Evansville daily journal., 1864-06-06
Catching What they Deserye--HIt 'em
Agafu

gladly make the correction.
Catching What they DeseFye-Hit 'em
Again.
The Prentice-Guthrie Union party Of
Kentucky have held Convention and
delegates to attend the "Na-
tioBaI Conservative" alias COpperhead,
Convention at Chicago on the 4th Of
July. The conservatives Of Kentucky
and the Copperheads Of the Free States
are all brothers in one eause-Humsn
Slavery--and we suppose Prentice,
Guthrie & Co. had no place else TO send
delegates to- And, ia fact, the Copper
head Convention was very appropriate
place for the, followers Of The Louisville
Jo,frnat-the paper that advocated the
election Of yslIandigham-to go to. We
have no doubt that, If admitted to that
traitorous conclave, the Chicago Conven-
tios, they will feel perfectly at home,
and will aid materially in the crusade
against Freedom aud a regeneraied
Union in the coming contest.
It will, perhaps, be no humiliation to
the Louisville Journal disciples to crawl
into the Chicago Convention and hum
bly, beg to be admitted into the ranks Of
those whom they, no longer ago than the
last gubernatorial campaign in Ken
tncky, denounced as traitors, rebel
sympathiEers, and aiders and abeltors
of the Rebellion. Men who. when the
UEion was assailed by traitors in arms,
refused TO aid the Government with
troops; who, for year after the Rebel
lion commenced, aud until they had to
beg for Federal soldiers to come and
protect them from the rebels, talked
about the sacred soil of Kentucky,
and upheld the doctrine Of neutrality
between their Government and traitors;
who have acted a. eommissaries to the
Southern Confederaey and coined money
out of their country's blood; who have
refused to 20 into the Federal army and
prevented that army from being rein
forced, while they permitted their sons
aud relatives to 60 into the service Of
the rebels; who have had nine words OF
denunciation for their Government to
one for the rebels; who now shirk mill
tary service and threaten rebellion when
the Government takes their negroes into
the army; who have acted an Infamous
and semi-treasonable part ever since the
rebellion broke out and now are more
friendly to jeff. Davis than to the Presi.
dent Of the United States--we say that
these men cannot, probably, feel such a
sensation as humiliation produces ia men
Of principle. They are, in all probability
insensible to any such feeling.
II, however, there is any sentiment of
dignity and honor left in the Prentice and
Guthrie party, they cannot but be insult
ed and enragsd at the following con.
temptuous aing at them from the Free.
mans Journal of the 4th OF June This
paper belongs to the genuine JEFF Davis
Democracy, and has no fancy for in
terlopers and "milk-and.wAter,a old wo-
manish Copperheads Z wants only
those in the Convention who are not too
cowardly to go the full length in treason
Read, Kentucky conservatives:
Afler copying the call of C. 4. Wick
life, L. W. Powell aud others for 81
mon-pure " Democratic I" State Conven
ton on the 18th Of June, at Louisville
the Fsseman's Journal rejoices thus;
This is cheering. We feared that tn
Democracy Of Kentucky would not at
tempt to hold . State Convention"
Then, AFTER dsaouncmg the opponent
Of Mr.. Wicklitfe, the so-called Uniol
men-the Conservatives "-on aecoun
of the defeat that he suffered at tn,
hands of the Bramlette party, the COP
perhead organ continues;
Under the name of Onion men.
Conservatives, &e., the Bramlstte par
ty, composed of the malignant rump o
the old Know Nothings, and q very fel
Shoddy Democrats, Of whom the mos
notable is Ex-Seeretary Guthrie, (who i
to Kentucky what Dan. S. Dickinson i
to New York, have the cool assuranc
to assemble and elect delegates to tn
Chicago Convention. This time the
call themselves Union Democrats
Amer complaining that the resolution
adopted at the Preutiee-Guthris Conven
ton favored the more vigorous proseeu
ton of the war, aud praisiug the enthu
siasm and the resolutions of primar
democratic" meeting held at Louisyill
May 24th which selected delegates to th
Wicklife-Powell Convention, the Jespi
inquisitor thus puts the KRcw-Nothin,
faction to the torture;g 4seelA i-
sIf these were not the days for a.
kinds of jugglery and loose principle
We could not doubt for moment tha
the Chicago Convention would send th
bramletts party delegation about thai
business, and accept only the Demo
srane delegation to be selected on tn
10th otJuns. But we remember the A
oany Regency Invited Governor Bran
ls9e TO come here and stum
,nis state, at the last election, lust sffe
Lincoln oayonets had crushed the Dem
ocrats OF Kentucky under Bramlette'
ieet We fear that the old dodge viii b
resorted to, admitting both delegs
tons This the Democratic delegatioI
ought not TO submit to. First, becaus
, 1t IS Democratic, and the Bramlette del
egaton is not Democratic, neither in ii
principles nor in its leaders. Second