Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-26
UNION STATE TICKET.
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TO she W0rklngmen Of Evansville.
In times Of great political excitement
false issues are often presented, which
either are not carefully weighed on &c
count of their seeming insigni6eaAce. Or
are ignored altogether from an intense
desire to foster and sustain o party
spirit At the present time it is of the
utmost importance that there should be
q clear understanding Of the differences
between the political organizations seek
ing to carry the next city election, and
that none should be deceived by the syco-
phantic snd hypoeritical friendship Of
their enemies in disguise. sg1r
The Copperhead party are now trying
TO secure the influence and r0tss OF the
honest, hard-working men Of Evansville
By making them believe that shey--the
Cbpperheads-ars the originstors and
the only political friends Of the eight
hour System. 4
81 Now, any one who will carefully aud
csndidIy examine, must see that in this
State and this city the Copperheads have
no claim whatever to that distinguished
honor. The first convention in this city
which openly declared in favor Of this
great reform, was held by the Union
party, when they nominated delegates to
the UAion State Convention. At that
State Convention soon following, the
Union party expressed itself decidedly
and unanimously in favor of the pas;
sage of q Iaw declaring that eight Aours
should constitute legal days work. In
furtherance of that great principle, our
City Council have unanimously passed
an ordinance declaring that eight hours
shall constitute days labor for ell city
employees.
After these county and State CoHyen-
tons Of the Union party, the Copper.
heads, fearing they would lose all hold
upon the workingmsn, at their county
and State conventions, passed similar
resolutions in favor of the laboring men,
and now these eleventh hour concerts
are trying to appropriate to themselves
ell the glory of having commenced the
work W
They tell us the City Council was too
latcin their eetion. HoW they were too
late win require all the wisdom and
talents the honorable Sergeant White
to explain. It win require few more
steamboat marriage stories to make that
clear to any intelligent person. There
certainly wasdp compuision brought TO
bear upon the City Council, and there
was no rival conncil having any power
and, % they are intelligent men, they
could feel no danger of rival Council
being elected. But they wore TOO late
On the contrary, they we're too early for
the Copperheads, who, skilled in the
tactics they learned during the late
rebellion, always claim victory how
ever badly defeated. The Council have
shown no desire to retract their actions,
like the honorable Sergeant's steamboat
parson. So far as conventions are con.
cerned, the Copperheads cannot claim
exclusive or excessive friendship from
the workingmen; and so far as positive
action is concerned the Council have
shown themselves true to the princip les
of the Union party, while the Copper
head latter day saints are rejoicing in
their first l0pe, which is fast becoming
. consuming FIRE with them. In other
States where any action has been taken
In behalf of the laboring men, it has
invariably been done by the Union
party.
Now, as both parties BY the action 8
their conventions have declared in -fass
Of the eight hour system, granting them
10 DO equally sincere, there would be NO
preference 80 far as that single question
is concerned and the workingmen who
are seeking the bost interest Of the
Government and the people should DROP
that point az settled in the minds OF al
alike, and look for other questions O.
importance dividing the parties. Blu
the question naturally arises, are botl
parties sincere in their pledges in behal
of the workingman2 That the Uniog
party ia Aincere, appears BY their action
Bot how is it with the Copperhesds
Look at their antecedents and .exemin'
their record In the beginning of th'
late war, the Copperhead party took sides
40 far as they could, with the rebels il
the South. By every means in thei
power they tried to cripple the Govern
ment BY preventing enlistments, sncoul
aging assertions, and refusing men an
money to carry on the war. With Their
the Union soldiers were FagdGls an
Lincoln hirelings, engaged in an unhc
ly war against the chiualrie South. N
knights of the Golden Circle were eve
found outside the Copperhead ranks, an
the Copperheads have never rspudiate
that organization. Vallandigham an
Voohees we're among the leaders of Il
Democratic party, and Voohees is yet, 1
appears from bis party Endorsement /
the late State Convention of that part
Now, what brought on that war 2
was an attempt on the part of the Sou
to extend and perpetuate slavery. w
there much eight hoqi system abo
that kind Of labor? For several yes
before the war the great leaders of &