New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-10-23
THE ELECTION IN INDIANA.

fains HE certificates Of i've gantem an at Jeffers
soayilIe Indiana and among the re st se editor of
she Republican Of that city, to 40 esect that the
Hon. Jesse D. Bright, Senator frezn Indiana in the
Congress- Of the United sssates, aid, in public
speech, on the night before the late election in
that State, virtually advise his political friends to
vote for the Lincoln candidate for Governor, in
stead of Hendricks, the Democratic candidate and
q friend Of Douglas. -Four of these gentlemen
testify that Senator Bright's language was as fol-
lows:
We must beat this anti-Ieeompton Douglas DEM
ocratic party. You may begin tomorrow, If yc1
| please; but it must be done :
Here is the testimony, on the same poir- - 49,
| French, the editor of the Republican al
m speaking Of the Douglas p Mben lJ sha s,,Ia we
would be defeated. and addsi9 =, nlase Van
begin the work Io5laoEarro ll.y9r row. IL WI
= ss.,sa- 49, j. ps;an. sass.s the BreeBaridge
:; ast is the leadsA BE il a man Of
parry NJ. ~ sns state ~ Iadieastry, Of indomitabe
s9sas sasduence, Of gfeetical, coihanaon sense. If
n and plenty Qsd the virtue Of pure .ard un-
70 these We eonli would much increase the fasUa-,
Il selfish patrise have heretofore been accustomed
with wsnin,, as one Of the most reliable friends
20 70 South that we have yet had from the NoFth
either House Of Congress.
But Mr.. Bright, in his conduct in the late elec.
ton in Indiana, has evidently allowed his passion
to get the better Of his patriotism. He has per-i
mitted his private and his political resentment
towards Douglas to usurp the place of his duty to
his country and his party. There were only two
candidates for Governor in Indiana Douglas
Democrat and a Black Republican. To defeat The
Douglas Democrat, as he advised his political fol-
lowers TO do was manfestly to elect the Black
Republican. His advice had no other application
We think the people of-tknu0 south have Alright
Is COMPLAIN esf tile course which Senator Bright
f6as pursued in this matter. 1t makes difference
: what are his own feelings towards Douglas and
! the Douglas party. He may regard Mr.. Douglas
as not d Democratic may consider him disor
garizer and unworthy of Democratic support
nay as more objectionable than even Black Re-
l t.publican But Senator Bright must have known
y that the election Of Black Republican Governor
in Indiana would strengthen the hands of the
h mics Of the South, and produce dismay and anx-
II iety in the hearts of the Southern people. He
I must have known that even his own party friends
/ in the South--the supporters of Breckinridge-
!. were anxious for any other result than Black
Republican triumph in the late Northern elections.
! To what extent his own individual conduct COM
] mts the Breckinridge party of Indiana is some
I thing about which there may be difference Of
: opinion; but that it will be accepted by many as
y al expression Of preference of Black Republican
over Douglas Democrat is perfectly evident.
81 And if Mr.. Bright prefers Black Republican for
t | Governor of Indiana to friend Of Douglas, a
fovsiori he must prefer Lincoln to Douglas himself
for the Presidency. The conclusion is irresistible.
III We do not propose to go back and discuss the
differences which have arisen between Douglas and
!. The Breckenridge wing Of the Democracy They
I'll have bearing upon the great living issue of the
present moment. That issue is whether or not
j Lincoln is to be elected President of the United
States-whether or not an obnoxious sectional adj
ministration is to be imposed upon the people Of
the South. If Mr. Bright snpposes that his conduct
, has increased our chances of escape-that he has
relieved The fears of the South by helping to elect
-I Black Republican Governor in Indiana-that he
has subdued to any extent the already strong spirit
of disloyalty to the Union existing throughout the
t Soushern States-that he has proptated Southern
L sentiment by his extraordinary and indefensible
) conrse--he is, certainly, most terribly mistaken.
Mr.. Bright, we suppose, like all other Northern
| men, wishes the Union preserved. Yet he permits
i his hatred Of Douglas to hurry him into Of
action the result of which is apparent in the still
stronger sentiment Of hostility TO the Union which
+ the election in Indiana, and the other Northern
., States, has everywhere evoked in our section 0
4 the country.
81 Senator Bright is one whom we have been accus
= toned to look upon with respect for his politica
opinions so far as sectional questions are concern
ed If not admiration for his general craftsmanship
We are Of opinion, however, he has yet one lessor
Of to iearn without which the character of states
10 men is completeand that is that personal wrong
5r and resentments ought not to interfere with tn
ut duty TO his country which must be discharged b.
le every one in high position. This is time whe
10 everything else should be postponed to the imper
Of ative obligation of beating the Black Republicans
lie in the State elections as well as in November. W
Of are reluctant to believe thatthe Breckinridge part
m of the North are, like the Senator from Indiana
er willing to see Black Repubcanism triumph
re thereby only Douglas and his friends can be de
a feated. ~