The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-12-20
The Union Party i'm Kentucky.

The Union Party I'm Kentucky.
| The Union papers in Kentucky are
discussing the proper course to be
pursued in view of the approaching
session of the State Legislature, and
the general election to be held in
August next. One vacancy is to be
filed in the United States Senate, by
the expiration of the term of GAR
RETT DAVIS, and it is stated that
Senator GUTHRIE 10 in such poor
health that it is highly probably that
he will send in his resignation; in
which case there will be two United
States Senators to elect, At the
August election Governor, mem.
bers of Congress, and State and
county officers are to be chosen. ~
| The Frankfort Commonwealth,
which is the most Independent and
correct of the anti-rebel papers of
the State, has the following sugges-
ton as to State Convention:
/ we LnInk u Iul1 LlIHG Ln3GF b1G Union
men OF this State should take steps to have
o State Convention of the party, at an
early day. We would suggest that Con-
vention be Immediately called, to meet in
Frankfort, on Wednesday, the 18th of jan
nary next. What say our friends? Does
the suggestion meet with approval?
The rebel Democracy will hold their
Convention in this city, on thei22d OF Feb
ruary, to put their candidates IN nomina-
ton. Without awaiting their action, let
the Union party put their capdidates in
the the fisid, Prspared e make bold and p
upon a clearly defined Union platform. =
lin connection with the calling ola
Convention, the question is being dis
cussed of coalition betwee n the
square, jout Union men, who areT in
harinony%ith Congress and the great
Republican party of the North, and
the Conservative Union men,, those
who oppose the rebel democracy and
yet dornot support Congress- If two
United States Senators are to- be
elected, a combination may be formed
which viii secure the election of men
representing both iWingsiof the Union
party. But in general politics and a
State canvass, it appears to u.s. from
the light of the Duyal and Hobson
campaign, that the party known in
Kentucky as the Radical Union men
have nothing to gain and everything
to lose by coalition. The triumph
of correct principles is to the loyal
men of that State of much more i'm
portance than the success Of an i'll
formed and inharmonious coalition.
It is questionable whether HoBsoN
polled more votes than an out spoken
Republican Union candidate would
have DONE. We know it is the opin-
ion of some of the best informed
Union men of Southwestern Ken
lucky that he did not. And at that
time. coalition was more possible
than it will be during the approach;
ing campaign. -sio@ 1t5t :. Z. -
1 One of the most sterling Union
men of that State, who in private,
social, and public positions has won
the comAnendation and confidence Of
all classes, has published letter from
which we make the following extracts:
gAsto the calling OF a Convention in the |
interests of fusion, Lam equally in doubt.
Those who would not respond to a call of
the Union party proper in, Kentucky, |
would not be- willing, even after such a
Convention as the one proposed had been |
held, to unite with us at the polls, in an |
effort to defeat the rebel Democracy, un-
less they could previously, in the Conven-'
ton, have induced us SO to modify our |
views as to place ourselves with them on a |
johnson platform. or on a platform that, |
without violence to the language employ
edg might be construed in favor of johns
sofiisrd. such platform, TO say nothing |
of the SURRENDERED principle involved in
It's adoption, would drive away from us
many more voters that it would bring to
us. Many men would lose their interest in
tffe-efeetion. and refuse to vote. And de-
feat. uudersneh cfrc1mst Stances would be-
worse than a mere aefeat IL Would be utA
ter REORGANIZATION TO all Unfonism In
Kentucky.
think that all we need now, is to be true