The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-06

OF a dismal cell. lhpplduSe'l liz
stood then in the highest place in the
hearts of the Southern people. Mis-
sissippi delighted to honor him. He
was then in the Senate of the United
States, and ] remember well that he
stood in his seat, like faithful senti-
mel upon the watchtower, like pick
ct upon the outer line, until Missis-
sippi ordered him home, and if they
say he went into this revolution for
personal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, it is but an
other falsehood. l am not ashamed
to say that | loved him. / love him
now, and / shall go down to the grave
loving that great and good man.
[Great applause.
Although they have placed mana
cles on his limbs, they have not
broken the proud spirit, the spirit of
him whom every Mississippian de-
lights to honor Mr.. Clay and Mr..
Webster may have been greater ora
tors, Napoleon and Lee may have
been greater military heroes, but when
we look upon him as statesman, few
men have been the superior or the
equal of Jefferson Davis. Enthusi-
astic applause But come not here
to speak of the past. am not here
to drop tear over the cause which
we have lost. We are nOl0 an the
midst of perhaps another reUolutioa
IL Is becoming IN all men to stand ready
Nth the arnIor backled on, and 10 do
their duty 10 the Government and the
Constitution. Gentlemen, you will
concede that republican institutions
are trembling in the balance; it is for
us to say whether the Goddess of Lib
erty shall wing her flight and leave
this country forever, or whether re-
publican institutions shall continue to
govern US.
Referring to the causes which i'm
PEELED them to revolution, Gen. CHAL-
MERs said:
We had no redress upon the
laws of our country. We all remem-
Der that raid was organized against
Virginia; then the people of the South
determined that something should be
done. We went to war. For what
For the purpose of redressing such
wrongs as we supposed we had suf-
fered did we go to war at first?
Was it the desire Of the Southern
people to destroy or break up this
Government? Mol but simply and
bravely to claim their rights they went
out of the Union, taking with them
the Constitution, and preserving it
inViolable, RS did the Children of Is
rael the Ark of Heaven, for the pur-
pose of building up for themselves a
home. [Applause.l
1t was our desire to cOnstr1e the
Constitution in the proper way We
had no arbiter to decide between us !;
there were no courts in the country
which the States could appeal to; but
we appealed to the wager OF battle.
That question has been settled; we
submit to the verdict
The General and the entire Con-
vention were impressed with the con-
viction that the country was ON the
eve of another revolution, and this
time they were, if possible, going to
be on the winning side.
But shall it Gomez 1t depends upon
us to answer that question. We must
not stand on punctilio. Because our
names have not been mentioned in the
call especially, we must not stand
back without an invitation to the
great fest,Sor because we may think
that we ought to have little more
pride than to attend that Convention.
You see the course that has been car
ried out between Johson and the Rad
l. g. l., Il l. h
gladiator for the arena, let us be ready
With the sword drawn and scabbard
thrown aside; let us prepare for the
struggle; | soon expect to hear the
struggling shots of the skirmishers,
breaking into the roar of musketry
and, fnally, the deafening boom of the
cannon. Then, where shall Tennes-
see be? We have fought the principle
of centralism for forty years, in Con-
gress, but they were too many for us
we have fought it on many battle
2 field, and there they were too many
for us again; and now we have been
promised the aid and assistance OF
those in the Union.
And it is for the same rights fol-
which the General and his fellow
rebels fought on many a battle
field" where the Union party were
too many for them" they expect t.
go up to Philadelphia to contend
and with 1.-THE promised aid and as
sistanoe of those in the Union
(meaning the Copperheads and John
sonites), they hope to succeed.
A young Captain ANDERSON spok
in eloquent terms of the struggle
where they contended for their rights
which having failed to obtain, he ad
yises them to go up to PHILADELPHIA
and demand 1.-The rights to which "
are Justly entitled" He said: