The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1862-05-09

!. that the defeatoewas final. The political
4 supremacy of. the slaveholding interest
: the sway which that interest had previous
> ~ exercised over the General Governmeni
had been foreEer overthrown. To re-
! venge this defeat, and reverse by force the
e verdict of the ballot-box, was the primary
! purpose of the rebellion. --
That purpose has failed and the perma-
nent welfare and asettled sentiment of the
: country forbid any attempt to soften this
failure or qualify in any degree its disas-
trons effects upon Slavery itself The re-
beIlion has thas far proved fatal to the in
terest 1t was designed to serFeg The blows
!, of tho war which rslaEerybsinyoked have
fallen with mortal weight, upon Slavery
itself. The whole false structure of the
. institution has been shaken to its founda-
lisn.f Notonly have its sway over the ad-
ministration of the National Government,
and its hold upon the respectful liberation
of the country been rudely and thoroughly
broken, but the local laws upon which il
have rested have been seriously affected
by the tprssenceof our armies and the meas
uFes of military administration which the
emergencies of the country have required
However men may have differed hitherto
as to the power of Congress over Slavery,
there is now very little difference among
those who have acted together in support
OF the Government as to the practical ne
cessities of the future. We all agree that
| Slavery must never again be permitted to
increase its power by invading free terri
tory or bringing new Slave States into the
Union therefrom-that it musticease to exist
| in the District of Columbia, which is under
the exclusive jurisdiction of the sGeneral
GoVernment-and that the Constitution |
must hereafter be administered in the |
srse 1eR H. 4 G. - -.
of those principles on which our institu-
tions rest, and not for the perpetuation of |
Slavery. We alE agree that Slavery, so far /
as it may be of pecuniary, social or politi-
cal. value to any individual in rebellion
against the GOVERNMENT should be made to
bear the penalties which every such indi. /
vidual incurs by the guilt of treason or re.
sistance to lawful authority. And we all /
agree that in sustaining the wise and con-
stitutional policy of President Lincoln, by
which, through aid extended by the GEN
erals Government to such States as may IN
itiate measures for the emancipation of
their slaves, we may hope at some future
and not distant day to be delivered forever
from the curse of Slavery.
q Unless the country can rely upon the
establishment of these principles in the ad-
ministration of the Government, the defeat
of the Rebellion will give us neither indem-
nifty for the past nor security for the fu-
ture. We oppose, therefore, any peace
which shall leave in doubt the power of the
General Government to maintain its right
ful authority, and to quell any roboliiou,
hoxHeEer cr-Aa4,~-sa which shall leave the ma
terial ability of this treason but partially
broken and subdued. And when the end of
material operations shall come, we oppose
any terms of peace which shall recognize
any division of the Union, any concession
to the political demands of the sIavehold-
ing interest, or any acknowledgment of 4
their claims upon the General Government, !
except such as are distinctly conferred or
admitted by the terms of the Constitution. |
When the war is closed, we demand free
dom of speech, and of the press, In every {
State and in every section of the common q
Union. We demand that the citizens of '
each Stale shall be entitled to all the privi- 9
leges aud immunities of citizens in the a
several States. And while we proclaim {
anew our solemn purpose to stand by the Q
Constitution of the United States, and 10 :
respect all its provisions and all its guar
antics, we demand such construction of {
those provisions as shall conform to its es- a
sential spirit; and not, by converting it
into an instrument for the aggrandizement Z
and perpetuation of Human Slavery, per- {
vert it from its original purpose to storm a {
more perfect union, establish justice, insure '
domestic tranquility, provide for the COM
mon defense, promote the general welfare, C
and secure the blessings of Liberty to our
selves and our posterity." tfIs u
We can see but one way of attaining o
these results, and that is, by sustaining the g
present National Administration in its el
efforts to reach them. The Administration Il
If President Lincoln has thus far been ei
by wisdom, integrity, and 1t
success. Compelled to encounter dangers b
and difficulties of the most formidable p
it has met them with frmness p'
and prudence. 1t has averted the perils of q
ioreign war without any sacrifice of the p
national honor, and has commanded against
reason, corruption, and secret conspiracies q
II home, without any permanent or serious n
of personal rights Yet, in q
it has hitherto done, ana IN " y
--e-y rirfaE.eves DO; for the pres 81
,ryation of the Union and the restoration IL
# 5he Z aPd agth2Etg p gt Of ths G9asttg
men who claim to be Democrats, and who al
eek, by the perversion of the name of De- al
nocracy, and by the control of the organ W
zed machinery of that party, to defeat its m
policy and destroy its influence. We have cl
no. sympathy with such purpose. Nor r.
viii we act with Ruy party or set of men U
who will pursue such an object, either by j
organized or individual action, under what b
ever guise, or with whatever pretext, or by ii
whatever means, direct or indirect, that ac-
ton may be taken. ~ ares. ! p
AS good citizens we feel bound to resist c
and defeat all such purposes, and we are e
TO weaken our power for such an i,
effort by any act which shall divide our b
strength or distract our counsels, or sepa- d
rate in the coming election those who agree b
in the principles and policy we have thus il
set forth. a5Et meH lol t4y g1. e9 v
z We cannot reconcile ourselves to the be- e
lief that the time hRs yet come to revive
the feuds and distinctions which once di- il
vided and embitteFed toward each other D
loyal men "nor can we regard that man r
as safe counselor of the Government b
whose thoughts should be mainly bent, Eot Il
upon how the Constitution and liberties OF Il
the country may be best perpetuated and O
preserved, bat upon the restoration OF dis o
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