The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-07-10
From the Frankfort, KY, Commonwealth
The Indiana Democracy Repudiates
the Rebel Democracy OF Kentucky.

tnC RCUCA DOAAOOI0OJ Vi AOnbuOAJ
George w. Shanklin, of Evansville, In
diana, promising Democratic lawyer,
who is now on visit to his relations in
Frankfort, in reply to an invitation from
| the Union men of Frankfort for public
speech in support of Gen. Hobson, wrote
| the following letter, which we lay before
our readers. This letter is significant It
shows that the rebel Democracy of Ken
lucky is spurned and disowned by the 10y
al Democracy of Indiana, and of the entire
North. i1 ~ 41n 2G
Loyal Democrats of Kentucky, read this
patriotic letter, and then leave the rebel
concern and its boosted affinity with
Northern Democracy forever, and vote for
the gallant Hobson: f
I se-.g FRANKFORT, July A, 1866
Messrs. Governor Bramlette, S. c. Bull,
John L. Scott, John S. Van Wrinkle and
others: tHT a
GENTLEMEN: Your very complimentary
invitation to address the Conservative
Union citizens of Frankfort tomorrow
night, has just been handed to me. r4
While regret-owing to q severe diSor-
der of the throat-that It will be impossible
for me to comply with your request, it
gives me great pleasure to state that in
common with the mass of the Democracy
of Indiana, synlp0tltize aoIeotty and entirely
1Ofth the Union men Of kentucky an their
SLTUNg6S IOIGH LflS Secession DGHlOCTGIcU or Efle
State, and most earnestly pray for the sue
cess of their representative, the gallant and
patriotic Ho6So1l.
Thanking you for the honor you have
conferred, remain, very respectfully,
GEORGE w. SHANKLIN.
We understand that many of the promi-
nent leaders of the Democracy of Indiana
have also repudiated the C9ltrier-rebel De-
mocracy of Kentucky, and have refused to
speak for DUvALL. No man can adopt
their views as set forth in the New Albany
resolutions and advocate DUvALL's seces-
sion cause. The two are Numerically OPP
posed.
We think most of our citizens, ac-
quainted with the young gentleman
whose name is attached to the above
letter, will agree with us that, under
all the circumstances, it is a rich
piece of literature. Mr.. GEORGE w.
SHANKLIN may sympathize with the
Union party of Kentucky in their
struggle with the Secession Democ-
racy," but when he declares that the
mass of the Democratic party of In
diana agree with him in that senti-
ment, he says what he has no author
ity for saying. The Democratic paper
of his own city-the only one in the
State over which he has or could ex-
ert any infuenee-has had for weeks
the name of DUvALL, the candidate
of the 8 Secession Democracy, at the
head of its editorial columns. Near
ly every other Democratic paper in
the State, so far as they have express
ed themselves on the subject at all,
have indicated preference for DU-
VAIL. The First of May Conven-
ton held at Louisville, has always
been spoken Of as the Democratic
Convention, and leading Democrats
from Indiana we're invited to speak
and did speak in commentator of its
platform and candidates.
So then Mr.. GEORGE w. SHANK
LIN denounces Messrs. WIcKLIFFE,
LAZARUS w. POWELL and other dis
tinguished gentlemen who have often
been invited into our State to address
Democratic Conventions and mass
meetings, as belonging to the g Seces-
sion Democracy Phew! The thing
almost takes away our breath!l We
never anticipated so hearty an in
dorsement of our sentiments with re-
gard to the leaders of the Kentucky |
Democracy, from Mr.. SHANKLIN so
early IN the cannnairn fa4tg Ia