The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-08-07
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Perhaps no political body ever assembled
in this country who brought upon them
selves such lasting iafamy as the delegates
from Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode
Island, composing what Is known as the
Hartford Convention. Politically every
man connected with it was ruined, and
every one who endorsed the proceedings of
the convention was forever banished from
all Offices of honor and profit. So odious
was it to the people that to be even charged
with sympalbizing with the movement was
sufficient to bring down their indignation
upon the head of the politician so accused,
and insure his defeat for the most trifliDg
Office within their gift however he might
be fitted for the position in other particu-
lars. The Democratic party, prompt to
avail itself of the prejudices of the people,
never ceases charging all its opponents
with being federalists-blue light federal
Ists-and their most powerful weapon
against the old Wing party, was the skill
full manner in which they used the public
feeling against the federaIists. The oppo-
siton to the Mexican war was met with
the cry of federalism, and Mr.. Clay
owed his defeat, in great measure, to this
popular " catch word" Our earliest les
son IN political life was thorough detes-
tation of all who participated in the Hart
ford Convention or had anything 10 do with
its inception.
TIE improved fire-arms-democracy
still cry " federalist," and the report of the
Committee of Fourteen, signed by Judge
Law and Voorhees,, speak of the members
of the Hartford Convention as traitors.
In looking over the proceedings of the
Unreasonable organization of 1914" we
have been surprised at the great similarity
between the sentiments and arguments of
those parsleipatin G in that movement, and
the articles that daily appear in the State
Sentinel aud Cincinnati. Enquirer, and the
speeches of such politicians as WickIiffe,
Carlisle, Richardson and VOORHEES,. The
tactics of the federalists of 1914 are the tao
tics of the "Butternuis of 1862. The adj
dresses put forth by federalist commit
tees are almost identical in spirit and style
of argument with the addresses of so-calIed
Democratic Committees of the present day.
The federalists were more patriotic than the
But,ernut democracy of the present day
They voted men and money while object
ing to the manner in which the Admins
tration was using them. The democracy
vote against the tax bill for raising money,
while they denounce with intense bitter
ness every effort of the Administration to
crush the rebellion. The Massachusetts
Legislature, which appointed q committee
to meet the delegates from the other New
England States in the Hartford Convention
voted 10000 men aud the means to put
them in the field. Voorhees, and Valan-
digham denounce those men as trait
ors, while they vote against every PROPOSE
ton for aiding the present Administration
in its efforts to overcome the Rebellion.
The federalists of Massachusetts were will
ing to vote men and money while opposing
the war and throwing oil their influence
against it. The treason Of Voorhees, and
Vallandigham exceeds the treason of those
federaliats in that they not only do all they
can in other particulars to discourage en-
listments and paralyze the Government, but
they vote against those propositions with
out whose passage by Congress the Govern
ment must yield to traitors. Will thinking
men reflect on this fact.
Law and Co.'s address to the Democracy
of the United States denounce the menu
bers of the Hartford convention as traitors.
We copy paragraph from report made
by committe Of the Massachusetts, Legis-
lature at whose suggestion delegates were
appointed to the Hartford convention. w.
trust our peopie will compare it with the
resolutions adopted by the various demo-
cratic conventions held in this State, to see
how identical the latter are with the former
in spirit, style and argument. Indeed, we
are almost persuaded that the speeches, res
olutions and newspaper articles of the fed
eralists' of 1914 constitute the principal
stock in trade of the so called democracy of
this year. We quote the following para
graph as sample OF how the federalists
talked:
"But while your committee think, that
the people of this commonwealth ought to