The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-07-27
The Kentucky Campaign.

ing animated as the day of election
approaches. Political meetings. pub
lie discussions, and old fashioned bar
becues are the order of the day. Both
parties are actively at work, and, judg-
inc from their public journals, are
equally confident of success. The
election takes place on the first Mon
day in August .ro-
We have frequently referred to the
campaign, and stated our decided
preference for Gen. HoBsoN, the can
didate of the soldiers and Union men
of the State. We do not claim that
the General, or the party which sup
ports him, agree fully with us in po-
litical matters, but we believe him to
be truly loyal man, and entirely free
from any sympathy with the rebellion
or with rebel sympathizers. He was
gallant officer of the Union army,
and for these services deserves we'll of
the country He was an open advo-
cate of the Constitutional Amendment
abolishing slavery, when it was by no
means popular question in Kentucky.
He is recognized as a friend of pro-
gress, and has the wisdom, wanting in
so many Kentuckians, of accepting
the political and social condition Of
affairs in that State, and eyinces de-
termination to make the best of them,
without constant fault finding with the
action of the Government in the past
There is rather an anomalous phase
to Kentucky politics. The parties
are bitterly opposed to each other, and
are carrying on warm contest, and
yet both endorse the President and
claim him as their champion. Both
approve the objects of the Philadel-
phia Convention, ana will doubtless
be represented in that body. To
listen to their orators and read their.
papers, we would suppose the princi-
Piles and objects of the parties as per
fectly antagonistic, and yet they come
together on the common platform of
my policy
But the marked difference in the
two parties is their rebel and Union
procliyities., General Hobson is. and
has always has been, a Union man,
and proved his devotion to the coun-
try by remaining in the army up to its
close. No Emancipation Proclama-
ton, orders about slaves, confscation
or any other measures, drove him
from his attachment to the National
cause And in this contest herallies
around him all the Union officers and
soldiers, even those who have bitterly
denounced the Government, and been
under federal arrest On the other
hand, DUvALL has always been known
as sympathizer with the rebellion,
and given it all the moral support pos
sible. And he is now supported by
all rebel sympathizers, rebel soldiers,
and guerrillas. He gathers around
him every reasonable element. which
during the war was arrayed againstthe
government. 1t is an opens and square
out fight between the Union Blue and
the Rebel Grey. While we would
hail the election of HoBsoN as
Union victory, we would receive the
success of DUVALL as a rebel triumph,
and as an evidence that Kentucky,
with all she has experienced, has not
yet repented of her sympathy with
secession. Our earnest hope, there
fore, is that Gen. HoBsoN may win
the race; and in this we express the
wish of all true Union men in the
South We do not claim that his
views or those of the men who sup
port him, on the questions of re-
construction, are the same with ours,
but in the issue between treason and
loyalty, he is essentially sound.
In the adjoining portions of Ken
lucky, the rebels are having hings
generally their own way, and we fear
that they will have sufficient strength
over the State to defeat Gen. HOBsoN
but it will give us pleasure when the
election is over, to be able to record the
success of HoBsoN. We hope oul
fears may be disappointed.
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A G.. DENNIS, ESQ, of Evansville