Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-08-22

TO an almost uurivaled greatness. But all
this made no difference to the political ira.
ders of that day, who. for the purpose of
securing the spoils of office, warred upon the
Wing system. which Mr.. CLAY supported
and were enabled in the end TO find enough
of their public men ready to sink the states
men into the mere politician, to destroy
every measure with which his name was
identified.
Mr. LIScoLN on The QUESTION.
Having dwelt at length upon the Whig
and Democratic policies, Mr.. Thompson en-
tered into adiscussion of the propristy ofthe
war with Mexico. While on that topic he
said, 1, see it objected to Mr.. Lincoln, that
when in Congress in lS46. he voted that the
war was unnecessarily and demonstrations
ally begun, and this is assigned as reason
why he should not be trusted To my mind
whatever may think of some of his 9th
er opinions-that vote should commend it
self to the respect of all of us. He gave it
as a Wing. and every Whig in Congress- vo
ted the same way including several disting-
uished gentlemen who are now leaders in
both wings OF the Democratic army. (Ap-
plause.) so voted, with as conscious a con-
viction of right as ever felt, and subse-
quent events have only confirmed me in the
belief then entertained. If had ta vote
again to night upon the proposition, | should
vote the same. The war resulted as was
designed by its authors-in the acquisition
of extensive territory from Mexico. A few
of us made an effort to arrest this before il
was consummated, but we did not succeed.
MISSOURI COMPROMISE.
Speaking of the compromise measures of
1850, ond the repeal Of the Missouri Com
promise. Mr.. Thompson said: The benign
influence of the Compromise of 1850 was
soon felt throughout all parts OF the coun
try. / verify believe that but for the in
trsduction OF the measure to repeal the
Missouri Compromise the whole peopl~
would have finally scqniesced in II. When
the two parties IN 1852 announced their
candidates for the Presidency-Scott and
Pierce-they placed them both upon plat
ferns hich pledged them to abide by this
Compromise as settling the whole Slavery
question. Mr.. Pierce was elected because
the power of the Democratic party had not
been broken. After his election, however,
aud the difficulty presented itself in the
settlement of the question OF the admi--
sion of Slavery into Kansas, instead of
settling it according To the past policy of
the Government, they disturbed the Com.
promise of 1850, and the still further one
of 1920, by the repeal of the Missouri res
friction. That was exclusively Demo-
cratic measure-resolved upon in Demo-
cratic caucases, and passed by Democratic
votes through both Houses Of Congress -
w no did that 2 MIR. Douglas did 1t. He
introduced a bill to repeal the Missouri
Compromise, and in its place established
this other proposition that Slavery should
not be legislaled into nor excluded from a
Territory, but that the people thereof
should be left perfectly free TO form and
regulate their domestic institutions in their
own way, subject only to the Constitution
of the United States
THE LECoMPToN CoSTRoyERsY-IHE DEMO-
CRATIC PLATFORMS.
When the Lecompton controversy arose,
it was natural that the Republicans. wings
and Americans should unite to oppose the
views of the Administration. so that when
the question was fairly presented TO them.
thoy came together and were euable to
beat down the Lecompton project of the
President. AL this time there was Que
thing about which the Americans and Re-
publicaus agreed. and that was that the
Democratic platform was a two-faced
thing, that it had been gotten up as cheat
and a fraud, and was intended to read one
way for the North saud one way for the
South. The truth of that is abundantly
demonstrated now, because Mr. Douglas
says thepIaLform means one thing, aud Mr..
Breckenridge declares it mean quite anOth-
er thing. Mr.. Breckinridge says it means
Just exactly what we foresaw it would
mean, and that is, that the STAKEHOLDER has
a right to carry his slave property into the
Territories, and that there Is no power
either in Congress or the Territorial Leg
islature to forbid it. Mr.. Douglas says
Territorial Legislature has more power
than Congress, and can legislate Slavery
out Of the Territories.