Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-03-24
full incentive to this steady persistence

full incentive TO this steady persistence
AID unanimity Of purpose. The unlock
ed for resistance of the Southern people
has, however, beer serious obstacle in
the accomplishment OF this brilliaak de-
sigu. Ii threatens to Illustrate the whole
speculation Of Yankeedom, the most un-
fortunate speculation that shrewd peo-
pie ever embarked in In the meantime,
the return of the Presidential canvass
has impaired another deranging element
into the calculation. Here Is a splendid
stake to be eonteuded for, not by arms,
but by fraud, trick, chieanery The dan
gers and privations of the field are re-
placed by the tactics Of the hustings
The contest is to be decided not by Min
ME bullets, bat BY stuffed ballots. Ii will
he wonderful if such an Arena should
not divert a large part Of the talent
which has been so fruitlessiy spent in
the operations Of the war. and il the
Yankee should not deem il more con-
gistant with his smsrtness to forego the
distant, the doubtful, and the perilous
reward for the more immediate and con
genial prize temptingly placed within
his grasp. Shoddy contracts and official
peeulaiion, in quiet ease at home, may
well over.balance ''Pisgah views Of
Southern lands, seen throagh the vista of
eerilous battles and the manifold uneer-
tainties Of war
Already, before the rupture of the
Union, had the patronage and the
spoils become Of such enormous value
as to make the Chief Msgistracy of the
Republic in reality an elective monarch.
The rank lugurisnee and teeming oppor-
tunities of war have augmented the harv-
est hundred fold, more especially since
the eliminations Of the Southern ele-
ment, which, bF the confession Of our
enemies themselves, was a check on the
eorraption so often brought home to
Yankee representatives. What, then,
must be the eagerness with which the
| political gamblers are playing for the
mighty stake The absorbing theme is
is fast beginning 70 take precedence Of
the war. After the furious struggle for
the immediate possession Of place is de-
/ termined, it will be time enough, in the
/ opinion Of these patriots, to revert to the
process of Union saving.
Among any other people il would be
an anamoly as absurd as ridiculous, that
a member Of the cabinet should be not
only rival Of his chief, but an assidu
GUS intriguer against him. Yet nothing
is impossible among the Yankees, nor is
one thing more preposterons and un-
seemly than another in a people who
start upon an expedition OF rAvage,
murder and arson with an invocation tO
/ the favor of Heaven Accordingly il
need not excite special wonder that
Chase and Lincoln should sit cheek-by
/ iowl in cabinet councils, assiduously
mining and countermining each others
plans, regardless Of the maxim, "honor
among thieyes Circulars are issued
/ by Senators friendly to Chas4, showing
solid reasons why Mr Lincoln should
not be reelected, and a portion Of tho
press IS working TO the same purpose
IL Is lndierous enough 70 see the danger
of a military deseotism arising from the
continuance of power ia Lincola's hands,
gravely urged by thos. who we're fore
most IN initiating war. Of which that
was the natural consequence. The per
lis arising from the continuance OF so
/ formidable poser as that nov welded
by him, are paintFd in vivid eolofs, as
sufficient reason against bis election
The argument is undoubtedly a sound
one, although coming from The months
/ Of those whose interest in the preserva-
ton OF free government has only wakeJ
i to life under the stimulus Of their own
selfish motives, It is stripped OF much Of
its foree In that very power, IN the
control of the army, IN the dispensation
"a public pluhder lies Line 1lns strength
as we'll as the danger Of a corrupt Com
mouwealth lf bis train Of political
eamp-fellowers can secure him noni-
nation by dexterous intrigues and If the
soldiery are willing 20 control the eiec-
tions in bis favor, Lincoln is undonbled-
IL formidable preiender to- the throne
With the name Of Cameron mentioned
as Vice-President, what gorgeous pros.
poets will opes before the vision Of the
harpies who find their own gain in their
eountrg's ruin2 To what exertions will
they not be stimulated BY the inspiration
OF name synonymous with corruption
and robbery
The immense influence Of a forHifda
BILE mass of money win be enlisted in
favor of such ticket, yet il may be de-
feated from the inherent weakness in
systems Of corruption. No matter how
widely spread it may be, il is impossible
TO bribe every man in the nation, and for
an entire community to grog rich by
pIunder Of the public treasury The
outs must always be more numerous than
the ms. and hungry horde will display
more vigor in the attack than gorged
gluttons in the defense
Various other candidates are pressing
their claims, and it is vet too early t6
say what viii be the result Of struggle
which is carried on with unremitting en-.
ergy By ell sides. If the Yankees wish
truly national and representative ad
ministration, illustrating with complete
ness all the qualities which the war has
brought into bold relief, Butler and Cam
erou would be the very men. For the
South, as matters stand at present, there
is small reason to desire the success o.
one eapdidate more than another 1t il
in the contest itself, in the feuds ant
disintegrations produced by the struggl,
, ~ fAuuNStt ~Aat sue AAo Aope Aot ketit
from the attacks which have herstofors
been concentrated upon her In pilIa
ging their own camp their boat may linC
occupation which will unfit them 70
further assaults upon the fortress which
so defantly resists their utmost might
! The German PreSS---The H0iksfIsans
+ for ]. Z. Fremont rs Presidential
, Candidate---II0nest Confessions o
4 His Reasons Thereto.
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