The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-05-11
KenfnckH Politics.

I OF the leading daily papers In Louis
!. vile has a party of its own, and advo
Gates principles peculiar to itself
/ They only agree in roundly abusing
/ and denouncing each other. Midship
I man Easy's triangular duel is being
initiated to the letter. The Louisville
Il Courier fires at the Democrat, the
Dentocrdt at the Journal, and the
II Journal at the Courier Thus goes
f the fight from day to day, varied occa-
4 sionally by the parties changing front
1 and shooting around the triangle in
an opposite direction. This move
ment brings the Democrat under the
/ Journals fire, the Courier under that
OF, the Democrat while the u.Joarnal
receives the shots of the Courier A
very pretty fight as it stands.
The Courier held its Convention on
the 1st inst, passed a long string of
resolutions, nominated acandidate, and
goes into the canvass with might and
main The Journal holds its Conven-
ton on the Both inst. We presume
it also will nominate candidate, pass
resolutions, and continue the battle.
The Democrat scouts at Conventions,
runs up the name of candidate at its
head, and fires broadsides into
all who do not throw up their hats for
its man and policy All three of the
papers claim to represent the true
Democratic sentiment of the country.
AT the same time they abuse each
other as Rebels, Secessionists, Adolf
tionists, Radicals, and other charming
names found only in the choice vo-
cabulary used by the eloquent con-
ductors Of the Louisville press. How
the thing will end it is impossible to
guess.
Among other interesting features
connected with the Kentucky SQUAD
BILE is the light that is shed upon the
meaning of the terms +" Democrats and
Democracy For instance, we find in
the Courier of Tuesday last, the fol-
lowing significant paragraph:
''He 1.-THE editor of the Democrat denies
belonging to the Kentucky Democracy.
He claims to belong to the class of war
Democrats who are generally recognized
by the Democratic party of the North as
deserters."
To this the Journal of Wednesday
responds as follows:
From the foregoing, it is very obvious
that the editor of the Courier regards the
war Democrats of the loyal States as " de-
serters ? from the Democratic party, and
those who opposed the suppression of the
rebellion as the only true Democrats. We
have known all along that this was the
Courier's standard of true Democracy, but
not until yesterday did the editor dis
tinctly avow 1t. According to the Coassier's
idea, such men as George B. Mcclellan
Stephen A. Douglas, Horatio Seymour,
John Van Buren,, Lewis Cass, s. s. Cox,
Dan. Voorhees,, George e. Pngh, James
Guthrie, Daniel S. Dickinson, Dean Rich
mond. and hundred other distinguished
war Democrats in the loyal States, were
and are now deserters from the Democratic
party!" Sara fe if4tsis -
These paragraphs show how lumi r
nous great minds can make obscure
questions. The Journal, in designating
such men as HoRATIo SEYMOUR, S. S.
Cox, DAN. VOORHEES, and GEO. E.
PUGH, as War Democrats, classifying
them with STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS and
DANIEL S. DICKINSON, makes itself SO
supremacy ridiculous as must call forth
a smile of commiseration from its
usually well Informed readers. It has
always been Mr.. VOORHEES, boast
that he did MT and would MT vote a
man or dollar to aid in suppressing
the Rebellion. Cox and PUGH of
Ohio, have always agreed with him in
sentiment, and the former always
voted with him in Congress against
nearly every measure to strengthen or
support our armies. That style of
War Democracy would have insured
the success of the Rebellion and the
destruction of the Government, had it
been successful in getting control Of
Congress. sE A&
But while the Journal misses the
mark in defining the position of VooR-
HE'S, Cox and PUGH, we dare say
it is correct in its delineations of the
convention and party, whose eandi-
date the Evansville Courier SO enthu-
siastically indorses. We copy a para.
graph from the Journal on this point: