Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-06-16


The immediate object Of the Federal
usurpers is to possess themselves Of the
State governments of the South To
this end they have invented q test oath,
embracing the Constitution, With 3 series
of slavish, unconstitutional coalitions
artfully prepared, with the object of ex-
citing your disgust at the rejection of
the whole Protest at all times against
the imposition; but, II forced upon you,
save your franchise, (the life blood of
the South, and swallow the oath, though
the conspirators shoald offer il in the
"bowl of bemlock" The Constitution
being part and parcel Of the oath, il anti
dote to the deadIiest political potion,
however intensified BY their legal doe
tors, and is your moral and legal de-
Tense against any claims on your con-
science sought to be imposed BY these
HAytien lawgiverA To support and de-
| fend the Constitution intact, as you IN
derstand it, will necessarily invalidate
and render null and void the abnormal
portions Of this hybrid oath. The vari-
oSs black republican Presidential pro-
/ clamations are all in violation OF the
Constitution, and not bisdiug in morals
or law; and trust that while maintain
| ing your honor BY vigorous and solemn
/ protest, your practical good sense will
master the ingenuity of trick thus en-
ployed to disfranchise you Daring the
/ struggle, when there was an allegiance
due to the then Southern Confederacy,
these extra Constitutional oaths answer
ed purpose TO the machinators, by pre-
venting Confederates within Federal
/ lines from exercising the franchise priyi-
lege; but now, when all agree TO reeog
nize the Constitution of the United
States as Of old, it is not only, as It al
ways was, q most audacious sacrilege to
attempt to make any Presidents procla-
nation supercede it, but is purposeless,
except for consolidation and despotism.
| Tbs Northern conservatives cannot
stand by motionless aud see established,
upon pretext Of furnishing rebels, the
sgrarian precedent announced in Presi-
dent Johpson's disability" proclama-
ton. What guarantee would they have
that this interruptions leveller when
hard pressed for money 10 keep up bis
large army, aBd to create O corruption
fund for his reelection, viii not Appro-
pirate to the Stats" oil possessions ex-
ceeding bis republican limit Of twenty
thousand dollars2" ell wealth beyond
being held disloyaL he has assumed
the right to do the one, and, if uncheck.
ed, be will do the other whenever "ae-
cessity" presses. f1.l
You have the power to direct the fu-
ture. Possessing majority at every
pole south Of Msson's aud Dixon's line,
allow 10 one to be returned to any Office
who will submit to assumption Of supe-
perior rights on the part of the North,
and who will not faithfully support the
platform, ''the constitution, with such
amendment only as will give greater
protection 10 minorities and geographi.
cal sections" The South cannot waii
for national organization. The elect
ions are ordered and are upon you, ena-
bling you TO take possession Of your
State Governments at once Then, call
npon the men Of the North who ac-
knowledge your equality in the Union
TO meet you in convention in New York
city before the Northern fall cleo
tions and there to organize with you a
great national party, such as will deter
the proAigate President and bis provost
spies from laying their brutal hands
upon unoffendiug men, women and chill.
dren.
Your exiled fellow citizen,
GEo. N. SANDERS.