Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-09-27

Jersey platform, with equal fatilisy,s an
ncunces that 'the late frairieidal war 10
ehargsable upon the aoolitionists Of the
North and the sscessionists OF the
South The Maine platform promisss,
"with grateful hearts to do kosor 10 the
living soldiers who have perilled life and
limb Sor the great cause. thssNew
York platform in Ike manner -offeFs
thanks and gratitude 90 the soldiers and
sailors OF the nation; but the New Jer-
sey platform takes away all credit and
honor, and denies 81 clainsto gratitude
or reward, to more than hundred thou
sand Of the soldiers and sailors Of the
nationl
Finally, they mostly unite in abusing
the party which elected President John
son, vilifying and misrepresenting its
principles, abusing many Of ths mass
important measures Of Mr.. Johnson's :
standardization, and Offering him. very
lukewarm and hating support, coudi-
toned upon his accapting the Demo
cratic leaders amongst whom reappear
Vallandigham, Penaletop, Seymour, and
others of the same character, as bis
masters and instructors, and the official
214 anal IAA8G8 u H0AE - n tUuatEtA-
tional and judieious policy for him. Il
is easy 10 sac that they woald densunce
him openly now, as they did last year,
did they not know thatthu pecpie are -
Nov, IL the Democratic leaders ichoas
to do right, If they openly and frAnkly,
confessed their errors, If they put out
from amongst them such pestiferous
fellows as Vallandigham.-instsad OF
eleetipg than to the places Of homer Ia
their coaventions--R they placed tham-
selves fairly aad squarely upon the prin.
ciples Of equal and exact justice 10 AL
men; IL they showed eommon WELDON
By dropping worn cut issues aud stale
party cries, there might be chance for
them to regain some Of the respect aud
eon6dsnce their bad conduct during the
aaverest trials of the war lost them.
Bot when We see them in this State
boastiug Of "ths past history Of tie
Democratic parts;" in PennsylvAnia and
New Jersey laying the blame Of the war.
upon the exercise Of the right Of elec-
tion BY the people; in Minnesota protest
log against q unioD Of Chnrch aud State
they might as veil protest against q
union Of the earth and the moon
and elsewhere displaying the mar
roBest and meanest bigotry, and
coovicting themselves, By absnrd
aud contradictory rasolutisins.l as
incnrsble blunders, We must say that the
persons vho manage these convensioRs,
and who rule tbs party ehieh calls itseif
democratic, and woald IKE through II 10
rule the nation, are worthy neither of re-
spect nor confidence; their policy is 20
policy At all; their pr;nciples-or hose
things which they put forward IN The
majority Of cases 70 serve instead Of
principles-are con4empsibla and ridicu-
lous; and when they endeaFor 20 fOist
upon the people saeh men as yaliandig-
ham, they offer deliberate insult TO the
soldiers to whom this man and bis "own
familiar friend refused to vote supplies
or pay, whom they called murdsFers aBd
hirelings, and 20 the people who made 20
many sacrifices for the Union of which
these men despaired. and which they, in
Congress- spd ont Of IL, were ready 70
parcel out and break up st the bidding
o. trntor& an HsaiH set 4EAc