The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-07-23

forever " ete77ttory-a principle maintain 81 by
these very men in our campaign two years ago.
Then came the following resolution
Resolved, That being opposed to the extern
sion OF slavery, and believing that Congress
has the power, that power should be exercis-
ed in excluding slavery from territories an
right nosc free.
That is, exclude il from Kansas--for Kan
sas was the particular subject of the resolu-
ton. Now Americans and Fillmore men are
Claiming and will claim the right to differ on
this subject. Many of the warmest friends of
Fillmore North, and not few even South,
have taken precisely the position of that reso-
luton. Others again adopt the squatter SOW
ereignty principle, of leaving it to the people
of the territories. And others yet, which we
consider the true position, are in favor of let
ting Congress exercise its Constitutional power
(Which right the Democratic party in this
State few years ago declared Congress pos
sessed, to I" make all needfuI rules and regula-
tons reSpectingt territories" this of course in
Guiding the slavery question. We claim, and
we exercise most freely, the right to differ on
this subject yet, as we all no doubt trust,
without destroying or endangering unanimity
in the support of our great chieftain, or una
nimity in putting down base demagogues and
our most bitter foes who may be running for
Congress or any other high Office. The Ma
tional American party is as party opposed
in principle to the further agitation of the
slavery question. 1t is also by its platform,
opposed to the Kansas Nebraska iniq uty-
Now if even National Americans are to be os-
tracised because in the midst Of the whirlwind
Of excitement on the slavery question, they
are induced to take position in which slav-
cry is interested we should soon read each
other cut Of the party till scarcely bakers
dozen might be left. And if man who is
not an American" yet was nominated by
Americans in common with Republicans and
Democrats, for Congress, is to be ostraclsed
because he, or the meeting which nominated
him, maintains this or that opinion on the
subject of slavery IN Kansas then we are sur
rendering to the enemy. and to an enemy
whose success is our own ruin.
We arc astonished that any friend of Fill
more will thus play into the hands of the
Lockhart men, who are smilingly looking on
at this game, in which secret friends of Lock
hart pretending to be his opponents are shrewd-
ly at work trying to prevent real opponents
of Lockhart from voting against him. If these
men do want Lockha1t defeated, and are not
hypocritical in pretending to wish him de-
feat, they will keep their mouths shut II
the contrary, let them at once come out like
men for Lockhart, so that we may know who
they are, and how to meet them. We boldly
say, and with all proper respect to the other
candidates before the Convention, that Veatch
is less Objectionable to the mascot the people
of this District than any other man whose
name was before the meeting-in other words,
he is the strongest man. He stands a head and
shoulders above his opponent in every attri-
butte of moral, mental and political manhood
| He is the only man who offered any reasona-
bic chance Of success against Lockhart 1t
now becomes every citizen who does not
choose to be represented in Congress again
by this demagogue and shameless office-seek-
er and life time Office holder, to vote for
Yeatch.