Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-01-08

ticnal faith aud the nsintenen6e Of the |
national credit bE ths Pasmeit 6f the |
puhlic Gebt.
These are some of The living, breath /
ing issues upon which Ne are and will |
be called to act. How can we best Sc
cure for ourselves in the national coun-
ellis Just and fair inAssnce upon these
questions We can accomplish it only
by unity Of organization and action, and
by placing ourselves on sympathy with
the great national party which is now
rallying around the Presidents 4
To the Scots victory was turned into
defeat at Flodden Field for the want Of
concert among the various clans. Each
struggling to secure the same object as
the other. But their efforts lacked that
massive weight which is attendant alone
upon unity Of organization and harmony
of action. Alone, in Consequence of
| want of concert, was the wall heard
ecaoing among the highlands:
L Now shIvered is fair scotland's spear,
And broken is her shield
U And as 1T, was with Scotland, then so
will The with us now If we permit the
memory of the past issue to cause us to
forget and to forego the mighty interests
ihFolye ed in principles which We are now
called upon to uphold and defend.
II Broken and divided as our partygpowI
is, we can not expect to WELD great
national influence. But reunited aud
Thoroughly organized (without sacrifice
lof principle on the part of any Union
man, as it can be land will be if we act
lwisely), its influence will be co-extensiFe
with the country, ahd.touching all great
national questions, it will have that
weight to which it is entitled By the
2 thousand memories clustering around It's
] history, of .saorifce and devotion 70 right
! on the part Of those composing H.
4 sBrntus said that the body of Cesar
was mournedsby Mark Anthony, who,
although he had no hand in his death,
I would receive as the bene6tiof his dying
aplace in the Commonwealth" And
well amayit be said Of q portion Of The
rebels and their sympsthizers IN this
State, that although they had no hand in
the prostitution Of the life of The Repub4
i lie, yet they claim as the benefit of it
Il living Glkvt the high places and eniolE
, meflts which the Government or the PEG
D pie can bestosc. THERE'S class of mer
/. in the State who, during four years
lhave openly sought the disintegration o
the States. There is another class os
tens IDLY claiming to be Union men, bu
who proved to be "Summer. patriots
"A For when the days came that " triet
9 mems souls when every hospital wa
e. vocal with, the groans of our maimet
braves, and our soldiers, with thinne'
| he AnsI Al
l. the flag of the country, these sunshin
= patriots gave cheer and hope to the enc
my by declaring for emo more men an
no more money"o-e
n Yet now these classes stand thickes
y around the baptismal fount of the re
/ deemed nation and DANGEROUSLY clair
g the right of debating its policy and cor
il trolling it's destiny; and if a Union ma
! should say aught in regard to the prin
ciples of his party, oh what a wall {
g agony comes up from the patriot heart
II of these recent devotees at the shrine {
II secession. There is yet another class
l. our State, composed of brave men, VII
n have fought for southern independence
p and who have deplored the non-succel
" of their cause. These men appreciai
., the fact of failure and recognize II
o further fact that the interest of theE
selves aud their posterity are now indi
solubly interviewer with the prosperil
n of the Federal Goyernmenk Such /
{, these win give us their su port in a
2" just efforts for liberal legislation.
= Then let the meeting be held in Fran
10 fort onithe Let of February, as spggesta
Of lin the Journal, and let Union n l
> throughout the State assemble Their
and, forgetting the dead past, barmo
IL ize upon the living issues Of the preset
ID