The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-01-28
PendIet0n Rtock Rising. -.


While we regret the disposition
manifested by the Democratic papers
of Southern Indiana TO rep1diate our
preferenee,'-- MI 4 PENDLEToN Las
the Democratic candidate fer1Presi-
dent, we are gratifed to kpoEo that
he is rapidly gaining ground in other
directions. The Chicago Times has
come to his support. and the Terre
Haute Journal now flies his name at
its masthead. It is true the
Times was in pretty bad, odor dur-
ing the war. and Gen. BURNSIDE felt
compelled at one time to suppress it
on account of Its Reasonable utter
ances, yet this factmakes its support
of PENDLEToN only the, more con-
sistent. He is eminently worthy the
support of the Times. He did moth
ilg during the war that was antago-
nistic to the utterances for which it
was suppressed. Mr.. PENDLEToN
was pretty sure of the support of
most of those who were on the rebel
side during the war. before the Times
announced itself in his favor, but
its announcement win have a
powerful influence in raising their en-
thusiasm, and stimulating them, to
work. #is's
While the tide among the lately re-
bellious is setting in sostrong for Mr..
PENDLETON, what nonsense for such
papers as the New Albany ledger
to attempt to stem the current. Why
don't these old Mrs. Partingtons get
out of the way with their mops?
What does the Ledger hope to ac-
complish blythe publication. of gpsraz
graphs like the following2
We do not court a controversy
with any of our Democratic, contem.
poraries on the subject of Mr.. Pen
dleton's popularity In Indiana. The
Terfe Haute Journal thinks three+
fourths of the Democracy are for that
gentleman. We think not. And one
opinion is as good as the other. We
SAPESScGA tAC OpAuAOu Lb1dL tue AOAaIC
Convention committed an error in
passing the resolution it did in regard
to Mr.. Pendleton. We are more
and more convinced of the correctness
of our position, not because, we
are in any sense hostile TO Mr..
Pendleton, but because we believe
the delegates from Indiana ought to
go to the National Convention un-
trammelled, and prepared to cast their
votes for the man who stands the best
chance of an election, and possesses
the best qualifications for the posi-
ton. This, we do not doubt, they
will do at any rate. IF Mr.. Pendle-
ton shall be the man, well and good;
if some one else, also well and good.
The only purpose to be subserved
by this manifestation of opposition,
is to dampen the enthusiasm of some
of Mr.. PENDLEToN's friends. 1t is ex-
ceedingly impolitic, we think, to init
mate that Mr.. PENDLEToN does not
stand the best chance of election.
Does he not propose to give every
man in the country all the greeRbacks
he wants, and can anything be more
popular than that? The Cincinnati
Enquirer and Indianapolis Herald
will please observe that the Ledger
insinuatisgly advises the delegates
from this State to bolt the instructions
of the convention which appointed
them. We have called attention to
this spirit of characterization hereto
fore, and trust it will not be
overlooked. We don't propose to
have Mr. PENDLEroN throw away
the money that was so freely dis
tributed among the delegates to the
Convention in order to secure their
endorsement. No, no, Messieurs
Courier and Ledger, PENpLEToN
and john Young BRowN" is the
Democratic ticket for which we throw
up our hats, because it is the ticket
that fully and unequivocally repre-
sents both the Northern and South
ern wings of the party as it stood dur
ing the war.
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