The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-05-09
Democrats, Republicans and Americans.

Democrats, Republicans and Americans.
The Democracy is terribly distressed that
Americans will consent to sustain ticket in
which the Republicans had any hand in ma
king To read their organs and listen to the
street talk of their pump orators, you would
suppose the old Line Democracy had always
scorned fusion in every possible form, and
more especially with Republicans. But it
happens that the Democracy have never yet
missed a chance Of fusing where they were
weak, and of fusing with Republicans. PreSi
dent Pierce set the example of counting up the
Free Sellers. Almost the first act of his Ad-
ministration was to hurl out of Office National
Democrats in New York to make room for
what the Democracy calls Abolitonists, but
who call themselves Free Sellers. The De-
mocracy of that State ouly short time since
gave notable exhibition Of their disposition to
coaIesce with the Republicans. We need not
remind our readers of the fusion of the Demo-
Gratis Of the n. Y. Assembly with the Repubii-
cans of that body, 10 defeat the Americans.
nor Of the fusion of the Democrats and Re-
publicans in various parts of Ohio to defeat
Americanism. Wherever Americanism has
exhibited itself stronger than Democracy and
Republicanisu, the Democracy has shown it.
self not only ready but very anxious to fuse
against the common enemy of demagogueism
and sectionalism. Before US is a statement.
that at Democratic anti Know Nothing
meeting held in slave state city, ST. Louis a
resolution was offered pledging 1.-The conven-
ton not to support any man for Office who
would not avow his uncompromising opposi-
ton to Republcanism" This was tabled by
an almost unanimous vote, only two persons
voting for the resolution
With a mass Of such fact, as these showing
the disposition of the Old Line Democracy to
fuse with Republicanism. their winnings al
this time about Americans in Indiana support
ing the Peoples Ticket, is nothing more than
miserable nypocricy. The Americans helped
make that ticket. They are represented on
the ticket, and with but few exceptions the
Americans of the State will in mass support
it. Let those few exceptions, who fear that
BY supporting this ticket they will be lending
aid and comfort to an Abolition ticket, read the
following from the State Sentinel as to the DO
sition of the Democracy of Indiana on the
slavery question:
There are not fifty pro-slavery Democrats
in Indiana, nor would fifty of them vote fol
the introduction Of slavery into any State OF
Territory of this Union had they the opportu-
nifty. They are all for freedom and free ter.
ritory, SO far as they are individually con.
cerned.
This paragraph appeared in leading edito
rial in the leading organ Of Indiana Democra
.cy only few days ago. And let these excep
tions remember, that if they voted against til,
Old Liners in 1854, they will by voting viii
them this year, directly oppose their OWL
position of two years ago, for the issues are th'
same, and they will vote too, with the YER,
pen who have been stigmatizing these "excep
tons" as murderers midnight assasslns
scoundrels and traitors, and who have reduce,
the whole principles of their party to opposi
ton to Americanism. Now let them if the,
choose, go with the Old Liners-but if SO, a
once declare themselves Old Liners and n
longer Americans.