The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-21
The Political Issues of the Day
Speech of Hon. Rio hard w. Thorn p-
SON of Terre HauGe.
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THE FOUR CANDIDATES Two EXTRAS"
Thus there are four candidates in the
field. Houston is running in Texas on his
OWE hook Gerrit Smith is the Abolition
candidate in the extreme East, | believe
But l leave these two gentlemen TO settle
their controversy in their own way. ZAP
plause The four candidates have been
nominated in the manner | have stated
Now, | wish it was so that all the people in
the North, and the Union men of the South,
could look upon this thing as | do, and see
the necessity of uniting upon some man for
President, who, like Mr.. Bell, stands upon
n platform not sectional and not ultra, and
who would do his dnty with an eye single to
the welfare and honor of the whole nation
Applause. Yet candor compels me to say
that do not believe that there is much
prospect of Mr.. Bells being elected by the
Electoral Colleges-that is | do not think
there are men enough in the country who
look at this thing as I do, to vote for him
and elect him by the Colleges. l regret it,
but cannot help it. l am not responsible
for the consequences. | am like the doctor
who gives medicine but cannot insure the
eradication of the disease. | do not believe
anybody can be elected by the Colleges, I'M
less it be Mr.. Lincoln. FCheers I | am
dealing in matters of fact. | do not believe
Mr.. Breckenridge can be elected by the peo-
pie; and as for Mr.. Douglas, am candid
and honest when l tell you-and mean no
disrespect to him at all, for l hold him in
high personal regard-I think he will lack
just one State of getting as many as Mr.
Fillmore got in 1856. Loud continued
cheers and laughter.] If he gets an Elec-
toral vote at all, l really do not know
where it will come from. / will not say
it with any degree of sincerity, but yet it
is possible that Mr.. Lincoln will be elected
by the people. Tremendous cheers
think Mr.. Lincoln's chances are increasing.
When we made our nominAtion of Mr.. Bell
at Baltimore, there was an implied agree
ment resting upon all of US, that we should
support that ticket straight through, live
or die, sink or swim, survive or perish"
We were to stand by that nomination, be-
cause we considered the Democrats and Re-
publicans both wrong. There was an i'm
piled agreement that we should stand under
that flag that had inscribed on its folds
1.-The Constitution, the Union, and the En-
forcement of the Laws" Applause. But
from some cause, gentlemen in different
parts of the country have supposed that
they have right to change that agreement.
Instead of lighting Douglas, Breckenridge
and Lincoln, they have seen fit to make a
little private agreement with the Douglas
men, that they will tie fast together, to see
if the two cannot, by uniting, effect some
thing in the Presidential election. Now,
the people of the United States are con-
iding people, and are generally jealous of
their rights. just so soon as they began to
suspect that the politicians were making
trades for the Presidency, they inquired if
it was not time to take the voting into their
own hands. And if Mr.. Lincoln is elected
to the Presidency, these political traders are
responsible for it. loo
l never made trade in politics with any,
body. If there lives man who knows that
ever made q political bargain, give him
perfect license to expose it Ii there shall
be President elected by political bargains
between the parties, wash my hands of it.
have no such bargains to make. When
the Democratic party was in its prime, and
exulted in the fact that we were laid low
at its feet, was unwilling TO bargain with
it. And now when it lies dead and bleed
ing, I am unwilling to be tied to its corpse
and will not be. Applause.
will stand by the faith that 1 have al
ways maintained, and will adhere to the
honest convictions of my judgment. If
cannot have the man for President whom
desire, ! will be content with letting the
people select man of their choice, and will
not dissolve the Union because | cannot
have my way [Applause.l am U1ion
man, and l believe you are Union men too.
LCheers. Iwould greatly prefer seeing Mr..
Bell elected, but he never shall be elected