Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-04-07
4 Political HtpocrIte rnmaskea.

the broad ground that be was wrong and
desired 10 be right A man may con-
scie1dously be wrong, through iguo-
rance, and prove his conscientioei
ness BY advocating the contrary, or
changing hisopinion, upon receiving adj
ditional light or information on the
subject New facts may have been elicit
ed other circumstances come TO light,
which, combining their influence, con
WINGED his judgment that be was pursuing
the wrong policy, that he was travelling
the wrong road When thus convinced,
it causes a struggle to say TO those jour
nsying with him, "We are all wron f--let
US turn back and go the other way II
is donbly hard 70 say this, because many
Of those who ought to admire the man
hood struggling in him, will only ridi-
cule the Inconsistency apparent in pur-
suing one course to day and its opposite
tomorrow Bat while some may laugh
and gibe at what they deem the mans
inconsistency, others, whose good opin-
ions are worth laboring for, win admire
his heroism, and the confidence of the
entire community in bis integrity will be
strengthened.
But, while we admire the man
who bases bis change Of opinion upon
the ground that be IL satisfied he was
wrong and desires 10 be right, we have
no patience with him who is always
changing and yet claims 10 be always
the same. Inconsistency cloaksd 10
hypocrisy IS insuferable lie must be
armed wiih impudence as with triple
brass, who can unbluahiugly advocate
one doctrine to day is opposite to-mor-
row, and yet claim to be right all the
time and never 70 have changed.
But perhaps we bad better illustrate
the point va atm at By citing an ex-
ample
There Was a meeting of the so.callsd
Democratic Warriek County Central
Committee held in Boonyille the other
day Its proceedings appear in the
BoonyiIle Enquirer Of Thursday last,
from which We copy the following para
graph
"Mr Il. 5. sprouIe, Editor Of the
Evansville Times, being present BY in
| vitation, made Us q heart-eheering and
soul-stirring speech Of nearly an hour
aud half Ii was one Of those old fash
ioned Democratic speeches we we're won't
TO hear In the days Of Andrew Jackson
when the Constitution was the text book,
aud the plain beaten path OF the Revolu-
tionary Fathers the way mark that guild.
ed the footsteps Of the Democracy and
dictated is policy. The Speaker truth
fully laid dowRth platform Of the cor =
Servalive party Of Indians. and of the
entire Republic, upon which they now
stand as they ever have done, and upon
which they intend 10 Eight the political
battle il the coming contest--''A vigor.
Gus prosecution Of the war upon the
principles laid down BY the popular
branch Of Congress in February, 1861,
by q unanimous vote Of the members
present, that neither Congress, nor the
people, nor the governments Of the non
slaveholding States, have the right to
legislate upon, or interfere with slavery
in any Of the slave holding States of the
Union, and upon the principles annun-
ciated in the Crittenden resolution pass
ed by an almost unanimous vote of the
I e .k.tt IL -.
the battle Of Bull Run, when Washington
city was threatened by the hosts Of jeff
Davis
The "Speaker laid down the platform
of the Conservative party Of Indiana
and of the entire republic, upon which
they now stand, as they eeer hare done,
namely, "a rigorous prosecution Of th
,Oar," &c. The speaker may have lsiC
down the platform Of the Conservativ,
party upon which it intends fighting th
political battle in the coming contest
and he may not Our opinion is tha
J, he didn't do anything of the kind Blu
it is not: our purpose, now, to com
ment at any length upon the Boonvill
meeting further than to emphasize tn
fact that r. s Sproule laid down. th
platform for vigorous prosecution {
, the wal"
;, Well. there was Conservative G
lie Democratic meeting held at RushvillI
Indiana, on Saturday the 2lst day {
March, 1868. 1t was at time when on
armies were comparatively accomplish
- ing nothing towards suppressing the n
s belhon. When Roseerins was iyin
!, still, and Grant vas being foiled in a
Of his approaches upon vicksburg. Thl
IA meeting, as we learn from the Jackson
:, ian, was addressed by r S Sproule, an
y adopted the following resolutions nnaR
B,osasly, after he was through with b
., speech;
> Resolred, That this war was nS
~ commenced nor never was waged fer Il
:. vindieation OF the Constitution or Il
laws. but for the universal overthrow
- our Constitutional prerogstives, and
all the liberties and guarantees of ii
American citizen.
x 3. Resotced, That the real purpose
9; the Administration is to change th
a Government from Democratic to
he base and ignoble oligarchy and despo
an ism, and that wewill use al the peaeeab
ay means which God and nature have placs
=" IN our hands to avert this evil, aud wre
from the hands of these deadly ASSASSIN
; OF human liberty, the noble patrimor
:. Of free form Of Government.
L Resolred, That our decision is irr
vocabiy taken, and that we are unalter
bly, and inaexibly opposed TO the Coz
seription IN every shape and form, an
that We are unwilling to give snoth,
man or enother dollar for the support
this most unnatural, wicked, and unbs
lowed Abolition war.
Can auy one discover aav ttr;~,~o-