Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-10-31
For the Express.
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the present posture Of political affairs is
considered by intelligent men as mot post.
ed" as having been Sighted by the Tele.
graph and The Post Office. II is seldom,
however. that cheer for Douglas is heard
but when such melancholy wall is forced
upon the ear now days. it proceeds from
stimulus that is sometimes awaited of by
people TO keep their courage up. During
short excursion into the country a day or
two since. a few chirps for Douglas were
heard. and in almost every instance came
from small boys underneath red caps that
were evidently intended for persons Of
larger growth. The old voodpeckers have
undoubtedly seen the "signs." and having
no further use for the crimsoa crest have
handed it down to the young ones, to flicker
out as an emblem Of departed hopes. And
we'll it may be so, for no man OF any saga
city. Of penetration sufficient to see the
sun in its midday brightness can have any
expectation Of the success of Douglas in
the Presidential race. 1t is demonstrated
beyond the possibility of contingencies
that the man cannot be our next President,
who travels the country as the champion
Of a great principle" he has left to the
mercy Of five slaveholding Judges. who
have already STIMULATED his principle"
by q decision which be accepts, and
pledges himself to stand by any other de-
cision they make 10 opposition to Popular
Sovereignty. HIS parasites in this State
who have amused us during the campaign
with the grandilOquent defamation
"Men of Indiana. do you think when you
go to the Territories you lose your
b-s-a-i-n-s and can't govern yourselves"
have no power to save the Douglas that
surrenders. to FIVE men in robes, the right
Of the people to govern themselves. Query:
Whether any earnest Popular Sovereignty
man can vote for Douglas, who is now iD
the South making speeches in favor of pro-
teetins Slavery in the Territories The
campaign is nearly over, and the contest
is narrowed down to Lincoln and Breckin.
ridge. No other candidates have a shadow
OF a chance.
The correct understanding by Republi
can of the true iutents and purposes Of the
leaders Of the Democratic party, to perpet
uate and extend Slavery, has been fully
confirmed by this campaign. The Douglas
portion of the Democracy never would ad i.
nit that such was the purpose of the party
They went to Charleston expecting to nom.
mate Douglas. They came away without
Douglas, but with a tremendous flea in
their They got Douglas at Baltimore
in a divided Convention. and three South
ero men ofextreme views were applied to 4,
as a candidate for Vice President. John
son accepted-the right man for the mana.
gers. but an unfortunate one for winning
votes in the North. The people of the
North are not ready to subscribe to the
doctrine that Capital should own its la
Dor" neither do they believe that North
ern mechanics are SLAVES" in their work
shops. There are men in the Douglas
ranks who cannot coincide with Johuson's
preference for a negro rather than a white
man in the Presidential chair. True men
cannot be made to vote for man who has
such preference. Johnson's choice Of a
negro for President has "squelched" oat
all the pith Of The charge Of Negro Equal.
ity made against Republicans by Douglas
Democrats.
Stuck-up Democrats, who ape aristocrs-
cy and lick the boots of Shareholders, may
applaud when Johnson says he would ra-
ther see one of his negroes President than
Abe Lincoln, but honest, we'll meaning
men cannot vote that way. Strange as il
may seem Northern Democracy does em
brace a set Of toadies who crawl upon
their knees to slavery, that they may be
smiled upon by aristocracy, and are We,
vile enough TO presume to have a sympa-
thy with Northern freemen. Such char.
acters should be spurned by every homes;
voter of the North. When such cha &C.
ters support Douglas aud johnson 1t is
time for independent, working men, to SEE
which way they are drifting.
To "hurrah for Douglas" may serve to
keep mp the courage, but is not rallying
cry for an effective party in this cam oaigu.
Men who vote for Douglas will only throw
their votes away, If they think they are
voting for Popular Sovereignty eandi-
date. they may be deceived. Mr. Douglas
has left Popular Sovereignty to the Su-
preme Court. and SO recently as October
Gath, 1860. in speech at Memphis, said
that property in the Territories, whether
that property consisted of horses. cattle or
sLAvEs-"SHOULD BE VIGOROUS
III AND SACREDLY PROTECTED
BY GOVERNMENT"
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