Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-01-13
almost every loyal State New

-.. a political Eganizatien, was in power in
almost every loyal State New jersey,
alone, of ali the Northern States, hadsre-
e-ZA fused to endorse its creed and candidates
,sa. Ifnaccordance provisions of the
Constitutiongthat party, had elected the
rl.,~- President and Vice President of1ethe
United States, the Governors of ali the
Northern States but one, a. majority of
- y = the members of Congress- and major
' .iesl Of the Northern State Legislatures. The
campaign of 1860 was fairly fought and
-Constituti6nalfy won No attempt was
AEAmade.tOOoneealp principle; no attention
was paid to- threats. Believing that the
people in all parts of the United States
would be in practice, what they were in
"a theory people governed by the will of
the majority-the Republicans did not at
tacll that Importance to the thre ats of
gxs Southern ,Gopggpirators thattheF really.
deserved Judging of the patriotism Of
zeiar.s all by the honesty and purityfpf their
own, few of them believed that SO super
dous a crime as the destruction of this
Government could be seriously contem-
plated, much, less attempted. %
'AS Bdtthed sulleh boom of traitor guns
enc reyerberating through the land, dispell,
ed this illusion. The rain of fiery shells.
upon the little, half-starved garrison shut
up within Fort Sumter, speedily conyin rl-
'ced' them of the terrific character o.. the
astofn1,G whose silent gathering had been.
cd Cd IA. UNDECIDED, if not unnotiesd. Astonis6ed
s "a and bewildered at such iperfdy,snot only
- the Republican party, but the Nation,
was, for a time, almost paralyzed 1t
WIS only when thu. clarion voice Of the
President went ringing through the land,
ealling-the, patriotic to, the. .defeh se of
their government ana flag, 9TH that the peo9
.YasT we're aroused n9; solt e necessity Of &C
50 eRspuBli0aan.1 Pagtyrwas erg4nizs4
= to contest before the people the value Of
certain political principles Their guns
skAi were aFgui54lts er summation bal
lots. They designed nc other warfare
( thanlapp9alsi.to the intelligence Of the
e. = people sTEey anticipated no other btrug-
gle Than pIaugslgs civil one atthe Sal.
-'is5 lot-box. So long as insults were only
v1esaid heaped upon q their party banner of
Al ss.5HEIineoln and Freedom they could
sslss. meet them as became a proud proud and sue
. - cessfnl' political organization. So long
..ssrissa gibes were hurled at the ignorance of
.oJ the " RaiLsplitter," and sport made Of
his simplicity and awKwardness, they
could treat them with the contempt they
Y deserved, cling the closer. to their politi-
cal organization and rally more firmly
around their favorite candidate. But
- thelbembardment of Fert Sumter placed
4 matters on an entirely new footing. It
Twas no longer Che party banner that W was
.rgzr insulted, but the 9 flag of the Union,
sasss the. glorious emblem of nationality the
= 10 stars that guided the oppressed Of all
ess55 lands To the home of the Free-that was
sea- se deridsd and tramp ed II haltbe dust 1t
ss.iiaas#asa. not theoy . RaiEsplitter,p the
sssaiseandidaseiof.1 political organization,
ss5ti7 that vas ridicqled, but Abraham Lin
5es tco2llts 'the President of the United States,
whose power was defied and authority
's'lldshied The Republican party, to its
honor be it said prompt y5ssrregcognized
the new issue. When their party was
assaAed they could defend themselves:
TffWhen the1ntegrity of, the nation.was as.
saulted, parties, other than. that of LOYALTY
IT, aand treason, should pass out of existence.
1--WE say that the Republican partv
PromPtly realized that its. mission as a.
distinct organization had been acco ar.i
.aDzPished 9Heneeforward, the issue was
between the true and false-patriots and
Z u sraitors3 ABA WSE
gam 8 = The Legislature of Indiana, having
finished its regular session, had adjourn
. ed, Al AiH its officers had been elected as,
Republicans. ItWas called together again
by the Governor to provide for the eek ex-
traordinar events that had taken place
after iis adjournment The first act
Of the Legislative officers, after the mem.
' bers came together, was to tender their
go resiguatieps, that new officers rniob. |
be elected 1t was a distinct recogni. !
ton, on the part Of the Republican par
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