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


! County Attorney by the same party,
/ and who was an original secessionist
! and rebel bat who protested to turn
| Union. and took the oath of allegi-
ance. and in 1854 permitted his vote
to be recorded for Mr.. Lincoln. for
| purposes best known to himself, j N
SutcHf, about whom / have npthihg to
say. and Hon. j. s. Hill, who, in 1853,
suffered himself to be Elected to the
| Legislature from this county by the
Radical Union men of the county,
and then betrayed them by going, off
with the democratic party, managed
/ In some way or other to have them !
selves appointed Democratic. Commit
tee for Crittenden County, with pow
ereto appoint sub or district com NIT
! tees for the county, which power Trey
had exercised, as / am Informed, by
the appointment of S'subs" ali over
the county Of their own tx. But this
thing didn't suit the old rebel sttgeTs,
who had denounced the Union, and
fought the Union, ard who hadpen
couraged others to fight the Union.
So the masters of this party 4crit - a
letter to their servants of Crittenden
County, and a State Senator, the
son Of his father, whose name is
William, of the County Of Hopkins,
and who was always known to be a
rebel and a traitor, though be had
sworn to support the Constitution
twenty times at least, 4crtt let
ter, saying to the faithful servants of
this county, that it would never do
to have these Conservatives on
a 20 nj
lead the party and direct
meeting Of the Democrats Of the
county who had never been scandal
lied by having Union attached to
their names, but Democrat, pure and
simple; and instructing further that
all committee men must be of the
most prominent Democrats, such as
bad been trusted and honored form
erly by the party, ard who had form
erly held ofiee-the ofteher the bet
ter-and such as had sworn to support
the Constitution many times, and
such as were known to have given
aid, counsel, encouragement and as
sistance TO the. Democratic party In
her glorious struggle for Liberty and
independence, since 1860; further in
structing that no former Wing, Know
Nothing or so called Democrat, who
favored, at any time, this unholy
Abolition war, was to be kept on
guard for or on behalf of this party.
A meeting, or rather a cditcss, was
called, where the best Representatives,
of the faithful were to meet, and they
did meet; and there was the Hon.
William Wallace, Esq, ex Represent
alive and Justice of the Peace, and l
one of the representatives Of this
county at JOhnson's Island for some
months-I mean Democratic repre-
sentative, a gentleman from old Vir-
ginia. who had often sworn to support
the Constitution, and had as often
violated his oath by devising ways
and means TO overthrow it, and who
might, perhaps, have been successful |
if old Abe had not spoiled his plans
by sending him out, to grass on John
sons Island. All will concede him a
ia II. representative of his party. j.
NJ Clement was likewise tfiere-a fair
representative of the home feeling
that is to aid, counsel, hide, feed, en-
courage and conceal his rebel and
guerrilla friends, all good Democrats.
These aresfair3 samples of the caucus.
Each and all the members present
were as fair Representatives Of the !
party as these, and they proceeded to
businessa The first thing done was
toIremove each and every member Of
the County Committee. Out went
the Hons. Hodge, BluesF SHtcliffe,
Eill, and all the rest, TIE Second
thing done was to remove every sub
comm the third thing WAS ]
TO appoint county committee from
among the faithful, and the n on. i
Wallace Clement, and another was
appointed that committee, the otHer
name has not yet transpired-he is
unnamed to the public. Gentlemen
Union Conservatives, this Fis1 afnices
committee Real thnrough4goin |
rebel dyed in-the.wool9 aDembDrats. |
Won 4 you be proud to follow 2 Hat
O8e other thing quite nas good was
done in that caucuss the passage OF; a
resolution pledging the party in this
county nevermorei to support for Office
any man or men who have atlany time
opposed the Democratic party. If
this be trae, and L am assured it is, i
thought have not seen the resolu-
ton, all your future prospects of
political promotion. or legal either,
at once VaHishes into thin air.s l1Ca
I leave these Conservatives to de-
termine for themselves the value of
the courtesies lately extended to them
BY these rebehallies. of theirs, and
how long they will follow their lead.
Ny letter is already too long but,
By your permission, I desire to say a
word more about the Democratic
party and their movements. We have
n C;rouit Court Judge to elect in this