Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-11-28


Who will the Republican Legislature
his winter select to fll Graham N. Pitches
place 10 the United States Senate, Is ques-
ion often sskedf There are several aspi-
rants spoken Of. but evidently the choice
Of the State is Col. Henry s. Lane or Oliver
p. Morton. Either the one or the other
will be selected. The contest is between
fhem-ail others are out Of The ring. 1t 10
somewhat difficult for a CITIZEN Of Indiana.
looking aloneto the public good to determine
which of these distinguished gentlemen the |
best interest Of the State demands should
be selected to Gil this important position.
If Col Lane il elected. Indiana will not on
ly be ably represented in the National
Senate. but she will fiud 10 o p Morton,
an efficient and economical Governor; and
the same will be The result. should the
Legislature chose to elect Mr.. Morton to
the Senste. In either case Indiana will
have good Chief Executive and an able
United States Senator.
In connection with this subject, much
has been said through the columns of the
public press throughout the State. in re-
gard to an understanding bad at the time
Messrs. Lane and Morton consented to be-
come candidates for the Offices Of Governor
and Lieut. Governor. No one knows any
more shout that understanding than does
the writer Of this article. We were prvy
to every move made en- the political chess
board on that occasion.
We were the warm and devoted friend
of Mr.. Morton, then aud now, and while
We are free to say there was an under.
stand between the friends of those two dis
tlnguishsd gentleman, they themselves
were not privy to it. They were each vii
ling to 60 upon the ticket. ii thereby the
State could be redeemed from the misrule
and corruptious of the Democratic party
Col. Lane did not desire to 60 on the tick
ct for Governor. nor did Mr. Morton desire
to 60 on it for Lieutenant Governor. Meth
er coveted the race, and yet both consented to
make the canvass if thereby the best inter
ests of the State. and the great doctrines of
the Republican party could be advanced.
Their friends insisted, and they entered
the canvass, and how we'll they fought the
great battle. let the 10000 majority which
they received proclaim.
Our triumph in this State, is owing
more to the ability Of Henry 8. Lane and
Oliver p. Morton than to any other half
dszen men in Indiana. They both sacri-
feed their individual feelings for the pub
lie good, and the public is now more ipdebt.
ed to them than to any others. Either then
Mr.. Lane or Mr.. Morton, il they desire it,
should be selected by the Legislature to
represent this people in the United States
Senate. Indiana has no better material
out of which Senator can be made
Which then, should be selected : Both
gentlemen have warm and devoted friends
who will urge their respective claims
We have our personal preference Of course
"a preference that dates back to our boy
hood, that has ripeued with our manhood,
and is as warm as the life blood which
thrills through our heart We're we the
dispenser of political places, there is none
we would regard too exalted to be filled
by Oliver p. Merton. If the Legislature,
however, should deem it proper to elect
Col Lane to the United States Senate.
thereby, under the Constitution, making
Mr. Morton Governor, Indiana will find in
him one of the ablest Chief Executives she
has ever had. We are familiar with the
opinions entertained by Mr.. Morton in re-
lation TO the governmental policy of this
Stale--they are reformatOry and the strict
est economy in all its departments. The
whole power of his administration would
at once be brought ia opposition to sxtrav-
agance aud peculation in Office. Hewould
inaugural a po icy Of rigid accountable
" in our fiscal affairs, and a sesrchIng ex
animation into the present financial con
dition Of the State Of. Indiana. de would
understand fully and completely every de-
partDent of the State Government, and
bold every Officer responsible for the faith
fsl and honest discharge Of the duties in
cumbent ON him. This bring the case, il
Henry S. Lane or o. P Morton are elected
to the United States Senate. Indiana will
Re ably Represented in that body. and il
the Legislature should select Col. Lsue,
then Indiana will still unquestionably
have a good Gov.r"or.