The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-05-14

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the party 30 draw out "a fall vote. 1t
was inn hopeless minority, with no
expectation Of success. Under the
Kentucky laws, the voting n re.
CURED TO be yivn yocc, and with the
spirit Of prescription and rebel hate
yet fresh in that State, especially in
the communities with such prepon-
dcratipR majorities, IL may well be un-
derstood how 80 light a vote has been
polled. W. have reports from n num-
Der Of precincts where no vote ,oas
PERMITTED 10 be- polled for Capt.
SMITH, the Union candidate. In
many others, only n handful Of bold
epirits had the courage 10 encounter
the taunts and opposition Of the rebel
throng, and go TO tho polls and vote,
when IL il well known that there
we're many others, who, under differ
ent circumstances would have fol-
lowed their example. In addition to
this, the election occurred no tho
season when the farmers we're most
busiJy employed with their crops, aud
il operated 10 Keep large numbers Of
Union voters at home. IL will be
seea by as e~esnpafiAosi ofsthe voter at
the general election in 1866, that,
while tho Rebel Democracy pollod
eighty per cent. Of theiT strength, the
Union party, ~(embrqcipg tho. vote
both Tor SMITH and RfrTER) IN the
Second District, polled only fifty
seven per cent. A"
The result is not without It's lesson
10 the Union party. The small vote
cast for the Conservative or Third
party fully establishes the fact that
there are I'M I'M pnriies In Rcakncky
The voters who have occupied tho
Conservative position must now
choose to which party they will at-
tach themselves-t the purity of the
Union, around which clusters all the
glowing achievements Of the Federal
soldiers Of the Old Commonwealth in
the late warDapd tenwhieh all loyal
men look for the safety Of the country
aud the. vindieation Of the principles
of true government; or 10 the party Of
treason, under thesfnlse name Of De-
lrooeranv, whirh locks mainly 10 the
late rebels for its strength and sue
cess. rt.. .rf
The election OF May ith, also very
strongly reveals 70. the Union party
of Kentucky, tho vital Importance Of
organization. Although in a present
hopeless minority in Western Ken
lucky, in every county there arc loyal
mon enough TO have n regular party
organization. aud il should be attend
ed to without delay. With it, the vote
for SMITH aud SYMEs would have been
more than doubled, and several eoun-
tics might have been carried Let tho
leading men in each precinct aud
county see TO this ne once. Come to
getbor and declare your determina-
ton to renew aud keep up the fight.
Meet the enemy with a bold front,
and show them that you are not
10 defend your principles. See
that your neishbora arc supplied with
newspapers aud documents which will
keep them properly informed
as to the political II situa-
ton. When Union speakers come
into your counties, turn out aud give
them "a hearty greeting; aud challenge
the Rebel Democracy TO II public dis
cussion Of the issues before the peo-
Pile. This done. and il will tell won
upon the result of the
August election. The Union men of
although Mt home in the
minority, Belonged tho great National
party, which rules the country;
and which, in 1868, will elect n true
man TO the Presidency, who will sec
10 il that in Kentucky. as elsewhere
throughout this free country, treason
Is made odious, and loyalty respected"
II IL, therefore, important that the
party of Kentucky shall main
ain an aggressive aud active organi-
and remain stoadfast in it's at
Lachment to the National Union
party Of the country. :
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