The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-10-25
rhe ConrIer and Gov. Baker.

the Courier. Failing to profit by past
experience, we have again become an
occasion of offense to that highly
respectable and eminently conserva-
tive paper. This time, the charge
against us is, that we have abandoned
Gov. BAKER, because we object to
inscribing impartial suffrage upon the
/ Republican banners in the great cam
paign next year. Gov. BAKER s
claims for nomination, by the Re
publican party Of Indiana, for Cover
nor, we do not propose to discuss
with the Democracy. The sropriety
OF his election after nomination will
be the question for that organization.
On that issue in due time we viii
meet them at Phillip, We have a
few words to say in reference to what
the Courier pleases to cali Gov. BA-
KER's bar down speech, delivered
in Cincinnati during the last cam
paign. lad tas sG. 81 aa11
The Republican party has always
advocated the doctrine, that the
question Of suffrage in the loyal
States was for the people Of those
States, respectively, to discuss and
settle for themselves. To such an
extent has the party adhered 4, this
principle that it has invariably sub
ntitted the question of suffrage to the
people of several States separate and
distinct from all other propositions.
Thus was the question submitted in,
Minnesotag Wisconsin,, Connecticut
and Ohio That the leaders, lof the
party advocated the doctrine Of mani.
hood suffrage in those States is true.
That large majority of the party in.
those States supported and voted for
the propositions we do not deny. But
this fact no more commits the Repub-
licaniparty, asa nationa organization,
to the policy of universal or impartial
suffrage, then the Advocacy and
support Of that doctrine by ETHER
EDGE and the Democratic party
Of Tennessee commits othe De-
mocracy of other States to it. The
Pennsylvania Democracy have always
been in favor OF High Protective
Tariff Polk received the vote of
that State because his partisans there
claimed that he was a better Tariff
man than Mr.. CLAY, Yet we never
heard of that fact committing the par
ty in the other States to the doctrine
of High Tariffs. The Democracy of
Ohio. in the campaign just closed,
made the fight largely on the question
of paying off the Government bonds
in greenbacks. The Democracy of
New York, with the New York World |
at its head, are contending that such
a policy would be reputation and
ruin. Yet neither the Democracy
of Ohio nor New York are privileged
to speak for the party.a as a national |
organization. The Courier, by impli-
cation, has endorsed the greenback I
scheme Of Mr.. PENDLEToN, and 9TH |
ers, in Ohio. Does it read the New |
York Democracy out of the party for
it? Does it claim that the I
National Democratic party is commit-ll
ted to the policy of paying off the I
Government bonds in greenbacks? 7
We should like to hear from i on
these points. a1e Utdfols ,ysss odi !
Governor BAKER, in response to an.
invitation from the party there, 1
went into Ohio and made a speech, in
favor Of the proposed amendment to
the State Constitution, clothing me-
groes With the right Of suAfrag e.s
That speech was printed in full in
the columns of the JOURNAL FEdito- |,
rialattention was called ont because
the question at Issue there we regard
ed as Of . national Importance Z" and I
the decision of which could not be I
good effect in more eompre-
hensive and national view Of the ques-
tions now presenting themselves for
decision. The editorial in question
was more conspicuous for the, care
with which it avoided endorsing the
sentiments Of the speech and the
whole policy of the party in Ohio,
than for anything else. We say now b
that. the question discussed and set2F
tied by the people of Ohio was Of
national Importance, virtually de-
cided the fact that a majority OF the
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