The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-10-25

III as IHu4dHd - COHCCLHCuJ 10 ~ HO'C ~
Douglas" \ begging and humiliating az
peal is then made TO Bell and Breckinridg
men TO vote for Douglas. This is decided.
modest Of course the Bell and Breckin
ridge men will vote for Douglas. They toc
him SO much, you know.
Speaking seriously. Douglass, Of all th'
four tickets opposed to Lincoln-the Doug
las the Breckintidge, the Bell, and the Ger
rit Smith-has actually smaller chance fol-
election than any. 1t Is possible to imagine
a contingency in which Bells ticket may
succeed, though there is no such probability
If Lincoln is not elected by the people, Joe
Lane will be by the Senate. Gerrit Smith,
/ of course, stands no chance at all. Douglas
! where is he to get a single electoral vote ?
The North will be unite on LincoIn-aI-
most if not quite A united South, we YER
lly believe, will go for Breckenridge Doug
las, so far as present appearances show. can
not carry n State la the House he has Ill
inOis, and in the Senate his Vice-Johnson-
will get two votes-DOuglas's and Pugh's.
This is Douglass vh9Ie strength. Where
then is the pre- eminent advantage in vot-
ing for him, rs the Sentinel and Enquirer
claim.
The case stands just opposite to that
stated by these Douglas papers A man
who votes for Douglas, throws away his
vote. SO does one who votes for Bell
Neither has really any prospect of success,
before the people or in Congress. The only
way to make a vote count is to cast it for
Lincoln or Breckenridge. The only qucs-
ton is between them. The proposition is,
Does the Constitution, of it's own inherent
force carry Slavery into the Territories and
wherever else it is the paramount law
Lincoln says No Breckenridge Yes. The
question is up for solution, and in this con-
test it has to be settled. The age-humani-
ty--progress-the manifest destiny of the
humSn race-the future good of the Amer
can Union-demand it5 solution It has
to be answered now by the American peo-
pie in the affirmative or the negative.
There is no blinking or shirking it longer.
1t has been put off four years too long al
ready. No jingling of bells nor meaning
less patitudes abOUt " the Constitution and
the Union = no - don't care, " nor "non-
intervention" nor prating about "squatter
sovereignty will answer the need of the
times.
A SeulemeHt OF the question is demanded
by the two great interests concerned in the
and n settlement the positige
people, North and South, must and will
have. The true meaning of the Constitution
must be arrived at People must and will |
know whether it is n Constitution for negro
slaves or for treemen; they demand to
know, and will know, whether freedom is
to be restrained and slavery extended indefi- /
nitely in all time to come, or whether the |
is the true understanding of the /
national compact Mr.. Don't-Care and |
Mr.. "Let-it-Be - must stand aside for the |
great American mind is aroused, and will |
not be satisfied short of a complete settle |
ment of this pressing question.
If Breckinridge is chosen by the eIecto-
raj vote (hardy a supposable case), or Lane !
by the Senate in the event of failure to ,
elect by said vote, the American people, /
according to the forms of the Constitution,
will have decided that Slavery shall be ex-
tended indefinitely under the Constitution, /
and that Negro Slavery is the sole end and |
aim of this Government. If Lincoln is /
elected, the people will have decided that /
i- IL aI
that the Constitution does not recognize |
property in slaves, outside Of the existing /
slave States; and that slaves cannot |
be taken into the territories and be pro-
tected there under the Constitution
Here is the issnc plainly made up--here
are the TWO principles striving for mastery. /
Lincoln is the great champion of Freedom |
Breckenridge Of Slavery. BY voting for
Bell and Douglas you but shirk your solemn
duty rs an American citizen and play the .
co,royd in this our great but peaceful Revo-
luton
Lincoln and Breckinridge-th represent /
atives of Freedom and Siavery-are before
you. "Choose ye this day whom ye will |
serve"
g1Ig@ Mr.. Cornelius Sleight, Agent for
Ensign, Brideenan Tanning s New York; I
excellent Maps, is still in town. He has
been doing very well in the way of getting
and viii be here a few days
longer. He has the " Cottage Ornament
and the County Map of the United States
both of which we have heretofore described.
Every family should have one Of these maps .
for reference. They are excellent maps,
and reasonable in price.
THANKsGIvING.-It will be seen by the .
Governors Proclamation, published else
where, that the 10Th day of November,