The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-02-17
"Out of His Own Month" Etc.

1t is difficult for a man who is no
honest, and yet is constantly making
professions of honesty, to be consistent
There is always something crooked il
his record. Mr. Hendricks, the recent,
elected United States Senator from In
diana, Is one of the unfortunates in thi:
regard. He is even so unfortunate as
to expose his duplicity in single
speech. Out of his own mouth let him
be Judged. The Peace party make the
Presidents Proclamation pretext for
their opposition to the Government.
But for this, Mr. Hendricks tells us,
there would mot have been a dissen,
tient voice in all the North" Here are
his words:
L say to you, gentlemen, if the Presi-
dent of the United States, in the lam
guage of the Crittenden resolutions, had
held up the banner of this country for
the Constitution and restored Union,
that all the States shall remain under
that Constitution, with every right Sc
cured and unimpaired, there would not
have been disSentient voice in all the
North"
Mr.. Crittenden's resolutions were
adopted soon after the rebels com
menced the war for the destruction of
the Union and the Government
There was but one vote against them
in the House of Representatives EigL-
teen months thereafter notice of the
Emancipation Proclamation was issued.
Now, during the eighteen months, in
which time the President used the army
to ProtHnt the slayes of rebels, how did
such men as Mr. HendrlckS Della,o
themselves? The Enquirer says the
:" the heart of the real Democrats of the
country never was in the war" Where
was Mr.. Hendricks heart? Let him
speak for himself Regarding deser-
tons, he said in his Shelbyville speech:
" know that in some of your neigh
borhoods you are exasperated by seeing
young men, who have taken FRENCH
leave from the army, taken brck They
should not have done so. Before uoltn-
teeriag, they should hare thought ,ceU of
the matter. At that time I did not ad-
rise anybody to enlist, because 1 acas not
going myself and l a0ouId not recon-
mend any one to do thing l a0ouM not
do myself"
1t appears then, that when men were
called for to save the country; at the
time, too, when Mr. Crittenden's resolu-
tlons, almost unanimously adopted by
Congress, were fresh; and when there
was no emancipation to trouble the con
science of virtuous Democrats, Mr.. Hem
drieks' heart ,o0s not in the war. He,
by his own admission, did not aduise
anybody to enlist Why? Il would
not recommend any one to do thing l
would not do myself" That sounds
brave, or candid, or something of that
sort; but it is very himsy excuse; an
apology so transparent that a man with
half an eye can-Sea- thrnugh- i4-It 40
very plain that everybody could not,
ought not, go to the war Inasmuch as
we had no slaves to work for the support
of armies in the field, or families at
home, it was necessary to keep a large
proportion of our white population to
sustain those who did go to the war. 1t
is possible that Mr. Hendricks might
have been more valuable to his country
at home than in the field If so, his
place was at home. But this would not
preclude him from aiding his country in
its day of peril, by his influence. The
reason he offers, therefore, for not advis-
ing anybody to enlist, is not tile true
Neither is his present opposi-
ton caused by the Presidents proclama-
ton. 1t is plain, from the fact that his
influence from the start has been against
the Government, that his heart has never
been in the war; and it is equally plain
that his heart, from the beginning, has
been in the rebellion. He stands now,
precisely where he stood when the Crit |
tenden resolutions were adopted. He |
was too cowardly to avow his true seuti-
ments then, and he is not honest enough |
now to give the true reason for his pres
ent position. If he told the truth he |
could not make party capital, but by
bowling Abolitionism, and appealing to |
and exciting the passions of |
he people, he can, or thinks he can
make party capital, and therefore howls,
lpreals, misrepresents and acts out the
part of a shrewd and designing dema-
yogue. Out of his own mouth we have
proved him dishonest and disloyal.