Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-03-01
The indianapolis Gazette and the
Safe Convention.


For two or three weeks previous to
the assembling of the State Convention,
the Gazette had taken a position OF hos
tility to Mr. Lineolns reelection. Its
columns were filled with extracts and ed
itorials, far from complimentary to the
President-some of them being posi-
lively abusive. No one complained Of
this course of the Gazette. 1t had a
perfect right TO urge its objections to
President Lincoln and his administra-
ton of public affairs, and to endeavor
TO convince the people that n change of
rulers would be productive Of immedi-
ate and lasting good to the nation. Tax
ing the position it did, however, previ-
Gus to the State Convention, urging its
opinions with all the vehemence and
ability it possessed and striving to in
struct the people as to what they ought
to do at that Convention and what ought
to be left undone, we had a right to ex-
pect that the Gazette would not so mis-
apprehend the character of the Conven-
ton or so strangely interpret its action,
as it has done in lengthy article which
appeared in its issue of the 25th ult.
That it should complain because the Con
vention did not adopt its particular views
is natural and not unexpected; but
that it should assign causes for the re-
suit which have no existence in fact, is
calculated to produce the impression
that failing to rule, it desires to ruin.
We propose to examine some of its com
plants.
The principle one-in fact, we might
say, the only one-is, that the Conven-
tion instructed the delegates to the Ma
tional Convention to cast the vote of In
diana for Mr. Lincoln as the next Union
Candidate for President. 1t regards
such action as wrong and calculated to
work an injury to the Union party. 1t
says instructions were forced through
the Convention in spite of all it and
others could say, and against the well
known fact that our German fellow-citi-
zens almost en- maSse all over the State,
were opposed to such action. The lat
Ter assertions not true, but we give it in
the words of the Gazette, that our read
ers may fully comprehend its position.
1t then proceeds to explain how the thing
was done. First, it draws a distinction
between the people who attended the
Convention and the delegates. What is
It's authority for making such a distine-
ton we cannot conceive, but that we do
not mistake it in this particular, the fol-
lowing paragraphs clearly demonstrate;
The Convention may be properly said
to have been a mass C6npent;on
Though county delegates were chosen
and sent up here to make the nomina-
tons, the people also came, and by
thousands-partly, as they said, to at
tend the celebration of the I'D, and
partly and more generally to see that
Morton lods properly nominated They
came, also, to "hurrah for Old Abe
This we admit So little had there been
said or even suggested about anv one
else being candidate for President hv
the friends of any other man, and so lit
tie against the propriety of bringing ont
a candidate at this early day, that the
masses who came up here on the ODD and
23d, hardly dreamed that there was any
body else than Mr. Lincoln thought OF
for next President, or that there Gould be
any objection TO nominating him at this
time. Hence they were ready to hurrah
for him and to vote for anything in his