The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-11-12
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EVANSVILLE, IND.
MONDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER y
a Cheering Indication.

connected with the contest /
just terminated, has been SO gratifying to
us, as the large vote polled in the border
Slave States for Mr. Bell and Sena-
tor Douglas. 1t demonstrates far more
conclusiyely than speeches and newspaper
paragraphs, that the people of those States
however much they may be excited and
preiudiced against the northern States,
through inhammatory appeals by designing
and INSCRIPTIONS politicians--when brought
to the test, have love for the Union deeper
and more abiding than that for party or
section. The result in Virginia, Kentucky,
Tennessee, Maryland, and Missouri clearly
shows that the citizens of those States,
however odious the Republican party of
the north may appear in their eyes, have, if
anything, a more supreme hatred and con-
tempt for the disunionists of the south
No one who has watched the shifting scenes
of the canvass can fail to have observed that
the main, and, we might add, the only
thing that has defeated Mr.. Breckenridge in
any of the Southern States, is the fact that
he was made to shoulder the disgust with
which the disunionists are regarded in
those States. Notwithstanding the earnest
protestatiOns of his friends lend that of it.
self is an evidence of the strength of the
Union sentiment in the SOUTH although they
repudiated all responsibility for the treason
able sentiments and utterances of Yancey
and his sympathizers, still the impression
was made upon the people, that Mr.. Brock
inridge was in some way responsible for,
and connected with, the enemies of the I'm
ion This was sufficient. The name Of
Breckenridge was no longer omnipotent even
in Kentucky. The personal popularity of
the gifted man could not Withstand the
odium arising from his associations. His
star has eliminated and went down amid
clouds of distrust. His good luck, which
had passed into a proyerb deserted him,
when arrayed in hostility to the love of the
people for the Constitution and the Union.
In an evil hour his ambition overleaped it.
self and precipitated him into a position
from which it will take years to eXtricate
himself His fate, no doubt, viii prove
beacon light TO other aspiring young politi-
clans, warning them of the rocks upon
which his political fortunes were wrecked.
The friends of Mr.. Bell, it is true, in most
instances, took as extreme ground upon the
slavery question. rs those of Mr.. Breckin-
ridge. But whilr they did this, they invaia-
BILE proclaimed their httrtd of secession and
dsuEion in any emergency. They affirmed
that il a majority of the citizens of the Unit
ed States preferred Abraham Lincoln for
President they would acquiesce in the
choice of the people however much they
disliked that choice. They would con
tend for their rights in the Union. Sc
cession, instead of allevating, would but
aggravate the evils anticipated upon the
success of the Republican party. Thus,
while they had all the strength of the
Breckenridge party on the slavery question,
they were free from the odium necessarily
attaching to the doctrine of secession. On
the other hand the Breckenridge party,
while they could not show any stronger
claims for support because Of their faithful
ness to the South on the vexed question,
FILTERED away good portion of the cam
paign in defending th emselves from the
charges of disunionism. That they were
so compelled to defend themselves was one
of the cheering events of the canvass. But
the necessity that Occasioned the defense,
was mainly instrumental in their defeat.
Thus, if we look over the canvass, We see
how absurd were the attempts to brighten
the people ofthe North out ofexpressing thei1
honest convictions, through the ballot box
on one Of the most important social ant
economical questions that ever divided any
people. It was clear to all that the question
must be settled some day, and that the long
er it was postponed, the greater would b,
the difficulties that would interfere to pre-
vent peaceful settlement. And yet sys
tematic effort was made to intmidate
persuade, and induce the North, to shirb
an expression of what the whole worll
knows is its feelings on this question. Al
these efforts failed, as any one who haC
faith in the sagacity or instincts of the PEG
Pile would have foretold. Abraham Lincolr
is elected President, and new policy is t.
be inaugurated. That the President cleo
will prove aconservative officer no one VIII,
has studied the life of the man can doubt
The fact that the border Slave States hav,
designated their faith in the government a
administered by him will do much toward
producing harmony of feeling that woult
not have been the case had Mr. Breckin
ridge triumphed in every Southern State b,
an overwhelming majority We confident
ly believe, that as it was with Willard Fill
more-who was elected vice President wit
a record on the slavery question much NOR
offensive to the South than is that of Nj
Lincoln-so will it be with the Presideu