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

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THE PEOPLE UNITED AND ENTHE.,
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il- Some three ror four weeks ago
Democratic Convention was held In
this city at which a agcandidate Tor
Congress was nominated, speeches
were made by Messrs. Voorhees, and
Mcdonald, and "a series ofreselations
adoBted Eipo e6 illW siqo5q sds Doi
The resolutions were evidently in.
tended to inaugurate a neWopohcy In
the Democratic party, and tosenablel
the party, if possible, tosrelieVe itself
of the odium withawhich It is now
loaded down, and by whichAit must
aere long belcarried to1the bottom soi
7Theisecondeof these resolutions de-
elarest that s the war. was just and me-
.cessary to prevent the disruption of
the Union; and the ovefthrowsof the
Constitution, pd,thanks the soldiers
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Sixteen months after9the war was
over. tue men composing the ConVenL
ton discovered for the first time, that
the war was just and necessary on
our parttza truth which had been arriv-
ed at by the great body of the people of
the United States tat q more q than FIVE years.
( How it happened that this ,diseov-'
cry, was first made al; New Albany OF.
by what means the truth broke in
upon, minds. so politically benighted
and and 50 far behind the age does not
Nevertheless, New Albany was Va se-
lected as the place of revelation, and
the politicians there assembled the
humble instruments for the dissemin-
alton of the new truth. .-,e5 t.s
This resolution is a complete and
unreseryed confession of the -disloyal
and REASONABLE course pursued by the
so-called Democratic party throughout
the war, and a full admission that
their, principles, and practices were
hostile to the Union. The whole
country will regard itsiiaafs it as q, dying re5
pentance, forced from a convicted
criminal who is standing. in full view
of the scaffold but viii regard it as a
confession, springing not from peni-
tenGe of heart, but from hopes of
pardon and renewed life. The men
making this confession ask the coun-
try to receive it as an evidence that
they have been from the first IN favor
of the. war, and demand that they
shalr be received as good Union men
who have protected and preserved
their country, and not as aiders and
abettors of rebellion. saIa2
ALLOW me to say to them, their re-.
quest will not be granted They will
/ be held to the record, and cannot be
relieved from their great responsible
ity by the cheap discovery that the
war was. "just and necessary sixteen
months after it was ended 'n' 'e $
1t is true our Saviour, in his parble,
described those that came in at the
eleventh hour as having received as
much pay as those who had worked
all day; but Still it must be, remem-
bered that they came in one hour be-
fore the work was. done, and helped
| to finish IT. but these Democratic
politicians did not come In until sixFi
| teen months after the work was all
over. iit a"' '"oi'@ 80 | "a
aIfthe war was "just and necessary
as these men now, say, why did the
Democratic party throughout the war
| denounce it as unnecessary, unholy
and unconstitutional? and assert that
it was forced upon our Southern
brethren by a wicked invasion oftheir
rights? IF the war was '.just and
necessary" why did Democratic mem-
bers of Congress vote against all sup5
plies of men and money-against all
appropriations and measures neces-
sary to carry on the war, and do all In
their power, by their speeches, to dis
courage the loyal people of the North
and encourage the disloyal people of
the South? IF the war was s.just and
necessary" why did Democratic poi-
1 ticians throughout Indiana discourage
enlistInents, labor to keep Demo-
Gratis from going into the army, and
/ exhort the people to resist the draft?
| II. the war was Just and necessary, y
| why did Democratic politicians argue
| that the Governmentc could not eoerce
| State p and that each State had a
fright to judge of the infraction of the
| Constitution, as well as the. remedy?
and peacably to withdraw from the
/ Union, according to the determine
| ton of its own will? all =.
1 IF the war was Just and neeessa-
| ry," why did the Democracy of Wash
4 ington County, in meeting held at
Salem, in February, 1861, resolve that