Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-11-16
A MFalsa Position .,

Inc NEW ALBANY LeuyGF 4COucAuuCS'
as o result of The elections, that the
Democracy of the country have not
yet been sufficiently punished for the
follies of the faction which placed the
party in false position during the war.
The party itself is but faction, and
the position it took during the war, may
well be termed 'false." 1t was false to
the country; false to the brave men who
took up arms in defense of the Govern
ment and laid down their lives on battle
fields and in prison pens; and false to
every sentiment of honor and patriot
ism. The party has been harmonious
during all the years Of the war. A few
among whom the Ledger may be clas
si6ed--uttered feeble demurrers to the
policy marked out for the organization
by the party leaders, but they were forced
to stiae their complaints and support
the nominees as well as platform OF
principles. What was more, the Ledger
aud other papers like it, endeavored to
make use of their professed objections
to some of the avowed doctrines and
actions of the party, to induce honest
meaning Democrats TO support and stand
by it-urging them to do SO on the
ground That the party would repu-
date it's sympathy for rebels and
discsrd the leaders who so endeavored
to influences H. The Ledger hadn't the
nerve to stand by its convictions of duty
1t talked one way end acted another.
1t protested devotion to the country and
support of the Administration in the
prosecution of the var, yet urged, anoG
riabIy, its readers to vote for the men
and sustain the party who denounced
the war, and made use OF every ins.s L.
mentality within its reach 10 overthrow
| the Administration and secure the tri-
umph Of the rebels 1t was an earnest
supporter of the dogma promulgated at
Chicago, that the ''war was a failure,
end did al it possibly could to make
the result verify the prediction. Now
it talks about the party being placed in
q false position by faction. These
false positions constitute the history Of
the party. It's hopes of success have
been based upon political intrigue and
deception. Proof of this is abundant
in comparing the various positions as
sumed by it in the different States in
which elections have been held this
year. In some States the taxing Of
Government bonds was declared to be
wrong and violation of public faith
In others it was affirmed that the
bonds ought to be taxed in
order to compel the rich to beal
1 their share of the public burdens
In one place the party heartily endorsed
President Johnson's reconstruction pol
icy, and eloquent orators announced hin
as the Democratic candidate for re
election in 1868. In other localities
the Presidents policy was repudiated
as unwise, unjust, and anti-Democratic
Yet all these opposite views were enter.
tanned and advocated by the same politi
cal organization. Under these circum.
stances, the party could not stand il
other than false position in the est
nation Of the people. They readily saw
that it could not be trusted under an,
circumstances, and voted it down &C
cordingly.
We apprehend that the Ledger viii
yet learn that Time itself will be unabl
to remove the odium attaching to thu
Democracy because of the false position
in which they placed themselves.