The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-03-01
Uhe 9ailu 9nmrnal,
plain Talk.


ot," Feb. 4th, by Mr.. Henry Fauntleroy
formerly of New Harmony, Indiana, but
for the last ten years resident of Nash
vile. The arguments in favor Of a settle
ment of the differences which now divide
the North and South are so well presented,
that we are sure our readers will be pleased
to have an opportunity of seeing them. 1t
is the first time since the Presidential
election, so far as we know, that a Southern
man, while at the South, dare do justice tc
the patriotism of the people of the North
Mr.. Fauntleory is natiUe of the South as
we'll as a resident; this gives his words more
weight. We should not be surprised that
this timely publication had much influence
in producing the result which was seen on
the 9th of February at Nashville, when
there was large majority in favor of the
Union ticket.
We also publish poem by the same au-
thor, in which the motives for our continu-
ing in the Union are so sententiously group
ed together, and the melody of the rhyme
so perfect, that it cannot but delight every
one who peruses it:
Listen not to the
counsel8 of unscrupulous politicians, who
expect agitation and turbulence to raise
them to the surface from the depths of OBJ
livion to which peaceful state pracipitates
them. Listen TO those, and impugn not
their motives, nor turn your denunciations
upon them, who seek to establish right
understanding among you fthe views and
opinions of the leading men of the North,
and of the people of the Northern States
| tell you, then, you are deceived. Gov.
Harris tells you in his message, that all the
Northern States have enacted penalties
against the enforcement of the fugitive slave
law. This is untrue. 1t is hard to throw
charity around such mischievoug ignorance
in the present excited state of the country
Gov. Lane; Of Indiana, in his late message
says there never was a syllable on the
statute books of that State to interfere with
the operations of that law. l know from Il
long residence il that State, that her peo-
pie are as conservative, and as true to the
South, as Tennessee or any other State
Years before the enactment by Congress of
the fugitive slave law, Indiana provided for
the restoration of slaves that might escape
TO her borders, by passing a law Offering
$500 reward for the apprehension of any
such fugitive. | have given several letters
to gentlemen Of this State addressed to
friends in Indiana, to enable them to recov-
er their escaped negroes. They were always
successful, and, on their return, expressed
the highest satisfaction at the prompt as
sistance afforded them in regaining their
property.
have no patience with these sweeping de-
tamations that make no exception of a State
that has ever been true and loyal to every
Constitutional obligation. What keen
thrust Indiana might give to Gov. Harris call
session that so boldly demands the repeal
of unconstitutional enactments by North
ern States affecting our rights and at the
same time passes a retroactive stop law, a
thousand times declared unconstitutional by
our own and by all the Courts Of the cOun-
try, and which will infiict far greater dam
age to Northern creditors, than all the per-
sonal liberty bills of that entire section ever
did to the whole South. I know the people
of Indiana to be as virtuous, as law-abiding,
as gallant people as those of Tennessee, or
any State in the Union. They were so, when
lived among them. They are still so, or
nv blessed christian mother would not now
abide there and my brothers and sisters
would fee her borders back to their native
South. | stand here ready at all times to
vindicate the fair name and honor of that
State, where was the birthplace of all the
children have. Yet that State gave 90.
900 majority to Mr.. Lincoln. Why T?
will tell you, and an explanation of that
vote contains, think in a great degree, a
solution of the recent action Of the North
On a visit in July last to my friends in that
State. we talked freely of the election
No hostility to the South was in any IN
stance avowed. My old Whig friends ex-
pressed the highest admiration for Mr.. Bell
and for his efforts to prevent the repeal OF
the Missouri Compromise line. They said
however they could not vote for him. be-
cause-(k knowing your men better than yOu
! do theirs) though he had opposed that re-
| peal, neither he, nor his party, nor the
press of the South, advocated the restora
/ ton of that line. That no man would be
/ sustained by a single Southern State, whC
| would advocate it-that its rerGal, and tht
looIo-at;l., r. ss-7-r,o-ot 70 mol II
| the South, that the free institutions Of 81
( the Northern States should be overthrown
and slavery should be planted even arounC
the foot of Bunker Hill, had forced the issu
upon them that they must meet that MI
Lincoln was an oIu-lIllS w DIBJ maintaining
the views Of Mr.. Clay, who had expressed
as strong opposition to introducing SLAYER.
into the territories as Mr.. Lincoln ever had
and vet was willing to compromise th
question that Mr.. Lincoln was commende
to their support by his exalted persona
character and high mental powers, and tina
by his election they meant but to proteC
themselves, and check the spirit of SLAYER
propagandism in the South, that was eU
deavoring to override every other intere;
OF the counuy-that they meant to clea
out the foul Augean stable at Washington
and put their fiat upon slavery agitatio
, for eyer-thst after the election, if til
South were to manifest any disposition TO
fair settlement of the vexed question, the
would be met in a spirit of reciprocal cor
ciliatiou.
= They asserted that they meant no mo-
, wrong to the South in voting to iuterdi
slavery in all the territories, than the Sout
did to them in declaring their intention
i. force it into all the territories-that the
had the same right that We had, and thoul
I their views were in accordance with Il
,,rav,;o1s action of the Government fro