Thurlow Weed On The Duty Of Republicans

Tho Albnny Evening Journal thus closes an artiule vindicuting its course n urgir.tí compromiso orí the lavury quustioii lor the sake of union : 'lf our republiean triends vvould but turn their atteniioii irom the 'doad past' to tho 'living present, with an intelliront apprecmüoo oi all that the lesbon ;eaehes, our ditl'erences wonld ceaee. VVo only differ in this viz : That with the electiou of 11 republican President, llic issue upon which hit ntccr.st wat mainly bised became obsolete - obsolete, becaute, until we acquirc more terrilory, the conjliet èetween freedom and ttavery it over. The moment the bállot-boxte closed on tho 6th day of November, the fteedom of Kansas, Nebraska, Washington, New Mexico, &;., &c, was asured. The v:ork was fiaished, and, huwever vehemcntly our fntndt muy heep ttumping, iheir jira wilt go out, and, untü frtsh fucl it J'urnitked, cannot be rekindled. The idea of jüistaining the republican party upon questions that havo been argued and decided is a preposleroue aa to expect to reap wheut or harvest corn from fields in which secd was neithur sown nor planied. Let us, tbeo, gat.ier iubtruction from the 'dead past,' bur, hs men oi Bunse, deal with tbe 'living prtwent.' "vVith BUch a ftigitive slave hiw an tho constitutidn demands, iroutnen wo'd be protected, and the necussiiy for personal liberty laws would no longer exist. Thus boih (juestions are dieposud of "We are reroinded constantly, ol the perfections of the Ohioago platform.' It was and is a good, strong, broud 'platiorm,1 on which all might stand, and on whicb inore than a raillion of eleclors did and do stand. ]5ut while it wub just what the occasion requirod, it was notomniscient,and cjuld r.ot ioreseo all that might occur. Shall we, tben, because emergeiices arise and ia aucb ofiér aud providnd for iu our platform, ref'iise or he-itatü to meet? Shiill wb ignora dtariliiy faots, anl dbj;lect to preparo for scènes whtcb nre to deluge the oonntrv in lloor), ofirn ago. ainl rapiop, booause w do nt find the line of duty murked out upon cur 'platform V What re mean by j raion, is to 8jt ouMelviw voluntaiily, chcerfullv, and nholly rigut on the ! qiitíntions invulved, so that wht'ii the shock oomea thb wholj Nortli will meot it, ehouldor to shoulder, nl lio.oitsres()ii[iiliiir to thei.ry of 'Unios now and and FOREVf.R. "