The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-07-23

turned to the late convention and
paid his particular attention to Chap
lain st. Clair.
He lamented the degeneracy of the
times when religion and politics
should be mingled, and expressed
his belief that the man who would
turn his pulpit into political ros-
trum and preach politics instead Of
Christ and Him crucifed, should not
be regarded in any community.
He declared the Republican party
had no principles, that that commodity
had all been monopolized by the great
Dimecratic party, which had pos
sessed principles ever since the days
of Jefferson and would have a large
stock on hand at the resurrection
morn.
The destruction of the Dimecratic
party, he said, was sheer impossible
ity. It's principles were fixed, and its
existence would be from everlasting
to everlasting. 1t was true the party
had been badly defeated in 1864, but
they had 100000 voters, which
formed a pretty good nucleus to rally
around in 1866. $500 >srsr
The Republican party, he said, had
no principles; slavery was dead, and
they had now nothing to go upon.
He then reviewed the resolutions of
the County and State Republican Con-
ventions, of February last, and made
feeble attempt to prove that the
party >was-in favor of negro suffrage.
Then they were, he said, in favor of
granting negroes the right to vote,
whenever by education and the bene-
fits arising from freedom, they were
qualified to exercise that right Now
they were altogether opposed to ne
gro suffrage. They declared that
either negroes should be allowed the
right to vote, or that representation,
now based on the negro population,
should be curtailed. That would be
great wrong to South Carolina, as
she, having more negroes than whites,
would lose half her representation, if
negroes were nptaH owedFto vote, and
would send six negro Representatives
if they were allowed to vote This
would be great wrong against South
| Carolina.
The Republican party was divided,
a part was in favor of egroesSeting.
and part was opposed to that mea-
sure. orxryrr0rx
He then appealed to his Dimecratic
brethren to know how they would like
4 to march up to the polls with negro
hanging on their arm. He evidently
knew the proclivity of his brethren to
electioneer, and to go arm in arm with
very low fellows to the polls.
He alluded to the unanimity of SEN
| timent in this State when the negro
clause of the present Constitution as
auop'eu EFKEE&
| The Judge again declared, for the
third time, that the Republicans had
no principles; some were for the
President-some we're for Congress.
Then he read from the resolutions of
the February Convention, where the
Republicans Endorsed johnson, and
declared that not one of them was for
johnson now. He manifestly forgots
Judge Pitcher, and his previous decla-d
ration that the Republicans were d..
vided, split up, and all that sort of
thing.
| He thought Johnson was right, and
that the rebel States-he did not call
them rebel-7should be admitted at
once to all their rights. The repre-
sentatives would be all right when
they took the oath before taking their
seats. The. war was waged to keep
them in, and they never had the right
or the power to go out unless they
had whipped US, but as we whipped
them, they ought now to be admitted
to all their rights. He again referred
to the 22d of February resolutions
The Republicans had declared that
there should be no representation
based on non voting population
This, he repeated, would be great in
Justice to South Carolina. aaa 1of b3pi-
The Dinlecrdts were not enemies to-
the soldiers. He had done all he
could for their benefit. q Why should
Dimecrats be opposed to soldiers?
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