Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-03-01

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numerous persons here who were OPP
posed 20 any action in favor of Presi-
Dental candidate at this time, became .
also convinced 81 he irnpropriety Of such /
action; 50 that we safely say that on 1
Monday evening, .iefore final adjourn /
ment for The Convention of next day, a
majority Of tie Delegates were really OPP
posed 20 insirnciins for Mr. Lincoln.
Such at least. W. have not a particle Of
doubt, was the general feeling. And
subsequent action on the part of Mr..
Lincoln's friends fully justified this CON
cluson, as we shall now show.
The Convention was mass COnven
ton. Every Union man in the State,
who saw proper to attend, was a dele
gate. Some counties, it is true, called
conventions AMI specified particular
individuals whom they wished to at
tend the State Convention; but this, in
majority Of cases, was only for the pur-
pose Of directing the attention of the peo-
pie to the importance of being well rep
resented; and nearly all the counties,
in addition to naming certain individ
uals as delegates, passed resolutions ac-
crediting as delegates all who might at
tend the State Convention. So the Ga
zette's attempted distinction between the
people and the delegates is a myth Of its
own imagination. and all its grumbling
at the alleged setting aside Of the dele
gates by the people is purely gratuitous
without any provocation whatever.
But let us look at the matter a little
further -
The Gazette comedies that the people
came up to the State Capital by thou
sands" partly" it says, ITO witness the
celebration of the 22d, partly to see
Morton properly nominated, and alsoAto
hurrah for odd Abel" This disposition
TO hurrah for Old Abe, it thinks, was sim
/ ply because no other individuals had
been suggested as Presidential aspi-
rants, and but little had been urged
against the propriety Of bringing out
| Presidential candidates at so early day.
Some, however, had been illuminated by
the articles which had appeared in the
/ Gazette of the 22d, and were convinced
/ of the impropriety of any action with
reference to Presidential candidate at
this time-(the modesty of the Gazette
is positively refreshing)-and it feels
"safe in saying that before the final adj
journment on Monday evening, a ma
jority OF the delegates were really OPP
posed to instructing for AIr. LINCOLN. :"
What it was that adjourned, the Gazette
fails to enlighten u.s. 1t could not have
been the State Convention, because a
large number of delegates had not then
reached the city. Itcould not have been
the District Conventions, for nearly all
of these that held meetings on Monday
evening instructed for Mr.. Lincoln, as
their published proceedings in the Indi
annapolis Journal of the next morning
clearly prove. We can tconceive, then
what it was adjourned, unless it was a
little squad of the Gazettes particular
friends, that held meeting somewhere
to themselves The quotation the Ga
zette makes from the telegraphic cores
pondence Of the Cincinnati Commercial
will be taken only for what it is worth
1t is, and was, regarded by those at tn,
E Convention as not so much q Statement
of an existing fact, as a desire to inau
ence the minds of delegates in order tt
prevent Instructions ------.-
As to the circular, in favor of Mr.. Lin
coin, which the Gazette copies and com
ments on, it was unnecessary, and hac
no effect whatever We will say, further
that we regarded the haste with which
Mr. Allen introduced his resolutions as
unnecessary. There was no time during
the session of the Convention in which
those resolutions would not have been
adopted by majority of near nine tc
one The people came up to the Con
vention for the purpose Of endorsing Mr.
Lincoln and nominating him, as they did
to endorse Gov. Morton and nominate
him. The assertion that the resolution,
| instructing for Mr. Lincoln, would not
have been adopted had it not been tackled
on TO another nominating Governor
Morton, it seems to us, could only be
made by man who was not on the
ground, or VINO is reckless as to the
truth Of his assertions. We affirm it as
our opinion, founded upon close obser-
walton, that there were more men attend
ing that State Convention who would
have been gratified at the nomination oil
some man, other than Oliver P. Morton,
for Governor, than there were opposed to
Mr. Lincoln denomination. When Mr..
Allen read his first resolution instruct
ing for Mr.. Lincoln, no sooner was the
name of the President announced than ii
| WAS gTeeleu Win tlie must culuUSidStlC
cheers This was before Mr. Allen had
finished reading the resolution, and be-
fore the crowd knew that~it was to be
followed by second resolution nomina.
ting Governor Morton. When both
resolutions were read the President of the
Convention asked whether they should
be voted on singly or together 1t was
the unanimous wish of the crowd that
they be passed in conjunction, and it was
done accordingly. With what justice or
propriety, then, can it be said that the
first resolution depended on the second
for success? 1t would look to most peo-
pie, on the contrary, as though the first
had to carry the second. The truth is,
as we said before, that neither depended
on the other. The people came to the