The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-04-17
The constitufional-Union Party


The COnstItufiona1-UniO Party
Have made a commencement in their op-
erations in this State. They have held their
State Convention, appointed delegates to
Baltimore, passed resolutions, appointed
State Executive Committee, and taken 9th
err appropriate action. Their. proceedings
were published in the Daily Journal of
Monday. 80 '-'' &C., - rs. -t1~
Some of the most talented gentlemen of
the State are identified with this movement,
and they deserve credit and respect for.zeal,
sincerity, and patriotism. "a Go.J ~9
The future magnitude of this movement
depends entirely upon the result of the
Charleston and Chicago Conventions. If
those bodies take extreme ground, one way
and the other, and nominate extreme men
to occupy that ground, then the Constitu-
tional Union movement will assume pro-
portions vast and commanding, provided,
that it be carried out in a truly National
spirit The nominees will be national
men; there is no danger on that score.
The danger is that the Baltimore Con-
vention, in order to make its position very
strong in the South, will follow the same
rash councils that caused the Kentucky OPP
position in 1859 to out Herod the Democra-
tic Herod in the advocacy of ultra pro-sla-
very measures-that the platform will be
sectional to suit the ultraists of the South,
thus leading its Northern endorsers in the
same course that they condemn when fol-
lowed by Northern Republicans in an oppo-
site direction. I = sZa1l1
This course will deprive'the Constitution
al Union movement of that Northern sym
pathy which it must have to live, and which
it would gain ON a truly National platform
if the Charleston and Chicago parties should
take extreme ground one way and the
other. gte t.-~<
II, however, some national, conservative,
and able statesman like Edward Bates or
John Mclean should be nominated at
Chicago, we do not think the movement
above spoken of would become of much
consequence in Indiana or in any other part
of the North, except possibly the large COM
mercial cities. Even there it would prove
"a flash in the pan" We are we'll ac-
quainted with number of gentleman con-
cerned in the movement in Indiana and un-
derstand their views, their preferences, their
prejudices, their likes and dislikes. We are
confident that the large majority would take
no action either individually or III connec-
ton with others, to lessen the chances for
the election of either Mr.. Bates or Mr.. Nc
Lean A State Electoral ticket might pos
sibly be formed against those gentleman by
the Constitutional Union party but it could
not get vote of over thousand or so in
the whole State.
What the Union movement would amount
to in the event of the nomination of Seward
or Chase, even on moderate platform,
would depend on the Charleston nomination
somewhat. We shall not draw any conclu-
sions on this point, for we cannot believe it
possible that the Chicago Convention will
nominate Mr.. Seward or Mr.. Chase, after all
the solemn warnings and protests that have
gone up from Indiana, Pennsylvania, and
other doubtful States. We cannot be-
lieve that the example of 1856 will be lost
on the Republican politicians. If wise
councils had then prevailed, and John Nc
Lean had been nominated, that great states
man might now be President instead OF
James Buchanan.
acsnrad nv "a Gentleman intimate
ly connected with the Constitutional Union
movement, that it is not intended to inter
fere in the least with the popular Opposition
State ticket nominated on the 22d of Feb
ruary. The movement has reference entire
Nv to the National contest.