The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1862-05-17


tka aes 6Eaks call ca sGs sanitary sAsss
Ii very strong pEohsbiilp EEst a large
body Of men who have hitherto voted the
Republican ticket, now entertain the most
conservative views. In this particular we
do not understand why the address should
assume that the Democratic party is disor-
ganized.
with what the address recites as to the hard
ships and calamities that have resulted from
the civil war, there is no question of its
| truth. War is always expensive. civil
| wars are the most destructive of all kinds
of war. But if this rebellion can be sup
pressed, and the authority of the Union re-
established over the stiff necked men who
| at Charleston threatened civil war, then
the cost whatever it may be, in life or
treasure, will be comparatively cheap.
Better abandon our form of government at
once than leave it to the mercy of one or
half dozen States to destroy it at pleasure.
The address in its condemnation of abo-
| Iition as an ally of rebellion will be hearth
" commended; its frank declaration that
the Democracy will never waVer in sup
porting and maintaining war for the
suppression of the reballion, will also meet
hearty response.
The address does not propose any new
organization of the party, and though it
talks much about compromise it does not
suggest any terms upon which peace could
be restored. In this particular we think
the address is lame. The party is appealed
to to consider the benefits of peace, yet
| securing it.
The address purports to be issued by the
Democratic members Of Congress, yet the
telegraph brings Us only the signatures of q
very few. The names given are: Richard
son, Knapp. and Robbins of Illinois, Law
and Voorhees, of Indiana, Allen, White, No
BILE, Pendleton, Morris and Yallandigham,
of Ohio, johnson and Ancona Of Pennsyl-
vania, and Shiel of 0regon-fourteen in all
Where are the other Democrats in Con
gress? California has two Democrats il
the Senate; New Jersey has one; Delaware
has two; Maryland has one Kentucky ha
: one /; Missouri has two; Minnesota has on
lin all ten Democratic Senators. AnC
where are the rest of the Democratic Rep
resentatives2 Where are the Democrat
from New York? Have they no interest il
: the Democratic party2 Have the Demo
v Gratis from New Jersey no interest in tn
party2 Do Messrs. Ancona and johnson
contain all the Democratic blood of Penn
u sylvania2 Where is Cox of Ohio, upoi
b whose Democracy and political honest
IT more reliance can be safely placed than up
= on that of ten thousand Vallandighsml
Is he excluded? Where are the missin
y members from Indiana? Where the fou
70 from Rhode Island and Connecticut D
d these fourteen gentlemen constitute I'll
e party, or are they a committee appointed
represent it? If the latter, then Ohio an
10 VAllandighamIsm have too large a reprt
1t sentation. Where are the border STATE
J. representatives? Is the Democratic part
to be re-urs anized with Kentucky and Mi
- souri, left ou'?
= IL the Dem @ tic members Of Congress
Is who number p, rheps some fifty or sixty
& could not agree upon an address, then it
N a misfortune that one was Issued at all.
the people are to be admonished by the
f. Representatives in Congress upon the neces
+ sity of Union, why should not those repre-
e, seEtatives themselves put it into practice
N The fact that the address only bears II
!, signatures of about one-fourth of the Den
ocrats in Congress, irresistably carries q
o. conviction that the other three-fourths r
re fused to sign it. Division and disunic
ia then prevail in the Democratic Congress
ional family. If so, 1t is, we repeat, a mi
fortune, and the address should, we thin
10 be sent FIRST to the recusant three-fourths.
- An appeal by the united Democrat
'ai members of Congress would not fail in pr
W, ducing an effect upon the popular mind
be but coming, as it does, with the signatur
- of three-fourths of those representativ
- withheld, it does not bear upon its fa
IN that authoritative sanction which such
Id address ought always to have.