The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-09-23
A small way of making Political Capital How
we stand.

The Cincinnati Gazette, a newspaper Of large
enough size to carry with it presumptive dig
nifty, and of wealth sufficient to permit its ed
itors to be honest if they so desire, without
much personal inconvenience, has made an ex-
tract from an editorial of ours, and introduced
it to the public in manner so peculiar, that
we are convinced any presumption of dignity
or honesty on the part Of the Gazette, is moth
ing else but presumption. The Terre Haute
Courier takes advantage Of the Gazette's small
eraftiness to use the same extract from the
Journal in a connection as unfair and dishon-
est as its Cincinnati contemporary.
A couple weeks ago we published aneditorial,
in which we endeavored to point out the true
position of parties in this State. We spoke
of the weakness of the Fillmore party here a
few months ago, and of the contempt with
which, in view Of that weakness, it had been
treated by the Republican party. We said in
substance, that the Fillmore men as ear
nestly desired to defeat the Buchanan men as
the Republicans themselves-that we had
made advances to secure such union as might
defeat the common enemy-5ut we had been
spurned by the Republicans; that then we had
formed an Electoral ticket of our own, which
was received with favor, and which had re-
Gently been rapidly becoming more popular,
and that this ticket would undoubtedly re-
ceive enough votes to prevent the election OF
the Republican ticket. We then pointed out
in detail the evidences of the rapidly increas
ing strength of the Fillmore party in this
State The object of that editorial was to show
in plain terms and few words, that the present
condition of parties in this State is such. that
if the Americans and Republicans are really
intent on beating the Old Line party, this con-
diton of things must be changed-and that the
Republicans, and the Republicans only, were
responsible for this condition Of parties. We
asked in conclusion, if there was no remedy?
if there was no plan by which such unity
might be formed as to prevent the Old Liners
triumphing2 The Cincinnati Gazette extract
ed the following paragraph from our article,
and giving it alone, and separate from the con-
text, about which the Gazette makes no al
fusion, places US in position quite as repug
net to our own feelings as to the Gazette's;
Well, the Fillmore men did make ticket,
and presented that ticket to the people. 1t
has been received with favor 1t will un-
do1btetly receive enough votes to prevent the
election of the Republican ticket.
EUanSuAe (La.) Jour-
The Gazette gives us credit for candor 1t
proceeds to comment on the above, offered
merely as political opinion as though we
were erulting over the fact, that the Fillmore
Electoral ticket could secure enough votes to
defeat the Republican ticket and as if that
were all for which we are laboring! Now
the editor Of the Gazette either did not read
all our article, or else he has been guilty Of a
piece of political rascality which would shame
the vilest Old Line editor in the country. The
spirit of the article was bitter opposition to
the Old Line parry, and its object was to draw
attention to the fact, that the enemies Of that
party must unite in some manner, or the Bu-
chanan party would be successful. And it
was to convince Republicans their over-conf-
dence was fatal, that we told them, and point
ed out the evidence of the fact, that the Fill
more Electoral Ticket would undoubtedly Sc
cure enough votes to prevent the election of
their ticket. We say so now. We say the
Republicans need have no expectation of the
defeat of the Buchanan ticket in this State, i'll
things move on as they are now going till the
day of election, although the Buchanan party
is daily DOSING ground The reason is, that the
Fillmore party is gaining from both the other
parties in this State.
If any constant reader Of the Journal has
doubt yet as to the position of this paper, we
can readily and in few words make its position
plain 1t is for FILLMORE, first, last and all the
ttme-but its bitter war is not against the Re
publican party-it is against that other party
represented by the Pierce administration, the
great evil act of which created the Republican
party, and produced all the dangerous agita
ton now distractiug the country. Our war
is against that party which the Journal ha
opposed for nearly quarter of a century, and
against which our first contribution to a news
paper was written, and which We have been
consistent in opposing ever since against that
party which blackguarded and villified our
immortal leader to his grave, and which OPP
posed every man and measure of the Old Wing
party to its death. yet which is now singing
hypocritical requiemS over the ashes of Henry
Clay and the Wing party. Long as that party