, while the recent startling developments of frauds and coiruption at the federal metropolis show (bat an entire change of adminslration is iinpeiativly denial, deJ. 7th. The new dogma that the constitution o! its own lorce carries slavery into any or al th) territories of the United States, is dangerous political heresy at variance with the explicit provisions of that instrument itself, with contemporaneous exposition, and with legislative and judical precedout i, revolutionary in its lenuency, and subversive of the place and harmony ol the country; 8th, That the normal condition of all the territory of tho United States is that of free domthat as our Republican fatheis when they had abolished slavery in all our national territory ordained that no person should bj deprived ,f iile, liberty or property without due' process of iaw.'it bocomcs our duty by legislation, when ever such legislation is ne-niicessary, to maintain this provision of the, Constitution against all attempts to violate it and we deny the authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature or of any individuals to give legal existance to slavery in any territory ol the United States; ' , Oth. That wobrand the recent re opening o' the African slave, trade under the cover ol our national flag, aided by perversion o' judi cial power, as a crime against humanity, and burning Bhame to our country and age, and we nail upon Congresi to take prompt an effi cient measures for the total ind final suppression of that execrable traffic ; 10th. That in the recent vetoes by th Ir fedeial Governors of the aots of the legislatures in Kansas and Nebraska, prohibiting slavery in ihase Territories, we find a praoti cal illustration of the boasted Democratic principle of non-intervontion and popular sover eignty embodied in tbe Kansas Nebraska bill, and a demonstration of the deception and fraud Involved therein ; . ': ' 11th. That Kansas should of right be immediate! admitted as a Bute, urdor tbe constitution wisely formed end adopted by ber people, and accepted by tbe House of Representatives; I 12tbJ.. That,- while i providing Mventie for the support of the General Ooerniaen, by duties upon imports, sound policy requires such an adjustment of these imports as to encourage the development of the industrial interests of the whole country, and we com-mond that policy of national exchanges which secures to the working men liberal wages, to agriculture remunerating prices, to mechanics and manufacturers an adequate reward for their skill, labor and enterprise, and t the nation, commercial prosperity and independence ; 13th, That we protest against any salo or alienation to others of the public lands hold by actual settlers, and against any view of the free homestead policy which regards the settlers as paupers or suppliants for public bounty, and we demand the passage, by Congress, of tbe complete and satisfactory homo-stead measure which has already passed the Mouse ; 14 th That the Nanional Republican party is opposed to any change in our naturalization laws, or any State legislation by which the r gilts of citizenship hitherto accorded to immigrants from foreign landsshall be abridged or impaired and are in favor of giving a full and efficient protection to tbe lighs of allclasesol citizens, whether native or naturalized, both at homo and abroad' 13th, That appropriations by Congress for river and harbor improvements of national character required for the accommodation and security of an existing commerce are authorized by the Constitution and justified by tho obligation of the Government to protect the lives and property of its citizens! 16th. That a railroad to the Frcifio Ocean is imperatively demanded by the' interests or the whole country, that tl e federal government ought to render immediate and' frlicient aid in its construction, and that as prelim inary thereto a daily overland mail should bo prolnpily established; 17th. Finally, having thus set forth our dis tinctive principles an l views, we invite the cooperation of all citizens, however differing on other questions, who substantially agree with us in their affirmance and support. The Republican Stiite Convention is to be held al Columbus, on Wednesday, the 13:h of June. The ofDcers for which nominations will be made nro,. Attorney General, Member of the Board of Public Works, Judge of the Supreme Court, and Electors of the Presi dent and Vice President. The official call fixes the ratio of representation one delegate fur every four hundred votes cast (or Guv. Dennison last full, giving 33 t-j Hamilton Co , 13 to Cuyahoga, 12 to Montgomery, 0 to Franklin, 7 to Knox, &o., amounting to 4G5 in all. The Clarksville (Tenn). Chronicle sensibly romarks: "Tho Maryland State Republican Convention, which was interrupted by a mob concluded its sittings by appointing a full delegation to Chicago, The Democrats of the South by thoir ceaseless agitation of Slavery for parly purposes, are creating enemies to thf institution in tho South