The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1864-08-08

DAVIS bolted the regularly organized Demo-
cratic Convention. ard run for Congress as
an independent candidate. against HESKY
sFoRrsr. the regular nominee. The Jour
nat. IT course. supported SFeEssT. and de- |
nonnced Mr. DAVIS 10 the lowest terms Of
Evaporation. 10 looking over the files OF the
Journal for 1853. we found "a IL columns
the following we'll, and plainly written CON-
pIiment % Mr.. Dsvr We sra not 10 tho
habit Of copying such language generally,
and we ast parion Of our readers. aud par
tsculArly OF the journal FOR DONG % - this
instance Here itis
sDaxis stands to-day - a traitor to his
Cod, for the violation 81 his pledge-as
made n l55G-that be would never - a can
didate agaiu; traitor % his county for Join
lng - enemleg 20 defeat - friends. and
traitor % Ms party for boiling - regularly
organized Convention man who Is mean
enough to bolt il A Convention. and become
= candidate OF The opposition. - mean
enough % teal the 'csrn from blind
big.
That = plain aiatement # the ease. tie
+ denounced a. a Traitor 70 ~ country.
Toe merely boiling nomination Tor Compress.
snd not onl7 that bar being mean enough
% 'sfesl corn from bliud pig Now il
the Jsssssi thought Il right IN iess. 10 de-
nounce a man az traitor 90 has country. SIM
ply because be left is partg. how "a il. that
4 ean fni fault with va now Tor charging
men With being disloyal. when they become
Grand Commanders ia the secret Order Of
the sSDns Of Liberty az organization,
which recent etposiiion shows. was originA-
tel for the purpose Of overthroWing the
Government aud for assisting ia armed enc
mics IA the SOUTH In one instance man
4 called traitor to his country" for simply
leaving his party. aud Ia the other he Is call
Ell Democrat. because he associates With
the party. while At the same time be plots
revolution aud treason.
And further. I, would seem that tho Jour
aai dill. about the year ISIS. al divers times.
use hard and bitter language towards one
Iossrn J.. McDoyALD. who was then enga-
ged. Al times, IN endeavoring TO force the
people = endorse tho Ieeompton Constitu-
ton On the evening Of March n, 1853,
Ne. MeDosttp made "A speech AZ the Court
House mere. and long criticism on IL ap-
pears ia the Journal Of next day IL chare-
ed him with having taken his stand IN favor
~ the admission 81 Kansas urder tho Ie-
compton Fraud And further. il says IN the
criticism. that Mr. MoDovAlp. when can
didate To- Congress IN the District. some
where about the memorable times of 1913.
addressed letter Of Free Soil tendencies 10
hia constituents, advocating the Wilmot Pro-
viao. and the abolition OF Slavery 10 the Dis-
trict OF Columbia" but that. the criticism
continues. "was several years ago. and he
lied not refer 20 that. a. every body knows he
= nov willing 10 make amends BY swallow
az tho pFo-slavery swindle Of l.ecompton. d
Tho Journal further continued - assaults
upon - present candidate for Governor. and
denounced him bitterly for hia vascillatlng
course. a. i did Mr.. DAVIS also. But nssr
how does the journal stand on the subject Of
slavery, and "a regard 20 the laen whom /.
Il then stigma,ized a. above II now fight.
Tor slavery, a. bitterly a. the verieal rebel n
the "conio,leracy aad assia,na the men
snom e denounced a. TRAITORS 90 theil
country. and ~ he,ag mean enough "a
"sieai corn from blind pig, ani a. will
.ng % swallow the Lseompton -w,nale +" q
compensate for their former Aboltlonisn, a
embodyine IN thrmaelvea the highest deere.
Il virtue and patrotism Int 10 aupposs
whsn they al became menbeta Of the Dc.
der Of the sons Of Liberty. they we're q
forget the past. that The effort for JrFr. IA.
r. ani his Govcramens might hc the NOR,
siecsivs. They are nac band Of broth.
ess. IA plot by the lie Of which that o.
AssoIp va us-pcctable. and that Of BrRRs
insignificant We're the two latter charac.
tiers alive uov. ani living IN Indiana. tAe,
would experience no kind Of dificulsy N be
coming Initiated into the Order referred 10
aud e would certainly be hard 70 cav the,
would not he called cool DsHoerafs al,
support d. " NooHHEsa fos Conrrsrs, en-,
VAttsSurcHsp for President. n sanford q q.
ton u The Constitution which the Orie
sas originated % ovesthsov snd destroy