The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-08-05
FILLMORE ELEOTORAL TICKET
Political Gymnastics Another Splendid SOmer.

change their policy at once and with Ing
lump, on the Slavery Extension question 1t
may probably astonish the Democracy of our
neiphboring State across the river, to learn
that right here in this neck of the woods some
little leaders among their brethren, are boldly
taking free-soil position, and endeavorlng to
prove that the Democratic party has always
been the party of freedom, and that the re-
suits of its aim and tendency, will be to ut
terly prevent, any further slave territory-to
prevent any more slave States coming into
the Union. Indeed, an Old Line paper before
us, claims that not only have the principles adj
yocated by the Democratic party prevented
slavery from becoming an institution among
many States In the UniOn but they will
eventually drive slavery out Of Maryland,
Virginia, Kentucky and other States" The
same paper says Democracy stands now pre-
cisely where it did in 1852 on this slavery ex
tension question. What does the Southern
Democracy say to this :? What do those rab
id Old Liners here say to it-those gentlemen
who are so fond of calling all who maintain
the Democratic doctrine of few years ago on
the slavery extension question, A6olit'0n1Sts
Is it not little singular, that all the papers
in this State especially, opposed to Old Line
ism, should have taken so much pains to pub
lsh the platforms of the Old Line party of
few years ago, and to re publish the written
opinions of the leaders of that party in this
State, to prove the Old Liners were then OPP
posed to slavery extension, and to another
slave State coming into the Union, and charg-
ing upon them the grossest inconsistency in
view of their past and present positions
when all the time the immutable Democracy
are Just as decided slavery extensionists as
they were in 1850? What is still more SIN
gular, the Old Line press and speakers of the
State, instead Of disputing The charge OF be-
ing slavery extensiopists now, labored assldu-
ously to weaken the strength of the evidence,
that they were against slavery extension
few years ago. Why, when the letters OF the
leaders of the Old Line party in l949 90, these
gentlemen aspiring to the position of U. 5.
Senator's, and to obtain the vote of their par
ty in the Legislature, writing themselves
down opposed to any further extension of
slavery-when these letters were re-publshed
a few months ago, the State Sentinel endeav
ored to screen the writer's from the charge
that these written opinions established the
fact of their being opposed to the extension OF
slavery by saying they were not expressing
their real opinions but merely endeavoring to
court up a few abolition votes in the Leglsla-
ture |! ! 1t was willing that these leaders
should be regarded rather as corrupt knaves
and demagogues, and in fact genuine political
scoundrels, than that their real opinions and
the principles of the party they represented,
should be placed in an attitude of opposition
to the extension of slavery. Now, we find an
Old Line paper in this city arguing and de-
claring that the Democratic party sustans the
same position on this question it did few
years ago We expect to see it soon publish
ing these identical letters, and making ex-
tracts from the Democratic platform of 1S49,
to illustrate precisely the position Of the Dem
ocratic party in 1861
We beg leave to assure all Old Liners in
terested, that if they wish TO maintain the
principles as laid down by their party in 1919
90 on the question of slavery extension, they
will have to refuse their support to the pres
ent nominee of their party, anu so right over
to that party whom they call Abolitionists for
maintaining such opinions. Buchanan and
his party have endorsed the Pierce Admins
tration and all it's acts. This Administration
has labored to extend slavery. 1t has even
opened territory to slavery which solemn
compact between the North and South declar
ed should forerer be free territory. The very
acts of this Administration, placing it in the
position of friend to, slavery extension. and
actually laboring to extend slavery in free
territory, were the real cause of the origin of
the Republican party. If this Republican par
~ pc successful, upon the heads of the Pierce
Administration, and those who are now en-
dorsing it, rest the responsibility of the Ma
tional curse of sectional party in power
But he who supports the Pierce Administra-
ton is for slavery extension-let that be re-
membered-or if he is not, he is endorsing a
policy of which slavery extension must be the
fruit.
This last dodge of the Old Liners exhibits
the fact. that they are getting badly scared
But they are in a comparatively happy condi-