The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-03-06

BG- During the political canvass of
80 Mr. Hendricks, it will be remember
ed, delivered a speech at the Babytown
Convention. We listened to that speech
attentively. 1t was an insidious, poison
GUS appel to the prejudices Of his hear
ers in order that he might array them
against the Government In the Journal
Of the dav succeeding the Convention,
we spoke of Mr. Hendricks effort as we
thought it deserved We said then, and
we say now, he could have had no other
object in view, in the delivery of that
speech, than the alienation of the people
OF the Northwest from the Eastern States
and the preparing them for final juno
ton with the Southern Confadnroop Il
-euguage is used to conceal ideas
that was the purpose of our recently
elected United States Senator.
This morning We call the attention of
our readers to an article on our first
page, still further unfolding the plot of
the conspirators. Mr. Hendricks bitterly
and insultingly denied the truth of our
differences last Summer Only tt other
day, however, he as emphatically assert
ed that if there were any such secret
organizations in this State as the AZ G.
c." he would surely know something
about them, and he was confident no
such societies were or had been in exist
ence, and that they had no being save in
the disordered imaginations of Governor
Morton and his friends. Yet, at the
very time he was protesting so vehe-
hemently to gentleman of this city,
witnesses were testifying on oath, not
only that such societies were in ex-
istence, but that they (the witnesses)
could not give testimony concerning
them without eliminating themselves.
There is reason to believe that Mr..
Hendricks spoke as falsely concerning
these traitorous societies as ne did last
Summer concerning the design and ten
denotes of his political harangues.
Whether'the position to which he has at
tanned will influence him to change his
course, is very doubtful We confess we
have not so high an opinion of his in
tegrity as we entertained for Mr. Breck-
inridge before that gentleman's treason
and fall, aud if Mr.. Hendricks ESCAPES
----'-I'-F1ee1ee ms own neiariO9s teachings.
No one can peruse the article of which
we speak without becoming convinced
that our surmises last Summer as to the
designs of the leaders who had obtained
control of the Democratic organization
were well founded. Step by step has tie
plot advanced until at last Gov. Morton
alone interposed between the conspira-
tors and the contamination of their de-
signs. Hanna's bill was introduced into
the legislature for the purpose of remov-
Ing the Governor out of the way, or at
least deprive him of any power to inter-
tere with the success of their schemes.
Thanks to the manly determination and
courage of the Union members of the
lower House, this movement was pre-.
vented, and the Governor is still the mill
tary, as he is the civil, head ofthe State
Ii the State Sentinel and its co-adiutors,
having failed in their effort to violate the
Constitution and deprive the Governor of
the power placed within his hands by the
organic law of the State, think of resort
ing to more violent expedients, the peo-
pie are ready for that, too We have had
enough of legislating States out of the
Union. Henceforward they can only be
driven out at the point of the bayonet.
"a The weather in this latitude does
take some strange freaks. Within
week we have had to experience all the
phases of temperature that would be en-
countered by trip from the equator to
the pole Bright, balmy-like May one
day, the next it was such as to remind
one of the bleak storms and blasts of the
far North. Yesterday we had driving
snow storm Of an hours duration; then
it changed to rain; and what it will
change to next we have not the ghtest
idea.
b6T We have it upon the authority of
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