Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-08-01

4 Word 60 Our Contemporary, and .
s.rss4a >ook SaehN arAs. sas.s.s's..z
We desire 10 ask our nclshbor over the
Post Office. a few rather pointed ques-
lions We ssk thenl fer The purpose AZ re-
ireshng bic memsry. II i we'll 10 look
back the past ooe@.ionsily. The pow
er Of rstrospection il one Of the most eler.
ious faeuities of The human mind. It's
faculty which should be cultivated. aud 4
kept ia active exercise. IL a. remains un-
used. IL becomes very obtuse and q uusses
al aud particular forgetfulness ovsrelouds
the individual.
For the purpose therefore OF afforaing
our ueirhbor the mstsfiai for exercising
this attribute Of the mind. ~nd keeping Il
brizhtsned up. we direct h. attention to
the following incidents in the past.
Does h. reeallse, that on Saturday the
II day Of December. 1859. he Drmoeraes
of This county. held their convention for
The purpose OF sending delegates 10 their
State Convention Asd does he r,collect
that one Daniel " voorhee. offered, "a
that Convention. neo resolutions .--oue
highly ealogissie of the stLe administrs-
,ios Of A-hbel p Willard. AID asking the
Democracy To endorse the The 9TH
er asserting fasf the Dsmoeraey 81 The State 81
Indisns he'd uaabsfed essfidssee IN Prssi
deaf Bse.srss. that they spprored Of and en-
L. L.
h<ped he r-s asissfed by consultations and
patriotic pso,iu.s ~ the dssckarQt Of al his If
feiaf daties.
Does eur mel ghbor recolleet .ho~ ie oppos-
ed hose resolutions. by sayings 10 the one
eulogi-iic Of A p. Willard. He 'eoaid ner
er eniorse aim he trsuld nerer endorse fhr
n.sa scAo petsed The emb,ssiement bill u the
House, and tktn held Il from the Senate Hn,h
quorum pIs broken in that body. And does
h- not reeollect that Daniel W voorhees,
10 reply "a him. said The Emhezrie
meat bill W. prepared by Ersberslos anc
Co. Cookery is"sn ungrsteful wretch, =
ths, he ;Cookerly) had aecepte OH ee
from willsrd-that the bread be aud lis
eh,l iren had eaten. WAS the bounty Of
Wiilsrd--that If he did not like Willsrd's
administration. he should Immediately re
.ign offiee uuder it-;bst was the course an
honorable man would pursue--that Will
lard's administration had been glorious
one. glorious IN advancing true Democrat
f. &c principles.
Does Mr.. Cookery recollect how the ell
oeuent orator sustained on that occasion
| the Lseompton policy of smes Buchanan
How be said that the Present Admins
rafion sras a distinsaished one Distinguish
ed for Aarinq sustained Democratic measures
at home, and aduaneed the glory and yenorn
aftss country abroad That the President
OF the Emitted States was a glorious old
nan, bent with the weight of many years
aud whose sun was about setting. srroHn
dsd nth one halo Of Democratic glory. ana
that IL ras base mgr altitude ia Democrats MOI
10 endorse him
Has or neighbor any recollection Of
these occurrences, and how he opposed
the idea that j b. was .acfusfed By eonsei
enfisus and patriotic mOfirss,' and how
VOORHEES,, a. the exponent OF the Admins
rsliou pressed his resolutions through
Id your memory is sufficiently refre shed il
relation TO these matters. neighbor, W.
would suggest that YOU can now with de
cent prOpreiy relalIale on Mr. v, since
. his betrayal OF Mr.. Buchanan. and cal
him an "unerafefui trrefoh The br.a.
he and his children are eating. Is the bounty
of James Buchanan. and that If he does no
nor like the Administration Of Jams Buehan
he should resign The s6ee he holds under il
. ron such II rHE COURSE HONORABLE
! PURSUE.
You can nov. neighbor. ~ilb perfec
propriety, adopt the Lex taiionis. and fin,
these little remembrances in the teeth O
/ that man who hiss always opposed the pol
,cy you have so sbly advocsted-always
: until within the last few weeks. bitterl,
denounced Mr.. Douglas aud his doctrin
OF Popular Sovereignty-always oppose'
the Terre Hante Journal, its editor an,
> his aspirations. but who row has the IN
paralleled sffrontery to ak TO be endorse,
by that Journal. By that editor. and by tn
? Douglas men in the Seventh Corgressions
, District He has turned his back upo
his former pstrons-ehanged his priuei
pies IA fhr tvinkling of an eye, desert~
!. h. friends. eravinely supPlicated his en-
: emies. Al row expect. united Democra
> CIV To advance his personal interests.
Pa 81. In uno falsus In omnibus"