The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-06-23


tions ia conformity with the require
ments Of the reconstruction laws, as
an accomplished fact beyond the
power of reversal" The Chicago
Times follows suit, and urges that it
would be folly for the party to pledge
Itself to attempt the overthrow of the
Reconstruction infamy" 1t wisely
insists that the party had betterdo its
best to carry the States organized IN
der the reconstruction acts rather
than spend its time and breath pro-
claiming these acts Unconstitutional
and invalid. eve t1=7e ~
With influential papers like the
Times and World opposing any and
all hostility to the reconstruction acts
of Congress, it is very doubtful
whether a resolution condemning
them can be crowded through the
Conversion. But silence on this
question will be more fatal than an
expression of condemnation, for it
will indicate a hostility that cowardiceI
alone prevents the party from ex-
pressing. In addition, silence is a
virtual admission that henceforth
the old cry, white mans govern
ment, !" will be heard no more in
TammaBy, and that a negro vote cast
for the Democratic ticket will be con-
sidered quite as good as white vote
for the same, and great deal better
than a white vote for the Republican
ticket. 81
We warn our Democratic patrons
that there is danger the negro will
not figure in their platform, as they
desire and expect, and have repeatedly
asserted. All the indications promise
that the party expects to make a grand
effort to secure the negro vote Of the
rebel States, aud to do so it must quit
denouncing negroes aud negro suffrage
in the North, for the negroes down
South have a way of finding out what
is going. on in the North. Therefore
now that the only issue upon which
the party has manifested q disposition
to go into the canvass-opposition to
Congressional Reconstruction = is
about to be abandoned, upon what
ground it viii be demanded that the
Republicans give place to the De-
mocracy, is mystery to US. There is
in the past record of the latter
party to entitle it to the confidence of
the people, and to concede the success
of the policy of the party whose re-
moval it demands is confession of
weakness that can only insure defeat.
The Congressional Plan of Recon
struction is a success. The rebel
States will once more take their for
mer positions in the Union under the
control of loyal and true men, They
will be represented in Congress, and
nearly, if not all of them, will cast /
their electoral votes for Gen. us.
GRANT for President, The Republi-
=
can Union party is now the great ma
tioual party. Its principles are pro-
claimed in every State, and its policy
for sahe perpetuation of the govern
NEST and the restoration of peace to
the country, merits ali the confidence
that comes of assured success.
= 1t is immaterialf therefore, what
the Democracy, in National Conven-
ton assembled at New York. resolve,
For the sake of consistency they
ought to denounee negro suffrage and
] asst that Demonstration is failure.
But when9 consistency comes in an
tagonismi with votes. the party has
little hesitancy in throwing consisten-
cy to the dogs. But something must
be done. for appearance sake. The
Democratic leaders have labored
hard to indoctrinate their followers
with hatred of the negro, and it will
be difficult for them to set aside what
they have been at so much pains to
teach.