Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-08-15

An OPtxIog.--John Petit, delegate
to the Chicago Convention, in letter OF
his, written Jaly >, 1860, sad / be-
lieve thai Lincoln is a more eonserva-
tive and sounder man than Douglas, /
and that less danger 10 The Union and
10 its parts. North and South, Is 10 be
feared il the election IF the former than
the latter
The Indianapolis Journal comments
as follows. When our friends hear the
charge from so-ealled Democrats, that
the election Of Lincoln aas the cause Of
he rebellion, let them use the proof
f...naAhaa hs- Abe h4a.l 81 ah4A na.saaa.aHssiss
electoral ticket, that Mr.. Lincoln was a
more national and conservative man
than Mr.. Douglas, therefore the South
ern traitors would have rebslled against
Nr Douglas, had he besu elected, a. the
after, according to Dir Pettit, vas the
most d vigorous Of the two:
4 On the 3ist day Of August. 1861, AZ
, .er the name OF Fort Lafayette bad be-
come famous as the temporary residence
of some noisy traitors, judge Petit made
speech at West Point, Indiana, in
. which be gave utteranee to the follow
= ing sentiments:
d" But il is said the President has VIC
" lated the Constitution in many respects
10 The rebels make this complaint with 8
s. poor grace, aud if the President has
y not, strictly speaking the constitutions
8. RICH. TO increase the army and navy, sus
pend the writ Of hdbeds corpus, and IN
y cendiary newspapers, and to suppress
IT, inceudiary speeches and speakers eithe
at in the pulpit or on the rosirum, | say !
as be has not, strictly speaking OF this pow
:, err, under the Constitution, be ought Z
have it both in peace and war.
. "And the country will never hav
mt peace, quiet, and order till that power
nj given the President He exercises
Of now in war, aud the power IS no les
necessary in the time OF peace to prs
." vent bringing on war. And II the act
aly of the President in these respects STA
aal form precedents for other Presidents
follow, both in peace and war, shall ;
:, satisfied. In my judgment, it all ince'
CT diary preachers, speakers, and new
en- papers had been suppressed years az
de- this war would not now be on hand
,ev trouble US.
- 1t will be remembered that this di
to- whetbss>41- Democrat while doubtir
ing IL .he power 70 Svr--e-.~Al@-snaakinl
ste- habeas corpus and ineendiary new
his papers, declared that he ought to hay
va it, both in war and peace; and the spea
er was we'll content that the Presidei
YES exercised the power in time OF war, la
aw or no Law. Since then, Congress ha
un- BY law, given to the President full pow,
IDS to suspend the writ Of habeas corpu
be when in his judgment the public safe
.de demands it, which involves all the 9th,
va powers, deemed necessary by Judge Pc
his tit
wn We do not know whether Judge Pc
q a tit will staltify himself by joining VII
ill the mass Of the organs Of his party
ons denouncing tks opinions he so ably a
We vocated in 1861, but it is matter of Ii
eat tie consequence if he does. Then,
q was speaking as citizen, anxious f
the integrity Of his country, and the di
comfture OF its enemies In 1861,
occupies the position of partisan, ar
% will receive the Difference due to the q
e,r guments of a partisan only