Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-03-31
IFf0m the UIpelnHhFi taErtte.
Democratic Diseretion,

The famous Democratic party that Is
ever represented by its fuglsmen as the
same yesterday, to-day aud forever IN
its principles and demands, has most
amusingly become at least noneommit.
tai on many questions in its platform
adopted at Columbus on Wednesday Il
has now proved itself to be much like all
other natural bodies subject to the laws
Of cause aud effect; aud its present POI
sition Il another illustration Of the great
philosophical truth that circumstances
alter caaea
IL will be recollected that the Demo.
cratic platform Of June, 1858, comprised
iwenty-three resolutions, exelnsive Of
the preamble, some Of which were spread
out into subdivisions In this respect
there is striking differences between
that and the new dispensaiion Of Wed
nesday, which consists Of but fonr reso-
lutions, only little longer in the aggre-
gate than the preamble Of 63 II will
also be- distinctly remembered BY the
friends Of the Government, that in that
long array Of doctrines and demands
promulgated At period of comparative
gloom, there was not q word Of condem.
nation OF treason nor Of ofreproach to trai-
tors. En this respect the platform OF
March, G4 fally aeeords with that of
June, '63 II is also fresh in the recol-
lection of all who have desired the sup
preston Of the rebellion, that those t~en-
ty-three resolutions were full Of gall aud
bitterness toward an Administration that
needed in such crisis the encourage
ment of every citizen hy word and deed.
In this respect the latest platform is a
decided mellowing down contrary to
ihe heroic advice Of the ten cent gentle.
man, who still fingers IN exile over the
border
The Nallandigham platform started of
With free thought, free speech and free
press, 9s absolutely indispensable. -
Under this they wsged the campaign o
last year in the full exercise of The frees
thought, freest speech and freest press
] and got for their pains = defeat 10 the tun,
Of over enc hundred thousand majority
IL is, therefore, very natural that the
should consider this freedom quit,
. indispensable in the last Columbus man
| ifesto. Ii was there resolved that thos,
rights we're of fac more value and neces
sity in time of war than in peace ant
they said to all whom il may concern
not by way of threat, but calmly anS
( firmly that we viii not surrender thes,
rights nor submit TO their forcible viola
ton. . Aud yet in spite of the eon,in
ued banishment of Yallandigham, il
whom these rights continue 10 be a
I forcihlv violated as in 1868, these valor
GUS Democrats concluding that "disere
ton is the better part Of valor, die
submit, and now .still do submit withou
a marmur in the new platform.
/ Last June they resolved against th
proclamation OF freedom "as unconsti
tutional and void. bat taking q hin
from the roF populi OF October, the,
now choose 10 let that document alone
Aud vet il is "unconstitutSua nov
as il was then They then resolve,
against the suspension OF the habea
corpus and shouted loudly enougl
throughout the campaign to raise an
corpus from the dead; but the maiorit
for Brough seems to have taught the az
changahle Democracy wisdom, for the
now conclude not to burn their finger
with that IRON again.
Then they said that they would "hai
with pleasure aud delight any manifest
alton on the part of the seeded State
/ 10 retura.to their allegiance to the Gov
I ernment of the Union But thoug'
such manifestations have come fror
Tennessee, Arkansas and Louisiana
they seem 70 have caused most painful
sensations in the very hearts that prom
ised te gush with pleasure, and in th
new platform they promise TO "hail wit
delig ght any and every honorable eifoI
toward restoration OF the normal COZ
dition of the Union Abashed BY thei
shameful failure in fulfilling their prom
Use of June, they now are more cantioa
and use the very safe phrase OF ''henor'
bic effort, which can be hereafter cor
) strued to suit the circumstances.
~ They also resolved for Convention (
all the States to amend the Constitution
50 soon ss it should become practicable