The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-02-29

We take this occasion to tender our hearty
thanks to our friends of the Enquirer for SUI
perseding the necessity on our part of
writing a lengthy article, giving our own
impressions and those of others in regard to
the conservative character of the Opposition
State Platform on the subject of slavery the
very liberal views expressed by it upon
the Naturalization Laws and the rights
of adopted citizens at home and abroad
and that praiseworthy Cancellation and con-
cession of both American and adopted eiti-
zens, which resulted in the placing upon the
State ticket of two representative men
Messrs James g. Jones and Albert Lange.
The iERqstirer of yesterday morning vol
untarily and kindly substantiated the po-
sitions that we have set forth above, and
which we intended to have formally taken
in a special article. OF course, snch a
position, taken by paper opposed to us
here, makes all the admission that we in
tended to have proven, and renders such
proof unnecessary. We advise all of our
| conservative and patriotic citizens of both
Democratic and Opposition tendencies, to
read thar which the Enquirer admits in its
able article of yesterday.
We mako some extracts from that article
to show how the very liberal and conserva-
tive character of onr platform and ticket
has impressed itself upon the minds of our
enemies among the Democracy, and how
admirably the conservative Oppositionists
of Southern Indiana have succeeded in
bringing the more radical portions of the
party in other parts of the State, to the
ground of good sense and nationality.
The late Republican State Convention
did not re-affirm the doctrines of the Phila-
phia Convention. 1t refused to entertain a
notion even, not to support candidate for
the Presidency who was not Republican
in 1856. The conservative side " of the
Opposition refused TO indorse or sustain the
Republican platform of that year. Now,
the Cincinnati Gazette says, the q conser va
tive side Z" of the Republican party can
not complain of the platform adopted
by the late Republican State Convention.
Again we thank our neighbor for so eff
fectually vindicating the conservatism of
our platform and candidates. While on
this subject, we give what the Democratic
State organ (the Sentinet) says, in taking the
same ground with our neighbor
The Republicans have stepped off their
| platform of 1856. They have not the
''pluck to face it in another canvass.
They ignore the issues they regarded as
vital principles not quite four years ago.
Emblazoned on their banners, in 1856, was
| the motto: % No more slave States" Now
! they are willing to admit slave States into
| the Union, upon terms of equality, if their
| inhabitants so will
| OF course: you see we are the true popu-
lar sovereignty party-not the bogus Doug
las article. The Sentinel then quotes two re-
solutions, one of 1856 and one of 1860, to
show that the ultra Republicans have been
converted to the true Conservative faith.
! We cannot better close this article-seek-
ing in the main, as it does, to establish the
conservative character of the State platform
and the harmony between the various
branches Of the Opposition, by the testimony
of our opponents than by quoting the free
admission of the Madison Courier as to the
conservative construction of our platform.
We preface the quotation by remarking
that the editor of the Courier is one of the
most extreme. as he is certainly one of the
most practical, sensible, and able, of the Re-
publican editors of the State:
The platform is the best one we have ever
had, and we understand that it is the work
principally, of the conservatives from the
Southern half of the State.