The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-12-27
The Straight-Out Republican "
PARTY.

Party.
A movement is on foot, to call at Indi-
annapolis, on the 22d of February, a straight
out Republican State Convention, for the
purpose of passing resolutions and nominal
ing a ticket for the State canvass of 1860,
and appointing delegates to the National
Republican Convention to be held in June
next. A preliminary meeting of the Re
publican State Central Committee is to be
held on the 18th of next month. at Indianap-
oils, to make arrangements for said State
Convention.
The chairman of that committee, through
his paper, the Madison Courier, has com
menced, in offensive way, to dictate
who ought and who ought not to be per-
mitted to take part in the deliberations of
the Convention, and seeks to repeI all par
ticipaton in the work of the Opposition on
the part of such papers as the Evansville
Journal by asserting that we evidently
lean to the National Democrats" The
"National Democrats (so-called) are the
Lecompton Democrats--in other words, the
itor of the Madison Courier knows as web
as anybody that we are as far removed in
sentiment from that party as the North is
from the South pole. The Courier had no
right to make any such remark, Judging
from any statement we have made through
this paper; on the other hand, we have dis
timely set forth our sentiments on several
occasions, and if the editor OF the Courier
has read our paper, lie has made his ungen-
crous remarks with his eyes open, and for
the purpose of misrepresenting our position.
The Opposition of all shades in this sec
ton desire, above all things, the overthrow
of the present Administration, and all its
aiders and abettors. They know that there
is only one way of doing this, and that is
by union of all the elements Of the OPP
position in peoples party, and the putting
forward of some reasonable, good man, on
whom all can unite, with platform made
through mutual concession, and the COM
promise of varying opinions. It is the hight
of absurdity for the radical Republican par
~ to set itself up rs the Opposition per Sc
the only genuine power TO control organiza-
tiOns and dictate the course to be pursued
in the coming contest. That party is simply
one of the elements of the Opposition, and,
compared with the great mass Of conserva-
tive Republicans, Americans, Wings, and
Anti-Lecompton Democrats, but a small por
ton. 1t is entitled to q voice in the coun-
ellis of the Opposition, but by no means is
it entitled to an all-controlling voice.
and veto on all reasonable, moderate e-
forts proposed to keep the Opposition within
the beaten track of prudence, good sense,
and nationality.
We therefore throw out timely warn
ing to the radical Republican leaders, and
advise them to curb their impetuosity, and
to consider whether they can afford, in the
coming great contest, to do without the aid
of such conservative portions of the coun-
try as this If So let them 90 on in the
course they have marked out let them
issue call for Republican Convention
(straight-out); let them say, in effect, to
the thousands of conservative Republicans,
Americans, Wings, and anti-Lecompton
Democrats who are just rs anxious to over
throw the present Administration as they,
the said radical Republicans, are-'you
can come to our Convention if it suits you
we don't care whether you come or not;
but if you do come, you must take back
seats and behave yourselves"
Let them do thus, and small, We teaF, will
be the aid and comfort that the great
cause of Political Regeneration win get
from Southern Indiana, in 1860. But let a
Con gention be called in such a way that |
our Heterogeneous opponents to tyranny and |
fraud may be supposed to be invited to par
ticipate, and an opportunity given them to
modify the extravaganza of the radicals to !
the limits of good sense and nationality
and efficient assistance may be relied on |
from the Southern counties of the Stale.