The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1864-08-13

We end in the Journal Of yesterday the
following platform. which il aaya waa man
ufactarod by enc whose position and knowi
e1gs e.. tho events Of the country make his
eiews worthy Of consideration This plat
form ia intended Tor The consideration Of the
Chicago Convention. aud ll Il said that the
author Of e claims that the Constitution
containa within Itself ample provisions Tor
smergencies whether 10 peace Or IA var &c
re further says that ''the hfal plank "a broad
enough and sufficiently comprehensive To-
every Democrat ard conservative man IN The
country 20 stand upon. and further that "alI
other issues are factions. distIaciins, diaor-
gaming. aud injudieious The platform =
a. follows
The Union aad tho Constitution a. g.
lablshed By Washington and the fathers OF
the Republic.
?. In view Of the unconstitutional acts Of
Abraham Lincoln during the past three years.
aud OF bis manifest intention 20 control the
csming Presidential election by means OF
similar course Of procedure. Ike unnecessa-
~ psoclamations of martial Law. military N
Limitations and coercion, Government pat
ronage. bfibefy and fraud. arbitrary and m
constitutional modes and rules Tor voting
partisan prosecutions OF all military men and
civilians who presume % entertain or an
n0unco opinions adverse % his own, and by
= violation Of all constitutional and State
laws which stand IN the way of his personal
ambition or the success Of bis faction
de u Resolsed, That the Democratic Com
serva,ive and Constitutional men Of the 10y
Al States hereby pledge their fortunes.
their lives. and their sacred honor" TO de-
iend and preserve the freedom Of speech.
the freedom of the press. and the freedom
and purity Of the ball0t-box in the approach
ing Presidential election: that while pledg
ing ourselves u acquiesco Ia aud abide by
an honest aud fair election, ne solemnly de-
clare that we viii resist 10 the last extremity
any attemp, on the part Of the individual Ia
power 20 peTpslnalo his despotic and clam
itous reign by fraud. military coercion. or
other mode than that pointed oat by the
Constitution add laws of the United States.
We suppose. Of course, that this platform
meets tho approval Of tho Journal in all re-
speots. Bat It bears upon it thu stamp OF
villainy. What man can tell. BY TIA, plat
form. whether OF not Ne are involved in
civil war; Il totally igaores the fact that
the nation l. struggling ;or is life against
organized treason And yet the organs and
politicians ot that party discuse the very
thing altogether and continually, about
about vhish their platform says not word.
ibis platform. Of coufse. viii not BE adopt
d bat Que Of similar character will be
"a all probability. The fsctious must be
united. and tie teai usJ to DO IA, Is to
make platform which means everything.
and anything. a. occasion requires AZ the
Cincinnati Eaga.rsr sai,of the indianapolis
resolutions, they vii seek the poor advsn
tage Of an eqaivooai position Bu, the
people viii net bs deceived By these double
faced men and platforms. They demand
platform With a meaning 10 Il. and viii have
one OF that character rather than support The
revolving admixiuFe OF busseraatism and
treason. aimply because q 4 called demoe-
sacv.