Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1859-08-10

men are in the habit Of acting upon the idea
.hat. orthodoxy 10 my doxy and hsisrodoxy l.
your doxy" Inssmueh. therefors. as he wcaid
not be likely to change any Of his opinions.
aud did not expect 10 dad party any where
that would DO likely 10 approve them ell, or
be Influenced by what he thoaght. or said. or
did. he was perfectly willing to unite with
those who were ready 70 abandon the sltraism
Of both the North saA the Soath. and make
zone long pull Que strong pull. and one pull
for the peace and quiet Of the
country aud the harmony Of the Union. tie
considered these results Of 90 much import
snee that they were worthy Of the strongest
efforts To bring them about aud To do 60. all
Of rs should be willing to eoncede somewhat
Of our peculiar opini.ns ia references to mere
measures 81 policy. when by doing 20 no great
principle Of government is endangered He
thought that. generally. the proper distinction
between princi piles aud measures was not an
derstood-that the latter might vary 20 suit
the varying circumstances Of the country.
Without any sacrifice Of the former. And there
never was a time which demanded more
strongly than the present. that this distinction
should be observed in order that great con
sentative party might rise up and prepare to
make a successful canvass in 1860. against the
democracy, For his part. be had no dread OF
the abuse which might be bestowed upon such
an alliance for he was pretty we'll used to
abuse. and it had never yft succeeded ia
changing his course single hairs breadth.
and he did rot think il ever would. But in
his opinion complaint upon this score would
not come W ith very good grace from the demoe.
racy. who were now beginning to realize that
those who live in glass houses should not
throw stones" When they settle their own
disagreements aud are able to tell us what
democracy really Is. thee il will he time for
them TO talk about the pie bald complexion OF
other parties. At present. it is impossible for
any body t, know what it means IL Is rep.
resented in almost every section oil the country
by the views most adapted to particular 10
cslities. In Pennsylvapia il is Tor protection
In Georgia, for free trade in virl inia it H.
furious against internal Improvements ia any
form in the West it gives away the whole
public domain to private railroad companies
in South Carolina it demands protection 10
slave property in the Territories in illinois
It denonnces this. and says that the Territorial
legislatures have the right TO abolish slavery
In Michigan il is for squatter sovereignty
giving the right to the people TO make the
Territories slave or free as mere Territories ;
in Mississippi this is denounced as the most
sbomi nable OF all the heresies Of The day in
Alabama it is for re opening the slave trade
in Indiana it calls this piracy. Everywhere
it is divided upon toe Kansas policy of the
Presidept-a majority OF the party favoring it
because il forced slavery upon Kansas against
the consent OF the people. and the minority
being DENOUNCED advocating the worst
form of abolitionism. Now, when ell these
dissgreements are settled aad the party once
more becomes the harmonious democracy.
it may afford 10 talk about the incongruity of
the materials combined against it, Just H.
tins locality they denounce most furiously
those Of their party in lLe South who adfocaAA
the revival OF the ,lsve trade. yet " they cleo
President m 1860. these disagreeing Elements
must harmonic. Now. il the conservative
II the North arc TO be called abolitionists
merely because they may nominate man fo'
whom some extremists may vote, by the same
process Of reasoning these democrats may b.
called Stare traders THIS is the partisan mode
Of argument, yet neither statement would b,
true.
Mr.. T said that he had always been oppose
to disturbing the slavery question at all h.
was opposed to its agitation. He did not be
lieve that the excitement about it would have
been renewed to any dangerous extent, after
the adjustment Of 1850. but for the repeal OF
the Missouri Compromise. That repeal. open
ed afresh. cid wounds that we've fast healing
under the soothing influence of healthy con.
ceryaisln which the Compromise Of 1850 had
engendered. The cxcitessaat va not only re
ueweJ, bot il became more violent, and unless
it is arrested. the most deplorable results may
ensue. The consciousness OF this should
prompt every man TO do something to arrest it
But what should be done7 is the question asks
ed every day. II won't do to rely upon the
Cincianati platform. for that keeps up the sgi
tation in the Territories before they are ready
10 become States. and gives Up the whole ques.
ton Of slavery or no slavery. To a squatter
population. 1t wont do to demand Congress
siopal protection to slavery in .ihs Territories.
for. in the first place there is not the slightest
possibility that il will ever be- granted. and
in the second place. !; comedies TO Congress a
power which it does not possess. under the
Constitution Ii won I do to confer upon the
Territories. the authority. to create slavery BY
act Of Congress. because Congress cannot au.
thorlze them to do what IL cannot do itself
II wont 20 to authorize them 10 abolish il. be.
cause II il exists there. neither Congress nor
the Territories can abolish IT, Blu. in hi. judg.
menl, it will do to Isl the question alone. TO
let the people Of the Territories enjoy inst what
rights they have under the Constitution Of the
United States. and when they con. 70 ass Tor
admission into the Union a. States, to let-thera
settle the question Of slavery for themselves.
ard be free or slave. as they please. This was
the common ground upon which Republicans,
Whgs. Americans aud Democrats united to
defeat the Lecompton policy Of Mr. Buchanan.
IL is the doctrine Of tie crilisrden hort.
gonery amendment; ard upon !, alone, Mr.
Davis vas elected to Congress from this Dis
trici, by the largest majority ever given 10 any
man Why cant this position be maintained