The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-09-07

ing ele zen States unrepresented, be
has refused to authorize the liberal
plan in The Congress, simply because
it recognizes the loyal majority, and
refuses to perpetuate the traitor mi
nority; that in every State, south of
Mason & Dixon's line, his policy has
wrought the most deplorable eonse-
quences, socially, morally, and politi-
caily; it has emboldened returned
rebels to threaten civil war in
Maryland, Missouri, West Virginia,
and Tennessee; unless the pa
triots who saved and sealed these
States to the old flag, surrendered be-
fore their arragant demand; it has
corrupted high State officials elected
by Union men, and sworn to enforce
the laws against returned rebels, and
made them the mere instruments of
the authors of the rebellion. 1t has
encouraged new dissentions between
the sections, and by impeding emil
grafton to the South, has erected a
formidable barrier against free and
friendly intercourse in the North and
West. 1t has allowed the rebel sol
diers to persecute the teachers of the
colored schools, and to burn the
churches in which the freedmen have
worshiped the living God. That sys-
tenn so barbarous should have culmi-
mated in the frightful riot at Mem
phis, and the still more appalling
massacre of New Orleans, is
as natural as that bloody war
should flow from the teachings Of
John G.. Calhoun and Jefferson Davis.
Andrew johnson is responsible for
all of these unparalleled cruelties; and
as he provoked, so hejustifies and ap-
plauds them I Sending his agents and
emissaries into the refined and patri-
otic metropolis, and insisting upon
making his reckless policy test upon
christian people, he forgets that the
protection extended to the 18th of
August Convention in Philadelphia,
was not only denied to the free people
of New Orleans on the Sd Of July,
when they met to discuss how best to
protect, themselves, but denied amidst
the slaughter of innocent men. No
page in the record of his recent out
RACES upon human justice and consti-
tutional law, is more revolving
than that which conyicts him
of refusing to arrest the per-
petrators of that bloody carnival /;
and not only of refusing to punish its
authors, but of trying to throw the
guilty responsibility upon uhofending
and innocent freedmen. The infuria-
| ted tyrant. that stood ready to crush
his own people in Tennessee, when
they were struggling to maintain a
government erected by himself, against
his and other, traitors prosecutions,
was even more eager to illustrate his
savage policy by clothing, with the
most despotic power, the rioters of
New Orleans. Notwithstanding this
heartless desertion and cruel persecu-
ton by. Andrew johnson, the States
of Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee,
West Virginia and Maryland, imbued
with Democratic Republican princi-
pies. which the fathers of the Repub-
| lie designed for ali America, are now
making determined battle with the
enemies of free Constitutional Gov
ernment; and, by the blessing of God.
these States will soon range them
selves in line with the former free
States, and illustrate the wisdom and
benefcence of the Great Charter of
American. Liberty by their increasing
population, wealth, and prosperity.
| In the remaining ten States the seeds
of oligarchy, planted in the Constitu-
ton BY its slavery features, have
grown to be a monstrous power,
whose recognition, thus wrung from
| the reluctant trainers of that greatin
strument, enabled these. States to en-
trench themselves behind the per-
verted doctrine of States Rights; and,
sheltered by claim of Constitutional
obligation to maintain slavery
/ in the States. to present to
the American Government the
alternatives of oligarchy with
/ Slavery, or Democratic Republican
government without Slavery, for
bearing Government, bowing to sup
/ posed Constitutional behest, acqui-
! esced in the former alternative. The
hand of the Government was stayed.
For eighty years the principles OF Con-
stitutional liberty languished for want
of Government support. Oligarchy
matured its power with subtle design.
It's history for eighty-fve years is re-
plete with unparalleled injuries; It
| developed only the agricultural locali-
ties. Geographically distinct from
the free labor localities, and less than
one-third of the whole, with African
slaves, it held four millions OF
human beings as chattels, YET
made them the basis of an unjust
power for themselves In the Federal
and State Governments. To maintain
their inslavement, it excluded millions
/ of free white laborers from the rich
est agricultural lands of the world
| forced them to remain inactive, un-
| productiye--on the mineral. manufac-
turing, and lumber localities, com.
4 prising two-thirds Of the South in
square miles, are real undeveloped
wealth-simply because the Localities
were. .agriculturally too poor for slave