Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-10-24
WHOLE NO. 945.

Delaware and Florida few days prev
Ously. affords lesson which should nc
be lost on those conservative, Union Low
ing men who really wish to secure Lin
coins defeat and prevent the terrible con
sequences which we dread even TO thin
of, and which are ali.sost certain to follo'
that event.-LouisuilLe Courier.
The ''terrible consequences" referred I
we suppose must mean the dissolution be
tween the Democracy and the government
Paironage-the dissolving of their right L
suck of the government pap longer. lii
terrible" We must confess, aud we cal
we'll understand why the editor Of th,
Courier breads to think Of it. There cal
be but little doubt that those things will
be ''aImost certain TO follow in the oven
that Mr.. Lincoln is elected. Yea they viii
be absolutely certain to come to pass anC
as MIR. Lincoln is certain to be elected W,
would advise the editor Of the Louisvill,
Courier to make up his mind to those ''ter-
rible consequence" about which hs
"dreads to think"
Ii however the editor has reference To a
dissolutien Of the Union existing between
these States. or secession of part of them
from the sisterhood, we are impressed with
the opinion. that the thought of it need
not cause him such terrible alarm. Let
him put this in his pipe and smoke it,
Lincoln will be elected President of these
United States by a majority vote-be will
be inawguratsd on the 4lh day OF next
harch-in his Inaugural Address hs Will
mark out clear and distinct the policy to
be pursued by Republican Administra-
tion-,hat policy will guarantee equal and
exact justice to every section of this coun-
try-the South will have her rights, under
the Constitution, protected just as the
North will have. He will be the President
OF the whole Union and not part Of it,
He will be commander in chief of the army
and navy of the United States, and if any
one. or any number of the States OF this
Union seek to withdraw from the Federal
compact, he will deny their right to do so,
and force obedience to the Constitution by
actively aided and supported by The grea.
majority of the American people. He will
c0nstrue the Constitution according to the
best authority and the convictions Of his
own judgment, and ifany man or any body
OF men dare 10 attempt dissolution, of this
Union, he will try them as traitors and
hang them if convicted. In this Mr.. Gou-
rier he will be backed by as brave an army
of men (if fnecessary) as ever pulled trig
ger or listened to The roar OF battle.
Give yourself no fears of the "terrible
consequences" Don't snuff so much dan
ger from afar. Make up your mind TO abide
by the will of the majority. Quit talking
about that which you have not the power
10 accomplish and which would be greatly
To your disadvantage. even if you had the
power.
The southern press should have more
selfrespect than to persist in threatening
dissolution OF this Union upon the hap
pc ling of certain things. IL should recol.
iect that this Union was to have been dis
solved IL N. r. Banks was elected Speaker
he was elected and the Union was not
in the least shaken. IL should rccollect
that this Union was again 10 be dissolved
il the Republicans succeeded in electing
Speaker last wintcr-Mr. Pennington, a
Republican was elected. aud there was not
even a jar felt among the pillars which
support this confederation. Now for the
third time, in AZ many years. we are told
this Union is TO be dissolved. and dis
solved this time. il the American people
presume to elect their President. The peo
pie will elect the man of their choice
that man will be Abraham Lincoln Of iii
nois, and this Union will not then be dis
solved--not even shaken mot even Jared.
The bonds which now bind us together as
one people will become stronger and
stronger. Shareholders will find that their
right TO hold slaves, is recognized as per-
fectly under Republican Administration
a. any other.
The Constitutional right to arrest the
fugitive from labor and return him to ser.
vice. will also be acknowledged in all its
binding efficacy. The pretended eonsfifu-
,ional right To curse all our vast public do.
main with slavery will he enied-denied
from first 10 last--denied all the time and
everywhere-denied the first day of the
Administration and the last day-denied
upon the floor Of Congress and on the
street-by the Cabinet and the people-by
the President and his organ-by patriots
rights of every citizen will be respected
and none but disunionists will complain.
srishmcn Joining the Republicans.
The evidence that large mass Of the
Irish voters of the North intend TO vote
for Lincoln in November multiplics rapid.
ly. IL is especially the case in New York
and paragraphs like the following. from
the Buffalo Express Of the 10Th, are fire.
quently met with That paper says:
Heretofore the mass Of Irish citizens in
this State have been Democratic and fol
lowed the fortunes OF thht party VIII
marked fidelity. There appears, to be q
point beyond which even they are not pre-
pared TO go. The fusion Of the Dem
ocrats with the Know Nothings" and
''Disunionis,s" has disgusted many Irish
citizens 10 various parts Of the State, and
greatly redcued the power Of that party
In Syracuse the dissffected Irishmen, to
the number Of more than two hundred
have enrolled themselves in n Wide
Awake club, and IN Albany an address
has been published by committee OF thu
Irish Union Wide-Awaks Club Of tha
city. These are but signs OF the times
In this city, where heretofore but few
Irish voters have stood by the Republican
banner, we learn tha at very many arc dis
tisfied with the alliance formed by thei
leaders with the Know Nothiugs. and will
other before or on election day forswes
their allience to the Democratic party ant
voteIfor Lincoln, Hamlin and Spauldene
Things are working.
Republicans, Look Ilerci
The State Central Committee recon