Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-04-11
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State il 90 admirably adapted to the
1 growth Of cereals, frnit, grapes. sheep,
cattle, hogs, horses and mules. The
winters are short aud generally no mild
that stock may run out without pariicu-
lar care The summers are free from
/ the intense heat OF the gulf States, and
tha entire State abounds with valuable
Z mineral springs, many Of which are
Handsomely improved, and before the
rebellion, were places of popular resort
The signs Of the times indicate very
! clearly that the war is about drawing 10
close; that the rebels are exhausted; I;
that their commissariat has no food,
and their Treasury no money; that their
army 10 melting away By desertions and
deaths on the battle field, and that there
are no materials left with which 70 Ell
up their depleted ranks. In short, there
Is everything to encourage the friends Of
the Union, as they enter upon the sum-
mer campaign; bat there il also every
thing to adunonish us that we. must
gird, ourselves for our bsst efforts. The
hardest work, nay, the bloodiest werk Of
the war, is in all probability ahead Of Us,
IN Kidding our country of guerrillas,
robbers, and professional thieves, pass
ing for Confederate soldiers. aa7 -.
But, gentlemen, this great conflict has
had its useful lessons. We understand
now, the meaning of that abominable
doctrine Of Sovereignty" the Southern
Interpretation of which has involved us
in all our troables. Y For thirty years
past, the iniquitoas phrase Of Estate
Sovereignty ~ has worked its way into
public documents, political speeches aud
plaiforms-iHtoevery reasonable weekly
end daily journal Of the country, and
finally into the common language Of the
honest people, until ii was understood
TO mean that there was no other 6 soVer-
eighty" in America but State Sorcr-
eignty-that the greatest amount Of this
war lodged in the Cotton States, and that
Whatever they resolved to do, il was
marvelously proper to performi Even
in the pulpiis of the South, the changes
were wrong upon the mischievous doc
trire Of " State Sovereignty" backed up
by the unbounded influence of the worst
class of men that have made tracks
upon Southern soil--Secessi0n Preach
ers And thus, the treasonable doctrine
Of State Sovereignty" has gradually
been undermining the Union for more
than thirty years, and in my humble
way have opposed itthat long.
When applied simply to the authority
Of State over her own domestic affairs,
and her own institutions, the doctrine is
sound, though even then the word sopsr-
eigR signifies too much. How ridicn-
lous the idea is, of sovereign member
Of the Union existing without authority
to declare war, or conclude q treaty Of
peace-to contract alliances, to levy
duties or imports, or even to coin money!
This is sovereignty with vengeance,
and degree of sovereignty that is not
likely to hold the nations of the earth
in awe, while these several poperfess
sovereigns confederate to overthrow a
truly sovereign power, aud achieve their
boasted independence --
i hold that, under the Constitution of
the United States, there can be but one
SOVEREIGN AUTHoRITY, and to that all
State sovereignties are subordinate
Hence, am not one Of those men who
are alarmed at the powers assumed by
the Federal Government at this time,
regarding them as a departure from for
mer precedents. A state of war forced
upon the country, By a set of bad men
in rebelliony calls FOR the exercise OF the
whole war power Of the National Gov.
ernment So far from finding fault
With the National Administration for
the exercise of these alleged startling
powers, I have felt inclined to grumble
that we have not had more of the same
sort. The real people have not made
any factious complaints as to the hber-
ties of the, country being endangered
by these sncroachments on the part of
the General Government, but have sns-
tanned the Administration with great
unanimity. ssss a-zf aaa
II / am anything in politics, 1 co me
under the hated appellation Of FEEDER
/ Glist-a name given to the friends of