as they have doni in tho North, and they can devise no moro effect- tive means for its abolition than the course they have beon pursuing for years past.'' . An engineer on an eastern railrord wis much alarmed a short timo sinie, by the supposition that he had run ovor a little child ol a year and a half old, which he had observed on the track, but not in time to effectually check the speed of the train. The train was stopped and what was the surprise of all present when the little fellow cooly crawled out between the spokes of the drivers, alive and kicking. Tub Baltimobb Nominee. John Boll, E-q , recived a large number of friends yester day at his office at tha Court House, who flocked thither to congratulate biin on the nomination at Biltimore. John took the mat er very coolly, and suggested to his friends that be would prefer the chances of being the Domociatio candidate for C.iunty Auditor of Hamilton county the coming fall Cincinnati Oazelte. The nomination of John Bill and Elward Everett excites scarcely any further remark than that it is a highly respectable ticket; not particularly likely tosucced. Mr. Bell is un doubtedly a very thorongh and courteous gen tleman, and would make a capital Unlloid: but we don't think it all likely that he can procjre a four year's lease of the While House from the Proprietors. The State Sunday School Convention which was held in Columbus on the Oth and 10th inst., wis very largely attended from all parts of the Stato. In the appointment of the State Central Committee, we notice that Rev. 3. R. llildieth oi Mt. Vernon was chosen for the 15ib Ccngiessional District. Mr. J. B. Green, whose exploits In divirg, with or without submarine armor, are among the wonders of this age, is now in Ph I dil- phia, a sadly crippled man, his lower limbs having brcoine paralyzed in bis extraoidimry labors lo recover tbe iion sa'e of the steamer Atlantic in Lake Erie. He will procab'y never again be able to return to the ba'sne to which he had devoted the energies ol his life. .': ... A man named Crcgg.in Dirt Grjte, 'owe, recently tried to kill h is wife because she would not let him hang himself. Raroy, the horse tamer, has leen recived tho Sul'an. A Georgian has sent a challenge to Heenan to fight for $10,000. 03"Gca. John A. Dil is appointed Post master id New York, From the OloavlandLeador. The Ropublican Candidate for the Pres idency An Episode in the Life of Abe Lincoln. As a Western man, T wish space to give Vent to my enthusiasm ovor the nomination of Hon. Al rahatn Lincoln for President of the United States. Mr. Lincoln, or "Old Abe," as bis friends familiarly call him.is a self-made man. A Kentuckian by birth, he emigrated to Illinois ib his boyhood, whore he earned his living at tbe anvil, devoting lib leisure hoUrs to study. Having chosen the law as his future calling, he devoted himself assiduously to its mastery, contending at every step with adverse fortune. During this period of study, he for some time found a home under a hospitable roof of one Armstrong, i farmer who lived in a log bouse some eight miles from the village of Petersburg. Menard county, Here, clad in home-spun, with elbows out, and knees covered with patches, young Lincoln would master his lessons by tbe firelight ol the cabin, and then walk to town lor the ptupose of recitation. This man Armstrong was himself poor, but be saw the genius struggling in tho young student, and opened to him his rudo borne and bid him welcome to bis coarse fare. How Lincoln graduated with promise how he has more than fulfilled that promise how honorably he acquitted himself alike on the battle-field, in defending the border settlements against the ravages of s tvage foes, and in the halls of our national legislature, are matters of history ,nnd need no repetition here. But one littlo incident of a more private nature, standing as it does as a sort of sequel to some things already alluded to, I deem worthy of reco d. Some few years since the oldest sun Of Mr. Lincoln's old friend Armstrong, the chief support ol his widowed mother the good old man having some time previously passed from earth was arrested on the charge of murder. A young man had been killed during riotous melee, in the night-timo, at a camp-meeting, and one olhis associates stated that the death-wound was inflicted by the hand of young Armstrong. A preliminary examination was gone into, at which the accuser testified so positively that there seemed no doubt of the guilt of the prisoner, and thiref.ro he was held for trial. As is too olton the case, the bloody act caused an undue degree of excitement in the public mind. Every improper incident in the life of the prisoner each act which bore the least semblance to rowdyism each boyish quarrel was suddenly remembered and magnified, until they pictured him as a fiend of the most horrid hue. As these rumors spread abroad, they were receive! as gospel truth, and a feverish desire for vengeance soized upon the infatuated populace, whilst only the