Mr. COWAN. The person to whom it is addressed is unknown. It is written by professor Newman, from London, November 8, 1866. I could read much more of the same import, and if I had time I should be lad to refresh the memory of my friendfrom assachusetts by readin a few sentences from the Anti Slavery Stanard written by a gentleman who signs himself L: B., and who is unquestionably a man of ability and of great acuteness as a writer. He says: "The moral sense of the auntry, organized into the Liberty party of184"lThat is the word I was struggling for some time agothe Liberty party of 1844. That was the party “was weakened in the Free soil movement of 1848. still iurilier diluted in the Republican party of Getting smaller and smaller and more bean tifully less. “ In 1860the 1st irre lfllttlJIYfatal step was taken by the nomination of r Lincoln at Chicago. The success of the Republican party. whoever its nominee. had already beeninsured. That success a part of the prearrangedprogrammeof the secession conspirators was predestined"It is hard to suppose that the Chicago convention of 1860 hadjany notice of that predes tination, I think; and they were not to blame for taking Mr. Lincoln on that account “was in the air" Epidemic! "was patent to the commonest. political intelligence. The heart of the country beat or Ffemont.” A good deal. It beatin 1864. Itbeat along for C iase and for a good many people besides Mr. Lincoln, we were told. [Langhten] “The heart of the country beat for Fremont, but Republican politicians declared him unavailable. Seward had openly apostatizedu on Ills return from Euro 0 and his nomination had appily become impossible. The perfidious pretenseot a necsnilufor coinpromise. the usual readinessof honest Republicans to accedeto conservative demands, gave us Lincoln." I wish they would concede a little now; we might perhaps succeed better. " The people accpptedhimupon trust, and have not yet learned iow grievouslythe weredeceived. Succeedin to thoGovernment in 861, the lcaders of the republican party took hold of power with the feeble grasp of men conse ious of their unfitness to rule. bey waitedfor (rem they did not make or control events. From lbiil tolbfi l, in a period of revolution and civilWar, in a forth the loftiest Qualitiies of cahdmshine ius tldrathiaweeacbaillilteyd. the Republican majority in Congresse ontenteditself with merely tiding ovor temporary difficlilties. Cam paigns were planned and battles foiurht, notso much or the purpose of crushin flit) rebellion as to carry an election in NewHampshire or Pennsylvania. In all those cyent tul ears the voice of a statesmanwas not heard in the ails of Congress." Think of the impudence of the follow I [Laughter]