Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-01-26
ern papers, with which it has aIwav,

matte IN the expression of its opinions
on the question of -ensJaving whites. :
n the former point it used the following .
Shall the Democratic party fear > :.
sue, to oppose the extension of slay TINS
o, indeed Q thousand timesga, iery1
mes No! TnERE IS NOT ON million
RAT IN the WHOLE OF TIE DEMO
'sED TO THE EXTENSION NORTH oP-
GETTY, OR THE socALIr, Of SOUTHERN
and they D EXTENSION OF
truth spoken out My wait TO have
their right nan and things called |
ION lmposture .es, to sweep the abo1
bury its beso from the Republic, and |
depths-', Jtted tools in the profound
confer an the lowest depths of pub
TAs .pt
e. same paper utters tie following
nous sentiment; snsu
''The time is close at hand when such
statesmen as Sumner and Hale will have
full justice done them; when, in short,
an Abolitionist win be lynched as readily
in New York and Boston, as in New
Orleans" ---.s.s--..r
But the above is not ALL Not only
was the Day Book an enthusiastic adyo-
cate of the infamous doctrines promul-
gated by the Southern press on the sub
ject of slavery in the Territories, but it
has conceded with them in opinion since
the rebellion, and. justified and praised
the organization of the so-called Confed-
crate Government. We cannot but ad-
mire its consistency, however we may
despise and loath its sentiments
The following article is from the
Cducasi6is, the successor of the New
York Day Book. We give it in full, for
We doubt not, in their desperation, I'M
scroupulous politicians will pronounce it
forgery as well as all the rest of tie
paragraphs we have quoted. We only
need to call the attention of the labor
ing men to the article. We urge them to
read it carefully and then ask themselves
/ if it's not an insult to the Democrats
who earn their living by the sweat Of
their brows, to thrust upon them the
statements of so REASONABLE a paper, as
sound political sentiments In quoting
it. I'VE are content to leave the Day Book
Lifts successor the Caucasian = and
their admirers, to that contempt which
/ their doctrines merit
WHAT ARE WE FIGHTING PoR2
We may.declare that the Confederate
Government" presided over by Jeffer
son Davis, embodies the principles of the
Federal Constitution, and the entire
practice of the Federal Government from
1900 to lS60-iHdeed, on. the question Of
so-called slavery, from the foundation Of
the Government until the accession Of
Mr.. Lincoln. There is not q single de
scendent or relative of Washington
Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, jackson
Polk or Tyler, who does not uphold the
principles of his illustrious progenitors
and heartily support the so-called Con.
federate Government Mr.. Jefferson
Davis is the true Representative Chief
of the entire people of the g Confederate
States, and probably received a larger
vote for Chief Magistrate than. Mr.. Lin.
coin could now, if not quite as large as
ne received two years ago at the North.
Mr.. Davis, therefore, is a true exponent
and embodiment of the principles and
practices of the American people, and Of
the American Government from the hour
OF Its creation to two years ago He is
the defender of the principles of the
great illustrious Virginians, who made
the Government and gave it all its
prestige and grandeur among the nations
of the earth; and these principles strick-
en- down, corrupted, betrayed, lost, the
American people must collapse into the
degradation, misery and slavery of the
Old World. 1t ID true that Mr.. Davis il
| the product of irregular action-for all
the steps taken to place him in his pres.
ent position were informal and unprece-
dented-indeed, in a sense, revolution.
airy; but he, at this moment, truly repre-
sents the principles and practices of the
founders of the American system.
1t is as If the country were cut direct
ly into Northern and Southern halves;
but except this mere material line of
separation, the principles, the system,
the external forms, remain IN the South
as they have for sixty years past. In
deed, we may say, the Southern half, az
regards principles, is just the same as in
Mr.. Buchanans Administration. Why.
then, this murderous conflict? Are
Americans SO ignorant and stupid as to
shed their blood and waste their sub
stance " for war for the UnionI' when
there is no disunion of principles7 In
deed, is there such thing in all history
as conflict of any kind where men
agree in pri'aciplcsf Is it supposable
case that the men of the South woald
secede simply to make Mr.. Davis their
President, when Mr.. Lincoln Represented
their principles] just as truly? What,
then, is the cause of the conflict Why,
the Northern half of the country is rev
olutionized, and striving to revolution
ize the South through the agencies of
the common government.
Mr. Jefferson Davis is the product of
irregular action, it is true; but as the
exponent of Government of white
men-unless the men who made It de-
signed 1t for mulatto or mongrel con-
Germ, and unless those who have hitherto
administered it were utterly faithless to
its principles, and unless the Supreme
Court is equally so-Mr. Davis is, the
true representative of American princi.
pies, and the legitimate embodiment of
American history and American civiliza-
ton. On the contrary, however legal
his position, Mr. Lincoln, as the expo
nent of impartial freedom" is the
leader Of revolution which seeks to re-
verse the whole past history of the Amer
lean people, and its eAortsto form 9
Union as it ought to be-" is blindly
striving to undo the work of Washing
ton and Jefferson, and to to render lib
erty forever impossible. 2
l., Such is " the situation" Mr.. Davis
is the chief of an irregular administra-
ton, that, as regards principles, is the
true successor of that presided over, two
years ago, by Mr., Buchanan; while Mr..
Lincoln, though the formal and legal
| chief of the country renresanta g ,-;1o;