The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-10-06


quarters of a century of almost profound
peace at home, from the succession OF an
equal OF longer term of desolating war
between It's Earring fragments?
/ thank God that when this class of
politicians took this ground the masses
of the Democratic party, as is clearly
proved by the muster-rolls, didnot follow
them. and that the politicians of this
school did not embrace nearly all the
leaders Of the Democratic party.
In our own, as in every other loyal
State, there are many conservative, wise,
and patriotic men in all the old political
parties. With them we can in our pres
emit troubles all take counsel 10
There are to be found men in all the
old parties who are devoted to the coun-
try more than to their party.
These men counsel us to moderation
and to union in our political efforts, and
in the selection of candidates to office;
and to lay aside for the time all party
asperities and teuds, jealousies and bick-
erings incident to party contests. They
tell us that any division amongst the
men of the North will prove disastrous;
that division amongst ourselves is the
chief hope of our enemies; and that all
signs of political discord encourages the
hearts and strengthens the hands of the
rebels
In opposition to these moderate and
safe counsels are the politicians who
with Buchanan and Breckenridge, sided
with our enemies; who took the British
and South Carolina view of the great
question of the right of selfdefence of
this republican government; who diff
fered with General jackson, and agreed
with John c. Calhoun.
These are the politicians whom the
muster-rolls show the people did not fol-
low. but who straightway began to follow
the people, and who now are loud for the
war Gin public) because the people were
| for it in spite of them.
These are the politicians who are NOV
| ing heaven and earth to organize strict
party opposition to the present Admins
| tration, which is spending its days and
nights in weary efforts to crush the most
widespread and wicked rebellion the
world ever saw These aspiring politi-
clans, in contempt of tie warning of the
| Farewell Addressssiof the Father of his
Country against the madness of party,
find no filter occupation than the organi-
cation of party, whilst their country
bleeds at every pore in death struggle
with rebellion.
NV fellow-citizens will choose their
own counsellors; and now, in the crisis
of their country fate, who shall make
war and who make peace. Let them
beware that no politician who has in
word or deed betrayed the principles OF
republican government shall have voice
in either Of these mighty issues of wal
and peace. For myself, like the drown
ing Hoosier There is honor in that name
now1, who, in swimming the creek, was
washed of the old mare, and @ed him
self by elinging to the tail of the colt:
think, with him, 1t S no time to swap
horses.
Whilst holding that we all possess the
sacred right of free discussion of all poll
teal subjects, | have always deprecated
the angry and excited agitation Of the
subject Of African Slavery, both on the
stump and in the halls of legislation.
Realizing that we; inhabiting boil
sides of the slave border, could live from
year to year in peace and charity witt
each other, have never had faith in thu
politics, the philanthropy, or the Chris
tianity of the fre-eatersr and the fanatic
who, living chiefly thousand mile
apart, found the country too narrow t
admit of their living together in peace
As a political question, certainly nei
Their the President or Congress, or bot
together, have any right to interfere witt
slavery in the States where it exists
As a war question, the absolute dispo
sal Of the slaves of rebels, as well as al
their other property within the reach o
power of the armies and navy of tn
Union, is necessarily confided to til
| President as commander-in-chief of tn
army and navy; and considering that tn
/ President has surrounded himself by
Democratic Secretary of War, Demo
cratic eommander-in-chief Of the army
and large majority of Democratic ger
erals in the field, certainly no homes
/ Democrat can complain that the Pres
dent is preparing to carry out any mer
party measures in the conduct of the wal
Very respectfully,
~ JOHN INGLE, JR.
+ EvANsvILLE, Oct LIST, 1862