The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-10-23
The Complaints of the Republicans.

ton and bad faith of the Fillmore party to
whose votes they attribute the triumph of De-
mocracy. A large number of individuals, and
in some regions of the State, sections of the
party, contrary to tie wishes and policy of the
majority of the party, went over to the support
of the Buchanan ticket But this was caused
by the discourtesy and ungenerous treatment
received by the Fillmore men in their ap-
proaches to the Republicans. The latter were
ready enough to accept their gratuitous aid, if
given Internationally were always too
confident in their own strength to make any
concessions. They needlessly and foolshly
offended the members of the Fillmore party
and made opponents of those who would have
remained supporters. And the great body of
the Fillmore men who adhered to the Repub-
lican cause--r4Po4dud their time, money, and
labor freely and devotedly for the Fremont tick
ct get now but poor thanks for their service. If
true, as charged that more than $1,000 Fill
more votes were given for Willard, how many
did Morton receive? The Republicans say
one in three of the American party, voted the
Buchanan ticket; then two in three voted for
Morton, and gave him at least 10000. What
kind of show will they make in November
with this number subtracted from their aggre-
gate.
In our opinion their conn., plants, if any,
should take different form. The connection
of the Fillmore men with Rcpublicanism, was
voluntary without obligation or contract
Between them, there were no issues in the
State election, and there we're no questions Of
State policy to divide the Americans either
from the Fremont or Buchanan parties. So
far as the State ticket was concerned, all the
American party asked, was the selection of
honest and capable men. They nominated no
ticket of their own-gave no pledges-made
no resolutions among themselves, as party,
whom they would support. The individual
members of the party in voting for the Ere
mont State ticket, voted, as they avowed, to
defeat the Democrats, and thereby induce the
South to abandon Buchanan, and adopt Mr.
Fillmore. 1t was Mr.. Filmore's advance
ment they were seeking. They contemplated
no Interior fusion, nor compromises, nor ar
rangements with Republicans, whose candidate
for the Presidency was as dangerous to the
country as Buchanan and they we'll knew
then, as now, that there was no hope Of induc-
ing any considerable portion of the adherents
of Fremont to unite with them, and aid in the
election of Mr.. Fillmore, who had approved
and executed the Fugitive Slave law, and was
pledged to the exact and rigid enforcement of
all the constitutional obligations of the govern
ment. If any fusion was sought, it was with
The moderate and sound constitutional party
of the South, disunited by personal preferences
for Buchanan and Fillmore-to bring them
over to the support of Fillmore, to whom they
had no objection in sentiment and principle
between whom and the American party there
was unison of feeling and purpose. The Re-
publicans have had no more reason to look for
aid to elect Fremont from the Fillmore men in
Indiana, than from the American party in
Kentucky or any Southern State. They voted
with them in the State election, to defeat them
in the Presidential election, and openly pro-
claimed their design. They raised no ground
less expectations Of support. The Fillmore
men proclaimed their determination to abide
by their candidate under all possible contin-
gencies; and the Republicans knew that to
triumph with their candidate. they must do it
by their own unaided strength, and against
our most strenuous opposition. The charge of
desertion and bad faith so freely lavished by
the Fremonters on the Fillmore men is an I'M
warranted imputation upon the American par
ty. As the Fillmoreites cannot abandon their
position, we invite the Fremonters to come
over and help US make respectable vote in
November, and not throw away" as they
have often reiterated to US, "their votes on a
hopeless candidate" We will insure them far
better treatment and more respect than we
ever received from them.