Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-24

t to the highest offices in the gift of &
great people, and Ia the liberation o.
four millions of oppressed people as az
incident of tae war for the Union, the
nation has approached the perfection Of
free government, which makes merit,
and not birth or property, the basis OF
public confidence, and secures universal
intelligence and freedom and the honor
and dignity of human labor
ResoLUed, That the Union of these
States has no: been, and cannot be dis
solved, except by successful revolution /;
but that after the suppression of a formi.
dable rebellion against the General Gov
ernmept, We declare that the Govern
4 nTent may, and should hold in abeyance
the powers of the rebelliOas States, until
the public safety will alIowlof their resso-
j ration -
| ResolUed, That it is The duty o. the
Government of the United States to see
that emancipation shall be thorough and
Il complete; that no S,a;e legislation shall
be tolerated which will tend to keep the
blacks a subject and serFile race, and
that full protection to lite, liberty and
property, shall be guaranteed to them BY
National legislation.
Res0EUsd, That no man who volun-
tarily participated in lhevfebellion ought
to be admitted to a seat IN congress, ard
hthat the Law excluding them therefrom
ought not to be repealed
ResolUed, That the~scoHstitutiona
possessions, "that the citiz n of each
Safe shall be entitled to N,alI privileges
and immunities of citizens in the several
| States" shall be enforced by proper
Congressional legislation.
ResolUed, That the assumption of
the rebel debt and the direct or indirect
SeEu "a IN of that of the General Gov.
Fernment, are alike measures which can
receive favor only from The enemies of
the country; that we deuopnoe both as
but part OF that treason which in the
South was lately in armed conf ct with
the National authority in the
North by the whole Influence aof cor
rupt political organic alton which now
has the effrontery to seek power over
country it sought to destroy.
ResoiUed, That the country owes
debt of gratitude to the, soldiers and
sailors lately composing the armies and
navies of the Union, whicd no language
can express and that we shall co-ope-
rate with them, at the ballot box, in ex-
Guiding from places of public trust in
Indiana, those VITO during the. rebellion,
poiting treas N, sought to, bring disas-
ter to the flag and disgrace upon the
brave men who upheld il xithth lives
upon the battle field.
ResoIved, That justice and duty de-
mand the bounties oaour National de-
tenders should be so equaIized in land
grants or money, as TO render the
amount received By those who entered
the service, in the drst years Of the war,
equal to the highest sums paid by the
Government to those who subsequently
volunteered
Resolred, That rigid economy in
public expenditures issabsolutely essen
tial to the maintenance of the national
credit, and that measures of taxation
should be sd framed that the plighted
public faith sail suffer no dishonor, and
the public burdens be equally borne by
ell classes of the comm unity In proper
tion to their wealth. Il
That, sympathizing with
every effort to elevate thesgreat mass of
the people to condition of the highest
intelligence, we approve the movement
in favor of the laboring- popu alton to
reduce the time of toll to eight hours per
day, and to give practical effect to this
declaration, we respectfully request the
next General Assembly Of this State to
pass law making eight hours the rule
for days labor in all cases, except
where the parties interested shall express
/. ly make different agreement
s. ResOtUed, That we are decidedly in fa~
vor of bringing the late rebel leader, j. #
Davis, to trial for treason against the
Government, as soon as fair and i'm
partial trial can be bad before a conpe-
tent tribunal, and if convicted, to the end
that treason may be made odious,"
'A"t he he punished as prescribed by
ResolUed, That we most heartily
indorse the administration of Oliver p
Morton, as Governor of Indiana, and
tender him our gratitude for his humare
and that we deeply sympathizs with him
10 his recent Affections.
ResolUed That we have implicit con.
fdsnce in the intelligence and patriot
ism of Acting Governor Baker, and we
rejoice that in the absence of Governor
Morton, the Executive Department of
the State Government is so ably and i'm
partially administered, aud we hereby
tender him our lnll confidence
Gtneral Lew. Wallace said be wished
the honor of moving the unanimous
adoption of the resolutions, which mo-
tion was seconded.
Judge Kilgore moved to strike out the
second resolution, and insert a substi-
tute he offered more emphaticalIy in
dorsing the President, which he support
1 ed in FIVE minutes speech. The sus-
taining of the President was absolutely
necessary, and if the Convention could
not do that, let the Convention adjourn.
uutil passion and prejudice COOL say
for one or two months
Cyrus N. Allen of Knox, moved to
lay the resolution Of Mr. Kilgore upon
the table, inasmuch as the platform was
the result Of mach labor and compro-
mise upon the part of the committee
/ Gen Wallace Supported the original
resolution as all that the President-er
his friends could ask. If President
johnson is not satisf ed with. the ;ndorse-
ment. We give him, it will be because he
r QfSDlS65 Ouf rOLdtc. NO man mas Ut
tackled the president, and thsre) lis,
therefore, no necessity for his extraor-
dinary defense.
The resolution of Judge Kilgcre was
almost unanimously laid upon the table,
but few voices being heard in the
negative.
Il Hon. James-S~ Wilson, of Montgome-
Try, moved to amend the 4sh resolution
by adding to the word Legislative,
Executive aud Judicial," and to substi-
tute the word g restoration " .fof 'irecons
stroction.
Captain Dewey moved to lay the
amendments on The table, which was car
ried
The question then reeurred upon the
motion Of General Lew Wallace, to
adopt the platform. But two voices we're
heard in the negative. and the result of
the vote was, received with calves of
cheers.E - -'sa- - -
After the. adoption of the platform,
the convention adjourned sine die. salts