The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-10-06
Address Of John Ingle, Jr., to the
p PEOPLE OF YGnder1urgh County.

By large meeting OF cluzenS catled
together to hear the views of distin-
guished Democratic statesman on the
present national troubles in my absence,
and without notice or my consent given,
| have been nominated drafted, as it
was termed) as candidate to represent
you in the next State Legislature. |
have the honor to be known to very
many Of you; and you who know me
know that | have never been either an
office-seeker or a professional politician.
Now, when our country is distracted
by civil war, when the very existence
Of the Government is threatened by in
ternal foes in arms against it, | would
not knowingly add fuel to the consuming
fires of faction by becoming the candi-
date, or advocating the political views of,
any mere political party. The present
is no time for the organization of new or
the marshaling of old political parties in
hostile array against each other. 1t Is
tie time for the union of all loyal parties
in hopeful, determined, undying opposi-
ton to the enemies of the Government
Of our Fathers, by whomsoever admins
tered
| am, therefore, not the nominee or
candidate of any political party, but the
nominee of an assemblage of citizens of
all parties, and the candidate of all my
| fellow-citizens, who are willing, under
the pressure of public calamity, to lay
aside partisan strife and for the present
mere party advancement, and unite on
the one great object of putting down this
wicked rebellion, and restoring the su-
premacy of the laws and the Constitution
over the whole country. eI
Is it objected that this Union of par
ties, under whose auspices my humble
name is brought forward, is an old party
revived, and party ,organization2 |
reply by referring you to the platform,
which hereto append, and to the pres
ent character and the political antece-
dents of the men it has nominated to
office, both here and throughout the
State
But, by whomsoeyer nominated, in
coming before you for your sufrages
for such an Office, you have right to
know my political views and opinions,
especially on the grave and exciting
questions now agitating the country;
and it being impossible, from my own
and your other engagements in this very
busy and exciting time, that | can have
the pleasure of meeting very many of
4 you face to face, have thought proper
to thus address you in print
AS fundamental principle in demo
lcratic or republican government, hold
that a representative is bound to obey
the will of his constituents, and should
always hold himself subject to their in
struetions. Imay be permitted to add,
that it would seem to Inc that this demo-
cratic principle has been lately reversed
in the case OF q certain welEknown adj
dress by small portion of the Demo-
cratic representation in the last Congress
of the United States, wherein some four
teen Representatives assume the respon-
t sibility of instructing their constituents.
To go little deeper into the principles
of republican government: 1t seems to
me seii-evident that federal republic, to
be worthy of the name. of government
however silent its written constitution
on the subject-possesses, equally with
a constitutional or despotic monarchy,
t inherently as, the first law of its nature,
: the sacred right to defend its existence
and integrity BY all the means which
God and Nature have given it, against
; all domestic as well as foreign enemies
: no matter how combined or organized
t I believe the voice of the people,
though not the voice of God, to be the
next best thing to His voice; and in the
: voluntary response of million of men
: of all political parties, to the calls of a
President elected by only one, for volun-
teers to put down this great rebellion, ]
i recognize an affirmation of the principle
/ last stated,-the tremendous voice Of the
|, people.
:. 1t would seem that, in the main, the
: statesmen and the press of Great Britain
{ whilst claiming to the utmost extent this
t right of selfpreservation against rebel
5 lion to monarehies in general, and to the
United Kingdom of Great Britain anG
Ireland in particular, deny this right tc
e the United States. / am unable to see
!. why United Kingdom should pos
: sess this right, and the United States,
/ united republic, should not possess it
0 1t is, think. evident that in nature anC
necessity, in the absence of provision
for dissolution in the federal bond Oh
:, constitution, the cases are alike. But il
it not strange that the late Presiden
l. Buchanan, and nearly all of his school o
$ politicians, claiming to be Democrats
e should have taken the English and thu
, monarchical view of this vital question
To whom is good to come from that view
, of the subject--to monarchical or to re
: publican government? Each one of yoI
7 can answer that question.
= When the Buchanan, Breckenridge
= and Bright school of politicians took tht
= English and at the.same time the Soutl
Z Carolina view of this great question
= when they decided, in concert with oul
/; ancient foreign and present domestic
e enemies, that this great republic, which
:. in its infancy had been victorious in two
= wars with one of the first Powers 0
= Europe, possessed no war power agains
= rebellion at home, they indeed CAV,
:; - up the cause of republican government
y They betrayed not merely the Amer
can people, but the liberties and hope
- Of the world.
For, if that doctrine which we all cher
Or ish, that 8 All free government is base,
to on the consent of the governed, is, a
ar these politicians declare, to be carried +
the extent of suffering every subdivision
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