The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-04

sth err. party IN those States Ihey
hope. thereby, to build up a negro
party in the South which will befpeta-
ate political power in their hands!
This dangerous Iwerks Of reconstrue-
dsass4 tI2a 1 as II fRR %Sidh X II
humanity shfipks, back appalled, 1t
will destroy the inspired sYerk Of
Washington and his compatriots by
the overthrow of adj, the reserved
rights Of theoi States and the
eentralizing of power in the FEEDER
al Government. 1t will force a
conflict Aofl ,raseg by setting the
white man and the negro In political
array against each other to contest
the right to rule this country. No
government ever has been,3 or ever
can be, maintained which assumes to
distribute its political franchises
equally and impartially between two
antagonistic races of men. This
great truth, is taught, by history, and
impressed by nature and is an instinct
i've principle in every living heart.
The struggle for ascendancy of race,
if you set the twoin political antago-
nism, is inevitable. and the conflict
becomes unavoidable. The weaker,
with all his adherents, must, in the
nature of things. either yield or be
exterminated The antagonism Of
race cannot be abolished by
human enactments nor abrogat-
ed by constitutional amendments,
and whenever you array the races in
this country in a contest for the
control 4 aud government of the
country. there is no power be-
meath the sun to stay the. hand o .
destruction and save the weaker race
from determination. When that con-
flct is forced, one or the other race
must yield or perish. May God in
spire our people with a patriotism
which can rise above party or section,
and give them the wisdom to undcr4
stand anda the humanity to avoid
such a conflict The demagogues
who are, $50, :. wantoniy forcing us
upon these dangers pretend that
it is only,1theird purpose to "pun5
Yet they make war upon our Consti1
tutional Union more ruthlessly, but
with less manly courage, than did
those whom they would punish. We
can respect the. manhood of those
who, though errIng In purpose and
Judgment, struck boldly and bravely
for separating the Southern States
into an. independent i government
Grievously did they err. but as griev-
ously have they atoned for their error
But we have no respect for those who
.pervert the powers of a free govern
ment, with which they are intrusted.
to the destruction of the rights and
liberties of the Southern white men.
A brave man may and often does err,
but coward is always at fault; be is
himself a fault. We admire the bold
ness and courage of Paul. who.
while anti-christian made open
war upon Christians from city to city,
following them with the process of
law; but when converted by the great
light of truth, as boldly and, cour-
ageously proclaimed. the doctrines of
Christianity. But all men, Christian,
Infdel. and Pagan, despise the char
acter of Judas Iscariot, who. profess
sing Christianity, betrayed his Lord
with kiss. So must all true Ken
tuckians look upon those, who, pro-
Tossing Unionism, are destroying the
Union by shameless disregard Of the
obligations of the Constitution, which
is the only bond of the Union. So
must they regard those, who protesting
to love liberty, are for enfranchising
the negro and disfranchising the
white man, and who, protesting sym
pathy for the oppressed, legislate to
burden and oppress the white man
and to exalt the negro. Such men,
pretending to make treason odious,
are acting the part of traitors to con-
stitutional liberty and are Judases to
their own race. These reconstruc-
ton tinkers have denied Kentucky
Representative their seats in Con-
gress aud menace us with military
government and reconstruc ton. They
have adopted a resolution in Congress
to inquire whether Kentucky, the
first born into the Union-receiv-
ed under the administration
of Washington - has repub-
lican form of government.
This inquiry is an insult to the men,
ory of Washington and his compa-
triots, and is Infamous in its purposes
of party vengeance and malignity.
The threat to place US under military
government is treasonabls threat,
and the attempt to carry it into exc
cution will involve its neck in the
fatal snares of their own treason.
These threats towards us by these
reconstructionists are because we
dare assert and maintain the princi
pies of constitutional government,
constitutional right, and enforce con-
stitutional duty. The people of Ken
tucky in the exercise of their inalien-
able right to free self government,
have recently voted contrary to the
wishes OF these reconstruetionists, and