The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-02-01
The Democratic State tOnFSn si0nI
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Democratic papers in Southern lndl-
ana to bolt the instructions of the State
convention in favor of GEORGE Il.
PENDLEToN. We confess our inter
est in Mr.. PENDLEToN has diminish
ed greatly since we learned thatshe is
a bondholler,,a Director Of a National
Bank, and repudiator of his taxes.
We refer to him now, principally
for the purpose of 8 indicating the
truth of history"
The New Albany Ledger insists
hat it was expressly stated in the State
Convention, by those favOring the
adoption ofthe resolution xpressin Z
a preference for Mr.. PENDLEToN'
that it could not be considered in the
light of instructions, and that the del
egates to the National Convention
are at liberty to cast the vote of
the State as they please. This the
Rockport Democrat endorses, and
adds bit of testimony showing how
things are done at Democratic Con-
ventions, which, of course, always
fairly represent the wishes of the
party The Democrat says:
The resolution spoken of as show
ing a preference for Mr.. Pendleton
was not in reality the work of the
committee, elected by the several Dis
tricts, on platform and resolutions.
That resolution, known as the 18th,
as we'll as twenty-four others, was al.
ready written out before the commit
tee assembled in their committee
room, and strange to say, but one or
two of all that number found favor
with the committee. There were just
thirteen resolutions adopted, unani
Daously, by that committee, and those
thirteen resolutions, we are happy to
say, met with no opposition en- their
final passage, when they were pre-
sented to the Convention.
2 The 18th resolution was a very
troublesome one to the committee.
Some of the committeeman were
finally prevailed upon to vote for the
resolution against their own judg-
ment, as personal favor to the three
or four outsiders, whose all seemed to
be wrapped up in that resolution.
As one of that Committee, In behalf
of the Democracy of the First Con-
gresSional District, we entered our
protest most emphatically against that
resolution, and we have the satisfac-
ltion of knowing that large majority
of the District voted against its adop-
ton when it was presented to the
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opinion. Not for our dislike for Mr..
Pendleton,s for if he should be the
nominee of the National Democratic
Convention we shall support him just
as we will any other good man; but it
was not part of our business, be-
cause we were not elected as a Conn
mittee for that purpose. ga1e r.
The outside gentlemen who were
present at the time, and for whose
special benefit the resolution was at
all presented, stated that it was not
intended as instructiDg eur delegates
Tin any wise whatever) as to how they
should cast their votes In the Presi-
Dental Convention. The same decla-
ration was made by the same men be-
fore the State Convention on its final
passage. So it cannot be construed
as part or parcel of our State plat
form in the approaching October
election.
1t seems, then, that the resolution
expressing a preference for Mr.. PEN
DLEToN was a very troublesome
one,' and was finally passed as a
personal favor to three or four out
siders, whose all seemed to be wrapped
up in it.
For our part, we can't see why the
resolution should have been trouble
some if it means nothing. Ifit did
not commit the delegates from Indi-
ana to vote for Mr.. PENDLEToN in
the National Convention, why did the
opponents of that gentleman do what
they could to defeat it? We are glad
to learn that Mr.. JONES, the Commit
teeman from this District, regarded
the resolution in its proper light and
voted against ID in committee, and
that the delegation from this District
did the same when it came before the
Convention. But after our delegates
were voted down in the Conven-
ton and the resolution adopted, we
do not see how the delegates to the
National Convention can consider
themselves at liberty to vote for the
nomination of any one else, so long
as Mr.. PENDLEToN is a candidate.
Obey the Instructions of the people
is cardinal doctrine of the party, and
ought not to be abandoned at this