Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-07-25
~ bis principIes. Lii the copperhead

Col. Fletcher's remarks were cheered
vociferously, and when he concluded.
Capt ReaviE, Of this city, late of the
Illinois volunteers, was called out
The Captain was in the same happy
mood that he was in while fighting the
militant rebels at the siege of Corinth.
He lifted the peace rebels out Of their
boots, and closed with a grand tableaux,
with red and blue light Accomplishments,
reflected from the internal pit, where
were to be seen the Copperheads crowd
ing into hell, and calling on all the lesser
devils to clear the way and give admis
sion to their superiors in diabolism
In the course Of his remarks, he pro-
duced a copy Of the Daily Times of that
morning, and also a copy of the Daily
Journal Of the same date, containing
the aRiagonistic accounts from the same
telegrsphic copy, Of Sherman fight with
Hood, which we give elsewhere. As he
read from the Journal, sherman de-
feated the enemy" and then from the
Times, SHERMAN was defeated by the
enemy" FIRE flashed from many an eye
in the assembly besides his own, and
the audience seemed thuuderstruck at
this exhibition Of rebel sympathy in our
midst
After the reading Of the resolutions
the audience called for John j. Chand-
Ter. In response TO the President, who
said the audience wanted to hear him 10
advocacy Of the resolutions, Mr. c.
said be thought they spoke for them
| selves, but he would make them the
/ text for a few remarks
AS the Convention nad seen by the 3D.
resolution, it was with no bated breath or
doubtful terms Of approyal1hat he rati-
fed the nomination Of Lincoln and
johnson. He believed them the nomi-
nations which the crisis demanded at the
hands Of the Union party of the country.
There were doubtless forcible arguments
in favor Of some Of the many other dis
tinguished statesmen and heroes with
whom the Union ranks abounded, but all
things considered, he believed them the
most fitting nominations that could have
been made He believed so because The
people believed so, The nomination Of
Mr.. Lincoln was the work Of the people.
The loyal heart of the nation demanded
it. All that politicians could do to pre-
vent it was done on all sides. Mr. Lincoln
had refused to permit the policy of the
Administration to be dictated either by
politicians or departmental Generals
and Of course they and their friends op
posed him for second term, but that
was Just what the people approved, and
they made their approval SO distinct and
unmistakable that the very men who had
done all in their power to supplant him
in the affections Of the people and defeat
his nomination at Baltimore, either Tent
or wrote there and honestly confessed
that their efforts had been nnavailing
the people had decided, and nothing wa
left for the Convention but to register
their decree. 1t had been charged thai
Mr. Lincoln procured his nomination BY
free use Of he power and patronage o
I
this--as easy as lying yet it was hare
lying, too, for there was no fact in the
history Of Mr.. Lincoln's administration
more conspicuous or more universally
conceded by honest men, than that IL
his appointments to Office aud adoption
of administrative measures, he had toe
little regarded mere political effect bpoT
his own or his party's fortunes. 1t was
public and notorious fact that, sgains
the remoustrances Of his friends, he haC
permittei the influence OF the most pow
iul department Of the Government 70 b.
systematically wisldsd against his nomi
nation, and it was only after the nomina
lion was made that, in his own qUie
way, he suggested that perhaps that littl'
Joke had been carried far enough.
No, il was the nnanimity of the Iowa
people in his favor that nominated Mr.
Lincoln That unauimity was not baseC
upon the idea that he was the wisest mar
or the greatest man in the Union ranks
but upon marlborough conviction tina
he was an honest man, true to the coun
try and its cause-heart and soul devoted
to its salvation; that he made that biz
great leading idea, and all other ideaI
aud purposes snbservient to IL Their,
was the secret Of his unpopularity will
politicians and one idea men, while tht
great heart Of the people throbbed sp
prevail As soon as the Rebellion burs
upon us, fanatics demanded that the Ad
ministration should be so shaped as &
carry out their one idea, though il car
/ II IL TO k~ IawsI
they cried, has now committed the un
pardonable sin-down with Slavery, " le
+ justice be done, though the Heavani
falf!' mo" said Mr. Lincoln, " le
us prop the Heavens that Justice may b.
done" Politicians insisted that the pol
icy Of the Administration be adopted
with special reference 10 its effect upor
parties. Mr.. Lincoln threw himself upor
the people. The country, said he, mus
be saved, if at all, by the people. Unless
in tits great crisis they can rise abov,
party, the Union is gone: Extreme mel
= on one side denounced him as too fast
| doing too much; extremists on the 9th
err arraigned him as too slows doinC
nothing, but drifting like log at\ tn
mercy of the current Between then
both, he pursued the even tenor Of hi
way, trusting to the future to demon
strate its wisdom.
Another idea that conduced much Il
the unanimity of loyal men for Mr. Lin
coin, was this: The Southern conspira
, tors, in 1860, threatened if the psopl
did elect him, he never should be Presi
dent of the United States-that the,
would dissolve the Union, and thus pre-
vent it So far they had, true to thei
threat, succeeded in defeating the Will 0
the people. His reelection had there
fore become necessary to the viadicatiol
of the Democratic principle of the Gov
ernment-that the majority shall rule
Destroy that aud we have no longer
Republican Government Permit it t.
be once overthrow by armed treason
and it was gone forever, The rebel
must not carry that, or any other point
, | He was for so fighting this Rebellion