Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-03-21

The "IrFepFfssibie Conflict -" All
Slave or all Free."-.The Duty Of
tnlon Men.
EDIroRs JoUkSAL-When, years ago
while the black cloud Of war which now
Gil. our National armament was scarce
| " so large os a mans hand, William H.
Seward in spirit Of prophecy, used the
expression, Troprcssible Coneiet," in
speakipg Of The reletioa between Free
/ dom and Slavery, and Abraham Lincoln,
In the same spirit predicted that the
time would come when the United States
would be all slave or ell fresp--psople
treated their usterances lightly, aud
deemed them false prophets So firmly
was slavery rooted ia the Industrial
interests and the social system Of
the country, that it was supposed 10
be eo-existent with the Union, which was
regarded as eternal By the great mass
Of the people Of the eoantry, i was
deemed no less sacrilegioas to think Of
the overthrow OF slavery than Of the
Union, aud he who. predicted either was
pronounced madman, or, worse, q Grim
inal
But behold the change that God hath
wrought Now it is the almost unani-
nous belief throughout the North that
slavery is on its desth-bed, and there is
large and growing class at the South
who regard it ia the same light, and are
wiling tohelp pat !, out ofits misery.
Thousands OF the warmest supporters Of
and apologists for the system--men like
James Gordon Bennett and James Brooks
ARE very ready to confess that their
pet system is in its death throes. and are
engaged in considering how it may be
buried ont Of sight Truly this change IS
marvellous; bat if the friends Of human
liberty think, in contemplating it, that
their work is done, they are wofully
mistaken, and it is time they were an
deceived
At no previous time has the danger &c
Freedom been greater than it is now. Il
seems as ii all the Powers Of Darkness
we're leagued together for 6pal strug.
gle TO save Slavery. Their case is des
persto oas-the interests Of Slavery are
incalcula5ie--and desperate and bloody
will be the struggle for its rescue frou
he Impending doom.
I am led into this train Of thought BY
the account of the desertion OF Georg,
D. Prentice and the Louisville Joisrna
to the Copperhead ranks. Preutice hsl
long professed to be Union man pa
excellence, and srrogated to himself anS
to those who swear BY him all the loyalt,
Of the country They we're virtuously
: indignant over the slightest impeachment
Of their Unionism, aad rolled mp ihei
eyes in holy horror WHEN II was intimst
ed that they cared more for slavery thai
for aught else.
4 Nov, however, when the real strain OIL
: meas patriotism is felt-whea citizen
Of slave States hare to choose between
their pet institaiion and the integrity 0
the Unioa-now when the Irrepressibl
> Conflict between har5arous institution
on ths one hand, and Freedom and Hn
man Progress on the other, has reaches
. its fereess stage-Georgs d. Prentic
and his conditional Union followers sr'
, weighed in the balauee and found want
. ing.
u As member Of the Union State Cen
: tral Committee Of Kentucky, Prentic
unites in call for State Convention
> st which delegates are to be chosen t
attend what2 The Naaonal Uniol
Convention aszBaltiuore7 "0f course,
: saws some uusophistieated and homes
reader This Is to be Convention c
Unconditional Unionists of ali the oil
parties. who are in favor of the presel
/. walton Of the Government, let what els
i suffer that NAV Not at sill This
= not the Convention that Prentice and hi
st colleagues propose to send delegates t.
'., Then what other Convention can it be
- Probably it is to the Convention calle
: 10 meet in Philadelphia By Gsrret
9. Davis, Leslie Combs, aud others, wh
! hope 10 cure the national cancer by u