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


w. S. Smith, of Allen, Chairma n.
Colonel Hudson, of Vigo.
Captain Moreau, of Henry. az
Colonel Secrest, of Putnam. 81.
Hon. D. s. Gooding, of Hancock
K. I'll. Swift, of Franklin.
Judge Dougherty, of Boone. ''''
w. v. Pierce, of Madison. erhvTt
Mr.. Rose, of Laporte.
Colonel Neff, of Randolf.
j. G. McPheeters, of Monroe.
The following committee to -nomin-
ate delegates for the approaching
Philadelphia Convention was ap-
pointed:
Colonel William c. Kise, of Boone.
Captain Allen, of ,Vigo. ) a -s.e~,
Captain Wines, of Allen - -fssV
E. =. Williamson, of Wayne.
A. H. Brown, of Marion.
Hon. John L. Hanna, of Putnam
County, United States District Att5r-
ney for Indiana, offered the following
resolutions:
/ ResolUed, That for the past five
years we have justly regarded the
traitors of the South and the Copper
heads of the North, as common enc
mics of the Government; that each
did all they could to disrupt and. de-
stroy the Union of these States.
That as confederates in crime, they
waged a war of death and desolation
against the Government of our fathers,
under circumstances of cruelty and
perfdy, scarcely PARALLEL in the most
barbarous ages" That while. there
is much We are disposed to forget and
forgive, yet we can not be false to
liberty, to the memory of our martyr
ed Lincoln and the patriotic dead of
the nation by basely abandoning that
glorious and victorious Union party,
which ever rallied In defense of the
nations life. and through whose in
strumentality, by force of arms. a.
causeless rebellion was suppressed.
the supremacy of the Constitution
and laws indicated, and peace re-
stored to the country. .
Resoloed, That as this hallowed Union
party was equal to the crisis of armed
rebellion, and to-day exists as the only
party, first In war, first in peace, and
first in the hearts of" all true patri-
OTIS. wisdom, prudence and patriotism,
as we'll as due regard for the expe-
rience ofthe past, alike demand that
we cling to it as the sheet anchor of
the nations hope, and therefore we
respectfully decline to recognize the
approaching Philadelphia convention
as the true exponent of the Union
party of this country; that the char
acter of many of the delegates already
appointed is sufficient warning to be-
ware of political guerrillas, who dor
the Federal uniform for deception
:, surprise and treachery. z9hi.s.t'
4 Resolved, That we scorn to be made
tools in the hands of traitors and Cop
perheads. for the disruption and over
throw of the Union party of this
country; that we have ever, and de
Z now, oppose the heresy of secession
either from the Union or the party
which saved and preserved it, neither
will we be absorbed by party, on,
half OF which was recently in ARM
against the government, and the othei
half, through its representatives a
Chicago, proclaming encouragement
to their confederates, that the war to
suppress them and save the UnioI
was failure.
These resolutions occasioned al
uproar. Their author was denounce,
as a Radical by Judge GooDING
and as a Copperhead by Mr.. ALFREl
KILGoRE, a son of the celebrate,
Delaware chief Of that name. Nj
HANNA was declared not to be i