Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-01-19
SEE FOURTH PAGE.
The Peace nemocracH.

1uC CoOC DCEiOCTdCls
The Resolutions adopted by the Sew
enth Congressional District Democratic
Convention, and about which there was
so much contention, are as follows:
ResoEred That the events of the last
three years have proven that War, with
all its attendant evils, is not proper
remedy to heal the differences between
g the North and South; we are, therefore,
in favor of Peace, based upon a perma-
nent compromise of the differences
preserving and securing the integrity of
the Union-the equality and rights of
the States, and the citizens thereof, as
guaranteed by the Constitution.
ResoEUed, That the proposition of the
President, contained in his last message
and proclamation, as to the abrogation
of old State Governments, and the crea-
ton of new ones, meets with our I'M
qualified condemnation; because, among
other things,
First-The President has no authority
to make such proposition, and it is,
therefore, usurpation.
SecOnd-It is in violation of the Con-
stitution, If attempted BY any Depart
ment of the General Government
Third-It is an attempt to build up
pretended and false Governments in the
South, that the party in power may be
continded therein, through electors
chosen by nOn-residents, to-wit: dishon-
est followers of the army, and slaves pro-
claimed to be free, who may form such
pretended governments. And,
Fourth-It recognizes the future
equality of the white and black races.
Resolved, In view of recent events in
the Border States, we declare that it is
the duty of every citizen who prefers a
, Republican form of government to mill.
tary despOtism, to maintain in every
mode within his power the purity of the
ballot-box against fraud, corruption and
violence from every quarter.
ResOlCed, That every Representative
of this Congressional District be instruct
ed to carry out, in all his representative
actions, the principles of the foregoing
resolutions.
tits not surprising that Judge Clay
pool took exception to these resolutions
How any man, with a spark of patriot
ism in his soul, could endorse them, i,
beyond comprehension They are dis
graceful to the State, and they are ever
unworthy of the District that is repre-
scented by such man as Daniel W
Voorhees,.
That the first resolution should assert
a falsehood, is not remarkable. Seces
sion itself is based upon falsehood, and
1t is natural that all who sympathizt
with it should manifest the same peculi
arity in that respect The events oil
the past three years, says the resolution
"have proven that war with its attendant
evils, is not proper remedy to heal the
differences between the North and the
South" The war is not carried ON to
heal differences between the North and
the South. He who asserts that it is,
misrepresents the. facts in the
case. The war is waged to suppress the
rebellion, and we are prepared to main.
tain that " the results of the past three
years" have proven that it is proper
remedy for that calamity Having based
their resolution upon false premise of
course its deductions are false, VIZ: that
peace based upon compromise of these
differences, may be obtained.
The second resolution is equally false
with the first The President has not
proposed, either in his message or pro-
clamation, to abrogate old State Govern
ments and create new ones. The Dem
oeracy of the Seventh District have
done the foolish thing of unqualifedly
condemning" that which has no existence.
They have put up man of straw, and
pelted 1t to their satisfaction we hope
Ailthe President proposes, in his procla-
nation and message, is to aid the people
IN the various rebel States to organize
State Governments where no State Gov
ernments exist. The State officials of
the different rebel States emf
their States loose from the Constitn.
ton of the United States, and levied war
upon the General Government As our
armies advance for the purpose of occu.
pying and possessing the forts, arsenals
and other public property of the United
States within their limits, the State Gov
ernments become migratory and abandon
their own States for more salubrious
ATTITUDES This leaves their States with
out any State Government. Our Presi.
dent, in the kindness of his heart. when
ne looked upon such an anomalous con-
dltlon of things, as States without State
Governments, resolved to assist the peo-
pie in those States in extricating them
selves from their dilemma. Therefore
ne presented his proposition to assist
them IN forming new State Govern