Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-07-13

Possibly, however, the key zto she.
strange political slIfit6e ahithNhs5 re-
Gently been forhed'in oppositf6d tb the
true Union cAuse-en sIliAnes !. that
tsitss1 PoAsT apd. GaFret Davis ip The 4
bonds Of brothsrlys lofe, ? who's three !.
years ago were so Siaet4y opposed to-
each other thai thd,, latter used all his
influence to ha vs the former expelled
from the United States. Senshs-grows !
out Of false inddceMsHt which Is pa +
raded before the people. of Kentucky, /
to the effect that il they will refuse to
,ratify the Constitutional Amendment at
the next session Of the Legislature, /
Congress will vbte thirty millions Of doll I
lars to compensate sless oJWners for the /
manumission of-their rslavss, in, order
to secure heirs4hdofseraenf s6f the
amendment. Thirty millions 3s . large !
sum of money, and very attractive
to every slag geholderi in ], the StatA-
But what Interest," ih4@ this .lafge1
amount, grant ing that theSe was & |
possibility of II e scheme proving sue.
cessful, have the non-slaveholders, the
mechanics aud laboring men Of othes old
Commonwealth r. Their only interest
arises from the taxation they will have
to endure to raise the money to meet
the liability. The slave, owners eonsti-
tute hat small part of the population
lof the State They have alwsyssheena4
burden upon the shoulders Of labor, an
old man of the sea that 4 gould = not be
ousted from its comfortable seat, They
have always controlled the Legislature
of the State, a nd SO drecsed the enact.
ment Of the laws and thesleyyiqg. of
taxes as TO permit the progress of me-
chapism and labor, only SO far as they
! contributed 20 their elevation and enjoy
ment. ....- hi. -, y. l.. .t.s
/ at is high tim ie that the .leboring- men,
the non-slaveholding farmers and me-
chanics Of Kentucky, looked after their
own interests. REey win find those in
tsrests antagonistic toathe slaveholding
interest, and apypolitical move thatwill
advance or benefit the latter wilhen-
danger and injqre the fprmer, We deem
1 iennnscassary to .enter into an argu-
ment to prove so plain a'preposition!
Experience has branded its truth deep
npop every slave State in the Union, 1t
kisfOr,ihe non -slaveholders Of Kentucky
to decide whether they will emancipate
y thsHseiveg or whether, they viii remain
! wiling slaves of-athe- aYistUrratic slave,
bolders, who have heretofore controlled
their muscles a nd .their brains, The Au
gust election iP their opportunity, viii
they improveit. Ia 80 ~ "a. \, b
n GioYernor sh ArLey, Of Mississippi, has
j issued proola masion. We fud briet
synopsis Of fs in the telegraphic CORES
i paooudence Of th o Chicago Replb licap al
u fpIloHs;; .....- q" - = = Z
6 -The people of the Southern Slater
weEe in rebellion; the President of tht
luull 3 Limited States had right to prescribt
2 thesterEap. of amnesty, aud has done so
o land it. 10 hoped that the people vii
/ checrfaily take the oath, with the inten
= lion to. keep il in good faith, and no
y fesi tate On doubt. Since slavery has
! ceased to be practical question, whicl
! Fas the ostensible cause of war, ant
) was staked on the issue of the war, anC
81 that issue &ah decided against the Soutl
lit is the part of wisdom and honor Il
submit withouta murmur. The negroe
=. 4aere vnow free-free by the fortunes G
7, war-free by proclamatiou-free by com
G. mon consent--free practically, as wei
: as theoretically; and it is too late t
v raise questions as to the means by whic
Il they became So He wishes the peopl
o. Cordially to unite in efforts to organic
Is the State Government, and prepar
N skthemseisss to live in prosperity and haE
~ piness in the changed condition of tbei
g domestic relations. The people of th
ot Santh hAvas jnst passed through terri
x BILE, disastrous revolution, in which the
dsl'sfgnally failed to accomplish their pun
!. poser and it may prove the creates
blessing to-4he cause of civil libert
Of Ithroughout the world. And, as goo
e. governments are often things of growth
ID pimproy ed by revolutions, he hoped thi
!. Issad and disastrous as this has been, Il
- lesson it has taught will not be destitn
~ of value. .It, T1a