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

Wiil the rnisn be sssssived AZ Mr..
Lsssefs A. elected Prestdentt
The Chsrl.s,e. Mercury said tie other
day:
The Presidential election turns upsn .
single fact iftks sorthsrn people believe
that the southsrn people will dissolve their
eoaueetion With them shouls the Black
ksprblicss party succeed in elsctibg Lin-
coin 10 the Presidsney-LiseolIv wi be de
fssted. should they. on the contrary be-
lisve that the southern people will Admit
TO Black Republican domination by the
election Of Lincolu 10 the Presideney-Lin.
cola will Be elected
The Cineiessti Conmsrcisi ssys The
Mercury IL nistsksl. The searecrov Of
disurion las been presented 10 the isnsxi.
/ sstieBs Of the people Of the North too ma
OF times for il 10 make any Impression
upsu them o. this occasion. " - ueces'
ssry TO God out new. whether the doctrins
| that the Constitutional election Of Pre-i
deaf, 10 cause FOR The dissolution Of he
Union. has - any STATE Of the Union .
nsioriiy ofsupportsrs minority class
Of q minority section Of the eountry. cen
soi master the majority by the threat OF
disunion. Ifib. Union 10 20 be dissolved
10 consequences Of any Constitutional act ol
the people. IL 10 desirsbls that the fact
should be known. es-tsisiy the people Of
the North will not shrek from the perform
.nes Of any duty 10 eosssquenes OF Any
threat And the Mercury need give itsel
no ,roubls 10 the way Of eonjeeturs. Mr.
Lincoln will be elected rert President oi
IN. Usiisd S<stss. aud will be insugursted
sps 70 70 work in the National Capital =
Nov the s.s.tion 10 What do South Car
olins d Co. proposs 10 d. aooutitr
We fnd the following from the Chsrs'
Gsssits. copied isto the Charleston pa
pers:
will TEE sosrH ssssfr This ques
ton 10 continually ringing IN our ears :
Will the Scutb submit To Black Republi
can rulef Will che permit the insugurs
ton Of Lincoln and Hzmlinf We will an
svsr by asking another qusstioD-esSi
the South TO subnit' We think che eugh
{. not, aud trust che will not. II her slave
are worth preserving-ifsss would dsfss
add perpe,uste Der civilisatlon-her blso
bought freedom, she esnnot-shs must ~
submit
And IL i. time the ssuthsrn people. II
diyiduallv. we're asking add apswerin
= this question. The probabilities nov n
that Lineoln ~ill De elected lsdsed, II
almost reduced 70 . Certainty that he vi
be With the material sid that be - r
ceiyinx from the Fell ard Douglas fsctior
IN the South. IL 20 morally certain that
will be elected.
Under these circumstances, aud with !
almost certainty hat the question must
met and answered before the 4th Of Mare
ueIt, common prudence would dictate ID
u had better be answered At once. AZ
the Southern people. II they act wisely, W
lose 20 time 10 determining their course
action. IL would be worse than folly,
would be downright msdnsss, 10 procra
tinate-to put Of till tse late the eossids
alton Of the matter Onee let . Black
publican administrstiso get possession
the purss and The sword, and II will bs
difficult Job to vrsst II from them. Betl
far 10 prevent than to remedy the evii."
THE 10 an exceedingly pertinent attic
We eonmsud It 10 the careful consider
ton OF those who hold the doctrius pr
claimed BY Nj Fillmore al Albany ~ le.
By that the triumph Of thai which he W
or pleased 10 term q sectional orssnissti
(snd which Vas geographically a ssetior
party would justify and require dissol
an usn Of the unioa. The triumph Of II
be organi,atien 10 at hand. This fact - 7
,ss,t all observers. Nov, IL the Uni
o' 70 be dissolvedf Hso, when and by-vi
process and how much Of it IL going
tie dissolvsi