The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-08-02
The Butternut Convention.

We have read abe proceedings of the con-
vention of the so-called Democracy held at
indianapolis on Wednesday last-speech-
es and all. The resolutions we print in
another place. We would have thought it
impossible that so large an audience could
be collected in this State to endorse such
reasonable sentiments as were uttered by
some.of the speakers on that OCCASION. The
imported slaveocrats from Virginia and
Kentucky gave free vent to their infamous
doctrines that this Union onght TO be pre-
served only so long as it upholds and pre-
serves slavery, and their utlerances seem to
have met with hearty response from the
crowd assembled to hear them. 4 ~
Mr. Wickliffe spoke for long time, AID
one can End nothing in his whole harangle
that shows the terrible condition of the
country, and that indicates the necessity
for more volunteers. On the contrary,
everything be said has direct tendency TO
prevent enlistments and deprive the gov
eminent of the help it SO much needs at
the present juncture. He never spoke of
the wicked rebellion without coupling it
with the still more wicked abolitionists."
What be means by abohtionists may he
inferred from his maliciously false state
ment that t'the abolition party has swal-
lowed the Republican neck and heels" If
this be true, according to Mr.. WicklifFs
logic the President and his Cabinet are alb
olitionists, and being abolilionists are more
Vicked than JEFF Davis and his Cabinet who
are Secessionis.s. This is the only fair. con-
struction chat can be placed on his remarks.
The character of the audience maybe in
ferred when it is known that they loudly
spplandedthe speech which labored to prove
that Mr. Lincoln was more wicked in try
ing to preserve the Government than JEFF
Davis in laboring to secure its overthrow.
The reasonable sentiment ought to have
blistered. his throat il its utterance.
The veracIty of this remarkable inn
portation can be most fairly estimat-
cd from his statement that no State
in the Union is more deeply loyal than Ken
lucky. At the very moment he was utter
ing this palpable faIsehood lndianians were
endeaEoring to protect minority of Ken
lucky Union men from their blOodthirsty
neighbors who were seeking their lives
Indianiaas we're being waylaid and shot by
scoundreIs seereted by the way side, for no
other reason than that they wore the un::-
form of their country. What does Mr.Wick-
life expect to accomplish by promulgating
such barefaced falsehoods2
Senator Carlisle, of Virginia, followed
Mr.. Wicklife in long hsrangue, which
displayed great deal OF maleyolence to-
wards everybody who was endeayoring 10
save the country, while it did not contain
scarcely single paragraph denouncing
those who have done and are doing their
best to.destroy it.
Throughout the whole proceedings of this
assembled body, one looks in vain for q
manly, oulspoken word of encouragement
to those who are struggl pg to perpetuate
the eovernment whose destruction these
traftois look upon with so much indiffer-
ence. And these are the kind of men who
are imported into Indiana 10 persuade pa
trio,ic Hoosers. from rallying in defence Of
their flag.
These are the men who would persuade
the people that if slavery is touched the
Government is gone. Every other species
of property may be seized and appropriated
save the Divine right of holding slavesl--
The lives of our friends and children are
not 40 precious as Mr.. Wickihe's right to
own Dinah and Pompey, and thrash them
at his pleasure. And this is the doctrine
upon which the great Democratic party
propose tosrally. No, we are wrong. The
great democratic party are for the country
above everything else; but this is the doc
trine which those who have stolen the liv-
erv Of Democracy to serve the devil in,
propose to urge 10 aid Of their more manly
secessioufrieBds in the South II 81.
The treason is unmasked The cloven
foot appears. The great object of the So
called democracy Of the Northwest is to
divide, if possible, that section from the
Eastern States and attach it TO the slave
oligarchy Of the South, and form of the
two a new aud still greater slave empire.
We ask our readers to calmly read the
whole proceedings. The speeches we viii
try aud find space to publish, or at leas
those portions of them which developes thi.
new conspiracy. Tht,
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