Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1861-01-02

: mentinB on these extracts ne said.
Is itnOt better to
, aBear thoss ills we have
Than ny to others that we know not of.''
We see, by these indications. that it
contemplated to establish a monarchy =
We see il announced that this governmer
has been failure from the beginning :
How has it been a failuref Now. IN IN
: midst Of revolution, while the people ar
confused while chaos reigns, it issuppose
by some that we can bo induced to retur
TO a constitutional or absolute monarchy
Who can tell that we may not have som
Louis NaLoieon among us, who may b
ready to make IA coup d'etat, and enthron
himself upon therights and upon the llb-
critics OF the-peoplela Who can tell whs
kind of govsrnmentmay grow upf
RED NOT MADNESS.
Speaking for the State Of Tennessee, Nj
johnson said:
Sir, will staud by the Constitution o.
the country as it is. and by all its guaran-
tees. l am not for breaking up this great
Confederacy. sm for holding on 10 il a,
IL is. with the mode and manner pointed
out IN the instrument for its own amend
ment. II was good enough for Washing.
ton, for Adams. fnr Jefferson. AID f.r
Jackson. IL is coed enough for "a l i'll
tend to stand iy IL, and TO insist uppn y
c'- pl anc' with all i,s guarantees, North
and 5 .u.h
W. iauni to act in IN. Tnron. and un-
Ter thr C,csriLuuos. aud nVt out of IT.
| We do no' intend that yau snall drive :
out oi IA house. that was reared by the
hands of our fathers. 1t is or house Il
i the constitutional house We have a
right here, aud because YOU come forward
and violate the ordinances of this house, |
do not intend to go out; and ii you persist
| in the violation Of the ordinances of the
house, we intend TO eject you from the
building, and retain the possession our
selves. We want, II we can, to stay the
heated, and / am compelled to say, accor-
ding to my judgment. the rash and precip-
itate action of some of our Southern friends
that indicates red hot madness
WHY GO OUT OF rHE USIos7 WHAT is THE
MATTER WITH SOUTH cARoLINA7
Why should we go out of the Unions-
Have we anything TO fearf What are We
alarmed about? We say that you of the
North have violated the Constitution, that
You have trsmpled under foot its guarau-
ties; but intend to go 10 you IN a proper
way, and ask you to redress the wrong
aud comply with the Constitution. We be
lieve the time will come when you will do
IL, and we do not intend TO hreak up the
government until the fact is ascertaiued
that YOU will not 10 il. Where is the
grievance, where IS h complaint that
% esses on our sister 1c,h Carolina now2
is it that she wsnts- 10 carry slavery into
the Territories; that she wants protection
Il - - !, -sr
this very floor, her own Senators voted
that it was not necessary to make a statute
nsw for the protecrion Of slavery in the
TerritoriesT No longer ago thOn the last
session.
was going on to say that the want
of protection to slavery in the Terri
tories connot be considered a griev-
ance now. That is not the reason she
is going out, and going to break up
the Confederacy. What is it, then?
Is there any issue between South Car
olina and the Federal Government
Has the Federal Government failed to
comply with, and to carry out, the ob
liration it owes to South Carolina? In
what has the Federal Government fail
ed? In what has it neglected the in
terests of South Carolina? What law
has it undertaken TO enforce upon
South Carolina that is unconstitution-
al and oppressive?
Ifthere were grievances, Mr.. John
son said they should be specially sta
ted.
THE POSITION OF TENNESSEE AND SOUTH
CAROLINA COMPARED
Tennessee will be found standing as
firm and unylelding in her demand:
for those guarenlees in the way L
State should stand, as any other state
in this Confederacy. She is not quite
so belligerent now. She is not max
i ing quite so much noise. She is no
as clustering as Sempronius was il
the council in Addison's play of Cato
who declared that "his voice wa
still for war" There was anothe
character there, Lucius, who was call
ed upon 10 know what his opinion
were. and when he was called upon
he replied that he must confess hi
thou ghts were turned on peace /; bu
when the extremity came, Luciu-
who was d-hberalive, who was calm
, aud whose thoughts were upon peace
was found true To the interest, Of h
country Bspovsd himself to be a ma
and a solder; tOhite the other ,Cas
traitor and a co,Odrd.
LINCOLN ELECTION.
Mr.. JOHNSON proceeds to show tn
/; Lincoln's election was no adequa
4 cause for secession. If the Soui
: Carolina Senators would come baC
n and stay, there would be majority
six in the Senate against Lincoln
q the 4th of March next.
IS Am l to be so great coward as
u retreat from duty? l will stand he
= and meet the encroachments upon &
institution of my country at the thre
le hold; and as a man. as one that Low
p my country aud my constituents.
y will stand here and resist all encroac
d ments and advances. Here Is I
70 place to stand. Shall ! desertthe eli
: del, aud let the enemy come in q
~ ~ take possession? No. Can Mr.. Llnco
to send q foreign mir ster, or even cC
e; sui, abroad, unless he receives
'ts sanction of the senate? Can he |
NJ point postmaster whose salary
lis over thousand dollars year, wi
out the consent Of the Senate7 Sh
we desert our posts, shrink from {
-. responsibilities, and permit Lincolr
10 come with his cohorts, as we consi
y them, from the North, TO carry
j. everything? Are we so cowardly /
~ o' now that we are defeated, not conqu
or ed, we shall do this? Yes, we are
lu feated according to the forms of
the and the Constitution: but the real
'' or tory is ours the moral force is "
, is us. Are we going to desert that N,
No and that patriotic band who stood
so us at the North? who have stood b,
& rds upon the Constitution? They 81
led BY us and fought the battle upon ?
pie. clple; and now thatiwe have been