The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-05-25

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rendered; and exercising that great,
broad, generous nature of bis, he
said, Lay down your arms and come
into the Union, and we will recognize
you as equals to all the other States"
They felt hattered by that. Then
| when Mr.. johnson became President
OF the United States, and it turned
| out that there was q momentary COLI
sion between him and Congress--fOr
things had been working along very
we'll till then, and these rebels we're
becoming sufficiently repentant, not
only acknowledging the condition of
things, but repenting of the pastCbut
lust then this little difficulty sprang
up between Mr.. johnson and Con-
gress. The leading members of the
Democratic party, the very men who
/ had stuck those Virginia and Ken
lucky resolutions into their party plat
form, these men turned up to be John
son men-nOt that they loved Johnson.
But do you know what they did itfor?
Simply to make the Southern people
| believe at that point that they would
take Mr.. johnson into their keeping
and break up the Union party, and the
/ 6OuUu OHCC ll1OIG COU1C DdCh
into the Union to reorganize the old
Democratic party, with all its heaven,
of Secession In it. Then these South
ern nul1ifers, who were becoming
more repentant every day, stopped
right at that point, and said: : If the.
Democrats of the North are getting
Mr.. johnson, we will stand up for our
] rights-the right that when we come
back into the Union we do not come
back upon any conditions whatever
that by virtue of the war having ter
minated we are in the Union, and be-,
ing in, shall enjoy all the rights
which we enjoyed before y Do you
not see these tricks of party, and how
ingeniously these men play into each
others hands. 'a.9s3 - 4e,s3g
During the prosecution of the war
there was not single man In this
couatry-whig, republican or copper
| head-who did not tell you that Sc
cession was wrong, and that they were
prosecuting the war to whip secession
lists. But you now hear these same
| gentlemen say that these Southern
States never would have gone into re-
bellion had it not been for the oppres-
sions and aggressions of the North,
the notification of the Fugitive Slave
law, and other things which made the
oppression of the South so great, that
nothing was left for them but to Sc
Hcede. 3fe
The Democratic Convention of this
State, that nominated the ticket which
General Kimball is going to beat so
badly, says: " If our premises are cor
rect, the conclusion is inevitable that
no conditions could be rightfully re-
quired !" Our opponents say that
these States must come back into the.
Union without any conditions at all.
[ say we should require conditions Of
them, whenever they come back into
the Union, upon an equality with the
balanceof the States. You may be in
favor of imposing one set of conditions,
Ic - -=L--4.. there uill-hA---e-
quarrel about that, provided we agree
that they shall exclude the possibility
of this rebellion being re-enacted.
/ The abolition of slavery has taken
the likelihood of that away, but the
right to secede and violate the laws of
Congress still exists; and there is
1 party which says that these States
must come back into the Union with
| that right still recognized Now, /
am not in favor of that What does
Mr.. johnson say? In his letter to
Governor Sharkey,, he says:
AS'tI hope that, without delay, your Con-,
vention will amend your State Constitu-
ton, abOlishing slavery, and deny to all
! after legislation the power to legislate that,
there is property in man. Also, that they
will adopt the amendment to the ConStitu-
/ ton ofthe United States aboiishing slavery.
| II you could extend the elective franchise
ton of the United States, in English, and
write their names, and to all persons who
own real estate to the. amount of $3.50 and
| pay taxes, you would completely disarm
| the adversary. and set an example to other
! States" sfaff5s
| Mr.. johnson is in favor of con-
ditions, you see. How then is it pos
/ sible that these men who say that
these States shall come back without
/ conditions are johnson men? There
never was holder imposition than
that they are johnson men. They
are simply Copperheads now as they
were before, and they are for no man
who does not go with them and stand
upon their platform. [ remember, in
/ 1841, when Tyler vetoed the Bank
Bill. | was your Representative in
/ Congress. and on the very night of the
veto these Democratic leaders marched
up to the President, and Old Bill
4 Allen Of Ohio made one of his pomp-
Gus speeches. Mr.. President, said
! he. II am delegated by the great
| Democratic party of this country to
| thank You for the noble stand you
! have. taken, in saving that great Con-
stituti6n which placed you at the head
of our Democratic institutions.
And Tyler was fool enough to be
lieye what these fellows said, and /
absolutely thought that at the next