Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-01-25
WHOLE NO. 9O6.
Treason i'm the U. s. Senate.

Mr.. Wilson a few days ago, in the U.
Senate, opposed the confirmation of Mr.
FaIkner to the French Mission. on tn,
ground that he (Faulkner) had said in
speech, that be was in favor of resisting
the Inauguration of Republican Presi
dent" This determination to resist tn,
will Of the majority in this government
was regarded by Northern Republicans as
treasonable, and they refused to have any
one represent this country abroad, who EN-
tertained such sentiments. Ii would have
been thought by patriots everywhere that
such reasonable sentiments could find nc
response in the Senate Of this nation
that there, the will of the majority would
ever be regarded as the supreme law-thst
this fundamental principle in the theory
ry of this government, would never be
questioned by any one, much less grave
Senator'S But what must have been the
astonishment, when Senator Mason, from
the "Old Dominion arose in his seat, and
said, that the sentiments entertained by
Mr.. Faulkner, REFLECTED the opinions oil
virginians, and also he believed of the
entire South" Mr.. Wigfal, of Texas. fol-
lowed Mr.. Mason, aud justified, in the
most positive manner, the opinions enter
tanned and expressed by Mr.. Faulkner
Mr. Clay. of Alabama, and the grave and
hoary headed Toombs, of Georgia, gave in
t.eir adherence to the same doctrine. A
vote W as then taken, and thirty u. S. Sen
ators were in favor Of giving one of the
most important appointments in the gift
Of this general government, to man enter
tanning sentiments destructive Of the great
doctrine of the Federal con stitution. If
there is one principle more universally
admitted-and by fall patriots recognised
and acknowledged--than another in the
theory of this government, 1t is that ma
-jority must, and of right ought to. rule. If
this great leadingidea in our Federal com
pact, is to be trampled under foot, then in,
. deed are we out on a boisterous sea without
chart or compass. II the time has come
when majority of the American people
have not the right to elect President.
then this government does not derive her
"just powers from the consent of the gov
erned," but is controlled by the arbitrary
and imperious will of few.
We call the attention Of our readers, and
effhe ,corld, to the fact that THIRTY DEM
OCRATIC United States Senators, phiie
holding their seats in the Senate ofthe Nation,
on the daycf January, 1860. by their
pofes as such DEMOCRATIC Senator's, an
nsuneed to the icorld, that, if President ioas
elseted. by the American people in November.
1860, pho lentertained opinions thought to be
right BY a majority Of these States, they ,could
resist his Inauguration. We call attention Of
our readers, and of the icorld, TO the further
fact, that epery Republicans present in the Sem
ate at that time, poted AGAINST doctrine so
destructive of the Constitution and Of all the
great interests Of this people.
II this determination on part Of pro-
slavery, disunion, Democratic u. States
Senators, is intended to strangle the free
will Of the great North; as an American
citizen, having a common interest in the
future prosperity Of this people, feeling
patriotic impulse in common with all the
lovers of our institutions, and exulting in
the renown which clusters around our past
history, we declare our unaltered wish, that
no true patriot, or independent man will
faltsr in giving "shape and form" to the
principles he believes to be right. If the
South, with her 10000 of inhabitants,
is to dictate terms by which she will suffer
the 20, ,000, 900 of Northern freemen to elect
a Chief Magistrate for this Federal Union,
then the Independence of Northern white
men is but little removed from that of
Southern slaves. If a majority have to
obey the dictation of minority. the sooner
it is known the better. II, however, there
is difference of opinion on this question
If it is, up to this date, an open question
in this country that a majority shall rule,
the coming November election should for
ever settle it, and the Republicans, and all
those who oppose the extension of slavery
beyond its present limits, should be true to
themselves and true TO the great principle
SO universally recognized by the fathers ol
this commonwealth. If this doctrine car
be settled by the election of Republican
President, we have double reason fol
wishing one elected. If the wish of ma
iority of the American people is sovereign
let them then elect their President, and re
sort to every means necessary to his com
plete Inauguration.
D The Cincinnati Gazette, in speaking