The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-08-06
Hendricks and PendletOn Dissected.


Carl Schurz spoke in the English
language. The large hall was crowd
ed to its fullest capacity with ladies and
gentlemen, who listened with the
closest attention to this able speakers
remarks.
About 8 o'clock he wa introduced
to the audience by ex-Mayor Baker,
and at once proceeded to address his
fellow-eitizens. He commenced his
speech hy saying that eight years ago
he had spoke In this city, on which
occasion he had seized the opportu-
nifty of dissecting the Democratic
candidate for President, and that it
had been suggested that he dissect
the present Democratic candidate for
that Office. He was sorry that he
could not do it. Douglas was a posi-
tive man, while Seymour was such a
small target to shoot at that he could
not make the dissection.
He then proceeded to speak of Pen
dleton and Hendricks. 1t was a truly
affecting sight to see those two great
lights of Democracy, who had sue
ceeded in killing each other OF in the
New York Convention, now perambu
lating the country together. 1t was a
remarkable fact, that some men were
for peace during the war, and for wal
when the nation was at peace. Mr..
Hendricks and Mr.. Pendleton were
of that class. During the war their
voices were for peace, and now that
the war was over their voices were for
war.
The history of the Democratic party
was a singular one. If the construc-
ton of the Constitution by the Demo-
cratic party had, at the commence
ment of the war, been accepted, it
would have resulted In the destruc-
ton of the Government.
When the legal-tender act, which
was 10 give money by which the war
was to be carried on. was proposed,
the Democratic party declared that
it was unconstitutional. It hat con
~struetion of the Constitution had
been accepted, what, asked the
! speaker, would have been the result?
! Certainly the armies of the Union
would have been defeated.
When it was found necessary, in
order to weaken the rebels, to abolish
slavery, the Democrats cried out that
it was unconstitutional. If that con
~struction of the Constitution had
been accepted, the war would have
proven a failure. So with almost all
the acts of the Republican party, de-
signed for the suppression of the re-
bellion, the Democratic party had de-
clared them unconstitutional, andnow
those same men came once more be-
fore the people and proclaimed that
all the acts of Congress for the re-
construction of the Southern States
were unconstitutional, and proposed
their overthrow. They proposed TO
upset these laws, admit rebels to
seats in Congress, and give the con-
troll of State g vernments into their
hands. Ii was supposed that the
rebels had been whipped into sub
mission, but according to Mr.. Pen
d~leton, they had only been whipped
into power. He then challenged any
Democrat to point to a single instance
in which the victors did rot claim
the right in any country to dictate
terms of peace. The conquerors had
the right to do this. Andrew John
son, when this war closed, had main
tanned that doctrine, by telling the
people Of the South they must accept
and adopt the Constitutional Amend
ment abolishing slavery, and that they
must r%epudiate the payment of the
rebel war debt, and organize their
governments on a loyal basis. This
was a recognition of the principle that
the victors had the right to dictate
terms of peace to the conquered. Ii
Hendricks and Pendleton were right,
those terms Of peace as dictated by
Andrew Johnson were unconstitu-
tional, and the Democrats, instead of
Republicans, should have impeached
him. Daniel w. VOORHEES, IS, Of Lndi-
ana, should have prepared the articles
OF Impeachment in the House; and
Hendricks, in the Senate, should have
fought the articles of impeachment
through.
But Andy johnson did not adhere
to the terms which he had dictated.
When a snake wishes TO swallow a
small animal, it covers it all over with
slime, to make it slippery, so when the
rebels, the aristocratic leaders in the
South, whom Andy Johnson had
always been fighting, wanted to swal.
low him, they covered him over with
fattery, and made him thinz he was
great and wise, when he at once went
over to their side, and they swallowed
him down.
The speaker then proceeded to show
in a clear a d forcible manner, how
the a~ristocrats of the South had, be-
fore the war, grown rich from the
profits of slave labor. During the
war it became more apparent that the
system of free labor should be estab-
llshed all owe the land, and the result
was the abolition Of slavery.
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johnson had said the South had
done as well IS could be expected.
lie agreed with johnson. Il was not
to be expected that the ~aristocrats of
any country would -