The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-06-21

NUMaER 227
swords and our muskets, and compelling


be preferred to err with General jackson
rather than to shine with John g. Davis.
Did jackson say the Constitution should De
changed 10 suit the views of nullihers
of South Carolina. No but that the Con-
stitution should be obeyed and the laws
made under It executed. How could this
Constitution be changed without receiving
the ratification of tbree-fourths OF tue
States. As eleven OF the thirty-four States
are in the Southern Confederacy no amend
ment would be agreed to by them, aud the
result would be we should have to take
the Confederate Constitution. That is the
only concession that will satisfy them.
Abiding to the speech of Mr. Hendricks,
the President of the Convention, also, q
part of the proceedings of that body Judge
a. said Mr. Hendricks denounces sectional
parties, but yet appeals to the sectional feel
ings of Indiana, where he says the Interest
of the State looks to an alliance with The
people Of the Mississippi valley rather than
with those of New England. Aud for the
benefit of that miserable class who cry
"Judge Hughes has turned Black Republic
can" the speaker quoted from Mr. Hem
bricks, where be Gained that hundreds of
thousands of conservative Republicans
would join hands with the Slk of January
men, and vote and act with them in the fu-
ture If it was right for Mr. Hendricks 70
affiliate with Republicans he supposed it
would be equally right were be 10 eonclude
some day, to adjourn over, for the while,
his party views and vote with the Rel ubli.
cans in an unconditional Union organiza-
tion.
Mr. Hendricks was, doubtless, a loyal
man, but the force OF habit bound him to
plrty and led him TO mistake the interests
of the country.
arming the negroes he believed that il Was
entirely unwsrranted. Mr.. Lineoln's or
ders to Hunter and others was proof that
be did not encourage it. He, perhaps, be-
lieved as many do, that there were white
men enough to do the fighting. But, said
the speaker, if anything tends to drive the
country to arm negroes it will be that spirit
which is attempting to disatfect Northern
men toward their country.
An unworthy fraud had been perpetrated
by introducing what purports to be he
Crittendea resolutions into the PLATFORM
Many supposed this resolution was endors-
ed, whereas the vital words were omitted.
Here is The original resolulisn:
ResolVed by The House Of RepresentatiUef
Of the Congress of The United States That
the present deplorable civil war has been
forced upon the country by the disunionists
of the Southern States, now in revolt
against the Constitutional Government, and
in arms around the Capitol.
That in this nation i emergency, Con-
gress, banishiug all feeling of mere passion
or resentment will recollect only its duty
to the whole country that This t0ar is not
toaged upon our part in any spirit of oppres-
sior, nor for any purpose ofconquest or SUBJ
jugation nor for the purpose of overthTowiug
or interfering with the rights or established
E
maintain the supremacy of the Constitu-
tion, and to preserve the Union With all
the dignity, equality and rights of the sew
eraI States unimpaired; and that as soon as
these objects are accomplished, the war
ought to cease.
The first part is omitted altogether, aud
the second clause is perverted by substitu-
ting the words should not be waged," for
"s wsged," placing the justice of the war
as a matter of doubt.
Again, in the resolution which follows,
they agree to sustain war for the main
tenance of the Constitution" leaving the
inference that this is not a war for that OBJ
ject-
The gentleman who reported the resolu-
li0us, in response to an inquiry, said pub
licly that there was not a word or line in
the platform endorsing the present war The
whole animus of the platform is that IL is
not a war for the Constitution, but one
waged in disregard of it.
One resolution is in substance from
Douglas 18th of March speech--a speech
which be subsequently, fepudiated. Mr.
Douglas said: v.1 %
al repeat that whatever guarantees will
satisfy Maryland and The Border States (thsf
States now in the Union) will create q
Union party in the seeded States that will
bring them back by the voluntary act Of
their own people. You can restore and
preserve the Government in that manner
you can do il in no other" fasr
The resolution about the volunteers
coming at the end of such PLATFORM was
rather cold comfJrt. The boys had votesf
and had friends behind who. bad voteG.---
The response from the soldiers to the fra
mers of the platform, to the Convention
that refused to endorse Douglas, but which
passed resolutions endorsing the Sentinel
and editor, would be "Depart ye cursed,
we know you not.H sa
-GtF EMAScIPATfoHz
This war was not made for the emanci-
patton of the negro, and all assertions TO
that effect were made by men knowing
them to be false. He had his views upon
slavery, and had always candidiy express-
ed them. he was a pro-slavery man on
constitutional grounds. 1t was bis belief
that every negro in the country ought 70
have a good master or mistress. Yet he
didn't ask everybody to think just as he
did about il. He believed if peace were
made tomorrow there would be more
slaves in the country than ever. Under the
Constitution neither the President or Com
gress had the power to free slave. 1t
could not be done by proclamation. Butt if
in the course of war, and by means of the
war power, every negro is set free he
couIdn't help it, and wouldn't make IL
condition of his loyalty that such state Of
affairs should not occur.
Judge Hughes read the following from
the North American Review, for April,
1862, printed at Boston: 30
aThe United States have no authority 10 .
eulaucipate the slaves in Coy State excspt ss
it may be done in the suppressiouI OF an in-
surrection. The persons who rebel may be
punished through their property, and In de-