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SATURDAY MORNIfili. FEB,
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IVc.flth, 1R60.
C^Tlhe Journal denies our asiertioo that
Loeofocoa insist that a State bas. a right to
teredo wbea abe tbinke *be ia wronged, and
that a party defeated at tbe ballot box ha* a
fight tc revclativdiKe the Government.
Looofocoi do not state tbeir proposition »o
these terms, bat that is what their proposi
tions amount to. The Looofo«i«»* of the Cot
ton State*, wbf-ro the party ha* an over
whelming majority, have carried tbeir view*
Into practical effect. Tbe Loeofooo* of the
tioi lhern *lave btatee would have done BO
«re this bad they not been restrained by tbe
Union men and their hopeo and fear*. And
ILocofjco* of tbe free State#, not all, but
many, probably moat of them, insist that
tbe Rep obiioan party au«t surrender tbe
principle* upoi. which Mr. Lincoln waa elect
ed and aat»»fy tbe alavebolder*, a* a condi
tion precedent to bis inauguration and the
•Dforcoment of the law*. They insist on a
change in the Constitution a* a condition
the ratification of the vtrdiet of tbe people
at tha ballot-box elevating Mr. Linc.lu to the
Preeidential Chair.
Tbe conduct cf Buokanaa, of Floyd, of
Howell Cobb, of Secr-tarv Tbompeon, Cab
inet oEtcer*, and of the Looofoco pornoa of
tb* Senate aad of tbe II use, ba* b*en in
practical ace-ruaocs »ith the*e propositions.
