The Evansville daily journal., 1856-09-20
afer.Nothing but mistaken pride. or blind


trsa0CeeF.Nothing but mistaken pride, or blind
spite, keeps Milton Gregg A. H. Sanders and
that class of men, who, we fain believe, would
rejoice in Buchanan's defeat and the final free,
dom of Kansas, from sacrificing their personal
preferences to the good of the country, and
entering heartily into the support of the Re-
publican ticket. If they listen to such die
tates, and deafen their ears to the calls of pa
triotism, humanity and-reason, the consequent
ces belong to them, not to as Lqf. Jour.
We trust we have christian philosophy and
fortitude sufficient to bear all such consequent
ces. Why have we not the same, aye, better
reasons, for asking that the editor Of the La
fayette Journal should sacrifice his personal
preferences to the good Of the country and
enter heartily into the support of the Fill
more ticket ? Is not Fillmore better man
than Fremont ? Is he not better qualified for
the Presidency than Fremont? Has not Fill
more prooen himself possessed Of all the at
good President Has he not already been
tried and found not wanting ? Has any Ad-
ministration since the days Of Washington
been more popular with the people than his,
or more deserving of popularity with arwise.
peaceful and right principled people ? Has
Fremont any claims whatsoever, either in past
services, or personal qualifications so far as are
yet known, for elevation to the position Of
Ruler over this people Was not Fillmore
the first man on the track ? Is there any
thing in his position or principles at this time,
which should make him obnoxious to those in
cluding the editor of the Lafayette Journal,
who supported him in former times Is there
any likelihood that his success will have a less
effect to quiet the present dangerous agitation,
than the election of Fremont or that it
may increase the dangers which now beset
us ?-or that it ac71 not restore peace, when
the election of Fremont can never do it? In
Heavens name then why is it we should sac
rifice our personal preferences" inclading
our sense of right and justice and duty, and
give up Fillmore to sustain Fremont? Why,
because, if we do not, Indiana may 60 for Bu-
chanan. Precisely so-and if the Republicans
Buchanan. 1t is no argument to tell us we
are the weaker party, and therefore should give
up our preferences. We may not be SO much
the weaker party at iast on the day CT cleo
ton. But even il Wa were, what right has
any man to ask Us to forsake the plain path
of right and duty. to advocate that which if
we do not believe wrong in ITSELF would be
bitter wrong in us to adopt and which We
earnestly believe is dangerous experiment if
not an actual wrong in others. We have no
deaf ear to the calls of patriotism, as our La
fayette friend suggests. If we had, we might
be open to has appeals. In advocating the
cause OF Fillmore, we allow no man to doubt
our patriotism-and we deem it exceedingly
unbecoming, to say the least of it, in any old
Whig to do SO. We have yet to learn, that
patriotism consists of devotion to any one
section Of the Union, and enmity to all 9th
ers. We have yet to learn, that in this can
Tass, patriotism demands of patriots that they
should f0rsake the candidate who represents
all sections, to flee to that candidate who rep
resents only the North, or to that other who
synpathizes only with the South. This is
not in our teachings. Such patriotism as
burns in our bosom may be grievous error,
but God knows it is an honest one, and its
flames are pure in our eyes as the rays Of hea-
ven. Guided by it, we have chosen our path
of duty, and we shall rather prefer to walk in
its light, than to be guided by the councils Of
those whose patriotism is not altogether above
suspicion. (.