The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-16
What is COntemplated.

Many OF the Southern leaders and
rebels, having a wholesome recollec-
ton of the great uprising in the North
that followed the bombardment of
Fort Sumter, and the terrible conse-
quences to them that ensued, are dis
posed to move cautiously in re-organi-
zing their forces for renewal of the
fight at the ballot-box They now
object.to VALIANDIGHAM and WooD
going into the Philadelphia Conyen-
ton. We are informed that they are
willing to vote for expelling all the
Democrats from that body who, by
giving them aid and comfort during
the war, have made themselves odious
at their homes in the North They
expostulate with the more violent Of
the rebel sheets, such as tt Rich
mond Eaaminer, the New York Neaes,
the Memphis Aualanche, the Cincin-
matt Enquirer, the Chicago Times, and
others. These papers are plainly told
that they are injuring the cause of the
South by hatred of the Government,
and by representing that the whole
South is as disloyal as they themselves
are. AS a consequence, it is only oc-
casionally that one finds such frank
and outspoken article, among the re-
cent issues of the Southern press, as
the following, from the Macon ga. }
| Citizen, using the Philadelphia Con-
| vention as a text:
ain late issue we suggested as con-
dition precedent to the South accepting
the invitation to go into the Philadelphia
Convention, that Jefferson Davis be re-
leased from imprisonment and its refined
fortunes. We are gratified to see that the
Augusta ConstituttondliSt has converted our
| suggestion into a formal DEMAND upon the
! President for the release of Mr.. Davis as a
pledge of his good faith and sincerity
toward the South Let this demand be re-
iterated by the press, generally, and the
President will hardly be able to resist the
appeal to his magnanimity.o If he disre-
| CARDS the caIl let us of the South have
nothing to do with assemblages which
have for their object the ascendency of
| party on some other platform than that of
the old Constitution of the country We
must get back to first principles, and the
| sooner the better. And we look upon iit.as
qualification of the most abject Kind for
| Southern men to appear even to indorse
| what the Radicals have been doing for the
| last year or two. Submit we may, but to
| go into a conventionandp prove our loyalty
| by accepting the proposition that the
| Union ought never to be dissolved, no
/ matter what the circumstances may be re-
| quiring it-that o-partnerships between
States must never be, broken, though all
| the terms of the Union may have been
| vitiated totally and fundamentally-an
that we have and feel alb imo pectore'
gushing affection for the destroyers of
| our liberties, is pledging more than we are
willing to do. Nor shall we try and induce
others to do that which we cannot consci-
entiously recommend to be either expedi-
ent or just. The CO1eStttlttiOIldLiSt VIII un-
derstand that the Citizen is not in favor of
any convention, except that of the people,
on the basis of the UNION AS IT WAS, AND
THE CONSTITUTION AS 1T WAS, before the
Radical thinkers commenced their work of
ma Charta of American liberty"
Here is certainly a plain enough
statement of what the South de-
mands. -r Lib s..,.,.,s+,..t. ILL., ,a...-
1. The unconditional release of
JEFFERSON DAVIS, without trial.
2. Reputation Of the Constitu-
tional Amendment a5olishing slavery,
the recognition of the Southern war
debt and the restoration of the & statu
quo ante bellum. y % r.a.nos gas aa.
3, Re=assertion of the right. of Sc
cession by State from the Union. "a
Read the Citizens article carefully
and ponder it WELL Too much i'm
portance cannot be attached to it as
an indication of the spirit of the
South.
This is what will result from the
success of the Copperhead party and
its rebel allies. This is what the
election of Copperhead Congressmen
will mean and intend
People of Indiana People of the
North Is this what you desire?
Then divide your party, fritter away
your strength and allow Copperhead
members of Congress to be returned,
and you will see all these things sure
ly coming to pass.
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