The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1864-09-21

position impregnnble would passsfrcm Ia
and when that moral strength has passed |
AWAY ulslerial forces are no longer effect |
i've. or even available By such proceed
ing we shall have agreed with the enemy,
and shall. have given him the victory
But in that agreement the Constitution
AID Union VIII have persisted, because
when Il shall have once been proved that
a minority can by force Of circumvcDtion
defeat the fnll accession Of constitutions
ally chosen President thereafter, though
elected by ever 80 large majority, can
hops % exercise the Executive powers un-
opposed throughout the whole county
One or two things must follow that fatal |
error. Either a contest between your
newly elected compromise President, and
the same usurpcr, IN which the usurper
must prevail, or else q combination be-
tween them through which the usurper or
his successor, subyerting your constitution
and substituting his own, will become
President King, or Emperor OF the Uni-
States without foreign intervention II
necessary. That's 80. To be sure u Is
20. nothing l. more certain than that eth
OF the United States and their ConstItu-
fional President. or the so-called C0nfeds
dent. must rule within the limits Of this
Republic therefore regard the pend
ing Presidential election, as involving the
question whether hereafter we shall have
a Constitution and country left us How
shall we vote then 70 save our country
from this fearful danger Vote Lincoln
in again. You have hit it exactly my
| friend. We must vote Lincoln in again.
and fight him in at the same time. IL No
DO this the rebellion viii perish, and leave
| no root. II we do otherwise. we have
| only the alternatives Of acquiescence IN a
perpetual usurpation, or Of entering an
| endless succession Of civil and social wars.
Upon these grounds, entirely irrespective
Of platform and candidate, L consider the
recommendation Of the Convention at
Chicago, As tending 10 subvert the Re
public. It's so, that's fact.
| IL will seem hard thing when imply,
that party like the Democratic party can
either mediate or bliDdly adopt measures 70
| overthrow tie Republic All experience,
| however. show that IL - by the malice OF
great parties that Tree States have been
brought down 10 destruction. You often
hear alarms that party 10 power - subyeft'
ing the State. and !, sometimes happens 40
| But nine times out OF ten. l. - party on
OF power, that in its impotence or ambition
sverthrows Republic
The Democratic party. OF course leaving
OF the loyal Unios Democrats, opposed ths
election OF Abraham Lincoln IL lobO. IL
doing so they divided and organized Il
three columns. One, reasonable column
Of State rights, disunion Democrats, unde
, Breckenridge. A second. a loyal Northern
column. under Douglas The third, concil-
, arory. flying column, under John bell, wn'
| has since Joined the insurgents. We there
fore invite the two loyal columns &c com
blne with the Republican party 20 oppos'
the disunion Democratic column. They de
; | clined On the eve of tie election IN le6O
told the followers of Douglas aud of Bel
! that when the election should hsye closed
they would tod tbs, they had inadvertentl,
favored di-union and rebellion. They per
sisted, and the attempted revolution came
| Dsuaion then presented itself. 10 the prac
, teal torn OF preventing Abraham Lincoln
from assuming tho Executive authority. =
Thus the Democratic = party produced th-
calamity. toe southern Democrats actin
from q. ign, the northern Democrats pas
\ | siys through iDadyertauce. The disputes
p succe ssi0n still remains unadjusted A ne'
II election has came on. For time. th
@ northern Democrats, with notable exception
+ gave d more or ie-s liberal support TO -
r Government. against the Democratic insur
, gents OF the South. Bai the same Demo
= cratic forces which figured IL the election q
4 leo, now appear Ia the political field. wit
+. positions aud policy unchanged since tha
that time. a. / think, except fer the worse
The Southelu Democracy Is still IN the arm
under tse usurper at Richmond. The Doug
Ia. aod Bel co iumns consolidated. are iou0
al Chicago, and All three OF the parties a.
q comprising tie election OF the constitution
y Pres aelt y ne United States. They agre
not o1iy io thi- attempt. but they assign q
same reason ior u. namely. that Abransf
Lincoln Is a 1yraut.
They agree. llso. that the real asupef a
Richmond i blAmeless and pure. a. least Oh
e Richmoud Democracy affirm Il. and th
I. Chicago Democracy do DOT es.nsay IL. I
y ne, therefore. the Democracy AZ RIchmoo
4 and the Democracy az Chicago. like Cesa
o AID p0mpeg. seem a. ret in ali their origsl
family Tesem blauce They are very muc
q AAke-espseiaiiy Po.apey. But II Is 10
e l. acre exlsrnals that tbeir slmiIarl
e raes. The talk vsy much alike. as | hav
already shown YOU. When you consi5e
e that 4monS lhs Democrats al Chicago ia
[ Indiana Democrats were present. who hav
/ imported Arua 10 res.sl The national aGtaerl
: y aud deie4. Toe national laws. aud thai a
, the Democrats there assembled agreed {
, justify hat proceeding think that you wil
agree VITA me that the Richmond DemocsAi
aud tao Chicago Democta have lately com
, 20 ar very much alike.
kesoired. TEa, thls convention does expii
ciieiy declare - the sense 81 the America
people. that. after four years Of failure 10 le
store the Union by the experiment OF war
during which. under the pretencs OF militia
~ war power higher inauthe Constitution
The Constisution liseli has been disregarde'
IN every part, and public liberty and privat
right eike trodden down, ADD the materia
prospef.t, OF the corntry essentially impair
: ed Justice, humanity. liberty and the publ
welfare demand tbat immediate efforts b
! made Tor oesssssos OF hostilities, with
view to an ultimate convention OF ali th
E States. or otbes pe4ceaole means TO the enl
that the earliest practical moment peace ma
be restored on the basis OF the Federal Unlol
. of tie States
, The Democracy At Chicago did Jus
what had been agreed upon by the Richmon'
, agents At NisgrA. namely. they pronounce 10
, an abandonment IT the military defence q
the Union against the insurgents with a vie,
10 an ultimate National Convention. and th
defeat ~ the election Of Abraham Lucols
That j. "a say. they proposed TO eject
Abraham Lineoss iron The Presidential chat
al Washington un The ith Of March ncxt. =
tee same time leave the usurper, DAVIS un
asssiled. secure aud unmolestst Ia bis seat a
Richmond, With view 10 an ultimate con
v@utiou G; S;ssss. which that usurpef'- con
, stiiution viii allow 10 Que Of the iasurgen
! States & enter. What sow, II there be n,
convention a. al "a y the convection fail 4.
: agree GA sgemissssa 10 the Federal author
: ~ Z jefferson DAVIS thea remains a. il
Z authority. b. Coniederscy established an.
the Unioa 9Th all ~ el0riss i gone forever
, Nay, more. u such thing could happea q
that the CA.csrs candidate. dominated upol
such an Agreements should De elected Presi
. dent Of the United States on the first Tues
day Of November next. VITO can vouch 10
the safety Of the country against the rebel
during TIE interval which must elsr<a befor,