Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-01-18

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p While at Indianapolis few days
ago the editor the New Albany Tribu ne
handed US his paper of the llth, in which
we find a communication fIom this city,
over the nom de plume of Wabash" in
which the following paragraph, having
reference to a recent political meeting
held in this city, appe
"Some days since, meeting Of al con
servatives, opposed to the Democratic par
ty 10 this city. was called, deploring any
controversy between the North and the
South. This procedure did not meet
with the favor of some Republicans, and it
is a fair 10 ference, that such desire pure
ly sectional contest for the Presidency,
with a candidate for whom an electoral
ticket cannot be formed in single South.
ern State. That meeting appointed a COM
mittee of seven. of whom four were Re-
publicans, to draft and report resolutions
at an adjourned meeting. Patriotic and
national resolutions were unanimously re-
ported and Edward Bates recommended
for the Presidency. The question upon
the adoption of the resolutions was op-
posed by Universalist preacher, who was
a stranger to this place, having made his
advent ar1olg US about the time of The ex-
ecutlon of John Brown, and on the Sab
bath following that execution, preached
from his pulpit, on the crucihxlon of that
murderer. His speech was of the old
stereotyped abolition order, and he was
followed in the same strain by the editor
of the Express. That paper having de-
clared a wish for the union of all conser
vatives, thus, by its editor, took the first
public occasion to oppose that STEP"
How any one, having the least regard
for truth, could write such paragraph as
the above, to be published abroad and to
be read by strangers, somewhat puzzles US
to know. wabash" knows that he writes
what is not true (and we say this knowing
his true name) when he asserts that We
followed "A an abolition strain," or that
We took occasion, ever, anywhere, to op
pose The union of all parties in opposition
to the Democratic party. On the contrary
he knows that on every occasion, both in
the columns of the Express and when we
spoke at the Courthouse at the time
above referred to, we favored union Of the
opposition. He knows on that occasion
we uttered not one abolition" sentiment.
'Tis true We differed somewhat, and but
little, with Col. Thompson; still, that diff.
ference was frankly avowed, and as frank
ly dissented from. Instead OF that meet
ing having had tendency to prevent a
union Of all opposed to the Democracy, its
evident effect was to bring us closer and
and closer together, and we honestly say,
that the Opposition Of VigO county, ard
of the 7th Congressional District, was new
er so united, as at the present time.
We can well understand however why
it is, that Wabash" wishes to miscon-
strue this meeting, and why he says "that
a union cannot be effected here" He is q
politician who has no higher motive and
aim than individual aggrandizement.- =
He is seeker after Office, being almost
universally before the people as candi
date whenever there is a place to be asked
for. He is q trimmer on a small scale
hoping to gain political position by any
disaffection he may cause in the party t.
which he belongs. He is a trickster. wh'
spends his entire time creating dissen
sions and has not ability sufficient to com
prebend great principles, and follow then
becsupe they are right. Such a man, a
the reader will readily see, lives only b.
the disturbance he makes, and makes dis
turbanee that he may live. We have bu
well for "Wabash" not to misrepresent u
Our intentions or what we say. h
ought to know that we will not remain stu
, and suffer this to be done, and we now te
him, hat an assumed name does not in tn
least protect him. He knows that we al
not an AbOlitionist, nor did we ever writ
an abolition sentiment or make an abol
I ton speech. He knows that we have Il
bored necessarily. on all occasions and
+ every way we could, to effect union
: the opposition to the Democracy. q
knows that we have made all the sacrifice
: that was proper to be made to bring abor
4 The desirable result. He knows we wi
e still labor. now ana all the time TO effe
this, and yet for no other purpose. but
e advance his personal interests, he ende
vors to thwart consummatiou so devout
q to be wished. He knows that the Repu
e lican party here, is not in favor ofa"pur
1t ly sectional contest for the Presidency
E. on the contrary, he knows they are en-
l. nently national and desire to unite wi
l. national men wherever they may be foun