The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-05-22
Confederate Democracy In the Fifth
District.


On Thursday last, the Copperheads
of the Fifth Congressional District
assembled in Wayne County ostensibly
for the purpose of nominating cam
didate for Congress. LATE DEvELIN,
of Sons-of- Liberty notoriety, presided
on the interesting occasion, and the
venerable and sanity PERKINS. Of SUI.
preme Court and Real Estate notoriety,
represented the indianapolis Herald.
The first thing IN order was the erec-i
ton of mourner's bench, for the
many anti-JULIAN Republicans, con-
servative J JOHNSON men, and convicted
and repenting War Democrats, who.
were confidently expected to come for
ward, renounce their heart wander
ings and backslidings, seek an interest
in the prayers of the faithful, obtain
pardon and henceforth vote the Con-
federate- Democratic ticket. Oh, the
hardness and perverseness of the
human heartl Notwithstanding DEvE-i
LIN exhorted and PERKINS prayed,
the obtuse Republicans, JOHNSON men
and War Democrats, seem to have
thought the Devil was in the whole
arrangement and positively refused to-
have anything to dowith it. Nothing
short of melancholy icale from
Massey can do justice to such polit-
ical obliquity. 50 e. s.i' s. 80, 49,
But if the mountain won't come to.
MAHoMET, MAHoSIET can go to the.
mountain Thus, wisely argued the
shrewd but disappointed managers of
the Convention. IF the JOHNSON men
would MT have anything to do with
the Sons of Liberty, it would be we'll
for the Sons to wait and watch, as
did their patron Saint, VALLANDIG-
HAM, over the border, Accordingly,
the Convention adjourned, without
action, to the 9TH Of AugustAwhen
whisky is hot, rabies plenty, and water
scarce. By that date, it was argued,
the JOHNSON men will have had time
for reflection, and. perhaps, will have.
made up their minds to go the
Confederate State and County tickets,
on condition that the Confederates
support a JoHNsoNIAN for Congress
in that District, where he would not
stand the ghost of chance, although
they may vote for him. In this way
there was no possible prospect of
losing anything, and something might
be gained in the way of members of
the Legislature-thereby improving
VOORHEES, or MILLIKEN's chances
for the United States Senate, besides
materially improving the prospects of
the Confederate State ticket The
programme is very pretty. Shrewd
old showmen we're consulted in its
preparation IF the performers come
to time, and are in good condition, the
18th of August performance will, no
doubt, exceed any that has ever come
off in the Burnt District. But pro-
gramnes are proverbially too magma
tive. The Performance invariably
fall short of the promise. We antici-
Espate the usual disappointment for
those whose expectations have been
aroused by the extensive andnhighlyl
wrought programme of the 7th of Aus
gust. The Fifth District has been so
thoroughly burnt over by the fires of
patriotism that ,Copperheads and
loathsome political creeping insects of
everydescription have long since ceas= 1
ed to exist there in any numbers Here
and there one is found-intensely vile
and Yenomous- but generally its fangs
have been extracted and it is kept for
the amusement and edifcation Of
coming generations. eon q ~
1t would afford us pleasure to attend
the Seventh Of August Reptile and
Insect show. bnt we fear our business
will prevent us from so doing. We
shall, however, look to the Indianapo-
lis Journal and other papers in the,
interior of the State for sketches of
the varmints on exhibition, and
their capacity for harm
Misplaced Confidence.