prison bars prevented a horrible death at the bands of a mob, Tho events were heralded through tbe countiy papers, painted in highest colors, accompanied by re joicing over the certainty of punishment be ing meted out to the guilty p.irty. The prisoner, overwhelmed by the circumstances under which he found himself placed, full into a melancholy condition boidering upon dis-pair ; and the widowed mother, looking thro' her tears, saw no cause for hope, from earthly aid. At this juncture, tho widow received a letter from Mr. Lincoln, volunteering his services in an effort to save the youth from tho impending stroke. Gladly was his aid ac cepted, although it seemed impossible for even his sagacity to' prevail in such a despe rate case; but the heart ol the Attorney was id the work, and he set about it with a will that knew no such word as fail. Feeling that the poisoned condition of the public mind was i-uch as to preclude the possibility of im-panneling an impartial jury in the court having jurisdiction, ho procuied a chango of venue and a postponement of the trial, He then went studiously to woik unraveling the history ol tho case, and satisfied himself that his client was the victim of mallco, and that tbe statements of tho accuser were a tissue of falsehoods. When the trial was called on, the prisoner, pale and emaciated, with hopelessness written on every feature, and accom panied by bis bull' hoping, balt-dinpairing mother whose only bops was in a mother's belief ol ber ton's innoreno1, in the justice i f the God the lorohipped, and in the uoblo counsel, who without u pe of fee or ruwuid upon earth had undui taken his cause took his seal in tbe prisoner's box, and with a "stony firmness" listened to the readiog of the indictment. Lincoln sat quietly by, while the laigo auditory looked oo him as though wondering what ho could say in defence of one whose guilt tbey regarded as certain. Tlu examination of the witnesses of (he Slate was begun, and a well arranged mass of evi dence, circuuistfciul and positive, was introduced, which seemed to Impale the prison-oner beyond the possibility ol extraction. Tbe cjunscl lor the defence propounded but few questions, and those ol a character which excited no uneasiness on tbe part ol tbe,pros-ecutor -merely in most cases, requiring the main witness lo be definite as to the time and place. W ben tbe evidence ol tbe prosecution was ended, Lincoln introduced a few witnesses to remove some erroneous impression in regard to the previous character of bis client, who, though somewhat rowdyish, bad never been known to commit a vicious set ) and to show that a greater dcgiee of ill-feeling existed between tbe accuser and the accused than tbe accused end the deceased, The prosecutor felt that the case was a clear one, and his opening apeech was brief and formal, Lincoln arose, while a deathly silence pervaded the vast aodiance, and in a clear but moder ate tone began bis argument, Slowly and carefally he reviewed the testimony, pointing oat the hitherto unobserved discrepencies in thf tUteaentef the principal witness. That which bad seemed plain and plausible, be made to appear crooked as a serpents path The witness had stated that tbe affair took place at a certain hour in the evening, and th, by the aid of the brightlj -shining moon be saw the prisoner inflict the death-blow with a Blung-shot. Mr. Lincoln showed that at the hour rolerrod to, the moon had not yet appeared above the horizon, and consequently the whole tale was a mere fabrication. Ao almost instantaneous change seemed to have been wrought in the minds of his auditory, and the verdict of "not guilty" was at the end of every long no. But the advocato was not content with this intellectual achievement. His whale being had for alonths been bound up in the work of gratitude and uiurcy and, as the lava of tho over-charged crater burst from i's imprisonment.so great thoughts and burning words leaped forth from the soul Of the eloqeont Lincoln. He drew the picture of the purjurerso horrid and ghastly that the accuser could sit under it no longer, but reeled and staggered from the court room, while the audienco fancied they could see the brand upon his brow. Then, in words of thrilling pathos, Lincoln appealod to the jurors as fathers of sons who might become iithorless, and as husbands of wives who might be widowed, to yield to no previous impn fcfions, no ll-founded prejudice but to do his client justice was all he asked ; and as be allud ed to the debt ofgratilude which he owed the boy's sire, teats were seen to gliston in many an eye unused to weep. It was near night when ho concluded by saying that if justice was 'lone as ho believed it would be before the sun should set it would shine upon bis clients freeman. The jury retired, and the court adjourned for the day. Half an hour bad not elapsed, when, as tho officers of the court and the volunteer attorney sat at the tea-table of tbeir hotel, a messenger announcd that the jury had returned to their seats. All