The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-10-13
COALITION.

that Old Abe is bound to be the next Presi
dent unless soRaething is done. The two
wings of that party and the few Bell leader:
with Locofoco instincts remind US of the
three boys in the field under a tree in a
storm, just after bolt of lightning had
struck near. One boy spoke up the Doug
las party through Whittlesey's resolution)
"Charley, can you pray?" No, says
Charley. Jim, can you pray ?" No, says
jim in a tremulous voice. " Well can't
either, but. by gosh, soansthng must be
done"
In all probability the coalition will; be
formed in this State and in every Northern
State to defeat Lincoln. The case is a des-
peEate one. The Peoples Choice must be
beaten at all hazards, regardless Of honor or
principle or fair play. This will be the or
| der from headquarters we imagine.
just to illustrate how hollow-h hearted such
An alliance will be, we refer to the follow
ing from the State Sentinel douglas organ)
Of Thursday after election, in an article
headed "who defeated the Democratic
ticket 2'
There is no doubt but that the Breckin-
ridge men generally in Indiana, voted for
the Republican State ticket. The returns
prove this. There are large Republican
gains in all the counties where there is q
Breckenridge vote. And the Breckinridge
men admit that they did not vote at all, or
else swallowed Seward, Lincoln, Giddings
& Co. A dispatch from Greencastle to the
Cincinnati Gazette tells the story. 1t says:
6 Breekinridge leaders and candidates vo-
ted for Lane here to-day" They voted for
the very men and principles whose success
they have heretofore declared would be
dangerous to the peace of the country and
the stability of the Government. We find
Bright, Fitch and company, who have de-
nounced with the utmost bitterness the |
Republican party, and whom the Republi-
cans have in return unsparingly abused as
dishonest demagogues, shake hands with
each other, and unite together in a common |
effort to defeat the Democratic State ticket |
candidates whom they supported in Con-
vention, and to whom they are in honor and !
by word pledged to vote for at the polls. |
But seldshness, personal auiznosities and re. |
venge have done their work. The Demo-
cratic party is wounded in the house of its
friends. 1t suffers a temporary defeat at
the hands Of those it has given the ability
to do mischief. Those who are stricken
down have heretofore unsparingly devoted
their means, their efforts and their infu-
ence, to build up the men, give them poit-
ical and personal influence, who thus
manifest their ingratitude for these favors.
Was ever treachery more base ? 1t is
not only infdelity to personal friendship
and party obligations, but to principle if
their action is ever Influenced by the latter
In the Senatorial election
contest in 1857, Messrs. Bright ana Fitch
demanded that the Democracy should stand
by them, regardless of their personal pref
erences or doubts even as to the manner by
which they were to be elected. IN 1860 the
;ame men refuse to be bound by similar
party obligations. Why2 Any issue of
principle Not a whit of it. To crafty
their dislike of man who has the sympa-
.hy Of nine-tenths of the Democratic
party Of Indiana, they utterly disregard
he obligations of personal friendship and
party duty. They seek to injure, to over
;ome Douglas by striking down their own
PERSONAL and political friends and the party (
which have made them all that they are. 1t 1
s to professed, but treacherous Democrats,
he Republicans are indebted for their
triumph. We have no doubt they like the
reason, but can they forgive and love the
rsitors We repeat The Democratic
party is defeated in the house OF its friends
by its own members who have hereto
ore professed to be loyal to its principles
md usages. Without this aid the Repub-
leans could not have triumphed to the ex-
ent they have. What is the compensation
0 the Bright mulattoes27 little pa
fence and we shall know. ....-.s- -..
At the close of an article summing up {
he result inTndiana, we fnd the following:
"The Legislature is Republican; so much i
oR BREoKINRIDGE."
The Breckenridge men just as heartily
urse the~Douglas men, and BOTH though 4
a great love for John Bell and 9
sdward Everett really despise them be-
ause they are old Wings, and would have
othing to do with them, did they not think
hey could use them for the purpose of re-
aiming power. Bell and Everett will be
heated in any bargain they make with
heir lifelong enemies, and will be laughed a
afterwards for their verdancy. The De- .
1ocracy viii keep no faith with heretics" I
Whigs). This the Bell-Ererett masses
nay set down as a fact. " I
Let the two wings ofthe Democracy fuse, +
nd let also few Bell leaders with Loco !
oco instincts join the uuholy alliance. We
republicans are perfectly indifferent
Thether they fuse or fight US separately :
)ur party can beat them all together in In +
lana. We have done it on the State tick n
I, for We intend to show in few days that
re hare really derived but little help from T
be Breckinridge men, and as for the Bell I
'o6~s, their whole influence has been j
gainst Lane and the State ticket with a
w honorable exceptions throughout the p
tate. n
We really would like to see '' confusion" +
ckst formed. Unless one is, Lincoln will .