The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-03-16
Kentucky Politics.

Kentucky Politics.
We, in common with the entire
Union party of Kentucky, very much
regret to learn that Col. E. r. WEIR,
owing to ill-health, will not be able
to make the race against JOHN
YOUNG Brown for Congress in the
Second District. In his letter he says:
I have been quite unwell for several
weeks past, and am confident that [
would be unable to canvass the dis
trict, were to accept the nomination.
| could not do justice to myself, or to
the Union party.
Returning my thanks for the conf
dence reposed in me, by the represen-
tatives of the party. [ must respect
fully decline the nomination.
| will, with pleasure, give my vote
and influence for the nominees of our
Conventions of 18th February, and
any true Union man who may be Sc
lected as our standard bearer In the
I'd Congressional District. + In
bSasn Yours. respectfully.
sili " 500 EDWARD r.. WEIR.
Col. w. S. RANKIN was nominated.
for Congress by, the Union party liof
the Sixth District of Kentucky, ON
Wednesday. The Convention was
largely attended and enthusiastic
It endorsed the action of the State
Union Convention Of February 26th,
and passed the following decided
resolutions. There can be no ques-
ton as to the position of the Union
party of Kentucky: aa a
I'VE declare our full accord and
sympathy with the organization of the
Great Union Republican party of the
country, and our purpose to labor for
the promotion and success of the
principles, men and measures of that
organization, recognizing it as embrace
| ing the true and PATRIOTIC men of the
country, who upheld and sustained
the Government against the struggles
of rebels for it's overthrow, and who
alone can save it from the still more
insidious maehinations of the unre-
generate Democracy of the present
time, having the same end In view
which they failed to accomplish by
force of arms.
'We fully and heartily endorse and
approve the measures and policy of
the Thirty ninth Congress- believing
the same to Devise, just, humane and
! patriotic, and, in our opinion, Con-
gress could not have done less. and,
discharged its duty. )"
The Louisville Courier and the
Paducah Herald (rebel organs) are
engaged in bitter controversy about
their respective positions on State pol
itics. Both support the ticket of the
Rebel Democratic Convention of Feb
ruary %, but the Herald has struck
off the name of DAWSON, who had
the misfortune to be for little while
a staff officer in the Union army, but
of which he has repented and made
full confession. The Herald has the
advantage of the Courier in its con-
sistency and candor.
The Kentucky Statesman, of Lex
ington, in temperate review of the
movement of certain Union men to
organize third party in that State,
says of the conservative" move
ment:
It Will not do to talk to us any
more about acting with them in order
to defeat the rebels. We have tried
this for the last time, and have got to
see the benefit we have derived from
it, even after an election. For their
backs are turned upon us I'M
mediately they are inaugurated into
office; and so far as their votes or in
fiuence is concerned, it is invariably
against us, and on the side of the
rebel Democracy, not only IN the
State, but National Legislature. No,
Union men, let us have no more com
promises; stand firm by your princi-
pies as enunciated on the 10Th of
| February. When the race is mar
rowed down between a Conservative
and rebel, we shall support the Con-
sentative, not for the good we expect
| him to do, but for that which he did
in the early days Of the war.
We can't misspend much time with
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