repaired immediately to the court house, and whilst the prisoner was being brought from tho jail, the court room was filled to overflowing with theC'tizens of the town. When the prisoner and his mother entered, silence reigned as completely as though the' house was empty. The foreman of the jury, in an swer to the usual inquiry from he court, de livered the verdict of ' Not Guilt? I" Ths widow dropped into the arms of her son, who lifted hor up and toll ber to look upon him as before, free and innocent. Then with the words "Where is Mr. Lincoln ?" he rushed across tho room and grasped the hand ol his dclivorer, whilst his heart was too full for utterance. Lincoln turned his eyes toward tbe west, where the sun was still lingering in view, end then turning again to the youth, he said "It is not yet sun-down, and ycu are free." I confess that my cheeks wore not wholly unwet by tears, and I turned from the affecting scene. As I cast a glance behind, I saw Abraham Lincoln obeying the divine in junction, by comforting the widow and the fatherless.' D. The Wigwam. One of the Scenes- The great Be publican Wigwam, elected by the whole-souled men of Chictgo.and crowded to overflow with live Republicans ol both sexes from all parts of tho country, day and evening last week, was such a spectacle eg has never before been looked upon in the United States. The Press states that a very careful and accurate count was &ado of the number ol persons in it at the lime the balloting for President was taking placo, and resulted as lollows : In tin galleries 3.550 On the stand U8U Under the galleries 5 870 On tho HluiiM 650 Within the railing 1 KXJ Total 12,150 Outside were twelve thousand n.ore, making the whole number of persons in tho Wigwam and immediately around it fully 21.000. All were on tiptoe cf expectation and enthusiasm, and the Press correctly says "it is absolutely impossible to describe, at it is equally Impossible for one who was not present to imagine, the scene in the Wigwam, when Mrv Lincoln was nominated. Without attempting, .therefore to convey in idea of (he delu i-ous cheers, the Babal of joy and excitement, we may mention that stout uien wept like children that two candidates for (he gubcr-nitoriul chairs of their rcpeciivo States, wbo looked to the nomination of Honest Old Ace to carry tbe Repul lican cause at borne thro' tho storm, sank down in excess ol joy. Tbe tumultuous emotions of men all over the platform, who had not closed their eyes during the last fortyo'ght hours, trembling between hope and Icar, laboring for what they deemed tbe best nterests ol the noblest cause under tbe heavens acted with electrical effect on the immense auditory. Men of stem countenances and strong nerves, upon rising to speak, were almost by their agitation. Mr. Browning, of Illinois, will pardon us for Ben-tioning bis name in this connection. But the scene is not to bo pictured. It is ever memorable to those who witnessed it, and no more can be said." Tub Cisciumati Platfobm The relative rengih of the advocates of the Cincinnati Platform without amendment or comment is shown by the vote on Mr. Butler's proposition, which was to adopt it, pure and simple. Out ol three hundred and three votes in the convention only one hundred and five about one third-were cast for the proposition. It was defeated by ninety-three votes. It served its purpose very well four years ago, but it did not coma opto the present demands of the Southern wing of tbe democracy, and hence was discarded. What do those democrats who are always so loudly proclaming their devotion to tha Cinoinnati platform think of this? ; .' ' Nomination of Abraham Lincoln. . There is at last an acknowledged West Mr. Lincoln is emphatically one of its repre. sentativs men the right man In the right place. Pioneer botn, his boy and early man hood wore sinewed by toil and ha'rdship hlg mind broadened and deepened for nature's groat book. Stulwart jf fraii.e, gigantic in intellect, blending industry with genius, intuition with sound judgment and iiitogrity with firmness, Mr. Lincoln has riiien step by step to the high bonorof standard-bearer of hosts of Freodom. How woithily his neighbor ol the Chicago Press end Tribune thus tells: "Tneago ofpuriiy returns. A.'tcr succcs-sion of Presidents, who have not only been subservient to the interests of tho Propagan dists of Human Slavery, hut corrupt to a d groe alarming to tho truest friends of R-publican institutions, the nomination of Abraham Lincoln Honest old Aha by the great Republican party, is a guaranty that the countiy wearied and outraged by the malfeasance of those invested with the Federal pjuer, d sirej a return to the sterling honesty and Democratic simplicity which marked tho Administrations ol Jefferson, Madison, Adaim, an 1 Jackson. The party llias not mistaken the' man selected for a standard bearer. M r. Lincoln is tbe very soul of integrity. In all his li'e, low extending over 51 years, there is not an act of commission or oni mission, by which