The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-08-15

ID. Davis, James Powers, Archibald Niven,
Nathaniel Jones, John w. Lawrence--and
win be sent to and other person you may
wish.
By the sentiments expressed in this letter.,
the course of this paper inrelatlon TO the
Texas question has been governed hitherto,
and will be governed hereafter. We do moi
intend 10 recognize the annexation of Texas
as an issue between the Two great political
parties. Il cannot be made so with safety TO
the democratic party in this State at least
1t is only by taking the ground marked entin
The letter, adopting the nomination of Polk
and Dallas, but rejecting the ~interpolated
question of annexing Texas, and leaving that
10 be an open question in the party,-it is
thus only that the democratic party can be
saved from defeat throughout the State.
A letter from one o the western counties
ofthis State says:
s"Already in this county men of character
and Influence, who have always acted with
us hitherto, have avowed their determination
to abandon Mr.. Polk and vote for Mr.. Birney,
or else refrain from voting at all, while a deeP
sense of dissatisfaction with the course Of
the Baltimore Convention pervades the minds
of many. These are not your brawling pot
house politicians, but quiet and rejecting
men who are accustomed TO thlnk and act
independently. Such a letter as that recon-
mended in your circular, would be calculat-
ed not only to prevent the feeling of aliena-
ton and disgust from extending, but would
perhaps bring hack some, ifnot all of those
who, under. the influence of a temporary
evaporation, have for the present left our
ranks.n
In another county of this State-the ceun-
ty of Monroe-the following call of a public
meeting has been published.
>"DEMoCRATIo COUNTY MEETING.-The
Democratic Republicans of Monroe county,
who are opposed to the ''two-thirds rule" adj
opted by the National Convention, by which
a minority are enabled to dictate to a ma
jerity of the party; all those who believe. in a
strict construction of the Constitution, and
are opposed to the exercise of doubtful pow
ers and who agree with Jefferson, that the
Constitution does not provide Tor the annex
alton OF foreign territory TO this Union; those
who are, opposed 10 the assumption of state
debts, and ofthe debts offoreign nations ;and
who are unwilling that the extension and per-
petuation of %slavery should be made part and
parcel Of the creed o. democracy, are invited
to meet at the Court House, ON Saturday
August Sd, 1914, at 10 o'clock, A. M"
This call is signed by ninety-four of the
democrats Of Monroe county-a strong in.
dication of the state of feeling in that region
We look not without anxiety to the result O.
the meeting, for unless those who are con
cerned in getting it up can see some way o.
giving their support to the Democratic nom
nations, without surrendering their integrity
on the Texas question, they will not go te
the polls at the approaching election
The only method is the one pointed Quit
the circular we have published, resciHdins
the Texas issue and resting the support 0
the Democratic nominations solely upon tht
safe and i~nexpuguable ground ofthose grea
principles of public policy which have hereto
fore formed the Democratic creed. Unles
some such ralIying ground, some. such poin
of union and agreement is presented TO th'
democratic party, we are broken up and de
feated without a remedy. Those who re
sist this compromise and insist upon s%tuffin.
the measure of annexation down the throati
of The party, are the enemies and betrayer
of the very cause they pretend TO support.-
The feeling to which we allude is not con
fined TO the two counties we have named
but is diffused deeply and broadly through
the whole interior, and cannot be regarded
without mourning destruction TO the party.
And now, that the Post and its wing o
Locofocoism have honestly and openly re
pudiated Polk and Tyler's scheme .ofperpet
uating Slavery and plunging the Countr,
into War, what, in reality do they propose II
do next Why they will support Polk anc
TeSas, butunder protest! What kind of sup
port can this be, or what sincerity in sucl
protesting? Polk is irrevocabfy and volun
tarily pledged TO go for immediate Annex
ation,' at all hazards he cannot, dare no
: attempt TO shuttle out OF that position as b
has done from his ultra Free Trade doctrines
And if the Texas spectators and the Ca
houn di%s-unionists succeed in electing the
: candidate and carrying their point, what wi
{ they care though every man who votes fo
: them in the North accompany his ballot wit
Il a protest twice as decided and Ten times a
long as that of the Post and lis friends? Ca
u they consent thus to become the willing il
struments in the accomplishment ofthe We,
thing they profess so strenuously to oppose
We shall see:
MAINE.-We find the following extract OF
7 letter from a gentleman III Maine in the Sale
: tMass) Register, of Moday, t he 5th inst:
We shall try to give CLAW nine certificates Q
Maino's approval Of his ability to manage Il
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