The Evansville journal., 1868-02-13

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7 Democrats Of Butler County There
was DO party organizatien-in -ttrat
State IN 1861. known as the Ds1nO~
cratic party The Union men eli tie
) fsratesn in lS3I organized uEdeT the
uame of the Union Democratic party.
with Messrs. Speed, Harvey. Prentice.
I Guthrie and Davis as, the Executive
/ Committee, while those believed to
+ be in favor of secession and rebellion
organized under the name of South d
ern Rights Col y s. Jackson vas
/ the candidate Of the Uniohg peh3ocn
racy for Congress 10 1861, while Col
| j. I. Bunch, then of Henderson, was
1 the Southern Rights candidate and
got, believe, only fourteen Vofesa IN
| this county, out of less than eleven
hundred, and if thead dashipgleditor of
/ the Democrat had netQ been aaZealous.
I Bunch man, / do not know that near.
that many votes would have been east
/ for him. r4 ssf uor 7s1a 9-.99JQ
The Democratic party did not ap-
pear in the field until 1863, when
an organization was attempted at
/ Fran kfort. which was defeated by
! Gilbert. Afterwards the Wicliffe move :
ment was instituted, and the organi-
cation kept up until now belonged
to, and acted with the Union Demec-.
racy from its organization up to the
/ Spring Of 1865, when the party met at
/ Frankfort In mass meeting and sur
rendered to the Democracy proper,
| which was thenunder the lead Of Gov.
| Powell, Wicliffe, Harney aud others.
The proposition then was to organize
! upon the basis of opposition to the
proposed Amendment abOlishing
\ one of its relics IF bdrbaTisD1.
! human slavery But the result of the
! session or surrenderwas just what any
/ sensible man ought to have forseen,
viz: The hauding over Of the power
/ of the State to those who for four
long years sought the life Of the ma
1 ti0n, and spread death and destruc-
! ton throughout the State. PiOr
/ to the surrender aforesaid, l
had INDUCED the hope that the great
mass of the Democracy, even most of
/ their leaders, were sincere IN their
/ denunciatlqns Of treason and rebell-
I ion; but when, as a party, they
/ boldly announced that those who
had filed the land with blood
and with tears, were entitled to all
| the rights and privileges Of those
who had remained true to the flag of
Washington. I could stand no more
Consequently [ left the party, if it did
not leave me; nor do | care which
way il is taken, and have never at
tended one Of its Conventions nor
voted for one Of its candidates since
| am proud to know that large ma
jority Of the gallant people Of the
glorious county Of Butler also left the
Democracy, and notwithstanding the
never enough to be honored Lincoln
only received 129 votes in the county,
in 1864, yet in 1865 large majority
was given for the Union ticket and
she has continued to do so at each sub
sequent election, and part Of her mis-
sion is to continue to do so, aud if this
be semi barbarous just write US down
entirely so, for we intend to give an
increased majority for General Grant,
Hon. .. z. Morton, E. NJ. Stanton or
some other good man for the Presi-
deney, next Fall, and although the
knight of the Democrat may write us
down as fools or knaves weekly, we
intend this county to continue an
oasis In this Democratic desert, aud
as the shadow of a great rock in a
weary land Doubtless, the name of
one of the Committee on. Resolutions
stirred up the feelings of the editor
He doubtless once thought such
things could never be- The editor
once had the honor Of arresting the
old patriot and dragging him from his |
home in 1861. and turning him
over to- the Vandals who |
then held Bowling Greea, and /
were holding high carnival south of
Green river 1t may De the sage of |
the Democrat expects those happy /
days to return once again, and is get I
ting himself in practice by subs titut- I
ing the pen for the sword and abuse /
instead of military orders; but ii such I
is the case, l advise him to dispelthe /
fond illusion, for he will never have I
the pleasure of again placing the old
patriots In durance vile.
shall not undertake a vindication of
Thad. Stevens. He may have commit
heard him accused Of being a Demo
Democrat / doubt not he is a saint
compared with the best of the lead
ers of the shareholders rebellion.
Ben. Butler is, perhaps, guilty of
some pretty high crimes or misde-
meanors, chief of which is having
been a delegate to the Charleston and
Baltimore Democratic Conventions of
1860, and it is said he there favored
the nomination Of JEFF. Davis for
but as an offset to all this,
he taught New Orleans Democrats to
respect the flag of our forefathers,
and also not to insult its brave de-
tenders.