bis thorough uprightness, his act conscientiousness, his perfect integrity are impaired-The fact is a guarantee that when he goes into the govcrr.meut as its Executive head, the Co.. ruption and extravagance which haro made the two last Administrations a stench in the nostrils of, the American people, und which are fast snppirg the foundations upon which our fathers built, will Come to a suddeu end-Mr Linculn's record on the slavory question is so well known and so clear that it needs no explantion. He is a conservativeAnti-Slavery man, against whom no allegation of fanaticism will bold good. On and a pait of the Platform of the party, he will spare no lubor to etlect a return ol the policy which bus tnuiked tho rule of the wisest and most patriotic of bis predecessors. Guided by the Constitution and the laws, in the futfiproation of his obligations to party he will catumand the respect ol tho North and the South ; end the couutry iray be assured that if during such timo as ho way be invested With authority, thero is an attempt IrOm uny quarter what, ever to dissolve tbe bunas which tio the Slates of this Union together, it will be mot by more than a Roman uViuness which nevor yet yielded to threat-! or frowns. That beautiful evenness and iiitogrity of his life, which have made him a man of niuik, will not desert him in his promised official career ; but will remain the guides tho balances in tiiat difficult path which the people will command him to tread. Mr Lincoln is untried in a tnoicly execu live capacity. But we have not the smallest (ear that ho will be unequel to at y emergency in which he may bo placed. That activity and strength ol intellect which havo brought him up from a lowly estate lo Income tho neua ol a great, and we believe, a triumpliaut party, will be the anchor on which ho and the country may depend. In this regard be is eminently safe. We refer to one matter with piido and con gratulation. Mr. Lincoln has by his own mo tion, never been a candidate for President of tho United States ; bonce he his no pledges lo redeem, no pinmises to make good. The uprising in his favor has been spontuneous-the outgrowth of a widespread conviction of his fjtnesf and availibiiity. It has not embarrass ed bis future action. It has hid no clogs upon the Iree cxerciso of his judgment in all matters which conscrn the public good. L has not been the work of clipues, or factions by and by to seek their reward. Ho goes into the' Presidential Chair, dean-handed and i u and, when resident, his distribution of the patrondge will be governed by the wants cnl exigencies of the public sojvirs,- and not by the loud clamors of men who urgo thoir claims upon the gronnd of past support. That during tbe past week, In which thjio hive been such tempiations to lead him into the practices which are unfortunately so common with p61iliciansof less rectitude, he has in terms of just indignation refused all offers of votes wl ich were based upon promises o1 future rewatds, we have reason to know. With the spirit becoming an honest man, he rejected them all. To coneluJo this too brief notic'a of a great public event, let us say that the needs of the country aro such, and the convictions of the p.oplo that a change is necessary are so profound, that Mr. Lincoln, were he but an ordinary man, io whose history (hero was no flow, would be elected. But being all that the exigencies of tbe times demand, whether estimated as to ability, tact, integrity or faithfulness to principle, bis nomination will be taken up with the zeal and erlhusium which lore-shadow not only success, but majorities un-tqualled in the political history of the frtt States.' The "Irrepressible Confliot" 3avnnab, 0.,M 2. One hundred guns were fired on tbe battery this evening, in honor of tbe withdrawal of the South-era States irom the Convention. C0tCMDL'8. O..Mv4. A nktionai si lute was fired at 7 T. M., in honor of the Ohio delegation, and in approval of their course in the Nations! Convention in not withdrawing from the Convention.We have a printer .nominated for Vice President Hsnnibaf BarSlin commenced hil life as a fanner boy tod afterwards became printer, and continued "seeling up type" till be commenced the study of law, He was admitted, to .the Bar in 1833,, when he Was 24 years of ago. ;.;.., j.;, -.2 . . "Swartwout!" Our Ropublican m well as Democratic:fellow-citizens will oo doubt be sui prilcd W lotrn that that distinguished guitletiino and Democrat, Mr, Postmaster Fowled of New York City, basf bten discovered to hi It defaulter for the trifling sum of one hundred tnl seventy-five thousand dollars. Thd Slight lapse in bis accounts, is attributed by tho despatches to Mr. Fowler's lavish expenditures? for the aid, comfort and support of the Democratic party In the State of Pennsylrai ti and to ensure '.bat State for Mr. Buchanan, id 185(1. , it is inferred that thisdeflcieoxy in Mr. Fowler's accjunts hai for some time m heeti well kuown in the Auditor's office, if not, among higher