Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-06-18

iatimated 10 nae from maay quarters, and
Z 10 var which | cannot disregard, that
Z / shoald disappoint the wishes Of my
friends, and perhaps the iuss expectations
Of ths couyention, if | did not, as briefly
ard pet as precisely as could. say some
what upon the great matters which have
h-oaxht Hs here. Therefore, in s very
few wcrds, as plainly as eau, viii
endeavor GO draw yonr attention 70 one
aud saosher Of those great mat.
ters II which We are al en-
gagged In the fret place, nothing
can be more plain than the fact
tkas ron ara here as representatives. Of
great nation, voluntary Representatives,
Ehossn wifhoct forms Of law, bat IS really
representing feelings, principles, aud, il
ron chcose, prejudsces Of the American
people, - IL il were written ii the laws,
and already passed BY The votes; Tor the
man thzs yon will nominats here for the
Presideney Of the United States, and the
ruler Of great people in . great crisis,
Is just as certsin, ] suppose, 70 become
that ruler as tnything under heaven is
certain before done. Pronlonged cheer
ing And moreover, you Wiz allow me
TO ssy, though perhaps il is hardly
strictly proper that ! shoald. though as
far a. know your opinions, suppose Ii
10 just as certain row, before you utter il,
whose nAnne you viH utter, and which
will be responded TO from one end to the
other Of this nAtisn as it viii be after IL
has besn uttered and recorded By your
secretary Does any man doubt that this
Conveniisn intends 20 say that Abraham
Lincoln shall be the noninee7- rGfeat
applause.
What wish, however, TO call your at
tention to. is the grsndenr OF the mission
upon which you are met, and therefore
the dignity and solsmnity, sarnestness
| and eoncsensiousness, vita which rep
resentipg ous Of the greatest. and GER
tainly one Of the first people Of the
world, you ooght 10 discharge these
duties LApplause
Nes, bessdes the nomination Of Presi-
| dent and Vice Preaidsnt. in regard 10
which sacred oihees will say nothing.
because knou there is more or lsss dif-
ference Of opinion among you; but
besides these nominations, you have
other moet solemn duties 10 perform.
| Yoa have 10 organize this party through.
out the United States. You have TO put
IL in whatever form yoar wisdom will
suggest, thstwiil unite sll your wisdom,
energy and determination, 20 gain the
vietory6whieh have already said vas in
our rover. Moe than that, you have to
lay down, with clearness and precision
the principles on which you intend 10
carry on this great political contest, and
prosecute the war whieb is unsdernsash
them, and the glory oi the eountry which
hes before us If We saeesed plainly.
not in q doabls sense briefly, not
in treatise = with the dignity and
precision ofa great people, to utter, By its
representatives, the political principles
BY which ihey intend to live, And FOR the
sake Of which they are wiilisg to die, so
that al rnen, everywhere, may under
stand precisely whst We mean, aHd iay
that furrow 20 deeply and 20 clearly thai
while every man who il worthy TO asso
ciats ~itb freemsn, may see il and p4sa
over il. every man who Is unworthy NAV
Be unable 70 pass it, or may be driven
far from Il. We want none bas those who
ars alike us 10 Se with "a Applauss /
Nov, among these principles, il yoo
will allow me 10 say Il, the hrst and mos,
distinct Is that We do rot intend 70 permit
this nstioa 70 be destroyed IAppIsuss I
We are q nAtion--no doubt peculiar one
--formsi Of States, end no nation except
as these Slats form IL; aud thsss States
are no States except as they are StAsss In
inst nation. They had no more right 70
repudiafe the nation than the nation has
10 rcpudiata them. Not one Of them had
even the shadow Of . right 70 this, and
God helping us, We will viudeats that
truth, 90 that IL never shall be dispasad
any morsiu this world AppIause. IL
Is Feaaful slternative that is set before
as, but there are great eompensations for
| It
Those Of ron Who have attended to
this subject know that from the founda-
ton Of the present Governmehs, befors
and since our present Constitution was
formed. there have slwsys been psrties
that had no faith ia our Government.
| The men that formed IL we're doubtful Of
its success and the men that opposed
It's formation did not desire ita success,
and am bold 10 say without OBTAINING
you on this subject, that Tor all the out
cry about our violations Of the Cosststu-
/ ton, this present living generation, aHd
| this present Union party, are more
/ thoroughly devoted 10 that Constitution
{ than any generation that has ever lived
under il. Applause. While say that,
and solemnly believe IL, and believe IL
eapAbls Of the strongest proof, ! may
/ also add that il is great error whieh is
being propagatsd IN the lAnd TO say that
our national Eifs depends merely upon
the sustaining Of that Constitution.
Our fathers made Il, and we love IL
He intended TO maintain IL; bul
II Il suits us 70 change il We ean DO 50,
! rapplause and when il suits as 10 change
i We will change il LApplAuse II
/ il we're torn into ten thousand pieces
the nation would be as mue q
nation as IL was before The Con-
sGitution was maie-s nztion always that
declared iss indspendenee as united
people, and lived as united people until
noE-a nation independent Of all par,
I ticul.g institutions nnder which Ties
lived, capable Of modelling them precisely
as their iateress rs9uirs. We ought q
have it distinctly understood by friends
and enemies that. while We love that IN
strumsnt, ue vilI maintain il, and will
with undoubsed certainty, put 70 death
friends or foes who undertake to trampl,
i. under foot Yet, beyond doubt, v,
will reserve the right to alter Il TO suit
ourselves from tiEas to time, and from
generation to generation Applause
One mors idea on that subject W
have Incorporated in the instrument d,
right Of revelation, which gives rs with
out doubt, the right to change IL
never existed before the Americas States
and By the right to change there 10 n
need Of rebellion, insarrection, or eixi
war, except upon denial OF the fanda
mental principles Of all free govern
ment that the msjority part must rule; an
there is no other method Of carrying OF
society except that the viii Of the major
ity shall Be the will Of the whole, or tia
! the will of the minority shall be the vii
i .sf fkA ~%oia- 80 thak - go - .,