Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-10-03
Illinois Politcs--Letter from q Bell
and Everett Elector.
To G.. d. Prentice. Editor Louisville Jour.


DEAR Sir II have just read an article
in your paper. addressed to the conserva-
tives OF Illinois aud Indiana. You start
out with an abundance Of fattery, giving
them (the conservatives) to understand
that they hold the balance of power. and
therefore their action is Of exceeding mo-
msnt you seem to think that our position
10 one Of deep responsibility, and do not
doubt of our meeting that responsibility
worthily. All Of this We take down with
q very good grace. for we are all more or
less susceptible of hattery-we seem to
inherit it from our grandmother Eve but
you have not piled on the agony high
enough you have not succeeded in sugar
coating the foul and losthsome bait held
out to honest and high minded conserva-
tive voters OF Illinois and Indiana. You
were the las. man, Mr.. Prentice, that the
friends of Bell and Everett expected to
receive such advice from. We have al.
ways regarded you as a firm uncompro
missing Union man, and l am at loss to
account for your sudden Jim Grow move.
ment. There must be something "rotten
in Denmark" Have you, too. Joined in
the unboly alliance OF Dean Richmond,
Hunt, Brooks d Coy Is it zone to this,
that the old line Wings of Illinois and Of
Indiana, are To be bought aud sold like
cattlef Shade of Henry Clay forbid it,
and defend us from this abominable fraud.
l am no political wire worker, nor one
OF those that staod behind the scenes, or
that shuffies the political cards and cut
for deal, and cannot therefore fathom the
dark recesses Of political schemes aud dis.
honest politicians but am simply . lover
Of my country, q Unioa man and my
highest ambition is to see my country and
my countrymen prosperous and happy,
and to see the bitter feelings and animosi-
ty now abroad in the land buried forever,
and shall therefore oppose, TO the bitter
end, this unholy and wicked attempt to
sell out the Union men. of my own State
at least to Stephen Arnold Douglas. |
here proclaim to the Unisn men of Illinois
ard Indiana that there is fraud and
trescbery afoot this thing smells Of cor
ruption. Stand firm, Union men of Illi-
nois he not deceived be not sold. You
have candidates Of your own that you may
we'll be proud Of, aud thank God that
there is not a Henry Clay Wing. in my
knowledge, bat what would scout at the
very idea of voting for Douglas. What
ask an Old Line Wing OF Illinois and
lndisna TO vote for The rsviler aud Sian.
derer Of Henry Clay to vote for the most
bitter and hostile opponent that ever the
Wing party had to vote for the man that
tore the Missouri Compromise from the
statute book and ;rampled it under foot
TO vote Tor the enemy and bitter opponent
Of protective tariff: vote for the man
that is the author of all of the present
hard feeling and bitter luminosity now ex-
isting between the North and the South
xysxfa r. L.. l. L..
South. who has betrayed the Northr No.
never never neveri No, Mr.. Prentice,
ask anything but that at our hands. Ask,
us to stay at home the 9th of Noveni- |
Der, ask us 10 vote for Breckenridge or for |
Lincoln--for they. at least. are honorable
men-ask US to do anything that there il |
the least spark of honesty and honor about
il. and we might be induced to listen To |
you with respect but SO lsng as there is
the least and smallest atom Of integrity
and moral honesty in fallen man, never
again be guilty Of asking 1t our hands
such a monst-ous sacrifice Of honor and
OF principle. No, Mr.. Prentice we know
hsw 10 vote and whom TO vote for, with
out your dictatioD we have chosen our
leaders, Bell aud Everett are our candi-
dates, and we intend to vote for them, re.
gardless Of consequences. They are men
Of principle. men Of character. We point
with pride TO their political record, and
we honestly believe that II they were cleo
I'd we would sgain SEQ prosperous times,
he Wholesale frauds and speculations on
he public treasury would cease and 10
,rown all the North aud the South would
again be at peace Douglas "g-r-e-a-t {
,-ri-n-c.i.p al" would then be buried
tut Of sight. brswling pot.house politi
ians would be shAmed into silence, and
hose who go about the country patching
lp coalitions and dickering and trading q
n politics. would be frownsd down and a {
mark put upon them, so that every honest
nan might know them. But should our
be defeated We will have the
'roud satisfaction OF Knowing that We. the q
Of Illinois aud Indiana,
TODD up to the last for our princip Piles, and !
hat we never deserted our flag that we {
psrsued no round about way !" that We :
fused with no party. traded with no par 6
y. And we think by voting and so
citing, that IL will meet with the approval e
every honest politician North aud South. '
'our puny attempts to Brighten us into u
be support of Douglas by the cry Of Sc
sssion and disunion will utterly fail :,
Why sir. in your own gallant and noble y
tate, the home OF the immortal CLAY,
lere are enough OF Union nsn to fax out b
nd put to fight the whole army OF dis
nionists in the South, and We have
Dough OF the same sort 10 the Sucker
nd Hoosier States 10 rout all disunionists b
nd fanatics in the North. This cry Of h
isunion aud secession has had its day, it
oss not answer for even good sized bug
boo to brighten little children with any
Iors. That there are hard feelings and a