Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1863-10-01
COpperheadism in P0seT.

are tne most interesting mess of hod
podge we ever saw We give the So
stance of them:
No. l. Endorses the action of {
Democrats in the last State Legislatur
as well as the Democratic State Office,
No. 2 That they adhere to the o
, and well-established principles of Den
ocracy.
No. 3. That it is the boast of IL
Democracy to bow with submission
the will of the majority and that Il
election of President of obnoxi O,
opinions is no excuse for Secession an
treason.
No A. That whenever the people
the rebellious States shall denounc
their false leaders and lay down the
arms, they should be recognized as cit
zens and be protected in their Constitl
E tional rights.
No. 5. That the democracy suppor
measures and not men and "we refus
to b1indly follow the leadership of an
one who array themselves in opposition
to any war in which our beloved countr
may be at any time engaged.
No. 6. Legislative enactments to b.
changed only through the ballot box.
No. Z. Endorsing the bravery and gal
lantry of Indiana soldiers, particular,
those from Posey county.
No. s. Approving the course of the
Democratic State Officers in refusing t.
pay the interest on the State debt
No, 9. That it is the duty of demo
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as it secures to them the " full, fair ant
unmolested rights of freedom of speech,
freedom of the press, and protects US in
the enjoyment of personal liberty and
personal security; but if either of these
rights be involved we will resist such
measures peaceably and according to
law if we can, but forcibly if we must"
No. 10. That the Constitution and
American Union must be preserved at
all cost.
We have thus given the substance of
these resolutions, that our readers NAV
see just what kind of mixtures the masses
OF the party are compelled to swallow
simply because it is labeled democracy
In the first resolution the Convention en-
dorses the State legislature, which was so
notoriously hostile to a vigorous prose-
cution of the war that the Army had to
ings. n The Eth resolution se they refuse
to follow leaders who may array them
selves in opposition to any war in which
our country may be engaged In other
words, they profess to repudiate, in the
fifth resolution, the very men they en-
dorse in the first Whoever heard of
such nonsense being adopted by sensible
men. That convention must certainly
have had DR.. McReynolds to draft
the resolutions and Whittlesey to make
the speeches.
In the 10th resolution they assert that
the Constitution and Union must be pre-
served at all cost, yet in the 9th they
threaten resistance to the constituted
authorities if they infringe in the slight
est upon what these copperheads con.
ceive to be the freedom of speech or OF
the press. What they mean by this free
dom is, license to abuse the Government
as they please and to convey such informa
ton to the rebels by injudicious publica-
tions as will be best calculated to en-
courage them in their rebellion, and go
farthest towards securing their success
In the seventh resolution they pretend
to endorse the gallantry of the soldiers
in the army, especially The volunteers
from Posey county. Now how do they
endorse the soldiers? Let the following
fact show.
Among those desirous of the nomiua,
ton for Recorder, was Lieut.. Colonel
Forth, of the First Indiana Cavalry
He has seen service. He has fought the
rebels and been promoted for gallant
conduct in battle. Now, if that Conven
ton really endorsed the bravery of Po
sey County soldiers why didn't they do il
il a substantial way by nominating Col
! Forth? The Convention didn't endorse
the soldiers They liei when they sale
so. George w. Thomas, who received
the nomination over Forth, openly boast
ed that he didn't belong to the shoul
der-strapped gentry That seemed to bt
the only qualification that he relied OF
to secure him the nomination, and the
sequel proved that he knew the mer
composing the Convention. That is not
all. A candidate for Coroner was nomi
mated, whose name does not appear il
the published proceedings of the Con
vention. His name is DR.. Burbis, or some
thing like that. Only few months agt
he was a Surgeon in the rebel army
The Convention objected to shoulder
straps, when they graced the shoulders G
a loyal man, fighting for the perpetua
ton of his Government, but they honor
ed them when worn by rebel seekin
its overthrow. .-.rs
The leaders, after the nomination wa
made, became alarmed at their own prt
ceedings, and struck out all relating
the nomination of Coroner before the r,
port was sent to the printer. They prove
t their right to the title of copperhead
L Sneakingly they would strike down th
Government, and euery Democrat wh
. has done anything to sustain it, viii
. they coil around and warm into polite,
life and Office the vile traitors who hay
done all they can to break down the col
stitution and the Union Yet, with th
J. peculiarly of the copper-pated Z" sa