The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-10-29

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South, and there can, of course. be
no dispute as to a thing asked by one
party, aud voluntarily acceded to by
the other.
H FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT.
The Fourteenth Amendment gives
thorough and certain guarantees as
to the manner of representation aud
protection to all citizens. This the
Democratic party, while portions of
them are out against it, recognize,
and place the same principle at their
masthead. and therefore there is no
point of dispute as to this. What
then remains? and what is the DIFF
ference? Listen and mark we'll the
great rock against which they so Bit
terly array themselves. A small
number of those who participated in
the rebellion-men who had hereto
fore held positions of honor 1n-
der the government-those who
had sworn a perfect alle1isnce,
And yet did it not? Those VINO lad
been educated aud fostered By the
very hand they, instead of upholding,
went to war to destroy-these gentle
men. And this is the OnWs ami OPP
preston to day imposed by the Fed
eral Government. They seem to for
get that they even they, can have
their political disabilities removed.
And if so they desire. and in sincerity
ask, not even to them will anything
of political power be denied. This
18th amendment is the only
protection against a bare ma
jority in Congress assuming the
rebel war debt. Shall this ever
be done? IF the Democratic party
have for its object the overthrow of
this amendment, which so they de.
clare. | will but ask if the country,
North and South, are either willing
or able to a debt of this char
acter and magnitude.
Recognizing the great fact Of the
imperative duty OF the Government
to bury her fallen, and to repair any
breach made In any of her ~fortresses,
and in every legitimate manner to
strengthen and fortify them against
any, and especially similar, attacks. it
will appear, aud in calm deliberation
will be determined, that the recon
~struction laws contain nothing of the
great wrongs assigned to them. No.
gentlemen; the Southern StateE. at
the instigation Of Northern Hemo-
Gratis. and executed with a willing
strength, have made war upon, aud in
so doing make war only upon, them
selves.
Cease, oh cease, these unnecessary
and vain struggles-struggles which
can only be suicidal.
[Gen. MURRAY next discussed the
expenditures of the Government, Civ
ing a summary of the official reports
to show just what and for what they
were. He proved that the ordinary
expenses of the Government were ac-
tually less than those of the Demo
cratic administration of BUCHANAN,
before the war, aud that The ectrdor-
binary expenses of the Government
were all the result of the Democratic
rebellion, and for which they were
justly ch~argeable.1
LET BYGoNEs BE BYGoNEs.
These have been the words that so
often have fallen from magnanimous
and chivalric lips, but not the princi
pie carried out by the Democratic
party. [ have watched the career of
those once identified with the Union
party who have followed off after this
false god of Democracy, and to-day
are left to darkness and forgetfulness,
themselves. Where to-day is An
drew johnson, and who are his
friends? And in our State where are
Bramlette, Ward, Shanklin, Mallory.
aud Ritter? aud where is Henry Nc
Henry2 Bygones are not bygones
with them. They were once in the
camp of Unionism. Their great sin
can never be forgotten. They can
vote for Democratic nominees, but
let one of them show his head above
the waters, and how soon does he
receive his aquietus at the hands of
Congressional District Conventions.
HoRATIo SEYMOUR.
Let us for a few moments pay our
respects to the gentlemen who leads
the respective hosts. Mr.. Seymour,
the courteous, gentlemanly, aud opu-
lent man, asks. through the Democ-
racy of the land, the Executive Chair,
1t is asked, by reason of his profound
craftsmanship. Point to me any
measure attributable to him that de-
mands the reverence of the American
people. Show to me any willing and
voluntary aid given by him to the
Government. 1t may be, as it has
been claimed, that he FASTENED troops
to Washington. / will just say that
was the uprising and going forward
of a loyal people. | know a goodly
number of commissions of Kentucky
Federal soldiers signed, "B. Magof
fin, Governor of Kentucky" but who
will say it was the genial Govern
or that fastened them to make
war upon his Southern brethren?
If Gov. Msgofin, under his oath,
could sign Federal officers commits
sions in Kentucky, could Gov. Sey
mour have dared do less in New
York; Thus far we find his history
party of the country. What is it that
element? 1t is true that he presided
over an anti war National Conven-
ton, add delared the war a failure, and
called a New York mob his friends,
&C., but did not, after all this, send
help to the Southern army, or give
them foreign interference. No; but
his actions caused them to battle on
in hope of this aid, which came not.
Many a brave Southern soldier, fight
ing and holding at bay the Federal
armies, only waiting for this help,
offered up his life, by reason of the
false hopes held out to him by this
great leader Of Democracy.
o.A FRANK BLAIR.
To their candidate for Vice Presi-
dent, personally [ am his friend,
politically his antipode. He IL q man of
ingenuity, determination and perfect
courage. Unfortunately for himself
his connection With Missouri politics