The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-09-18
The Reign of Politicians,

The Reign of Politicians.
The great evil of the day is the reign Of pro-
fessional politicians. They have usurped the
power of the people; they make the issues in
our elections, without much regard to the real
sentiments and feelings of the people. and rely
upon exciting the passions and prejudices of
the masses to cover their designs and carry
their points. The people in all parts of the
Union, are, we believe, loyal to the Constitu-
ton and the Union, and also to justice and
right. But large portion of the political
leaders are corrupt, selfish, disloyal, if not
traitors to the country,-its peace, and its best
interests. All the troubles of the present
hour, and the impending caIamities Of civil
war, have been entailed on us by the selfish
snd corrupt designs of demagogues. And
leaders, more deprayed than the immediate au-
81 thors ofou present evils, are availing them
selves of them to accomplish still blacker pur-
poses There is no doubt that the leaders of
the Buchanan party at the South are plotting
disunion, and they are throwing fuel upon
the civil conhagration that is sweeping over
the prairies of Kansas, by justifying the out
RACES of every kind committed against her
rights, and prompting the imbecile Pierce 10
all his errors and faults. not to gain another
Slave State for they have got too many now
/, for their purpose. Their approval of the MUIR
derous assault of Brooks and the Dissertation
of the Senate Chamber by rufianly violence,
and the applause and ovations bestowed upon
the rowdy hero, were not the expression of
Southern feelings in regard to such an act
The opinion would imply state of barbarism,
which the real character of society at the
South would contradict and make absurd The
latent design of all these doings is to produce
a state Of exasperated feeling in the North to-
wards the South, that will bring on a civil
conflict, out of which will come finally dis
union, which is the great ultimate purpose OF
all their plottngs. Buchanan, pledged in soul
and body to their infamous platform, who has
yielded himself Internationally to their con-
troll, is to be used as their base instrument, like
Pierce, to promote other measures still more
exasperating to the North, till goaded to mad
ness-and in fit of phrenzy, the Free States
shall violate the National compact, and give
the South plausible reasons for breaking the
bond of the Union and seeding. While they
are crying out, with holy horror, that the
election of Fremont will lead to dissolution,
they are Iaboring to accomplish this very end
by the elevation of their plant tool to the po-
sition, in which they can use him to accom-
plish their traitorous aims. In this we do
not speak without the book. The boldest of
their advocates and defenders openly proclaim
the design. The Richmond Enquirer and the
Charleston, and some of Georgia Democratic
papers are insultingly bold in prcclaiming the
premeditated treason. The Richmond En-
quirer is the leading exponent of their party,
and edited with more ability than any other
in it's interest This paper deprecates the
election of Willard Fillmore as the greatest ca
lamity which could happen. 1t Infinitely pre-,
fers that the choice should fall upon either
Buchanan or Fremont; and why? Because
in its opinion ''both PLATFORM and CAN
DIDATES, (of the Cincinnati Convention) are
perfectly satisfactory to the most scrupulous
stickler for Southern rights" and will carry
out its ultra Southern measures, AID thus drive
forward directly the pet object of the South
secession. Mr.. Fremont is preferred next tc
its own candidate, because his election will
indirectly produce the same result, to-wit:-
That disunion must follow his success, and IT
that event, they have their ends accomplished
Mr.. Fillmore is opposed with a fanatlca
zeal, for the reason that his election Evil
postpone disunion." But let the Enquirer
speak for itself:
'The election Of Mr.. Buchanan would be 9
reactionary movement in favor Of Slavery and
conservatism. The election of Fremont Ger
tain and immediate disunion. The election o.
Fillmore would subsidise the barbarians, by
Welding them the lands north Of SO deg. sc
min. increase their numbers and their rapa
city, and only postpone disunion to period
when it would be more serious than at pres
emit. Besides, his election must go tar to wear
the affection, confidence, and attachment o
the Catholics from our institutions, who arr
now their best stay and support. They nigh
then think that the rule of the Pope wouit
be better than no rnle-the government of pi
rates better than the anarchy of infdelity.-
Conservative as Mr.. Fillmore and most OF M
friends pretend to be, the compromise which
they propose is bat step towards Black he
publicanism, subsidy offered to the Goths.-