The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-24
The Two Tickets--A Contrast.

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an opportunity to pass to taunt the
Union party with insincerity, when a
soldier fails to obtain a nomination at
its hands. But that party can hardly
point to one instance where they have
| placed soldier with good record on
their ticket. when there was any hope
of, success In every instance where
such nomination is. made, one Of
two facts will be found to exist
either the party is largely in the mi
nority and the soldier is put on the
ticket to catch some of the floating
army vote; or the person has a bad
record in the. army, and in some way
proved untrue to the cause, and thus
has endeared himself to the Copper
heads.
Our attention has been attracted to
this subject of soldier candidates by a
comparison of the nominees Of the
two parties in this State for Congress.
And from this comparison we deduce
the following facts, to which we
direct the attention of the SOL
diers, and challenge the Cop
perhead papers to disprove them.
Not one of the Copperhead can
didates for Congress has ever been
in the Union army The candidate
in the Indianapolis district is called
Captain LORD, but his honors are, we
believe, purely of civil character.
Wherever man who has ever been
in the army has been a candidate, as
was the case in the Third, Eleventh,
and possibly one or two other districts,
they have been overwhelmingly de-
feated, as was the case with Colonel
SLACK and others. And we claim it
served them right. Amy soldier who
has fought for the flag of his country
who will go before Copperhead con
vention, with all the damning record
the party has made during the war,
and ask for nomination at it's hands,
ought to be defeated; and the party
vindicates its consistency by rejecting
them.
1t will further be found that not one
of the Copperhead Congressional can
didates has ever rendered himself con-
spicuous at home in, his efforts to sus-
tain the army in the field. Mr. HoL-
NAN, of the Fourth District, tried to be \
what is termed War Democrat. but
he always followed the party in it's
measures of opposition to the war and
the Government, and never had the
courage to denounee or oppose their
treason, Every other candidate on
the listlhas been distinguished during
the past four years by his opposition
to the war, and every vital measure of
the Government for the overthrow of
the rebellion The Indianapolis Her.
aid, this. week, published long arti-
Gle, giving a sketch of the life and
public services of each of the congress
sional candidates. 1t is a noticeable
fact, that in all their references to
these men and their acts, it does not
mention a single word which has any
to what they haverdone for |
the soldiers, or how they have acted |
during the Ffar. The reason is obvi-
Gus. N1BLACK and KERR were, the. ohell
the champion Of JEFF. DAVIS, and the |
other a member of the Knights Of ltIe,t
Golden Circle, and are a fair repre- 4
sentation. of the rest.
On the other hand, look at the can
didates of the Union party. Eight of
the number have been DISTINGUISHED
soldiers of the army, and have proven
their loyalty, not in the Midnight
,amps of the Knights of Il the
Golden Circle. but on many bloody
The other three candi=d
lates areteld members hof Congress,
snd9among the most efficient of our
representatives, and are placed in
nomination with unanimity by the
soldiers, if we except JULIAN, who
has been engaged in a personal quar-
eel with Gen. MEREDITH; but the
after hasa at last shown his true colors
ind gone. over to the Copperhef >, \
All of the three have been distin4
for their untiring devotion to
he soldiers aud have been earn
st supporters ngof the war.
These two lists of candidates
ire fair illustrationsrof how che par
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