Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1856-09-03
nr. u-her and the Journal.


promise, The Josrnal has been in great fever
TO get up something by way Of Sc, Of to he
very extraor1inary Developments made % Mr.
Jones. Nr '56. the Journals correspondent.
seems % have fallen into The singular blunder.
u any blander 10 that print can DC singular.
II supposing that the main point in Mr. Jones
exposition. was DAVIS treatment Of The per
sons 70 whom he alladcs in his eorrespon.
dence. instead Of BIS selfish aud unscrupu.
ioas course ia reference to the infamous meas
uFe for which he voted. as he plainly shows.
against his own conscience. IL he has any.
and against the wishes Of his eonstituents.-
Led OF BY this blapder. the writer attempts
10 draw public attention from the main qaes
ton. BY the re publication Of a circular issued
by Mr.. Usher in ls5i.
The point which Mr. sc seems 10 suppose
he has made. j.. that nr. Usher applied Ian.
guage 10 the late Mr. McGaughey. on account
of his supposed adherence to the wilmot pro
viso. instead Of supporting the Compromise Of
1850. which being nov rehearsed. will affect
Mr. Usher unfavorably with the friends Of that
gentleman. The writer puts a very low est.
mate upon the intelligence and patriotism OF
the Numerous admirers Of that gentleua an Of
whom We were an ardent ore, IL he supposes
they are TO be led off upon a cold trail and al
low their game TO escape. The ruse will not
do There i much more involved in this con
troversy than concerns the private history or
the personal feeling Of any man. and We dis
miss this part Of the subject BY simply re
marking. that what Mr.. Usher tEen did was
open aud public. in the fun light Of day
His feelings were aroused BY sn attack which
he had reason u believe. came not from Mr.
McGaughey but from q citizen of this place
now warm supporter Of Mr. Davis. and
which was threatened TO be pursued. and FOL.
lowed up He chose 10 meet il. and To meet Il
then IN open. manly manner. aud in Just such
away a. Mr.. NeGaughey would desire that
any mau should meet hlm. aud not by uri-
ting letters traducing him when protesting %
be hls friend II Mr.. Davis. or his friends
can find comfort in this they are welcome 10
a.
Bat the writer attempts 20 show that NJ
Ushers course has been inconsistent: thar he
was = compromise man in 1851 and that he i
free soiicr. Nov We affirm. and viii
proceed 10 show that there is not the slightest
inconsistency between the two positions We
are aware that the Journal man attaches rrest
importance 10 names. In fsct. names and cpl
ihets have become almost the only ammuni-
ton of the Journal and its correspondents in
this warfare. We think the great political
facts which have marked the country's histo.
~. Just as greatly iranscending in Importance
the names BY which men OF parties are called
as the success Of the principles involved in a
canvass exceed in importance the success Of a
particular candidate.
Mr.. sc quotes. and puts in italics dccla.
ration made BY Mr. Usher. that in $50. he had
been in favor Of the Compromise measures, in
preference to tie wiimot provi.o; that while
csnvassine the county for seat IN the Legis.
la,urc. he had boldly aud Internationally De.
elared that preference. aud that. in the elec.
ton of United States Senator by The Leg -
tgre Tor which he vas eanvassing. no advocate
81 the wilmot proviso. in the then distracted
state II the eountfy. could have any counter.
ance from him.
II j. true. that all parties. wings and demo
Gratis. took the compromise Of lsso a sess
u,ssfpeses. Thousands upon thousands. gave
in their adhesion 70 "a. although dissatisfied
with some Of ia provisions. The wings gen
orally would have preferred Mr.. Clay. "oun
nihus Bill" and Mr. Usher expresses in hi.
circular. hi> preference for hat. But the com
promise was made and Ne all assented And
now We Ak The journal Or any u rs CORES
pondsnts, aud We expect an answer. II they
arr capable u giving one Where i the aaat
orv between the settling cf compromise. 10
the sake Of peace and the tearing ,iowu of
conproni>e. that strife aud bioodshed ma,
ensue. the wounds supposed 10 have heer
healed. all opened .frc>h. aud al the fruits o
the supposed peace measure ruthlcssly tofl
from u<f
NJ Usher in the eireiar. expresses the opiu
ion that there we've then but ie~ froe- soslsr
among ~. but IN what sense did he use ,h
term The whole eonisx, evidently show.
that he meant those who then. during the Al
tempted adjustment aud in the then al.
traesed state Of the soantry." insisted on III
application Of he Wilmos prsvi.o. 10 II
Mexican acquisitions. No doubt the threat
of dissolution. which came from The advocate
OF slavery extension then in coegress. wer
too much regarded by raion Loving men
the North. add Subsequent events have prov
cd. that II We had stood up more firmly q
our rights il would have been better for n
eouHtry. IL Is probable that Mr.. heGsues
eys views may have heen Yer! ecrree, in tbs
respect: bat What comfort can old liasrs drA'
from thisi We yielded. A. We lhoaghs. &
the good q The eouu,Fy. Mr.. cisy'< resels
,Ions. offered a. the basis Of she eOmpromis'
declared the territory already Tres, aud thsl
was likely 10 resa>in "a. add ~s se4sseses
We dil no. then demand ina, the rrovi.
should be Fe e-enas,si- And in express term
applied 10 The new territory. and ~ fssi Ks
none Of "a were thea frce-sssI~r~. Bet /
poiu, % faet. we were a. much IN favor cffrc
soil then a. nov. 7As -ss-<.f lss rsf AZ
that Ne have no, claimed tha, ieErsory vhls