Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-07-11
WHOLE NO. $50.
Washington and Liae.Is

mander N Chief for the American army =
la that very Congress there vss gentle.
man. whose &ill and ,xperieuer a. sn
officer, whose great talents add excellent
universal character commended him 80
every one. John Adams had DO hesfii.-
tioB 70 declare" that ihis gentleman vas
the right man Tor he 'imPortaat pot =
There was lch opposition 70 ihi- ~oEe-
ment on part Of ambitious lsAJer-. bas 1hs
people-the sovereign power % kepaosi
can form Of government. favored y. and IA
the month Of Juae i775 Nr. ohnsoL OF
Maryland. rose aud nosninAt-d George
Washington Tor the station q Commander
IN Chief Of the Continental army. The
election vas by ballot. aud was unaDi
msn- The people outside of Congress
eers tor " a-lluxtnn and hsto5k Comma "a
Of the army Thi, va ~ sim~r Of ssr
eountry's peril Ihe Eesce Of tAe people
xas about b~iBx -tr.-<ie aud They ~sfe
10 be taxed uilhout Their coassnt Taxa
tioa ~ltkout representa- son had been forced
upon them and GyeAt BrtsIu ga her AFRO
ganee had Determined 20 take from her sub
lecls, some OF their lnAiienabl~ and eopsts
tutional rights The var that followed
was long ADD bloody but under the leader
ship Of Washington the right irsBPhed
aud this people became free.
10 1860 when the second Repsel'ean
Convention met at Chicago. Il became az
parent there must be selected q stsndard
bearer for the Republican army. There
were many good aud competent me" al
ling 10 take the responsible position All
over the country there were Generals who
had achieved laurel- upon The political
battle fields. Many had grown grey in the
ssrvics sod were famous 10 all thai pertains
TO skiilfui warfare. But there ~a- one mae.
''lsAose great faisafs aad sIcsl!saf naiesrssf
character commended him TO every -
Upon him. by the most singular eomblna'
tion Of ciream.tsncrs we're the eyes of the
members Of that eonvention turned . aod
when be ~a- put 20 nomination by those
who knev him best. . spontsueous ouI.
burst Of popular applause echoed % hi
name, and when he became the lesder.-
the Commander ia Chiefs popular en
thu-iasm spread sil over the country. such
as has hardly ever been Witnessed before
The institutions cf the county bad fallen
into corrupt hands and the voice Of the
people was being strangled aud their rsv~
nues were being squandereI 80 the most
corrupt manner and for tho most corrupt
purposes. The right of FIRE people To a
voice in the forsnatton OF their domestic
institutions was ignored At the Federal
cspltsl. and the arrossnes Of the Demo
cratic party had taken from the sovereign
masse. some Of the r inalienAble and con
st,tatibnal light-. ln this state of Affairs
the honest. ircorraptiDle aod Intellectual
private citizen Of Illinois. Abraham Lin.
eola. vas. almcd By one common impulse.
selected to lead the Republican army To
victory. and as Washingtoe led the conti
Mental troops during the war Of indspsnd
ence to ''eonquering and to conquest" 20
will this second Washington lead the Re
publican army IN 1850.
The christian world. aud the thlating
world. since the days that George Wash
lngton vas member Of the second ticuer
~ Congress which assembled at Philsdel
phia. have declared and believed .hs, the
Dsviuc Ruler of men and OF nations. point
ell him oul. a. the proper man "a lead our
Revolutionary fathers. aud out of the dis
eouraglng circumstances which thea sar
rounded him. bring into existence this glo-
rious fabric Of constitutional liberty The
patriot aud the ph,losophsr. the wea OF
The world aud of The church. have all be
lsved that there wss more than the wis
dom OF man In all this. Il - universally
conceded that no other man then liviup
"a. 20 peculiarly fitted fof The ,xigeueie'
Of The tine. az George Washington II ~s'
dafk hour IN the history of thi. coaatry
aud IN the history ef m-nkind. when h.
nf,t aa.hes,hed bis swotd Ia defense o.
Tie right.
We are 30 fs,sli.l--no general believe
~ a special Providence, We believe masl
a. the sell rel,aut effor. of the indiv,daa
maa, We have 40 abiding faith IN lad,
vidaAl asd indspssdsat achievements. -
We must believe, and DO believe that there
!. an Intelligent God. Who 10 net. Al al
times, wholly uneoneefned IN relsuoa q
m. Affair. Of men. And Ne farther bellev'
With all our Chri-tlsa islth. that. the sam
cod Who iadlcaisd George ws.h,aften q
he Continental Congress ss the f'sb, So
- cad the Revolutionary army. dHecls'
ths m,ad. Of the delegates whe s-.smole'
., Chicago towards bFshs@ Llneeia =
che rgh, man % lssa the R.publ,es
forces. sai that usJcr his leadership va
tory - =. esrtsln. q. shsre - uath N N
CAnstia. faith. We hslisss TOO hat !
order shs, this .hsll be. ths Col II AtF'
han IA. eapssd dl..snslons 10 Ei-s .
.mo,g oat sasmie. aad bsttst sad aafs
lcut,ng lead !. sl M. very tine % sst''
operation hetNefu tnsWt ho4sH Wv
dsd against itself esaast ssni" ssd q
Democrats party. ,mmefsl - 80 ia~ue'
cs.. eoFraps n ,ss sets. wicked IN 80 pre-
,ies.. rusaeus N - policy aud dsssfae,i'
~ ia tendencies must fall. ssi iiks Iue
isr. fall, ,e hope 20 mere fsfsvef."
N.lF Pass rssss The Tsrrr hsais
Apon Rail Road w,ll ran atfs'a q -
from this city ea Tuesday the l7sh sas
the tine ~hea c,ssIVs N. Car 10 . =
dress The people. ~ Asf fvs rsiss. II
wsll esrtaioly indaee hoadreds 10 ate
from lhs West. ~ho eth.ssiss ssald =
he here
We hops a similar afrangemenl can
made on al the reads
fr TIE Rspubliese. 81 ssgsf ere
Township. viIl meet Al The Te.Hss
House. on Saturday. Jsly itih. &C.
pufpose Of iorsing Lineoln c'ae. sPe'
ers will De IA sttendanes. snd ali sfe %
ted 10 stteud