The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-07-30

l UIdNt SOlOlCIS VI tHC OulOA, MdDy "
whom sleep in Southern graves. [ am
proud of the name Of Radical" He
then gave an able description Of the
Union party; also of the rebel (ol
Democratic) party. He endorsed
Congress in its reconstruction policy,
and showed conclusively to every one
that it was working well in the South,
and was the only means of a perma-
nent peace. He said it was endorsed
by Longstreet. Lee, Buckner, and
other leading Generals of the South.
He said they acknowledged, as all
other conquered people of the known
world had done, that the conquerors
have a right to dictate or prescribe the
terms of peace; that the highest
source of all human law is an appeal
to arms, and that all was staked in
this war, and all was legally lost to
the Confederacy; that the terms of
the Government are f~orbearing, mer-
ciful and magnanimous to a fault.
As the Democrats are so strongly
opposed to the Reconstruction Bill,
he said he would like for Mr.. Yeaman
to expose its faults, and to show how
they are to be remedied. He further
eHOWcU THAT WI. ISdLIdu WdS 81
young a member OF the Democratic
party that he did not know what
Democracy he was after.
It seems to be a feature among
Democrats generally that they do not
know what true Democracy is. But
Mr.. Brown is telling the people what
kind of Democracy the Democrats are
after such as presented itself in
1861, when dark and portentOus
clouds were looming up in our politi-
cal horizon, menacing the subyersion
of the greatest Government the sun
of heaven ever shed its rays upon.
He said Ex-Governor Helm was
advocating the same rebellious doc
trine that was advocated in 81, as all
other Democrats are doing.
Mr.. Yeaman commenced by saying
it was his business to practice law,
but that he was sometimes driven into
politics, and then felt as much out of
his sphere as a fish in dust, and one,
from his discourse, would think hat
he told the truth.
He contended that the Reconstruct
ton laws of Congress were very alb
surd and tyranical; that the South
ern States had an equal right with the
loyal States, to a representation in
and that treason and rebel
lion lost nothing by their unsuccess-
war against the Government.
He tried to make it appear that
Longstreet knew no more
about law than he (Mr. Yeaman)
did about military tactics; that he
knew nothing at all about tactics. and
hat but little or no credit should be
paid to what General Longstreet had
said.
From the absurdity of Mr.. Yea
mans remarks upon this point, all
thinking men would have to consider
It once that General Longstreet is far
ahead of Mr.. Yeaman as a lawyer, or
'ather as a judge of law.
He said the great design of the Re-
publican party was negro equality,
md nothing else; that to bring up
he negro and crush the men of the
was shown to be the reconstruc-
ion policy IA well as other things too
lbsurd to am
Mr.. Brown, rejoined in a speech
ull of eloquence and sound logic, 80
much so that the audience made the
Dom jar with their applause.
In v~indication of the Reconstruc-
ion policy, he said the Union soldiers
nd the widows and orphans of those
whose bones were covered with green
cd would be protected if it required
camp on every hill throughout the
and.
Mr.. Brown is doing much good in
of the Union cause in this
If all influential Union men
would exert themselves as he is doing,
of intimidated men would flock
o the banner of the Republican
,arty. Since the close of the war,
be Union men, it seems, have been
.ound in supiness and lethargy; but
hey are beginning to make a step,
nd [ am Of opinion hat the Demo
majority will not be so great at
he ensuing August election. | con-
with Mr.. Brown. hat the Demo-
party is destroying itself.
HORATIO.