The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-10-08
Written IN he Blood of bAIf 1 mfho1

phaned children. He portrayed the
damnable conspiracy Of the Indiana
Democracy 20 release the rebel pris.
Oners IN the North, aud subject the
State 10 the terrible horrors Of massa
ere, rapine and plnnder.
He gave soathing review OF the
Chicago Convention Of 1854, and the
declaration Of the leading Democrats
Of the prospect Of success, They had
declared the war d failure, but, 10
show their falsehood, on tho next
day Atlanta was taken, and the Union
army ever after was successful,
The Democracy, he said, were will
ing 10 discuss the Niger, taxes, aud
tariffs, but were not willing 10 discuss
their acts Of the past five years. They
said, Let bygones be bygOnes3
There was not horse thief IN the
State prison who did not put in the
same plea not.ene af.Lhem but would
take AZ oath never TO steal another
horse, and have it put into the Con
atitution, IL the owner Of tho stable
would let bygones be bygones, and let
him be his hostler again. They ask
US 10 forget the past, Can the mo
Their forget her first, born, sent forth
to fight for the honor of the old flag,
who was starved to death at Ander-
sonVille? or can the soldier forget his
brave eomrade, scalped bylsayages at
Pea Ridge, or massacred by bush
whsekers aud gnerrillas? = -
There was no doubt tho Demoer
were ashamed Of their record, and
would DO glad 10 have the past forgot,
ten; but weiare not in such a gushing
mo6d asito hasten 20 take TO our arms
.trhitors Whose hands are yet dipping
with the blood Of our brothers aand
sons. higAH Banquols ghost was the
terror of Macbeth, 80 Is The history Of
the past five yearsto4he Democracy.
They had become so odious fhat
they had been compelled 70 change
their. pqnej. but the bQysGpgld not be.
adeceiyedi by the elap.trnp Of" Nation
al Union Party,h oam1re than the
Michigan boys we're BY tic efinollne
and pettieoats of iJoG Davis They
can see the spurs, .saoA /
Moore has said inihis beautifubim-
diary .1l s3F4,4s ta.p#4l adl II eiftt asaH I
aYonn may break yo1 may sbattef the
~ iNtt' vhse, III yon viii. lffii - f"'iNt' Z
, Bat she sueilih0f tho roses. wall hans round
issa tsiall,Sd aostsfisfl esl sJla 4
. And go you may break the wade of
Democracy into a thousand flinders,
and each particular ainder,9 Or Tho
least splinter, would bear suehaan
odor Of treason and disloyalty rs 10
be readily detected by the boys in
blue wherever found. sio4qua+ no
They thought, aftesthe coalition at
PHILADELPHIA, that we would DO beat,
but they do not think so now. John
sons swing round the qirdle 1hail dis
sipated that halucinatiou, ai
He described the Philadelphia Con
yention It's heterogeneous coinnosition,
aud showed the part Tom Hendricks
and Henry J. Raymond had ptyed
IN it, as we'll az the eeotistlell sayings
OF Doohale. After that Bre5ldGnt
johnson thou4ht. he had 0 plaster, big
enough b heal all the officially, but
he soon found thatit would notetiok.
It.bogan to gnt loose at Cleveland,
I,aad. he was not allowed TO apply TIM
Chicago, Springfield or Indianapolis
The coalition was bursted up, Land
tbe2had discovered, too .latem Andy
Johnson's fatal mistake, He didn't
understand tho people, and found
himself leader without n parly,af
lie paid a glowing tribute to the
lamented and foully assassinated Lin
coln,who had said to Governor Wright,
in 1867, that the President had no right
to havea policy, but should be the SER
want of the people to execute their
will. sat5i 70 saalat
Mr. Fishback reviewed the record
of President johnson, and showed
how he had violated every promise
and pledge no had made. lie had but
one constituent who had made him
President, and he was true TO his
constituent. a<ua 8di
lie spoke of the impeachment of
the President, and assured the audi
enee that If he gave cause for il, that
Congress had the nerve to make the
impeachment, and the sentence Of the
Senate would be executed By the army
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