The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-12-12
The Next Presidency,

sires union of the two wings of the Oppo-
equitable grounds" He further remarks ::
d" The Hon. Edward Bates, of Missouri, has
been favorably spoken of by the Republi-
cans, and should they nominate him, the
Americans and Wings will heartily support
him"
So far as we have been able to sound the
feeling of the Opposition in this part of the
country, the large majority are in favor of
Hon. Mr., Bates as the candidate of the unit
ed Opposition for the next Presidency. He is
a gentleman of undoubted ability; has
had large experience in public affairs /;
enjoys the confidence and affection of
his people at home is a man of I'M
impeachable character, against whom as
little could be said as against any other
citizen; entertains those conservative SEN
timents on the troublesome question of
slavery, that are the only safe guide in these
stormy times; looks equally to the protec-
ton of the South in her constitutional rights
and to the repression of the unhallowed
spread and sway of slavery; lives in slave
State, yet in his individual conduct, yields
to the spirit of freedom and progress, by
emancipating his slaves and influencing his
kindred to do likewise; keeps pace with
the march of the age, yet forgets not the
maxims and government of the fathers of
the Republic favors Pacific Railroad, the
Of Har q
Homestead Bill, and Tariff, sufficient for
necessary revenue, with incidental prOtec-
ton to our manufactures-in short, Judging
him by the representation of his views as
given by the st. Louis NeaOs and Dem
oorGt, he is the man, in preference to all
others, who should be selected for the
purpose of putting down and exterminating
the corruption, tyranny, and treason that
now reignsat Washington, and contaminates
our national affairs.
We believe that such a man as Edward
Bates, at the head of a Peoples Party,
would, in 1860, call out tremendous vote
from this region, against any nomination
that the Charleston Convention is likely to
make. All of the Republicans except
few of the most rabid, would vote for him;
old line Wings would go in a body for him;
Americans, North and South, would favor
his election; and if Douglas does not get
the nomination at Charleston land he will
mott, thousands upon thousands of anti-Le-
compton Democrats, like Forney, Hickman,
and Haskin, woald at least take no active
part against him in favor of some Buchanan
federalist, AMI would probably even openly
advocate his claims, and work and vote to
that end.
We are we'll aware that the friends of
Governors Chase and Seward are hard at
work to procure the nomination of one of
those able representatives of ultra free soil
ideas, and that they both possess immense
strength in various portions of the North !;
but there is the least possible amount of
sympathy with those statesmen in all the
immense region bordering on the slave
States And as to the likelihood of forming
an electoral ticket for either of them in any
slave State, in the present excited state OF
feeling, it is an absolute impossibility. The
truth is, no person of their school of poll
tics can be elected, The Opposition, to sue
coed, can only do SO by taking person like
Edward Bates for President. An electoral
ticket can be formed, and Il strong effort
maintained, for him, in every State of the
Union. The Pacific States know that he is
a sincere advocate of Pacific railroad and
will vote for him. Kansas, if admitted in
time, he can count upon. Missouri will give
herfavorite son large vote. The West, gen.
ssally, will go into the election of a West
ern man-identified with their home inter-
ests-with enthusiasm. New England,
Pennsylvania, ard New Jersey will know
it to be their interest, as well as inclina-
ton, to place an old, reliable protectionist
at the head of the government. New York
can be made all right by taking one of her
many patriotic and talented sons for Vice
President Or, Banks, for Vice President
would secure New England, and New York
could be counted on, by hard work, in any
event. The head of the ticket being from
the South, would give it the confidence OF
might calculate pretty surely on Maryland
and Missouri, with a fair prospect of Ken
lucky, Tennessee, and North Carolina.
But the strong point that would be gained
by the adoption of Mr.. Bates and his views
would be, that the destructive cry of Sec
tionaEism would be avoided-an epithet
used with fatal effect against the Republic
cans in 1856.
Such a movement would be great battle
for the integrity of our hallowed Union
against traitors North and South. Such 4
party would resolve itself into a Union
party, contradistinguished from the small
faction at the South, under their Charleston
leaders. clamoring for the re-opening of the
slave trade and other enormities and the
equally small squad at the North, which en-
courages the violation of the territory of a
sovereign State, and commits other treason
able acts condemned by the great body of