The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-08

his absence, without his knowledge,
or without an intimation on his part
that he desired the office. True, he
appreciated it-but sought it not. He
could not afford to use deception-the
course he now pursues, and that he
may Hereafter follow, will be the path
that lie believes right; and if the peo-
pie of the State do not desire his SER
vices, he wished to. go back to Goa
horna County, where he had resided
SO long, where his happy home was
located, and where he had friends that
4 were SO indeed and in truth.
| The people had objected to- his re-
mark that the secession doctrine was,
one Of war. Tell me, says the speaker,
was it doctrine of joy? if not-what
+ is it? You object that I called titan
accused doctrines vas it blessed
! BY God or man? Then In touching
and eloquent 'tiibute to the memory
of the thousands Of the brave sol
diers of the South who lie on every
battle feld from the iron clad hills of
| Pennsylvania to the turbid waters of
the Rio gGrande; reverted to the
memory of his own son, who fell in
the cause of the South, and to-day
sleeps in Southern soldiers
,grave-to the thousands of women
| and children made widows and
orphans by the scourge of War-called
the attention of the audience to the
vast amount of poverty that is dis.
cernable throughout our land-and
our houses burned and our plaatations
almost ruined-our towns made desc
late-and then .askedAhas this. doc,
| trine proved, a blessing to you and
your children? He sympathized
deeply with his fellow -countrymen
and had in bye gone days answered
the demand of his country where duty
called, although his Judgment was op-
posed Twas not ashamed of his record,
/ He had been accused of asserting
4 that secession was the work Of the
South. 1t was true. f He did say it,
1 and would bring witness to 3 the
stand to prove his assertion correct.
He read extracts from the message of
Ex-Governor Pettus, in which he
boosted that the South did bring on
the war; also stated that the sLegisfa
ture, only two years ago, in their own,
1 plQCOCuluSS, DOdSICO VI Il4Ct SdHC.
| He had been accused of having said
that he would rather affiliate with the
Radical than with the Democratic par
/, ty of the North. \ It. was true. He
asserted that the Radical party were
better friends of the South, to-day,
| than the Democrats ever have been
since the secession Of our. Representa-
tives from the halls of the National
Capitoi-he spoke Of the fact that
Democrats as we'll as Radicals, we're
arrayed against us in the late war, and
that the old leaders of the Democratic
party, in the days of long ago, were
now influential members Of the Radi-
cal party-said that the people of the
South had nothing to expect from the
| Democratic party Of the North-that
it would ever desert them In the hour
of need. 5sa 9liee ~ +.
His advice was to form no party
no coalition. He asked-What has
the Democratic party done for you?
Why, In the, debate on the Constftu-
tional Amendment, so lately submit
ted tt you, it was moved to strike out
the third section thereof section
which is the most repugnant of all
others in the said amendment, and
every Democrat in Congress. voted
against the proposition. Again. on
the resolution offered in the halls Of
Congress, that treason against the
United States Government is crime,
and ought to be- punished, every
Democrat voted for the adoption of
the resolution. You need have no
hope from that party but make one
for yourselves. Stand by and on the;
Constitution-hold the power you
possess in your own hands. 49, ~
He asserted that the Radical party
WAS the only party that would succeed
ID this country-that they had the
power in their own hands and knew
how to keep it.. He, said Governor
Sharkey was abused and, Yillifed for
asserting that there was secession
feeling stiIl existing In the South,
and himself was abused and traduced
for saying there, was not, yet, the ,peo-
of the, State, in convention assembled,
declared the act of secession null and
void. Did not the Convention repre-
sent the feeling Of the people of Mis-
sippi? He asserted that the, doctrine
of secession had been washed from
the belief of the people of the South
in tears of blood, and asked if the
people of Mississippi would continue
to, SANDER him for saying
what the Convention uttered-fsaid he
would not avoid the issue before the
people-that the position of the South
upon the question of the second sec7
ton of the constitutional amendment
was untenable before a Northern au7
dience-remarked that before the days
Of secession The South had represent
alton in Congress for three-ffths of
their slaves; but that now they were
all freemen, as well as white, and. if
they were represented according tc1
the number of free male persons in the
Statewitwould be.a large gain in favor
Of the South. and asked: Can we ask,
&c honoa& . - - ho oLr !