The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-05-24

Who Are For Sale !

To Old Line Wings In 1856 we sup
ported Willard Fillmore for President, for
various reasons which appeared to us right
and proper Weknew him to be an honest
man, a prudent statesman, and true and
tried old Line Whig. Although the party
organization was broken up, we still had a
warm and noble attachment to the glorious
old party in which We and our fathers had
fought the common enemy of the true prin-
ciples of the government. Much as we de-
sired The defeat of the corrupt Democracy
we could not resist the temptation to vote
for Fillmore although we saw that our
votes could not elect him. We dad vote for
him, and the result. we all know. By i'll
direction we elected Buchanan, whose adj
ministration has been unparalleled in its cor
rupti ion and extravaganza, and who has not
hesitated to use the executive and military
power Of the government for the protection
and propagation of slavery in the free terri
tories.
1t has been revealed by the investigating
committee of Congress, beyond doubt, that
this same Democratic party, which we SO
much desire to defeat, did actually spend
tional Treasury to carry the Fillmore
campaign in Pennsylvania in 1856. How
much more was spent in other States We do
not know. The Democracy well knew that
they could not by their own strength carry
PENNSYLVANIA, Indiana, Illinois, and New
Jersey, and that without them they could
not elect Buchanan; so they subOrncd
enough corrupt and venal politicians to use
their money to make n diversion for Fill
more.
They are attempting the same thing now,
and | for one am not willing to he bought
and sold for the benefit and profit OF the
Democracy. One such lesson as Buchanan
has taught me and the whole nation, shall
not be lost on me. Bell and Everett have
been brought forward by the Opposition
party of the South, assisted by IA very few
trading politicians of the North, and encour-
aged aud flattered by the frightened Democ-
racy, who plainly that their doom Is
sealed if the united people permitted to
render an impartial verdict The nominal
ton has met with hardly n single enthusiasts
tic response from the people in any part of
the nation. 1t is repudiated even in the
house of its friends. The New York Err
press, the leading American journal in the
country, has nothing to say in its favor, but
on the contrary is sounding the praises of
Sam Houston, OF Texas. w Arlington Hunt,
the President of the Convention, has decar-
ed himself not bound by the nomination
Willard Fillmore, it is reported, will support
':Old Abe Lincoln his Old Wing ally OF
1910, Al and AS; and it is now stated that
Mr.. Everett, impressed with the hopeless
ness of success, declines to be n candidate
] am satisfied that the only effect the sup
port of Mr.. Bell can have in the Northeln
States is to keep in power the Democracy.
| am further satisfied that the Democracy
will do all they to carry votes for
Bell, and, if necessary, spend thousands,
even millions, of dollars to divide the votes
OF the Opposition elements of the people;
for ia that alone is their salvation. in
company with thousands Of Old-Line Wings
and Fillmore men of Indiana, am unwiil-
ing 10 be their tool i'll this unhuy and de
celtfnl work. | am not yet ready To hand
myself over to the Phiistines; am not will
ing 10 contribute to the success OF the De
nocracy. | have resolved Ia follow the
old Fillmore leaders Of this County-JDnes,
Chandler, Hynes, and others, and support
- honest old Abe " the best and surest
way to defeat the siAvecole Administra-
licnists. His political record is the same as
that of John Bell. Both nave served the
Old Wing party in Congress together.--
Both have the same views the slavery
question. We waut to give the old enemies
OF our party an overwhelming defeat this
tall, and we can do 1t with - Old Abe " as
our standard bearer
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