Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-10-10

But we do gain something by
Lanes election, in my Judgment, aud,
therefore. shall vote for him. He is
an old WhiS-educated in the faith az
taught by Henry Clay: He and
have fought so many Whig battles
together that l think l know all the
impulses and lnclinstions of his mind.
His election, therefore. will. upon all
the issues Of the old parties, revive
the spirit of Whiggery. for which |
have been all the time laboring. That
will be something gained.
But il is said that Lane advocates
the Wllmot proviso. that's true, but
1t is an abstraction. and the Demo.
cratic Senate can keep it from being
passed during Lincoln's administrs.
ton, If he is elected. The present
status OF slavery cannot be chsuped
during the next four years. Hence.
there is no necessity for the proviso.
Nobody supposes il possible for sla-
very to go to Pixies Peak. Besides
Mr.. Hendricks advocates "Sq zstter.'
and If lived in the South aud wanted
to extend slavery. would prefer the
Wilmot Proviso, for that can be met
and fought in congress. while Squat
tea Sovereignty is but synonym for
freedom. Each, however, alike con-
tinues agitation-the one in Congress,
the other in the Territories. The
last is far the worst, rs fhe blood shed
in Kansas shows.
We all disagree with Lane and Hem
bricks both. and have got to choose
between them or not vote at all. In
1856 many of us chose not 10 vote at
all, because there was no point of a
greement between us and either of the
candidates. though our Kentucky
friends advised us to vote for Morton.
But not so now. There are points of
agreement between us and Lane.
We agres almost entirely upon every
question except that Of slavery-hav-
ing been Wings together. Now, il,
as Governor of the State, he has moth
Ing to do with slavery, and his elec-
ton will do anything Misunderstanding
the principles of the Wing party, is it
not manifestly our true policy to vote
for him? If we vote for Hendricks
we shall perpetuate Democracy in the
State, and when it comes to shout
again to the revival Of It's power, we
shall be greeted by the cries Of "Plug
Uglyism,' "Know Nothingism," "
Midnight Assassins," and all those
other sounds so grateful to the foreign
ear. Did anybody ever hear of Dem
Gratis making party bargain that they
didn't gsir by it? 1t will be SO now.
if we make one.
But we are urged to defeat Lincoln
that Bell may be elected by the House
which assumes that Lincoln is likely
to be elected by the people: If the
election goes to the House [ hope Bell
will be elected-but hoy it is to be
done puzzles me not littbe. 1t takes
the votes Of II States to elect. OF
these we have one, Douglas one, Lin
coin fifteen, Breckinridgs fourteen,
and there are two tied between
Americans and Democrats. If we
make bargain with Douglas he
may possibly, but not certainly give
us one-that makes two. The breach
between him and Breckinridge men
is SO great that he cannot give us any
of their fourteen votes that's certain.
So that we will have to make another
bargain when we get into the House
in order to get them. That we can
not do, If they carry a majority of the
Southern States, for they would pre-.
vent an election by the HoDse in order
to elect Lane by the Senate. But how
are we to make bargain with them?
Our friends in the South denounce
them as disunionists-thus not only
offending them but making the breach
between us and them wider every day.
Will they forgot all this? Or if they
trade with US 80 as TO give US their
votes. unless we give them an advsn-
tage proportionate to their greater
number of States over onrs?-Rea-
soning from our general knowledge Of
the springs of political action, we may
suppose not. What then? Are we
TO make concessions to this disunion
Democracy and thereby make our
selves parties to its doctrine of seoes-
sion. which we have always considered
treason? l am unwilling to do it and
| think the conservatives of this State
are.
Can we get any Republican States!
The combinations with Democracy
10 defeat them drives them away still
farther from us; and they will not be
likely to reward us for it with their
votes, unless we make terms with
them. What terms? Nobody can
tell. So that the plain proposition
submitted to us is that we must go to
the House to elect Mr.. Bell by the
votes of sectional men, and our Ken
lucky friends think that they had
rather he should be elected by the
aid of Southern sectionslists." Do
they not see it exactly from their
stand point, to prefer an alliance with,
Northern :sectionalistsG There lies
the danger; for these things but tend
to keep open the wounds which are
already bleeding; whereas, our plain
course ofduty is to stand our ground
firmly and eschewing all alliances with
either party, let either come to us.
without bargain or barter, and thus
let the world see that the integrity Of
our motives and the conservatism OF
our principles have been vipdicated.
1t is impossible for me to pursue
this matter farther. l did not see the
address of our Kentucky friends until
last night. have this morning written
nearly every word of this communi-
cation while riding on the, cars. and
am, as / write these ] ast sentances
getting ready to step upon another
train. But l could not omit saying
what have because Of my anxiety TO
see the integrity Of our party firmly
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