Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-09-16
ADDRESS ss
OF the Union State Central Com
mittee to the People Of indiana

/ When evil eonnsels prevail, there nev-
er lacks an excuse 70 carry them oal
Thus il was, some four years ago,
when sspshsFn eosspitalegs, Following
the false lights OF anbaliowed ambition,
took counsel together 70 break up shat
| one Of their own chief officers. Mr.
Stephens. declared to be the beat and
freest Government the sun ever shoee
npon They sought cause Of complaint
ia the acts Of the Federal Government,
but found noae; for il had unisarmly
I been administered under influences ia
vorable to the South. Not the shadow
| OF an eBcroachmeat could be shown to
have been made on their peculiar insii-
tuition all the Legislation Of Congress,
all the decisions Of the Supreme Court,
were 10 its favor q EH UU
In such dilemma what was their
eOurse1 With ne facts in the past or
present, they contented themselves with
fears for the future. They declared that,
under President elected BY Northern
votes, there we're Eell,founded appre.t
tensions Of attemptoa the part Of taose
ia authority TO interfere with slavery.
| To avert such contingency in the fa-
ture, and declaring constitutional rene
dies exhausted. tbey oFRaniEsa armed
resistance The rebellion ensued. Ter
rible, ever tie whole South, has the pen
alty been. The country has become .
desolation eonitnerce has been ruined,
property rendered valueless, or actuaIly
| destroyed by thousands of millions
/ whiielives have bean sacrihced by hun-
I = l. ~ ~ l. &
niserr brought upon the people OF the
South, such as few nAtions have ever
suffered In the midst Of peace and
prosperity they pretended to fear imag-
mary evils, and brought down on their
devoted heads evils Of frightfaI reality
and unparalleled extent. syu
As peaceful aud as prcspsrobs as was
the South in 1850, Is the state of In
diana to-day as free from any wrons
done, oT, attempted, against her, either
By the Federal or State GovernmenL
And yet here in 1854, as in South Caro-.
lima in 1850. are found men prompted
either BY blind folly or base ambition,
attempting TO enact the same tragedy--
the tragedy that begins to fhsfkaistansa
of law and ends in national destruction
Id On The 18th Of August last, there vas
published in the Daily Sentinel an ad-
dress, asspmipg to speak for the " Den
oeratic party Of the State. signed on
behalf OF the (" Democratic State Central
Committee by ). J. Bingham, Chsir-
man, in which, after The usual proies
sion of all insurgents that they " con.
dsmn any Rttempt st resistahse Of
laws, before constitutional remedies are
exhausted, they recite that il is the
q welheonsidered purpose Of thsDemo-
Il cratic party to maintain, Ay force, il
need be, the right OF the peonle to free
. elections y They add, ia the very strain
: of the South Carolina conspirasors -
that there "are well-foundsd apprshen-
sions Of attempts on tbe part of those in
authority to interfere, by military an
thori.y, with the freedom Of elections
They do not even pretend to state . rea
son for such an insinuation, any nors
than the Secession Convention q
Charleston stated reason for theil
well founded apprehensions" thA
Abraham Lincoln would Interfere. b,
}, force, with slavery in The States.
What more1 They 90 on to say tha
!. the people shoald not abandon eth
right 10 keep and bear arms, au,
: ! should cooperate in opes, Izwfu
organizations for the projection of free
> dom OF elections. ai sasss aaz
The seeessionists of South Carolin
s.id "Lincoln may assault slavery,
therefore, take up arms and dscaaT
Southern INDEPENDENCE The Indian
Central Committee, (stealiRg sAs liver.
of Democracy, says: The Governrnen
may Interfere with the elections thers
fore Organise military bands ssd z
armed to the polls55e Aq
IF they had said: There ara We
|. founded Rpprehsnsuns thar lincoln il
I. tends 10 establish a monarchy: thsrl
q fore, rise IN arms and prevent him s-th
q logic voala have been quite as goo.
and he AdsiesA not. one, whit nel
- messed sallsd-Ak ,zzsszsd -
= t'1a Did the Geaeral Govern asent, o. ar
- Stale Gov ys-nnsat, essr: 'interfers..s OF :
tempt to interfere, or talk ossasszfsrin