The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-09-24

| support OF the WICKED ana Innqnau
war" he calls upon Congress-to
suspend hostilities . against the
Go6esMment. Of 1.-THE I'D Confederate
| States as at best our difficulties
! 'tJmnsti bersettied bJconprdnsise at, the
respiration Of this 4r!t gftandtsstrp =
He refuses to examine into the exist
ence of the Sons ofobiberty, asecret
political organization, held together
by themdst terrible and wicked oaths /;
| organized for the assistance and en-
enlargement of they Southern Con-
federacy, and Of which hefs charged
to have been a. member = IN IN
Such is a portion Of his record of
treason, made as Ia legislator. of the
people of the loyal State Of Indiana.
We have referred heretofore to his
votes refusing 70 gipe the soldiers a. the
field The right TO note, and his efforts
to take the administration of affairs
out of the. handsoof Governor NOR
TON and con6de It to three Demo
cratic State officers, who were known
Sons of. Liberty, and. IN correspond
encewith the Southern rebels in arms.
We win not occupy space in this artir
Gle by producing the official proof of
these facts. so we'll known by the
records of the Legislature. oaI Z o.
,aIn1 1864 NiBEAcK was nominated
for Congress BY the Democratic party,
representing it them did alb the ele-
ments opposed to the Government,
the war, and the soldiers; embracing
the Sons of Liberty, the. opponents of
the Draft and every friend ofqthe
Southarnd rebels The following are
two of the resolutions of f. 2i'i ban So -.
81 =, ,ph Y THE PLATE oRaIqes ln4sag0
Upon WHICH NlBLACKsWas nominate
ed: st1Doo edt ri jnsso1q jG 2nib999,
j s. That the neweaapof abraham Lincoln
forfive, hundred Thousand IN ore of the la
boring menAof this country is ounreaS0na-
BILE, and If enforced must result in serious
8. That we rare I'M favor OF the Union of
ninglnf the war, and III favor 81 an ifn1f7ne-.
diate resortgto peaceful measures, BELIEVE
ing that our national ifficulties can be
COMPROMISED, BUT THAT THE UNION CAN
E6F-BE RESTORED BY THE ARBITRAMENT
OF THE swgRR41 II = aUGF1A
-eSee the proceedings of the Demo
cratic Convention at Princeton, July
1861
The Rext monthrye End ANIkhACK
member of the Chicago Convention,
and voting foreFhe following resolu<9
ton, constituting one Of the planks in
the MCCLELLAN National Platform:
,, ResG.Vs st, That this eoEyee ,sR ez
can people, that, after four gears Of failure
lduripg which, under the pFetense pf mil
TIA ~ necessity or war power higher than
the Constitution, the Constitution itself
has been disregarded in every part, and
9en doWn AID f te pfospsrif F0o Of
she eogntFx Thesis sssen5iallg imPslrsd stts
psG1ad that IMMEDIATE EFFORTS BE
MADE FOR a CESSATION OF HOS
TIEFT1EsS, with a view to an ultimate
convention of all the States, or other peace
practicable moment peace may. be restored /
g 81 ttlg basis lQfO the gSaeFal1 dhl6n oE5he
i Upon these. principles Mr!! NIBLAcK
made his 9canyass in 1864, and which
may be divided as follows.sI W>MG .sAeas
+ j. The war has proved a. failure. 81
2. The Union cannot be preserved
by the,a9rbJj5tHra l mleBbof th4egwoEdd 28 81
= B. An Immediate cessation of hos
tilities. -Aaof va q -
II 4D-A compromise with rebeis.4'1 az
al 5l'0pposition to the draft and 9th
er iYVairr m eYalss91respfI The Severn heents
twill be seen that NIBLAGK added
another plank to the platform in the
course, Of the canvassas follows: .Iss
= 6. Not another man or dollar for the
prosecution of the@ar.GHg
s. 1t is ,well-knQEn, how he.conducted, ]
the taIvas35y Il 1854, al and f' With What
consistency he adhered to the record
he had 0made during the war war 7 and
which We have copied from official
AUTHORITY .sSI given, aboys9 MEq NIB
LACK in his speech iatgEHansville, in
August 8fast, when. a. question: was
raised as to some words used Ny him
IN his, canvass of 1864, appealed to
Col. c. NJ. ALLEN, his competitor, and
stated .hisg~illingpessito ataniesce in
Col. ALLEN's Hersion)o Of them. Ba
1--WE are permitted to make some ex-
tracts from the notebook of Colonel,
A., from memoranda written down as
the words were spoken from NEB9
LACKS lips, and the correctness of
which, SINCE the publication, neither
NIBbAcK nor his, friends, have attemfiIpg-