The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-10-10
Another Distinguished Accession,

The Philadelphia North An5erjcdR pub
fishes long letter from Hon. William NJ.
Meredith in which he declares his adhesion
to Lincoln. Mr.. Meredith has hitherto been
11z known as an old line Wing, and was Secre-
tary Of the Treasury under President Tay-
lor. The following is the conclusion of hia
letter ses.s -s=e sebs 1ssai g
80 p 81 see no reason why we should not all
stand where all the people of Pennsylvania
stood together in 1920. | was youth at
that time 1t may be memory. and not
Judgment that makes my heart throbs now
as recall the things that then happened.
Vital principles do not decay with time
among healthy people. Such "a people
hold to their great traditions. As / believed
.s the opponents of the Missouri Compromise
TO be the truly conservative party then, so
l believe the Republican party to be the
truly conservative party now, and sympa-
thise as heartily with this as did with the
Cd other. T III & z q T 4 81 p
Z" As TO your Presidential candidate,7 I
know him only from report and from a.
-perusal Of some of his printed Speeches
Judging from them, take him to be a
W Large minded man, of great research and
comprehensive views, and of decided hut
wise and moderate opinions He does not
- descend to the inanities of artificial rhetoric,
the entanglements of pugposed ambiguity,
or the extravagancesf of political decama-
uOu. EefnapS pLeSe MOI Pc SO SsSeu-
tial to the character of practical States
y lsnan as seems to have been sometimes sup
posed. But Mr. Lincoln appears to me to
have two merits, onegof styles and zone OF,
substance, which more than make up any
such deficiency IF itLbe ONE hey are,
eco .6rst that he says what he means; and, see
ondly that he means what he says.
r- am, gentlemen withzgreatc esteem,
-Jb your obedient servant, W. NJ. NJ EREDITHl
Philadelphia, Sept. %, 1902 - 80
All ~ - - = 4 " $3.50
BGgrHon. H. w. Davis delivered his first
: Hpeechadqring the campaign At BaItimore,a
Friday evening. The following we take
from a Geographic sy nopss of his7peech
which we find in the Philadeiphia InQairer
He believed if Lincoln shouldsbes elected,
the Republicans would attempt nothing sto-a
ward the agitation of the slavery Question,
but would con6ne themselves simpl Yto their
opposition TO the extension of slavery into
territories now free. Thefssue- was at,an end
4 az far as the territories now existing are
concerned. Did they wantsto acquire more
territory in order to reopen this agitation?
Who proposed to buy Cuba, and encouraged
6hibusterisrn but the Democratic party If
Et however, additional territory should be ac-
qUired the question would be determined by
the existing state. of things. If part Of Next
---=A2 were acquired, it was not likely that
III -Saopfe having abolished slavery would
reiustate it, and if Cuba should be acquired,
slavery already existing there could not be
nprooted, no matter how much the opposi-
ton. - -. - S. - '
This howl about disanion an case of Lin
coins election vas the same old tune De-
mocracy had been playing for many year.
He ridiculed the idea of disunion az a mere
bugbear. There could be no danger of a
dissolution of the Union in case of Lin coins
election. If danger was so great why did
they not all vote for Breckinrdge2s Why
did not Douglas withdraw his name in favor
of his democratic compeiitoE2 20B aFA
He denounced fusion in New York as abb
surd. It was not Intended 10 elect Bell but
to defeat Lincoln TIE cry of danger of
dsunion is mere q wolf cry This thing
of always savingthe Union was .calcul ated
to bring the Union itself1into contempt.-isi
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