Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-09-26
ESTABLISHED, 1881

ESTABLISHED, 1881
toeraey Of the South have taught this
both al home and abroad Hence, dur
ing the i've years was abroad I never
heard one Of these men say he was from
the United States; 20. bat they say; "
an from tAe Soafk, sir Where do you
had WILLIAM AsD MARY's CorIgGg
In the South Where do ron 6nd Prince
kegent street, Not IN the North.
No, there you End President street
and Congress Street. | remarked los,
nov that man must labor as an intelli-
gent being, not a. a machine. or voa
cannot pave this Republic. Il viii 20
down, doEn in spite Of everything else.
Unfortunately there is an impression ia
the country, aud one which certain poli-
ticians trg to instill into your minds
that you have some interest in keeping
three or four millions Of human beings
in bondage, and that yoa are not inter.
ested ia their saboring as intelligent be-
iugA o, shame 90 such Democracy /
love to hear q man wh stle at bis plow.
love to see litsse hoy or girl put some
thing 10 the tin haeket foF daddy's din
ner, vho is lAboFing out IN the keld cor
two dollars a day. What Does he Ia.
Dor for thata Is II that which nerves
bis arm and makes his heart beat stroug9
No, no, brother. Il Is because he has
something at home--a loving wife End
children that are his. aad bis alone; and
{ Is Tor them he lives, and works, and
tolls, because be Is free man. But do
yoa believe that same father would work
as cheertolly, or do halt as much work,
Il be knew that at night bis wife might
be soil and torn from him Cor life, or
bis children sold at the block never TO
see him moref All, do you believe ilg
II yea do, thea 90 and vote the Demo.
cratic ticket (CheeFs) ID Is not the
beauty aroand as that induces as 10 Ia
Dor, but il is the love Of the father for
the prosperity Of bis wife and child. Il
is this that makes you accomplish 50
much
Negro Eqaallsy.
Yet, there are men Who aay that they
are afraid Of negroes becoming our
equals Now, my friends, you know ny
wife is my equal, and in many things
our wives are our saperioFs; yet, they
are not our equals polilieAlly. They
eau neither represent Us IN Congress,
nor SIS for jury, nor exercise The elect
i've franchise Now, II you Ere really
afraid that q negro will become yous
equal, hey bad better take you out and
shoot you 10 death. LAughier.1 ! II you
are afraid your daughter viii marry
negro, the sooner you pat her in luna.
tic Asylnm the better. TRenewed
laughter Oh. ron know We all voted
for old Dtek johnson, yet be has - black
5 womSn IS ever lived under the sun foF
his wife Loud laughter, aud That's
fact Yet there are men who claim
20 be Democrats who are mean enough
to tell as lhatwe SAINT 10 make the negro
oar equal ] am like old Unels roby
who said. as he LET the fly 90, "Lel every
thing that God has made have 81 eqeAl
chance"
Bat, fancy hear one Of you say,
am FOR Tree press, free speech, free bal.
los box, Jet you are going 20 vots FOR =
man who first inaugurated the doctrine
Of arrsstisg a whole legislature. You
know, in the time Of jefferson. there was
3 man by the pane OF Burr aud anotber
By the name Of Blannerhasset I'D wha
we're charged with treason 10 jumps
habsas co spus man who says y0u must
not take him through this State. or
without writ Of habcas corpus Bot
Jefferson shouts Bring him here, be-
cause he is traitor and ought 10 die,
and ! say, you litile soul, the moment
you put your hand on this Government
you ought 20 die So it was with Gen
Jackson a. Nes Orleans lie pot the
raseAlly Judge in Jail. locked him up,
aud ihrew the key away. and said, 90 70
f1e DeriE By doing 80, be saved his
country from the curse Of treason, yet
We have some saying he ought bot 70
have done so. When you say that you
SANDER the best man that ever lived on
this eartH
Nov I, for my part, want only one
plank IN my plato. m take 1t from
Mr Madison, who said, fiiy years ago,
I'VE can tolerate error II reason Be- left
free 10 combat Il" want thsre to be
no spot in America where the people
cannot discuss aud examine every sub.
iect Every institution oughl to be
able % bear the ordeal Of public
discussion; and, If il viii not
stand this, Jet il 90 down.
II was to take . man out Of this
crowd and ask him. what is your OBJ
lection 70 this war; be would tell ne
that "wben The war commenced, the
North var . unit, and the South was
divided; bat when Abraham Lincoln is
ssed bis Emancipation Proclamation,
The North became divided and the soHth
united" You, Democrats, have told
this FIVE hundred times, and you say you
believeit II yOa do, then why did not
the Chicago Convention tell you 80 In
the plssform Why did they not
tell us the Proclamation was wrong7
Voices, aaAry word Of H. !" This is
a fact. and ! want you 70 understand i
- such; I speak from the record ]
never carry many public documents, for
adopted sn opinion N ny youth, that
II a men would not believe What / told
him, be woald not IL / proved H. Ia re-
ference to The Proclamation, Il Is either
Constitutional or unconstitutional; either
valid or invalid, and there Is no tribanal
can pass upon i, Save the Supreme
Court 0f the United States No future
Administration nor Congress can change
it. II the Supreme Court decide be bad
such Power, poscer TO free the slaves,
then no power on earth can make
them slaves hereafter.
Compromise
Now, ny frieaas, If you meet man
on the road and ask aim shat be thinks
Of the Proclamation, and the election,
&c, snd he takes up spli8ter and BE-
1 gins picking bis teeth, yoa can tell N q
{ minate be is q compr0mise man-
1 TLaurhter ask bim The question;
/ II the Democratic Convention which met