Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-10-24

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approaches. Are you ready for the con
Hict 2 That battle is to be decided b,
votes. not by arms /; you may be ready ant
determined 10 cast your own vote. but i
you do only that, you fall far short of you
duty as soldier in the cause of Freedom
aud good Government.
or those to whom many good gifts are
given, much good work is required. Dc
you rely upon the supineness of your ene-
mics. on the fact that they we're defeated
at the State election, and that they will
not rally at the polls the 9th of November
Do not deceive yourselves with any such
thought evil is always on the alert, the
Devil is ever active the factions aud fu.
sionists will not resign even prospective
ascendency, without a struggle.
What is the duty Of Republicans Is il
to be 80 engrossed with business. and fam
lilies, and societies, as to have no time TO
devote to the public welfare except to read
the newspapers, and occasionally to con-
verse with friend who agrees with us in
sentiment That is all very well in its
way, but we want something more now ;
We want labor earnest. truthful. self-sac-
rificing labor, personally. with those who
have heretofore differed with us in opin-
ion there has never been time
when labor of that kind promised so
rich reward as at present ; the public
mind has been stirred to its very depths
by the desperate struggles of the multitu
dinOus factions opposed to the Republican
party, to retain or regain power.
What do they care for Slavery or Free
dom In the language of Douglas. "they
do not care whether it is voted up voted
down; it is power, and patronage, and
pelf they arc after. What did Mr.. Doug
las care about Slavery, when he introdu-
ced the bill 10 repeal the Missouri Com
promise He did 1t reluctantly. il is true;
he knew it was wrong, he feared it would
be impolitic; he hesitated, as we all know
for some weeks during the ever memore-
bic session OF 1854. before he could be
dragooned into a willingness to introduce
a proposition so monstrous; he knew it
was fre-brand that would light up The
flames of discord, and perhaps of civil
war, and he dreaded TO take the step, but
his then Southern masters were inexorable:
they had determined that no Territorial
Governments should be formed North of
36o 3O unless the Missouri restriction was
repealed, and Slavery permitted to enter
all of our Free Territories. to blast their
present and prospective happiness. by it's
blightipg aud withering touch.
Did Mr.Douglas act the part of a patriot
ic statesman. during that trying and crit
ical period Of his country's historyg No
such thing; he acted the part of an ambi-
tious and time serving demsgogue. Had
he possessed ths moral courag go TO have re
iterated what he had before declared, and
had said TO his southern prompters-No.
gentlemen, you ask too much: "Thc Mis-.
souri, Compromises is hallowed ia the
hearts Of the American people, and
no ruthless hand shall ever de
stroy it, much less mine;" then he would
have risen to the dignity Of a statesman;
then. the nation ever grateful TO its bene
factors would have repeated his name with
praise, and the highest honor within its
gift would not have been too much for the
man who dared do right under such cir.
cumstaaces; but no. his was not the nature
to act such part; low aud groveling. in
tent only on personal and party ends, he
yielded to the corrupt Establishments Of
his southern advisers, and his was the
ruthless hand to destroy the time.horored
Compromise; his was the parricidal arm
that struck down, not only the Compro-
mise Of 1920, but also to violate that of 80.
for notwithstanding all The lies that cor
rupt and time serving political hacks have
uttered about IL for the last six years, the
Compromise measures Of 1850, did abso-
lutely. in terms, recognise and r, affirm the
Compromise OF $40. in the establish mo mt
Of the Texas boundary, and all intelligent
citizens know such to be the fact, and
they who deny it, do 1t wilfully and cor
rupuy, and with a shamelessness unparal
leled.
And what has Mr. Douglas gained by
his base subserviency TO his Southern mas
tersY They are the first to discard him;
in tho whole South there is not State he
can hope to carry; there is not one so poor
as to do him reverence. The Southern
fre-eaters and disunionists. after having
used him as an instrument to promote
their nefarious slave propaganding
schemes. are the first to disown him.
What comfort does he find in the North.
that North which he so wickedly aud
cruelty betrayed2 Very cold comfort in
deed3 Vermont, his native State. was the
first 10 speak; her voice OF con le nnation
was overwhelming; his party there scarse-
ly muster corporal's guard. He stumped
the State Of Maine, the home Of Hannibal
Hamlin. the Democratic star, that in the
cid Jackson times. never set; and what
was the result2 Maine gave the Republi-
cans 10000 majority He stumped the
Keystone State, promising protection to
her iron interests, and yet that State r1lle
up from &c. .OOo to IS. 900 Republican ma.
jority over the heads of all the fusIonists
aud factionists combined Ohio followed
suit; majority 90 900 Indiana ditto; ma
jority 10000
what will Mr.. Douglas do now v heI
he started ont on his stamping tour. h'
WIS hot against fusion. and yet before tn
campaign was half ended, his friends il
Kentucky entered into close coalition
with the Know Nothing Party. aud foreigl
born citizens were called upon to vote 70
those who had sprinklcd the pavemepts o
Louisville with their blood. Fusion die
him no good in Pennsylvania. nor Ohio
nor Indiana his last hope now. is In Ne'
York. There his friends have fused wit