officials. It scorns to us a l.ttlu remarkable that the discovery Should hava been made just at this time. Mr. Fowler wa a delegate to Charleston, ih-1, we supp i ef supported Mr. Douglas, with t.he rest of thu Mew York delegation i We don't Jtnoi that this abandonment of "Old Buck" has anything to do with, the opportune discovery of thu deficit in Mr. Fowler's cash returns to thJ D'partmont. The presumption is, from thJ well known abhorrence of Mr. Buchanan ti ths use of money in inliuencingelectiens that the discovery has Just been made by thJ higher authorities, and that its public an-notlTicement is the best evidence erf then' honest indignation thertat! Certainly Mri Fowler's course at Charleston could have had! nothing to do with it. And, of course it oouli extenuate the matter not tha least, that the money was used lo help Mr. Buchanan to the Presidency. The President is altogether toj justa man to allow such asentiuentas official wrong. Fowlor will reap bis reward, and. the President will merit distinguished honor for his justice! "Off with hia head! W much for Buckingham!" Tho Doufilas Democrats are terribly severe upon Caleb Cushing, tbe Chairmau, of the' Charleston Convention. Some of tbe speakers in the Fifth street market space, last evening, in expressing their hatred and disgus' uiado free uso or tSJ most sever adjective that could be drawn from our language Pocr Caleb! Henceforth he will Ond the Democrat-, ic pathway a hard road to travel, His chair at Baltimore promises to be decidely uncomfortable lie must look to the fire-eaters for sympathy. The Ohio Statesman says of him : ' ' " He is a man of great Icarninar. but baa mi heart. His abandonment of the Whig party, in which he was a restless spirit, was not from conviction, but purely oorsopal. and fron; tbatday he has sought to propitiate and act witn tne extreme Disunion element of the' South. He is now, no doubt, prepared to take an oath on the Holy Evangelists that Slavery is not only an institution tolerated by the Divine Lawgiver, but that those who do not accept, approve and adopt it, will commit the) unpardonablesmt McCormick, the reapor-man, who has st patent Theological Seminary up in tbe Northwest, is also the proprietor of a newspaper ia Chicago called the Herald. The Herald, like the Seminary, is purely Democratic, and thos feelingly expresses itself on the Charleston imbroglio: CiiABXESTosr CosTBKTtou. We confess that we havo but little heart to detail the sad scenes that are being presented in the Charles ton lonvention. We can only say that our lonuest Hopes are being blighted, and that, in all human probability, before wo reach anoth er issue, ihe only organized link, that now binds the Union together, wilt be severed forever. Tom Corwin recently coffiWred the doueb faceism of Ihe Democracy to the Ephraim Scripture, which is said to be "a cake ni turned," and said, with an inimitable lo. and manner, "0, Ephraim 1 poor Ditnocra'. Ephraim I jar Qod'i tah turn dver in the p-und bake on the other tide." The effect electric ExcJiange. Yes, and magical, for "poor D-imocn Ephraim," burning on the Charleston co rose almost forthwith and turned eoer in pan! though whether for God's sake or own Is not entirely free from doubt. Lot. vil'e Journal. A Matter-of-fact Wao, not verv en t' siastic in his admiration of Mr. Douglas, I made up the following table of estimates of smash-up of office-seekers and spoilsmen, suiting from tho tremendous fall of Mr. Dot las at Charleston, to-wit: Douglas candidates for tbe Vice Presidency ; . . . Douglas expeotan taof cabinet plaeee Doug las aspirants for foreign minion Other offioe-Mkor, great, and small, blower and crowem for Douglas 1 00, Lobbvjobberi.eoutrant hunters andspoili-huck-' start generally J5. Railroad monopolist! and speculators. .-. i. Sum" total of IpbiLnsea i i ...... 1 JO, A Russia Gbahb- Duks Rotoed nr t Sthehts of St'. PsTErtsBUBO. Ou tbe i ult. the Grand I7uko Michael was stop; about seven o'clock in the evening, on way from tbe Winter Palace to tbe oppo-side of tbe Neva, by two men dressed ss diers, who demanded his far pelisse, and p coeded at once to atrip it froffl his person, a made off with it, telling him to hasten hon as the cold was dangeroos. - Tbe Duke w so amazed? at the ludacfty displayed that I never thought of resistance. The pelisse w. of black fox, sod worth ft'.OOOr. Tnc tatsa- Confused: During tho session of tbe Charleston Convention; ft Mr. Bolden.of Georgia, boldly made t& declaration that he had on hlr plantation oTaVef direct from Africa," tod they were; "tne noblest Bo maoso'themall." And ihe Northern delegation, In full view ol tixH anqualifled admission of participation id a piratical' tracTo, were still witling to fraternise with Mr. Dolden and bis fellowt Of coarse Mr Bolden is one of tho lovers of tbe fjuion whose laws' he sets) at naught, and of course his vote" was" entirety eceptable if it could aid in nomination that Would! secure to the Democratic leaders th etirisioa of ths spoikr - -