Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-12-04

out, in any sense, endorsing or condemn
ing his views. Accompanying his ar
ticle is the following note, which we also
print ED. JOURNAL.
1--WE wish to say to the reader before
he peruses the following article, that it
was moi written with view to advocate
severity towards our erring brethren, or
to promote the concession of suffrage to
the negro South. Concerning the latter
point, we coincide with Governor Nor
toms excellent reasoning in his recent
message, and further than him, we
should say, if every negro was not only
as free, but as enlightened as any other
man, we should not consider it adyisa-
BILE for Congress to order the grant of
that part Of citizenship, if its right to do
SO was admitted by all TO be clear and
indisputable.
Government should not go ahead OF
its public. II is usually the ex-
preston of the highest prevailing intel
ligence, and should first endeavor to
educate the masses up to its own stand
ard. The higher usually control the
lower orders of intelligence, as they
should do, if equally in earnest. 1t is
not always so, as is easily seen, in many,
specially crowded, localities We are
never safe without common diffusion
of education, which means the capacity
of knowledge of affairs, sufficient to
understand reasoning on them, and to
Withstand appeals to pre-conceptions, or
pre-disposition and pre-judgments.
That our opinions sare held by the
radicals on this subject, cannot influence
our reception OF what we conceive to be
truth. That secessionists hold to SINH
lar views does not convince as that they
must be erroneous. We are willing to
accept nugget of truth and rake it
from the bottom of the foulest puddle,
and to share it With the me 1t aban-
doned characters.
Out or in.
Gov. Morton has more than fulfilled
the expectations OF his warmest friends.
he has shown high qualities as states
man during an exciting and difficult
crisis; while his political acuteness in
contravening the artful lodges of old
experienced and INSCRIPTIONS oppo-
nents, has been no less remarkable. We
respect him as a man of ability. We
revere him as an honest one.
Nevertheless, it is not our habit to
place unlimited confidence in the ex-
pressed opinions of any man. Neither
do we consider it essential to political
amity as of religious utilization that we
should hold exactly similar views on
minor particulars. Purity of purpose,
and integrity of execution, is all that
can. reasonably be required. Associa-
ton, party habits, its interests as well as
those of the individual, frequently OBJ
scure the mental perceptions of the
ablest, clearest-sighted men. And il
the mental perceptions may be thus err
roneous, it is equally certain that the
ideas of moral right may be quite as
much so. Therefore we do not yield
our allegiance to any immaculate judg-
ment of right, whether political or other
wise.
Mems purposes are sometimes admir-
able when the means of accomplishment
are the reverse; and politicians often
aim at proper ends, upon untenable
theories which are easily overthrown by
"the enemy" and become baseless to
tine inspection of she unbiased eye. The
sophistries of antagonists occasionally
seduce the most honorable into no less
unreliable hypothesis. Satisfied FROM
previous reflection and experience, Of
the propriety and justice of proposed
ends, they may still be unprepared to
grasp the subject in all the light in
which it may be presented, or to with
stand on the true grounds all the subtle
prevarications with which political ques-
tons may be presented. Thus it is that a
locker on may presume 10 question the
ratiociuation or conclusions of the active
participants of complicated political
operations without 9 claim to superior
perspicacity, and thus we account for
our holding views not in accordance
with Gov. Morton in come particulars,
as exhibited in his Fort Wayne address
The phraseo'osg Of fho Unionists
employed since Buchanan's administra-
ton concerning the exercise of the power
of the general over local governments is
1--WE think with many others erroneous,
calculated to misplead, and will yet be,
indeed is already, employed by tender
footed marchers to the music of the
Union for the purpose of obscuring and
confusing the minds of ths people re.
gsrding the rights of States when in
rebellion, and as to what should be the
methods or conditions of re-opening
loyal relations The sophistries of origin
al disunionists led US into false
position which cannot fail to con.
tinue to mystify the minds of the
truest patriots, and of those who wish
to be just only to those in political
afiliation with them, but to their oppo.
nents also. 1t has already been the
fruitful cause Of vaseilation, dissatis-
faction, and weakness in the ranks of
those who would otherwise believe alike.
and who do pursue the same ends of me-
tional unity and permanence. Every
one feels there is Inconsistency between
the expressions and actions of the Ad-
ministration, and that it is hard to recon.
cile the theory protested and the policy
pursued towards the seeded and to be
reconstructed States. 1t is said no
State can go out of the Union" " No
ons has been so" The people naturally
wish to know, if the building has never
been oYerthrown, what is the need OF
reconstruction If none have been out,
what need of readmission; what right
have you to impose more than ordinary
conditionsH If they have never ceased