The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-07-15

NOT 1Q- We lSl1ko
Resolutions upon those Who Mad dlf-
fered with as in the late war, but CIR
cumstances have rendered itlmpera-
lively necessary that We should en-
phatically condemn secession. This
has been caused by their W action
and not by ours, and is it too much to
ask of them to condemn that which
they say the results Of the war have
already determined? Then { the
Union Democratic party is
one of perfect equality, and
no one loses honor in belonging to
its organization, unless it is their OBJ
ject to maintain the doctrine of seces-
sion with the latent hope of a future
and more successful rebellion.JsOn
the other hand, the ~.so-called De-
mocracy" emphatically endorse by
their nominations and action those
men who were either stay-at-home or
active rebels, and condemn those who
have been Union men, whether they
are in INSTRUMENTATION or not. Now
for the proof Whether for execu-
tive, legislative or judicial position,
only those who have been actively or
secretly for the rebellion can have a
shadow of a chance for a nomination.
and, al far as their organization is
concerned, for an election. The proof
of this is so abundant that the diff
Guilty is to bring it in proper bounds.
Almost Immediately after the re-
turned Confederate soldier had been.
restored by the "Uniona Democratic
party to all the rights he had lost by
a participation in the rebellion, eight
tenths of the press of the State were
purchased and placed under the odi-H
rection either of the returned Con,
federate soldier or a malignant stay
at home rebel. Then, in defiance of
the regular Central Committee of
the organization 4 of 1856, to
which we all belonged, and to
which the Union Democratic party
still cling, and in defiance of the
decisive vote Of 81 to 10 in Legisla-
tive caucus, a defunct committee
called the convention for May s, 1866.
This same defunct committee tried to
play the same game with the National
Democratic Committee and party by
calling a National Convention of the
Democratic party for July, 1867, but
made a most signal failure. That LIST
of May convention was composed al
most overwhelmingly, Dinety-nine out
of a hundred. of either re-
turned Confederate soldiers or
malignant sympathizers. Their
nominee was ma sympathizer
with the rebellion. Their central
committee were, as authorized by
that convention, composed entirely of
men who had been hostile to the
Government during the war-who re-
joiced over every rebel victory, and
mourned over every Union victory,
from Bull Run to the fall of Rich
mOnd. A5sa
tits true that afterwards two Union
men were added, but these two have
been neutralized by the addition of
two more, one a returned Confederate
soldier and the other certainly not a
friend to the Government during the
war. In their Congressional nomina-
tons Such men as Aaron Harding,
Mallory, Ward, Shanklin, and Ritter,
though efficient in their efforts to
elect Duvall, were tossed overheard,
and only those who were considered
rebel sympathizers were nominated,
with hut one exception-that of Judge
Trimble. | do not mention Major
Adams, as l understand he is a Con-
sentative and opposed to the so
called Democracy" In the 22d of
February Convention, 1867, only one
single Union man received a nomina-
ton. Wolford was overwhelmingly
defeated for the second position
by Stevenson. The sentiments
of that convention, the senti-
ments of its nominees, the animus
of its county conventions, and [ will
venture to make the assertion that
nine-tenths of its county committees
are composed of men who were and
are bitterly opposed to the Govern
ment of the United States and bitterly
hostile to Union men. In their late
nominations for, the Legislature, and
for the judiciary positions in the
proportion of ninety-nine out of a
hundred have been either given to re-
turned Confederate soldiers or stay-at-
home rebels, In one of the upper
judicial districts an eminent lawyer,
but unfortunately for him he had been
d Union man, was defeated for the
nomination by a Confederate returned
soldier, though his qualifications were
not neal equal. Confederate officers
have received the nominations for
Woodford and Scott and other
counties. Jesse D.. Bright, expelled
from the Senate of the United States
for treason. whether justly or not
it is not my province to decide,
has received the nomination from
Carroll and Trimble. 1t is not my
intention to make an invidious dis
tinction against the Confederate SOL
der. l know the Confederate officer