The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-05-04
The Late Rebel Convention.

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The Late Rebel Convention.
The Louisville Journal in speaking
of the Convention of Rebels, which
assembled in Louisville, on Tuesday
last, says e
Previous to the adjournment an incl
dent occurred that may serve as an Illus
| tratiOn of the feelings of those present
! Pending the consideration ofcertain ques-
tons, Gen: Whitaker, who is firm sup
porter of the President, asked " whether
this is a Johnson meeting, or not?'' The re-
ply from the President of the convention
was that I" it was Democratic meeting
ker then said :" he was a Johnson man,
and wished this meeting to express q sem
timent in favor of the President, and if
they could not do SO that it was not ma
tional meeting. The Convention ignored
Johnson, Congress, and everything else
but the Southern Confederacy, and then
all the motions introduced by the friends
of our Government were laid aside. Twas
no use to " throw pearls before swine"
The action of the friends of the Govern
ment was 10 vsnd1cate the proceedings of
the Convention, and this vindication
showed that this Convention was opposed
to our Government"
We takeit as one merit on part of
the Convention that they did not pro-
pose to indorse the President, when
everybody knew they are and have
been opposed to his policy in almost
every particular. Like the Confeder-
ate Democrats everywhere, they per-
haps approve of some of his acts, but
they were too we'll -yersed in political
strategy to commit themselves to him..
Every one knows that the Democ-7
racy do not in their hearts indorse the
President. They were delighted to
find difference of opinion between
him and the, majority of Congress, and
labored to widen that difference and
to reap profit and gain power thereby,
but how could they, who hate aboli-
tionists so much, indorse man who
declared himself as having done as
much as any man in America for the
abolition of slavery? We think it is
creditable to the late Convention that
they did not pass a hypocritical reso-.
luton indorsing the President, and
thereby stultifying themselves. !
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THE recent bombardment of Val
paraiso by the Spanish feet, will af-.
ford a fine opportunity for surcharged
patriots to desire to get up war be-
tween that ancient and somewhat d.
lapidated nation, and the United
States, with France and England as
allies. # ha
The conduct of the British ADM
raj, on the occasion, is characteristic
of her treaehery and bad faith in such
matters. twill not be forgotten how
cavalierly she treated France in refer
ence to the Mexican question-back-
ing up the French until France felt it
would be dishonorable to recede, and
then backing out and carrying Spain
with her.
The united forces Of England,
France and the United States, in the
harbor of Valparaiso, were ample to
have prevented the bombardment,
and this might have been done by a
bold showing, without bloodshed, or
an actual collision. s
t. Diplomacy will of course follow,
and a pretty little quadrangular war
may yet grow out of it, as Spain is
perhapsless able to pay than to fight.
A distinguished Admiral, of the
United States Navy, in recommending
the pardon of an eminent cotton mer-
chant of Louisiana, says financial
writer's now candidly admit that the
striingency of the blockade, for which
the navy: is now receiving merited
credit, kept cotton in this country to
i the magnificent amount of $400, 000,-
900 in greenbacks, or $3OO,000s0OO in
I money, which, since the closing of the
f war, has come to the relief of the ma
tional credit, the national currency
; and the tax payers, from one end of
the Union to the other.