The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-08-20
USyARSlsHED FACTS.


hand bill is now being circulated in
this county announcing that the Demo-
Gratis and conservatives of Vanderburgh
county will bold mass convention at the
house of Henry W. Emendorf, in Perry
Township on Thursday, the 2sth day of
August, 1862, at o'clock P. NJ, for the
purpose Of nominating candidates for Rep
resentative, Sheriff, Treasurer, Commits
sioner and Surveyor" To this convention
all are invited who are opPosed-lst, to alb
olitionism, aud I'd, to secessionism.
We propose to present few facts to
show the people just what the authors of
this hand bill mean by prescribing the polit-
ical creed of the individuals who win be
permitted to participate in that convention.
Whst, then, do these men mean by sop
position to abolitionism," and to what
sGugSs ST G9gapGJh In tVh opposition to AGO.
litionisrr,h as they design it shall be inter-
preted, inevitably lead tt .tr
A similar faction 10 Posey county passed
resolutions announcing that while the vol
unteers were engaged in putting down re-
bellion in the South, "we pledge ourselves
to put down abolitionism and fanaticsm at
the NoTih." In nearly all of these conven-
tons this same faction has laid out for itself
work to be accomplished at the North be.
fore it aids in suppressing the rebellion at
the Southland that work is putting
down abolitionism." Now, when we ascer-
tain what these men mean by the use of
the term /" abolitionism," we arrive at the
exact object they have in visw-which OBJ
ject we unhesitatingly assert, is the Grip
pling of the Government and the aiding
and abetting of the rebels in their efforts
to secure its overthrow.
Judge Law in his speech at the Court
House, in this city, on Saturday, the 9th
inst, stated that be regarded the Address
issued to the Democracy of the country,
last winter, by the fourteen ESQ called) DEM
ocratic Congressmen, himself among the
number, as the proudest event of bis life.
He said there was a necessity for such
document at that time, because they 1.-THE
IA Congressmen) discovered a tendency on
the part of the democracy, to go off into a
peseudo union movement, which it was pec-
essary should be checked and the address
was issued for that purpose In other words
the Judge and his party associates-or rath-
er his party associates and the Judge--saw
that the people,, without regard to past
opinions and associations were rallying as
one grand Union party in support of the
Government, and to put down the rebellion;
they desired that such movement should
be stopped and the Address was issued for
that purpose. Why was it necessary to
prevent such Union movement Can the
people imagine2 Common sense can give
only one answer--these Oongressmen de-
sired to weaken the Administration in the
confidence of the people, and felt they could
only do go By recognizing the democratic
party. In their own names, they were
harmless; clothed ia the garb of democra-
cy, they we're potent for mischief a.
Previous to this, however, the opponents
of the war in this State had assembled in
convention at Indianapolis, on the 9th day
of January, last. A series of resolutions
were adopted at that meeting, which throw
food ofiight on the meaning of these men
in the use of the term abolisionism," and
"northern sectionalism." We desire the
people to thoroughly understand the machi-
nations ofthese couspirators and quote from
t6eil resolution sxlepsvrly. Tue 'hird
fourth snu fifrh-of ne series are as foliows'
That the or, sea-. ci4il war has mainly
,esnited- non ne I0se cor usuej, unwise,
aud fana,ieai agi alton, IA ne NORTH, the
question of domestic slavery; ihe consequent
Organization of geographical party, guided