The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-04-30

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sentiments, and had since been
Attorney General; Guthrie did the
same, and had been in the
United States Senate, and Rousseau
had also been appointed TO the regu-
lar army. The letter was only a too
feeble expression of the views
Of every, Kentuekian at that
time, and he hoped that the people
would not be frightened from the
support of their choice by the threats
of their masters at Washington. Ifthey
were not slaves, they would vote for
whom they pleased, regardless of the
despotism which had been set up over
them. AS to the oath, he could take
it if Speed, and Guthrie, and men of
like stamp, had done SO.
There are but two parties in the
countryside Radicals and the Dem
ocracy. The latter had come down to
us from Jefferson; it had survived
revolution itself, and although weak
and feeble now, it rises to grapple
with the party now in power. He had
been called the candidate of the
Rebel Democracy. Is the war not
over? IsthrS Southern flag not furled?
Have not the boys In grey become cit
liens again? IF to believe that a man
has a right to be tried by jury; if to
believe that the great and sacred writ
of hobeas corpus should be inviolate;
if to believe that the reckless extrav-
agance of the present Administration
should be changed; if this was rebel
lion, then he was a rebel. IF he
belonged to a party that had
rebellion In its heart, why did not his
opponent point to the platform or
resolution in which such d~isloyals en-
timents had been expressed. 1t had
been charged that all the rebel SOL
diers voted the Democratic ticket.
They did and it was greatly to their
credit. They had been beaten in the
field, and now laying aside the sword,
they came home to adhere to the par
ty which was enGeavoring to save the
country and support the Constitution.
Kentuckians had been invited to go
out and battle for the preservation of
the Government, to restore the Union.
What had been the result ? You
went out to fight, believing this was
a white mans government but you
did not fight for legalized disunion
and negro equality. The party in pow
er regard the States In the Union.
when they wish them to vote on a Con-
stitutienal Amendment ab~olishing
slavery, but now they are
denied representation, and ground
under the heel Of military despotism.
Did the Union soldiers fight for this?
Do you, Union soldiers, endorse the
present policy of the Government?
Were you in favor of negro suffrage
during the war? Are you now Ia
favor of this disuniou Radical party?
mems Bureau Bill, the Tenure of
Office Bill and the Reconstruction
Bill, are the real traitors to the coun-
try. They are pursuing a policy, now
bloodless, but which promises heca-
tombs of dead in the future. These
men must be driven from power and
place, and the Democratic party sus-
tanned or the country is lost forever.
The debt OF he country is seven
billions. CD OF this, three billions
are in bonds, the interest of which is
payable semi-annually in gold. and
the men who hold these bonds all live
in the North, and do not pay n dol
lar of tax into the National treasury.
This debt was made by a Yankee
Congress, and the same Congress ex-
empted these men from taxation. The
North has all its interests protected,
all the corn and tobacco raised
in Kentucky is taxed. Every yard of
or calico, the hat on your
head, the GOAT on your back, and the
shoes on your feet, are all taxed by
Yankee legislation. To denounce
these usurpations is rebellion, and to
applaud them is loyalty.
The Government took your negroes
and promised to pay you $500 per
head for them, and now has repudi-
ated the debt, and he would not give
one millionth part of a cent for any of
these claims, if he was worth forty
millions of dollars. They would
never get a cent. This is the party
are called on to support. You
ask them for bread and they give you
a stone; you ask for Union and they
give you Disunion; you fought for the
of your fathers, and they
give you negro suffrage. IF you are
bow the knee to your masters
Washington; kneel in the dust at
their feet; let them put a collar upon
your necks, and then follow your
owners; but, if you are freemen,
rise in your might, and refuse
10 be subjugated and robbed.
Last year MI. Ritter voted fer Du-
vail. IF Democracy was good then.
Why has it changed since? IF it is
Rebel Democracy now, what was it
then? 1t was then, and now, the great
party, in full sympathy
With the great Democratic party in the
while Ritter belonged to a