The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-07-21

GOmpGUeulI0 BEnL Oh 6fIueFJsigIb, bney
would9be f6uadsfghtingiin the armies
of the, sSouth2iGJ 9dj 10 saaxIi5J
6wIf, thelwan was & sjustiand necessa-
ry' ON ouTpartb then; of course, the
re ebelEionwasswi wicked, and rebels ought
to be punished and excluded from
GongfessaunNH hAa Ntd2l1 eh
as IF the war was just and necessa-
Try, why did the Sons of 1Iberty.
splle to oyertuIn the State Govern
mept, irelease jTebela prisoners, seize
aEsenalsg mhrder the Executive and
I participate Indiana into, rebellion2
I9alIf the war WAS just and necessa-
ry;o why ddenQt these men encourage
Iaenkstments, nenters the army them
selyes.l contribute toidhe Sanitary
Commission, help tossupport soldier
lfamilies2 and unite In doing alluthose
things which asheutd bbe eheerfalfv.
perfOrlnedEby eYeryloyal and patriotic
lcitiZen2 soH1aBs tGisf slss q teaaa ( "a
IftheWar was; 'Yjust and dnecessa7
ry. Z why did Democratic politicians
{ tgotogGhieago go In the amidst of the last
great campaign of 1864, in9 the very
tscrfsis of the fight and there resolve
/ that the war was wicked and uncon-
sttHtI0nal on our part thatii it was a
failure, and that wesohght te1lay, down
our arms and sue for peace? saga ri
guAnds In short. .Iifi the AgariWas 8 Just
and necessary GMhy did Democratic
!. politicians refuse proclaim the fact,
! until sixteen months after itwas over 7?
land after they had done alHthe harm
| theylconld! !and when their adhesion
\ to athe Government would do no
II good 2AG nUsf358FasaI ri beag2gss 4.
I hAfteP the rebellion had been sup
/ pressed LATTER the Q victory had been
4 won4-aftef every enemy in the field
i had beefp conquered, and every 0bsta-
fscle at homeahad been overcome, and
ilthe nation had been preserved, with;
out the aid of the Democratic party,
sand in spite Of it, that portion of it
4iw hich Ieiuhab bits this Congressional
1 District came together in tonveh ton
in theyear Of our 1gord one thousand
EIGHT hundred and sixty-six, and re-
/ solved that tfthe war was just and
i necessary to preveABthe disruption of
the Union and the overthrow of the
i Constitution. ~ sess s9D1B0Tu II
s5agThey neyersdiseevered the fact un-.
] til after success had crowned our
Il arms, and defeat had overwhelmed
attheir alliesY and their every effort to
j secure the success of the rebellion
had failed; ando the question / now
4 submit TO youS and which is already
i present in your minds, is, whether
these men have had an actual revela7
tion of new truth, and have realized a
\ change of heart, or whether only the
circumstances have changed by which
they are surrounded, and to which
q they are now,c for selfish and political
purposes, seeking to- adapt them
selves. lduQ 9al io 4tjLlay a8F
/ When Democratic leaders noETesolYe
that the war was Just and necessary Z
4 on our part, they stultify yallthey have
4 said and done for the last six years,
and contradict and nullify every other
4 plank in their platform, but they can
+ notblet out the story of their mis-
deeds. nor erase from, the page of his
i tory the record of their crimes against
the country 3}eits hsfiuI
EoUALIzfNG REPRESENTATION. I'd
There are two. kinds of representa-.
\ ton in Congress--the representation
Eef the States andof the people. Each
State has two Representatives, or SEM
atofs. in the Senate, while lit is m
/ tended that the people shall be eqnita
bly, and equally represented an the
House. ltOTg s.8eI j. bn9g2. sdt
H. In the original formation of the
4 Constitution Representatives were ap-
4 pointed among the several States BY
adding to, the whole number of free
persons, OF excluding Indiansli not
taxed, three-ffths of all other
! persons" These three -fifths of all
/ other persons were slaves, and in eff
4 feet, every FIVE slaves were counted as
three free persons in making UP the
ratio of representation This was a
very. hard provision for the people of
the free States, but ii, was demanded
! Ilby. the slave holders, and conceded by
\ our fathers in compromise, they be-
lieving that slavery was fast passing
away, and could not endure a quarter
of a century, and it became finally an
| almost iEtolerable burded and injus-
] tice, as it gave to the South a repre-
sentation of twenty votes In the
House of Representatives and in the
Electoral College for President and
| Vice, President on account of their
property. vsaa.n- stit -3
I ! According to the census Of 1860,
the eleven rebel States, not including
| In their number Kentucky, Maryland,
1 Delaware and Missouri, had white
population Of 5,OO2,O51, and had a
negro population of 3,750,O31. By
1 tba lost straDnartionTnanf xuhioh alloxvo1
one representative, for every l25. .00O
i people, the white population of these
1 rebel States would entitle them to
forty-tyo representatives, and the col
1 ored population. now that slavery is
abolished. and each negro counts as
one persen. would entitle them to
thirty representatives more, making
seventy7two in all. n h ,lo.vrlf -