The Evansville journal., 1868-02-21
1881.

| thr vital Interests OF the nation during the
| LIVER Of Union aud Liberty. We send
! greeting TO him In the American Congress,
and the assurance 90 him OF our unouaf-
ed endorsement Of his course.
/ IL. General Ulysses S.Grant and theHon.
/ 9chuvte COlfaX are the choice OF Indiana
| 70 p esideDt and Vice President on the
! United suites. and this Convention hereby
/ instruct the delegates % the National
Convention to cast the vote Of Indiana
/ for these gentlemen.
The resolution on the question Of
reconstruction and negro suffrage in
the South was greeted with much sat
isfaction. That on gree0baeks. the
expansion of the currency and the
public debt were received with great
applause. The thanks,expressed to the
gallant soldiers was accompanied by
huzzas Of appreciation.
At the reading Of the resolutions
referring to Morton. Grant aud Col
fax, almost every word was drowned
in tumultuous applause
The Committee on Delegates and
Electors at Large reported the fol-
lowing delegates the to National Con
vention Col. r.. w. Thompson, Hon.
Henry S. Lane, Judge Reele, and
Gen Gresham
Contingent Dslegates-Hon. d. g.
Brennan, Col. Colgrove, Hon. ID. d.
Pratt, aud Col John w Foster.
Electors at Llrge-Col. Thomas,
H. Nelson, and Hon. Ben Claypool
The formal business Of the Conyen-
ton having been concluded, loud
calls we're made for Colonel Henry S
Lane, who made a short, rousing
speech, followed BY Colonel Dick
Thompson, at the close of which th he
Convention adjourned TO a o'clock to
listen 20 the address Of Governor
Conrad Baker.
At an early hour in the evening
the people we're addressed by Gen.
Dumont, in a speech abounding in
wit and eloquence. Coy. Baker then
took the stand, and spoke at length,
as follows: NJ l9.la}
GOVERNOR BAKERS SPEECH.
The time has arrived when another
| Of those great periodical contests
which are incident to popular gov
ernments is about to be inaugurated
/ The principles, however, for which
| we shall contend in the impending
struggle are the same for which the
loyal, liberty loving Union men of
.tte country have been continually
4 battling since the commencement OF
isthe rebellion in 1861.
r However some men may desire to
forget the record of individuals and
of parties during the years interven-
1 iug between the reduction Of Fort
Sumter and the surrender Of the rebel
armies Of Lee and Johnston, the
ghosts of the past will not down at
! their bidding; and the same men who
made the Hartford Convention dOs
! duty for them against political Oppo-
1 neuts who were in noWlse responsible
j for its action, must be made to re-
member that that Convention was a
I pattern of loyalty when compared
| with the Chicago Convention Of 1864.
The Republican party would be
! false TO itself and false to the country
| If it permitted the so-called Demo-
cratic party to assume the offensive
now. That party is still the prisoner
| in the dock, on trial for its life at the
Bar of the Nation, and no amount Of
denunciation Of the prosecuting OFF,
GERS, no amount of special pleading
can direct the minds of the triors
/ from the real issue, which is . guilty
or not guilty" of comprising the
death Of the Republic.
Men who, during the war, denoune-
/ cd greenbacks as unconstitutional,
| and not possessing even the right
| eousness of filthy rags, may now pre-
| tend to be so enamored OF them as to
propose to inundate the country with
paper money by their unlimited issue
Men who, at Chicago and elsewhere,
/ denounced test oaths as the invention
/ of tyranny, may now pretend to rely
upon the iron-clad oath as a sufficient
security against the admission Of reb-
els to Congress.
Men who, during the war, denOUnc-
ed the draft, and bOas ed that they
had never asked any man to volun-
teer, and who asseVerated that the
Union could not be restored by force,
may now resolve aud re-resOlVeI
that the Union has thus been restor-
ed, and that they lid II, but still the
intelligent people Of the country will
apply TO them the infallible rule Of
judgment "by Their fruits ye shall
know them" and allow them to take
those eligible back seats to which
their friend. Mr. johnson, so politely
invited them in 1864.
The restoration Of the States lately
In rebeliiOu to their practical rela-