The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-03-03
effects Of the denunciations Of Che Oxford and

effects of the denunciations Of the Oxford and
McGhee frauds, and tho encouragement of
Walker and Stanton in their noble efforts to
secure q free election IN Kansas, was opening
up n new future of Democratic victories in
that quarter of the Union.
But, on the 18th Of November, or there
abouts, startling change OF position took
place. In spite Of the notorious violation OF
the pledge Of Calhoun and his associates,
that the Lccompton Constitution should be
submitted to the people, and ut moment
when public opinion had been committed in
support of Gov. Walker and Secretary STAN
ton, and pnssionate!y against the scandalous
conduct Of the pro-slavery minority, 10! the
Washington Union made the endorsement
of the Lecompton contrivance test Of Dem
| ocracy.
At first, this announcement was treatad
| with sovereign contempt. Mr.. Buchanans
purpose of having no organ at Washington
was regarded as proof that the declarations of
the Union were simply the rawlings Of .
newspaper maniac. We were soon undeceiv-
ed, however, for, from that day 70 this, the
Unions tbaeats have not only been repeated,
but have been repeatedly fulfilled. i chal-
lenge the records Of political history for 30
consistent series Of wrongs as we are now
:. called upon to approve. Every day adds .
new fraud TO the mountain which has accu-
INFLATED. In vain tho people Of Kansas have
protested; in vain the Democratic press Of
the North has implored; in vain have Wise,
and Davis, and English, and Cox, and Groes-
beck, and Harris, and Morris, and sis Dem
ocrats from Pennsylvania, and numbers OF
others, held up their hands, and raised their
voices against the attempt to commit the
Democratic party to such test as this-the
only answer has been invective on the part
of the paid mInions OF power against those
| no in ho srppr ~ RI
James Buchanan what Ney, and Mnrat, and
Mcdonald, and Desaix were TO that wonder
full genius, Napoleon Bonaparte. Nor Is this
the only answer; / would to heaven it were
Congressional rules are trampled down tc
, stife investigation, and gallant men arc
elected from office, and branded as traitors
because they will not shout hosannas to thi:
fatal and frightfnl example.
do not write, to compare records will
any body, 10 retort elimination against GRIM
!, isation. From this plain statement, you viii
see who has been consistent, ard who has not
, been consistent. differ from the Admins
!. tration. becausc claim to be true % its owl
pledged faith, and l refused TO follow flag
2 in February. different from that which so Clio
;. riously marshalled us in July. Yes! Demo
Gratis of Indiana, but for that flag. reared an
s kept flying in your State, and in this, in 1856
| covered all over as il is with pledges tina
could not have been more plainly inscribe
; upon the arches Of the sky, in letters of liv
e ing fame-but for that flag, and those VIII
defended it, and carried it to triumph. Sec
u tionalism would now be in po,rr ut Wash
v ington, and the Democratic party minorit
:, in the whole North. 1t symbolzed the cree
" Of a nationalized Democracy it was the or
n sign of a covenant never to be broken; I'll
A sy mbol of the right Of the people to COVER
u Themselves in their own way. There ma
70 be few brave hands to hold it up heroafte
4 but pray God TO give uIe strength to be OF
~ of them.
l. am now, as / have always been, q Den
ocrat. / am as much devoted to Democrat
usages as ever. glory in the organizatic
Of the Democratic party. But. first Of al
above all, are the principles zoe hare scorn
I supp0rt.-Let us be true to these at all ha;
or ards, With my consent, they shall not
4. compromised. will endure minority, po,
es erty, everything but tho deep disgrace
Sc agreeing to such betrayal.
I'd We may be traduccd by the foes Of the Vi
he ion in the South, and prescribed by the pa
E. asites Off power in the North, but we shall
Or happy ard strong in the consciousness, thu
in any disaster which may overtake the coul
in try, rs the result Of making confessed fra,
es a sacred precedent, history will acquit us
IN all share in the guilty responsibility.
r Very truly yours, J. w. FoHSEY.