Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-08-01
Disunion md nisunionIsts.

We clip the following article frou
the Louisville Courier. "a thorough Dem
ocratic paperl aud transfer it to the col
umns Of the Express in order our readers
may see what an opinion. even some Dem
ocrats have Of Mr.. Douglas. Out OF iheiI
own moths will we condemn them.
Mr.. Douglas is bad. bold, reckless. and
desperate man. Ne is ambitious: aud his
ambition. controlled by no principle. and
restrained by no hope Of future good for.
tune. has led him into the most daring in
trigue. aud induced him TO engage 10 the
most reasonable conspiracy record. for
the overthrow of the Government and the
Inauguration OF confusion and anarchy
out OF which he hopes to secure something
better tbas is within his reach here.
To this end. he has bent his utmost ef-
forts for two or three wears. and. rallyiug
around him formidable array Of broken
down politicians aud needy adventures,
and inviting To his aid the professed dis
unionIsts Of the Southern States. he has
LAID his plans so skillfully. and managed
his cause IN such manner, as To now give
him hopes Of ultimate and complete sue
cess
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fire-eatersi disruptionists and all that,
which these men raise against moderate
but frm. temperate but infiexiblc, concili
atory but determined friends of the equal
rights of all the States, like Breckinridge
and Lane. is only intended to divert atten-
ton froo, their own reasonable purposes.
Otherwise, isn't it strange that the seces.
sionists and disunionists OF 1850 and 1851.
such as Soule, Forsythe. Winston, John
son, &C.. are supporting Mr.. Douglas, and
doing all in their power to elect himf
There is now. in Georgia, Mr. Johnson's
own State, one-and but one-professed,
avowed, and earnest disunion newspapers
That paper. the Southern Confedracy--
ominous name!--is supporting Douglas
and Johnson for President aud Vice Presi.
dent. and keeps their name flying from the
head Of its columns
But the Southern Confedracy supports
Douglas and Johnson; and To show the
people Of Kentucky exactly what the OBJ.
ject Of this paper is. we quote from its
prospectus" as published in it's daily for
the l4th. We give the prospectus in full,
except the head lines and terms, as a fair
Offset of the "Scarlet Letter." and to show
the intentions of the supporters of this am
bilious man. Moderate men will draw
their own conclusions frsm these facts:
We are now publishing, in the cit, of
Atlanta. Georgia. a daily and weekly paper
called the Southern Confederacy, the con.
tents Of hich will be of the uncompromis
ing Southern Rights Democratic faith.
We shall endeavor 10 make this paper,
in all of its interests and bearings, what
the name indicates. This is our unaltera
BILE determination, whether it suits The
popular breeze or not.
l We are for the union of the States.
constitutonally administered. indepen-
dent OF compromise, concession or section.
al treaties.
2 We are, under existing circumstances
and from our present policy and position
in the nion, to say nothing of the tenden-
cy of things, tor the South. independent,
unshackled, and nntrammeled in all re
spects.
3 We are for perpetuation of the
Union, provided the neutrality laws, the
compromise measures Of 1850. and subse.
quent compromises are repealed.
We sare for the repeal ofthe restrictions
upon the African Slave Trade. regardless
of it's construed impolicy by Northern ia
natics and Southern submissionisis.
We regard the foregoing restrictions
as unwarranted by the constitution, dc
privating, degrading, insulting, and griev
ously sectional in legislation to theSouth,
and their existence upon the Statute book
has tended not only To dwarf anil impov
erish one section and build up another, but
that il has encouraged subserviency and
demagogism in our midst, with their con
comitant evils incident in the moral de
generacy of proud and noble people. Ii
these restrictions and compromises car be
wiped from the Statute book. and the Gov
ernment administered in its original puri
ty, with a strict regard to economy and
retrenchment. we hope to see the Union
preserved, in default of which we are en-
phatieally and unsquivocally for DIS
UNION.
We are for free trade and direct taxa
tion, as the proper aud constitutional
mode of collecting revenue and encourag
/ ing a spirit Of friendship and amity.
We are opposed to TO the acquision OF
any more territory until the African slave
trade is re opened, and the immediate sale
and enslavery of all free negroes that are
found within the limits Of the Southern
States after a specified time to emigrate.