Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-11-21
TERRE HAUTE, IND.
mr.. Dourias, Letter.

ne oid not denver an address, but he
wr0tea letter, which 10 the main is very
good, but which in one particular is ex-
ceedingly contemplate. He takes decided
grounds against secession, and says that
the election Of Lincoln is no cause what
ever for such an event. We do not propose
to review the letter however at this time,
but in one particular. Iu speaking of Mr..
Lincola he SAYS:
'In a minority in both houses of Con
gress; with the Supreme Court to expound
the laws and restrain all illegal and IN
constitutional acts, the President will be !
utterly powerless for evil, If he should |
have the disposition TO do wrong. Even |
in the distribution of his patronage, he |
he would be dependent upon the Senate for !
the conformation Of his nominees to Office, |
so thai he cannot appoint a bad man to
Office without the consent of those in whom
the South coufdes. A partisan President,
thus tied hand and foot, pOwerless for
good or evil, without the consent and sup
port of his political opponents, should be
the object of pity and commiseration rather
than Of fear and apprehension, by brave
and chivalrsus people. What good or
harm can he do TO anybody, creep to humble
the pride and toound the sensibilfies Of q large
portion of the Amer lean people by occupying
the chair once filled by Washington, jefferson.
Madison and jackson? Does this fact fur
nish sufficient cause for destroying the
best government of which the history of the
world gives an example2 Four years will
soon pass away, when the ballot-box will
furnish peaceful, leagal and constitution
al remedy for all the evils and grievances
with which the county may be afflicted.
I've italicise the period to which We wish to
invite the attention of the reader. What
good or harm can Mr.. Lincoln do" says
Mr.. Douglas, {" except to humble the pride
and wound the sensibilities of a large por-
ton of the American people, by occupying
the chair once filed by Washington, JEFF
ferson, Madison and Jackson"
Is it possible United States Senator
an aspirant to the first Office in the gift OF
a nation of freemen could be so mean, so
lost TO every feeling that characterizes true
manhood aud a gentleman. as to make
such fling a: his most distinguished and
successful rival. Sm:rting as Mr.. Doug
las certainly was. under the most dis
graceful defeat, that has ever overtaken an
ambitious partisan-crushed to the very
earth by the willing consent of majority
of the American people, still, with all
these unpleasant surroundings. be should
not have forgotten the courtesy he owed to
his successful rival-a rival too. who lhas
shown himself superior to Mr.. Douglas in
every thing which constitutes genuine
manhood-his superior in intellect-his
superior in morsls-his superior in all the
walks Of life, and his superior in the al
fiction of his countrymen. How is it then,
that the elevation of Mr.. Lincoln to the
seat once occupied by Washington, Jeffer-
son, Madison and jackson, "humbles the
pride and wounds the sensibilities OF
large portion of the American people?"
II this is the case, how crushing to the
pride and sensibilities of the American
people, wouiiI! have been the elevation of
Stepen A. Douglas to that sea-. naes not
the world say that in the contest of 1858,
in Illinois, Mr.. Lincoln triumphed over
Mr.. Douglas Does not the world say that
while Mr.. Lincoln is a moral, upright m an,
Mr.. Douglas isa disipated debaucbeef
Docs nst every one know that while Mr. 4.
LincoIn's morals are Ct the strictest charac
ter, those of Mr.. Douglas are q@sssstiondote9
Does not the world recognize one as an
honest man and the other as charlatanf--
the one disdaining to stoop to any thing
unworthy of his exsulted nature, the other
groveling in his appetites-groveling in
his habits. aud groveling in his instincts.
The one as much superior to the other as
is his manly PHYSICAL development--six
foot four inches.-to the pigmy whose
coat tail almost touches the ground.
Did Mr.. Douglas mean that the pride
and sensibilities OF large portion OF the
American people would be wounded, be-
cause Mr.. Lincoln had sprung from the
masses, to the first position in the world !!
II be did, the upstart aristocrats hunkyism,
IS only equaled by his cousummate dema-
gougeism. Mr.. Lincoln is to-day the most
glorious embodiment-the most perfect re-
preventative of the working millions Of
this free and equal government, who has
vet started for the Presidential chair and
while be stands this moment the peer of
snv other man upon whom the bright sun
light falls. he still fee,= himself but peer.
and Judges all men by their individual
merit. No more worthy man since the
days of Washington ever occupied the
Presidential chair. None more honest,
more capable. more upright.
Then Why should Mr.. Douglas-he who
has been discarded by his own party-by
the very town in which he was born-by
the city where he resides-5y the State
which he represents in the National Sen.
ats-by every northern State, and all
South save perhaps one-why should he
thus speak o. Mr.. Lincoln. lie whose deb
auchees have no. on destroyed himself
10 the prime Of life, but has corrupted the
youth of the country is bankru1
III a. HcAA 40 III hicohog obd VIZ
has Just Seen rejected by the American
public, in a manner so signal. so over
whslming and % crushing that it is the es-
cen.e of superIativs audscity. for him ever
again to be seen outside OF the political
grave ia which he is now lying.
The pride of the Little Giant" We
have no doubt is humbIed.-his sensibiii-
ties are wounded At the electio" of Mo
Lincoln. but vhile this may be true. the
great majority Of the American people are
delighted at the elevation Of an honest man
to the Presidency. and tickeled Into rap
lures at the humiliation and defeat OF
Stephen Arnold Douglas.
M The President has subscibed 500
for the relief Of the sufferers IN kansas,
and promises to appeal u Congress ~ their
behalf.-Cin. Com.