The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-07-28

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south as the 4th of July 1776. was to
fOrefathers.
Hofatio Seymour says the negro
rule this country. Blair says
that the reconstruction of the South
IS unconstitutional, and that the
white mans Government should be
restored by the bayonet if necessary.
(Applause.) To put an end to the
carpet baggers and scalawags, he be-
In calling in the aid of the
army of the United States. 1t is the
duty of every white man to give his
aid to our friends In the North.
At the same meeting a Judge JONES
announced that the pending contest
was for the establishment of the
I" time-honored principle" which op-
peored TO be crushed by the failure of
the Confederate cause. He said:
On the issue of the contest before
them depended their all. Before the
war the Southern people believed in
State rights. They fought and spill
ed their blood for State Ri. hts.
And it was unfortunate for them,
and perhaps for the whole country,
the result of the war was a permanent
extinguishment of State rights, un-
less, under Gods providence, the
Democratic party, under the leader
ship Of Seymour and Blair, re-estab-
Iish the time-honored~ principle.
The speaker believed In sustaining
cratic Convention. He believed it
.okszco o&o%wr kSaEn%s Qoxv
mour was well worthy to I'LL the chair
once occupied by a Washington and
q Jefferson. 1t is true he would have
preferred Pendleton, but when it
came to a matter of preference he
9ooWLd prefer NdrSe Bob Lee to any
body. Still he was amply satisfied
with the ticket. It was a good stroke
of policy to select the standard
bearer from the Empire State. 1t
became necessary to take the Vice
President from the West, and one
was required with a military prestige.
Frank Blair filed the bill and was
nominated, The speaker asked for
no better platform than the letter OF
General Blair.
The Mobile Tribune, on learning
the nomination and that the National
Democratic Convention had endorsed
General BLAIR's revolutionary and
incendiary letter, becomes joyful in
the extreme, and gives vent to its
feelings in the following rhapsody:
"Friends-fellow citizens Of Mo-
bile-eomrades of the Queen City of
the Gulf let us make one more effort
in behalf of our rights and our liber-
ties. If qCe are successful an The dp-
preaching contest zoe shall regain all
that noe lost an The Lost Cause We
shall be freemen once moTe. We
shall have a country. W. shall be
able to reverse the iron rule which
has been imposed upon us, and turn
ing that iron into brands of fire, hurl
| them back on the heads of the iagi-
| tious wretches who have inflicted sc
many foul and fragrant wrongs on our
bleeding country. Once more to the
breach, then-yet once moret and
when the cloud shallhave cleared away
from the flaming field, our hag-tht
grand old Democratic hag-will be
seen in all its glory, and streaming
like the thunder cloud against the
wind. Let AS then rally once more
around the DEAR OLD FLAG.
which We have followed so often to
honor and to victory. Let us plant
our standard in the midst of the field,
aud let US once more raise the wal
cry he who doubts is damned; be
who dallies is a bastard"
WADE HAMPTON, not content with
the ordinary expression Of opinion
and manifestation of feeling, says to
an enthusiastic audience of rebels:
~ want you all to register an oath
that when they do vote their vote shall
be counted, and if there is a majority
of white votes, that yOU l0iU place
Seyn1Our and Blair IN the White
House iR spite of all the b0yonets
that shall be brought against them"
WHAT THE CHARLESTON MERCURY
SAYS.
The Charleston Mercury, which
probably did more han any other
Southern journal to bring about the
late war, and which is now a staunch
supporter of SEYMOUR and BLAIR,
thus shows that another war will be
commenced if its favorites are elected.
Here is what it says:
Suppose, now, that the Democratic
party carries the next Presidential
election, and instals its President in
the White House. Must they not,
forthwith, proceed to undo the wrong,
and restore the Constitution Is this
impossible? Why is it so? The Gov
eminent of the United States used the
army of the United States to elevate
the negro to supremacy over the
white man, in violation of the Con-
stitution. What is there to prevent
its being used to put the Southern
States back to their original condi-
ton, Of the supremacy of the white
mar over the negro, in vindication of
the Constitution?
But it is said that the negro State
governments a prohibit the white
population from taking any steps to
vindicate their supremacy or the su-
premacy of the Constitution They
can call on the President of the
United States for assistance to enforce
their unconstitutional rule, and the
President is bound to obey under that
clause of the Constitution which says
The United States shall, on applica-
ton of the Legislature, or of the Ex-
ecutive, (when the Legislature cannot
be convened), protect each State
against domestic violence.
Domestic violencel" But the
white population do not mean to in
stitute "d0naeStic violence." They IN
tend to assail no one, pretending or
not pretending to authority within
the Southern States. They mean
peaceably to meet in convention,
probably recommended by the legis-
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