Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-09-19
For the Ernress
For the Express.
CARLISLE. September 18th. 1860.

For the Express.
CARLISLE. September 18th. 1860.
EDITOR WABASH ExPkEss:-The joint dis
eussion in SuLioan County Is just closed
Republican principles uindieated. and Daniel
w. VOORHEES, completely Ousr,uhelmsd ia de-
bate.
The joint discussion which took place in
Sullivan County. at Fairbanks on Tuesday
OF Sullivan on Wednesday, and closed at
Carlisle on Thursday Of this week, be
tween Col. Thomas II Nelson. Republicans,
and Daniel W. voorhees,. Douglas Demo-
crat. candidates for Congress in this Dis
trict, has certainly resulted in tho most
complete vindicstion of Republican pilDci
Piles and the entir. overthrow Of the false
and fallacious pretentions OF the Douglas
Democracy that it has ever been my good
fortune TO witness.
Al each point Col. Nelson set his stakes
and clearly and explicitly defined his posi-
ton and the position of the Republican
party on every political topic that now di-
vides or agitates the public mind.
He showed from the records of the past
tina, the doctrines ci The Republican party
date back TO the time when our Constitu-
ton was made; that those were the princi-
ples Of the fathers Of the Rcpublic--,hat
they were adopted and acted upon as fun
damental by each department Of the fedora
government from it, organization up IL
ls47 without ever bling questioned HI
showed that our country had grown auC
prospe,ed und or this policy, and that peace
on the slavery question, prevailed 10 al
sections of the Union. He showed that
was the only policy under which our ia
ton ever had quietly rested. He invite'
Daniel to the Republican platform an
principles-if they were wrong sho'
. wherein.
He then attacked the bulwarks Of th
Douglas Democracy. De came down o
! them like the Bsttcring Rams on the wall
q Of Troy. He exposed their weakness an
n utter falacy, and as he took them up on
by one and submitted them to the touch
stones Of reason, truth. and experience. liR
e tho walls of Jericho before the Lords CHI
u sen people, they crumbled to the earth :
!. He called upon Daniel to say whether
e indorsed the political record Of Mr.. Joh'
: 500. his candidate for the Vice PresidenC
whether he Endorsed the political reco'
Of Mr.. Hendricks, his candidate for Cove
!. nor;-aud lastly. whether he Endorsed II
h political record Of Daniel W. Voorhee
his candidate for Congress, or whether
d did not.
IN During the entire discussion. the Col
IS mel was profoundly eloquent and owe
- - whelming in argument, exercising an e'
IS traordinary endowment Of self-posse,sic
10 he greeted Daniels assaults with
n smile, and repealed every charge with Il
= case and adroitness of profound state'
le mau and logician. He answered all
~ Daniels inserrogatories without evasion
- equovcation, fully and completely.
"a this place while the Colonel was speakin
b, 1 cast my eye around. the countenance
.e every Republican beamed with joy, viii
te the heads Of the Douglas Democracy hur
n like barps upon the willows-the gray hni
y; ed fathers-the old Whigs-the old Oh
wings who learned the true political 90
4 pei from the revered sage Of Ashland, hi
again caught the FIRE that burned al
!. blazed upon the alter in the purer and b
no ter days Of our republic. and to them
IN seemed that Clay, like Samuel Of old, hi
IN returned to admonish the rulers that Z
10 see ytre could not long dwell 10 tbs han
IN Of the wicked
'ir This feeling was often manifested Ia OF
70 burst Of applique which cut Daniel to q
q. corc--indecd can ouly compare the a
K pearance Of his sallow vi.age TO that OF
re faipiing ghost.
70 Every one IL now satisfied that the O"
=, onel Il not only q match for Daniel u
10 boosted "Tissr If me Wsh'-"Ths q
be Sycamore Of he Wabash paiirv"-but III
b, fore tho canvas ends he will ha
skinned the "Tigar" and deadened Il
to "sycamcfe."