The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-06
Extracts from the Rebel Press.
What They Think OF the
Philadelphia Convention.
CONFISCATION, DEGRADATION,
BLOOD!
THE TEST OATH.


The Southern States with great
unanimity are appointing delegates
to the JOHNSON Philadelphia Con-
vention. 4 Itis matter of interest to
know something of the spirit which
actuates them. Having this in view,
we this morning make liberal extracts
from Southern papers. giving express
ion to the sentiment of the people
and politicians. 1t is a matter of
curious interest to US of the North,
who have spent four years of war to
keep these same people from destroy
ing the Government, to hear them
talk, of their rights so defantly, de-
nounce. US as the enemies of the
country, and they as the especial
guardians of the liberties of the ma
ton. 'b
We have before us the Memphis
Avalanche, with the proceedings, of
the Convention to appoint delegates
to Philadelphia The meeting was
presided over by General P. B.
GLENN. Allnding to the split be-
tween ANDY JOHNSON and the Radi-
Gals, " he said:
Andy has called the Philadelphia
Convention, and the Radicals are
panic stricken; and when politicians
are panic stricken it is just as bad as
when soldiers are panic stricken-it
has the same effect upon politician.
Why are they in such a panic? They
are preparing to deluge the country in
another war; it is not to be a sectional
war, but party war. The National
Union men and everybody opposed to
the Radicals are going to carry The
election l0heR combined loith the South
eET Uote; and that is the reason why
the Radicals are opposed to the resto-
ration of the South. Andrew John
son says the South IS truly loyal, 6ut
the traitors are at the North; and if
our. boys happen to get into New Eng
land, | hope they will not treat them
as bad as some of us were treated
down here. How was it that the
Radical party was elected? They pro-
fessed to be for restoration. They
then had the power and the patronage
of the Government, but now President
johnson has turned it against them.
How was it that Andrew johnson
was the pride of the Breckinridge
party and afterwards the pride of the
Republican party, and how could he
be consistent with both? Andrew
johnson. though a Breckinridgeite,
was for the Union az all hazards, and
he acknowledged that the South had
grievances he told the Southern
! people to stay in the Union and fight
their battle in the Union; but when
the South seeded he was still for the
| Union, and "a 1ods on this single point
that he aoent oUer to tie Republican
party, and upon the very same princi-
pie, again, he split with the Republi-
can party. He was for maintaining the
rights of the South, and fighting for
| them, in the Union. He agreed with
the Republicans until they went off
/ into Radicahsm, and then it was that
Andy johnson stood still where he
is standing to-day, for the Union, and
to-day he stands in favor of any
organization having as its funda-
mental principle the Union of the
States, no matter what may be the
name of that party. aW fsd -
+ The object of our meeting is to ap-
point delegates to represent this Con-
gressiOnal District at PHILADELPHIA.
next month, where great political
| party is to be formed, a party which
will save our great country from de-
! struction. / know not what the name
will be. have always been mem
Der of the Democratic party, but am
| willing to sacrifice that name to save
my country. no eear
+ Colonel LANGDoN G. Haynes ad-
dressed the Convention in moderate
language, and with becoming modesty
expressed the opinion that no Con-
federate ought to aspire to any station
under the Government until the
States are again united, his own
personal equality guaranteed, his
rights and franchises as a freeman
restored, and his honorand goodfaith
secured against personal indignlty.
But this he gave as his own individual
opinion, and was evidently not very
enthusiastically responded to by the
meeting; as it certainly is not by the
politicians of the South.
He was followed by General CHAL-
MERs, whose speech-remembering
the prominent part he bore in the
rebel army-Was not in the best of
taste. Being a Mississippian, of course
he had to pay tribute to the hero
of the rebellion. His reference to
manacles, iron bars and dismal cells
are all poetical fancy, since the call