The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-08-23
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COSsERVATIsM a..

s1TNo word in the English language has
been more abused than the one which
heads this article.
~ Conservatism means that which tends to
prevent decay, or destruction, or innova.
ton and yet JEFF. Davis and his miHions
style their allies in the North, who are as
sisting them to destroy, to Jr.ak dozen 10
subuert, the best Government on earth-ihe
conservative men of the North. But, per.
" haps, we should expect this, as secession Is q
iie, aud the secession. cause, from the first,
8 has been sustained by falsehood.
z CBut there is a Class of men who style
themselves the conservative men of north
!. who,are going to save the country, by estab-
+. ling, on .4irm basis the doctrines of the gen.
ine simon-pure BtSehdanGn' dsmocSaey. which
7 teaches that secession is Unconstitutional,
: but that the President bss no constitution
B power to4preyent it BY force of arms, be-
cause coercion is unconstitutional; that the
Y rebels must be permitted TO talk treason,
write treason, and act treason all over the
duu dSStSt III suUVeftlnR
Government, and they must. not be modest
led unless they commit, some "overt act;"
ID because it Is Unconstitutional to arrest aud
impris0n men for adisloyalty, and deny
them the writ OF 2hq6eas corpus. even in
In time of war.
+ shThat tits unconstitutional to coufscate
the property of rebels in time of war, be-
cause 'the constitution is alike applicable to
aiwar and leace;n and il provides that pri-
waite property shall not be taken for pnblic
| -nse Without just compensation: and. as logi
secal conse quence that inasmuch as the consti-
tulfon is applicable to peace and war alike,
no rebel should be shot, hung or bayoneted,
until after Judgment upon the verdict of
Jury; for the constitution is explicit that 10
man shall be deprived of life and liberty
I except by dae course of law, which simply
. means trial by jury. That it is the duty Of
|, all goud men of the North that are left at
home, aud cannot be coaxed, hired, or
driven into The field to fight, to do what?
L L To, sustain the Government, and bold up
1.-The bands of our brave boys, who are lay
ing down their lives every day that we
may enjpy the blessings of civil liberty? =
mo. Nv hat then? B" To put down aooli-
tionsm at the ballot box"
How? By voting for the nominees of the
= stb of January Convention, the body that
| coolIy proposed TO restore peace BY insist
/ ing on additional Constitutional guar anfies
| for the South in other words proposed that
/. we should lay down our arms and ask the
! traitors what they will have. Issaa.-.l, r i
's7a 2. By voting for the patriot, Dan. Voor-
/ bees; be who, vito the most solemn impreca-
tious said be would not vote man or q dol
\ -
downa Senator Wright, who is, of course,
an A6olitionist -seeera- De1 Z "a .-.-l-- :. :
~ 81 By voting for, Judge Law,gons ofshe
immortal Fourteen, OF whom may have
something to say another time = = =
Judge L. is a patriot he is not an Aboli-
zionist, True, be voted against thetax bill,
and thereby gave aidsand comfort TO the
/ enemy, by striving TO make Treasury Notes
| as worthless as Confederate Scrip; but he
indorsed the patriots, Voorhees and -Fajicn-
/ diqham and of consequence il is necessary
to vote for him IN order TO " put do,ea Aboi-
tionisn' b.. tsaa Ill bsyamsr sad 81 ia6i %
Nv But who are the Abo 'itionists to De put
down at the ballot box, let these men Them
1 selves answer. At the last meeting of ihe
faithful at Indianapolis, in Jply, the speak,
i ers announced that the administration. had
i become Abotihoaized. The faithful assen, cd
| with loud applause, and bave not dissenteoI
since, either byahefr Speakers orotheir Or
gaus., Whist then isCshe result ofthe prop
osition? Abolitionisn is 20 be put down at
i /, the ballot box. We have an Abotiaons I'D.
naturalization, an Abolition Government, and
therefore, striyeeo esade Il as they will, the
!. proposition is, to put dosen the Government a,
+ the ballot boz and hatlin tbs name of pat.
riotism And in the face of all this. thsss
men, cal themselves conservative. snd ask
i The loyal conservative men of the country,
who are trying to prsserge the Government
Ito JOIN them in fhls unhoiyE and unjust not
to say disloyaI, crusade against the Admin
istration. A UNION DEMOCRAT.