Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-01-06

tainly endorse its predictions. II Is
worth perusal and preservation. No
doubt in some parts. the wish is father
Of the thought We suppose the Dem
oeraric candidate alluded to Is Senator
Bright Of Indiana.
The Fate OF the Administration
The Cabinet-Poiitics In 80.
jefferson Davis at this time holds n po-
sition entailing upon him responsibilities,
which will cling to him through life--ef-
feet the future al the South, and have n
strong bearing upon the political desti-
MES of this country. Clear headed, well
read, well informed, deliberate, and al
ways upon his guard. his actions can
never be represented as those of an en-
thusiast, or party politician. He is also
honest--as day. lie is incapable Of
dishonorabie action. Brave, generous
and independent, he Is just the charac-
ter to impart confidence and enthusiastic
devotion. There Is no man so beloved
at the Sonth as Davis. This love and
confidence Is now being put to the seve-
rest test. He is, so far as the South is
concerned, the very foundation stone Of
the Administration. IL he retires, the
Cabinet will go to pieces in less than
month thereafter. The Southern Rights
democracy will, in such event, 70 over
formally TO the National democrats ut
The North, their old friends and natural
allies. The West is disaffected. The
North is already divided. The South on
ly remains firm. The whole contest
about slavery being one in which the
South is more interested than either Of
the other great political sections, her at
titude favoring her former enemies--the |
Van Burens,' Dix's g. Co., has great
moral weight. The moment that atfi-
iude cbanges-farewe to the Cabinet.
IL will go down with crash. The arch /
Is no. broken-the foundation is tremb-
ling. The South, upon which all the /
hop of the administration rests, now
holc the des.inies Of the administration
IN ! hands. We might soy, indeed,
the cstinies of the Nation; and JEFEER-
co. DAVIS, by his position IN the Cabi.
ne. concentrates in himself the conf
dence, hopes, aud future OF that South.
Let him remember II. Let him look in
to the future, aud nerve himself for the
great destiny before him.
II is more than probable that DAVIS,
with tina; self sacrificing devotion which
characteriscs him, will sustain his friend,
the President, TO the last. Or IL may
be-, that yielding to the greater claims
his country has upon him, and the fate
of the South, as involved in the attempt
by the administration 10 crush the Ma
iiunal democrats OF the North and w, 1t.
DAVIS may retire from the Cabinet la
some way, TO save the South. aud yet
shield the President. The Senate opens
the way Tor this movement. The Leg.
islaturc OF Mississippi may insist on
their luyoritc leaving the Cabinet aud
taking his place In the Senate. II the
Legislature makes this demand, JErr.
DAVIS will yield, Tor the principle Of
State sovereignty Is stronger with him
than any other, and he will not disobey
the vsice OF his State. All tho lndlca.
lions rom Mississippi evidence that the
Legislature Will 50 instruct him.
With this prospect ahead, what hold
will the administration have upon the
South Where will they look for man
To quiet the alarmed minds Of the South
ern pcoplel Where = tho person who
can, by his mcve position In the Cabinet, T
sustain the administration against the I
evidence OF Ne foul coalI.
ton with irccsoIlismi Wherel-eeho
wherel
The Cabinet ID doomed. There Is no
power TO save II. We have to see the
ilrst solitary Journal In tho country,
rih he erccpiion Of dcrotcd party prints,
that comes forward In support OF the
"hafmony" which II creating dlscord.
In 1896 We are going 10 have a now
political era. The democratic candidate
,rm come ,eest If me Ohio River. There
has hereto ore been but two political
sectlons--the North and tho South. In
80 we will have tho West. The con-
test will DO Triangular. Tho county
will then be divided into three distinct
polltical sections. Tho "Souih" will
embrace the slave States. The"Norlh"
will embrace the States Of Pennsylvania,
New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts.
Vermont. New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode
Island and Connecticut. The "West"
will embrace that vast empire which /
lies on the other side OF the Ohio, up to
the lakes and stretching into the north
west.
In close sympathy with this WEST
ern section will be the western slave /
States, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas |
and Missouri. Ths"wcstern sympathy"
will incline the cstern aud free States /
towards the South. The issue will BIO
upon tho broad, constitutional conscrva-
tive principles OF the National Democ.
racy, The freesoll democrats will try
to Join the Wing party. The national
wings will not receive them, and Sew.
ard and Van Buren, will join forces
The fight OF the Nationals will not be
for the spois, or political techncalities,
or party triumph. IL will be to put
down for ever free soilers and abolition
ism ms political element, and they wi
do 1t. Franklin Pierce Is trying TO con-
eiiiafe these agilators.
The new President In 90 will declare
open war upon them, aud II they are
martyrs they will bleed There will be
no coalition thcn--no base bargain OF
principle for sp ,ils--no weak knuckling
10 the power OF Van Buren, or Seward
as now by this Administration. The
battle viii. be n National, open, honest.
American contest, calling out all the
honesty Of the people, and based on
their intelligence. II viii succeed. and
the present Cabinet will be remembered
IN political history Ms one Of those "nec-
essary evils" used tc promote some