Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1856-08-21
Good News from Missouri-Her Electoral Vote

Certain for Buchanan.
The following announcement from the
Missouri Democrat, of Thursday last, will
be a source OF qualification to the Democracy
OF the country.
Whatever doubts may have existed here
tofore, in any quarter, of the good faith
which marked the course of Col. BENTON
and his friends in their support of BucHASAS
and BRECKENRIDGE, are entirely removed by
the open and manly svowal of the Democrat
of Thursday. We are glad to See this will
lingness on The part Of the friends of Col.
BENTON to sacrifice all personal feeling 10 the
coed of the Democratic cause, and hope it
may ultimate in a firm and lasting union Of
the Democracy OF that gallant old Democratic
State
OUR ELEcrORAL TICKET. When the Guberna-
tOrial canvass in this State began, the PROPOSE.
ton was made upon the part OF the Benton De-
mucracy. that IL Colonel Benton beat Mr.. Polk
the antics should withdraw their electoral
ticket, and il Mr.. Polk should get 4 larger pop
ulsr vote than Colonel Benton, then the party
which supported the latter would withdraw
their electoral ticket.
This proposition was MOI agreed to by the
Anti Benton party, aud We might easily awe
| this as a reason for not feeling bound by it now.
Bat it was made in good faith it was q fair
appeal to the people, and the people have de-
cided the matter. We believe that in politics
an in everything else, honesty IL the beet policy ;
and therefore in fun view of what we advOca-
ted as RIGHT before the result of the present
election was known, and DESTROYS OF dong all
We may 10 consolidate the vote OF this State IN
favor of James Buchanan and John @. Brock
inTidge. tie Democratic nominees for President
and Vice President, we do now take down the
names of the Presidential electors proposed by
our party and shall labor from this until No
yember next to make Missouri the banner Dem
ocratic State OF the Union.
We shall keep at our mast head the names
Of the veterans for whom we have battled, in
this Presidential contest, and TO labor shall be
spared upon our part TO give them a majority
in this State that will transcend all the expecta-
lions OF our sdversaries, both at home aud
abroad. We hold the principles of TIE true
Democratic faith dearer than the prejudices OF
any partisan conflicts in which we may have
been engaged, and when the alternative is pre-
sented to us we shall never hesitate TO sacrifice
the latter in order 10 advance the former. We
think those principles will be promoted By the
| election Of Buchanan and Breckenridge, and
therefore we support them ; and not only sup
port them but also sink for the pre- sent differ
ences with factions in our own Sta'e az well as
other States, so that we may thereby promote
the success and harmony Of the cause.
In doing this, however, We wish to say that
we may lay down no principle which has gov
erned US in the past. and give up no doctrine
that we have heretofore commended for as right
aud Democratic. We struggle for the faith, and
for the faith as we understand it, and il there
be rivalry now in Missouri between ourselves
aud those who differ from us, let it be decided
by seeing who shall carry the battle deepest
into the ranks of the enemy. Like the Mahom-
edans of old, let the rallying cry be "Allah aud
the Prophet" and although We may incribe the
full round Orbed sign upon our banner rather
than the crescent, yet victory will determine
whose is the right blazonry. We fight this po-
litical battle for the Union. and the Union as a
whole, and have every confidence that those for
whose elevation we work will be true to its pre-
seryation against all foes.