Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-05-30
de to have been in the short time his name

Bile 10 have been 10 the short time his name
has been associated with the nomination.
He will be more justly appreciated here
after,
Mr.. Seward is the great man Of the
times. 1t is gratifying to observe that the
Democracy, even, are finding out this
truth. Their sympathy, however, is very
much like that which they exhibit for Mr..
Clay aud Mr. Webster, Il comes a little
late. Mr.. Seward is really rs conservative
as Mr.. Bates. The men who are now sym
pathi<ine for him have been extremely busy
in manufacturing false impression before
the country, until they have really caused
IL to be believed that he is man Of ex
IRENE views. That great statesman has
expressed the opinion that between the
two forms Of civilization. into one of which
an element has been introduced hostile 10
the genius aud spirit Of our institutions,
and In which capitol owns labor. and in
the.otber OF which there Is no such oppos-
ing element, and in which labor owns it..
self, there is an 'irrepressible conflict" a
self.evident proposition.
Democratic politicians, aud men not pro.
Tossing 10 be mere politicians, who ought
TO be ashamed Of themselves. have caught
this Up, aud by their blatant aud menda'
cious rawlings. have made the impression
even upon the minds Of thinking men, that
this was a political hcresy. dangerous 10
the peace of the country, involving a con-
act revolutionary in its character, between
the people Of the two sections Of the con
federacy.
Believing that they had successfully poi
soned the public mind. insomuch that Mr..
SewBrd would be- easy 70 beat, they con
sidereJ themselves 10 perishing need Of his
nomination. and came to Chicago in scores
and hundreds, with The praises Of The
great New Yorker upon their tonguep -
They were not slow to declare his preemi
nent fitness for the Presidency. But +" 4
come home to roost." There they met th'
result Of their own labors, embodied in thu
fears OF men Of the border States, not In res
pect TO Mr.. Stewards eminent abilities, hi
enlarged views ,hispreeminet statesmanshi
his sound conservatism. but in apprehen
sions that they might not be able 80 far Il
owe come these false impressions as u
make his nomination prudent at this time
They have sown TO the wind and reap
the whirlwind." The very man Of al
others whom every body admits can con
csntrale united vote, and whose nomina
ton IL was their highest interest to pre-
vent has been chosen, and, in a larg
measure, II has been brought about by thei
own conduct. Once moro has that grea
moral proverb been verified, so quaint
set forth in the old version Of the Psalm
Of David by TAFT and Broadly.
He digged pit, be digged II deep.
He diggedi IL for another,
But that same pit he did fall in,
The pit he dlgged for iother
Mr.. Douglass is at the present tim
Aoundering at the bottom Of this pit.
Democrats pretend 10 be delighted Mt III
nomination of Lincoln /; but get hold Of a
honest one, one who thinks more Of trut
and candor than he does OF democracy Gan
there are such,) aud he confesses at ono
that the nomination we have made Is Ii
best possible TO ensure success. 80