The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-06-05
An UnfartnRate. Admission.

Mr. PEEDBEToNs 5aehHncesd Ia fthe
New York Convention are In danger
of being damaged BY the inaigcretiop
of his friends The Cipeinpatl In
queer iD particulari ds1d DING muoheto
cr5stalike the elements Of Opposition
TO ms nomination, I'D its effort J. may
result in auaonb inationf to, aeeomRiish
his defeasaby. the sfriendsEo5ga4li the.
otheria pira1tsn. II ,is rot impossible
thatothe old expedient Of nominating
an unknown and compromise candi-.
date will have be resorted 20 m
order to preserve harmony in the
party, As we have previously stated
the .Pendleton escort project has
Occasioned considerable lnum-
Der of growls Of dissatisfaction on
the part of prominent Democratic
papers in the West. Many Of the
delegates, also, regard it as a species
of attempted intimidation that ought
to be rebuked- Expressions to that
effect have been made In our hearing.
The editors Of the Enquire and
State Sentinel attended the Missouri
Democratic Conventionto have that
State instruct for PENDLEToN. All
we know as to the success of their
mission is, that 90 resolution Of in
struction appears in the proceedings
of the Convention. The Enquirer,
however, explains this omission as
follows:
The Convention passed no resolu
tons, either by way Of platform on
the current political issues, nor by
way Of instruction to their delegates.
But we have an 'sirreversible euaran-
t." on both these subjeets-to nse a
form of expression sanctioned by our
radical brethren-on the men select
ed. They are unanimously IN favor
of discharging the national debt In
legal tenders, as advocated by Mr..
Pendleton, and will accordingly cast
their votes for him in the Convention,
as the author, and the best represent
ative of that policy.
So, Mr.. PENDLETON does really ad
vocate " diseharging the national debt
in legal-tenders," and Missouri will
cast her vote for him on that account
Disebarging the national debt 2 is
happy phraseQlogy. 1t certainly could
not be termed paying it,. re issue
over $1,000, 100000 Of greenbacks
would be dishonorablyi aisehargipg
the debt, OF, in other words, repuE
dating it altogether. Heretofore,
when charged with advocating the
repudiating policy, sugar coated
though it may be, the Enquirer has
insisted that Mr.. PENDLEToN was not
in favor of it, but only advocated the
issuing of greenbacks for certain
portion of the debt, and then only in
such quantities as to meet the de-
mands ofthe businesso of thecouptry,
without creating an expansion. Lat
terls, however, itfseems to be throw
ing aside all disguise, and, as we have
above quoted. now declares that. Mr..
PENDLEroN is in .fauor of discharg-
inq the DEBT II tie country ia Legal.
: tenders"
We presume there IS not business
man in the country who does mot
know that flooding the land with cur
reney to the extent Of. the National
Indebtedness would be ultimate bank
ruptcy and ruin for the great majority
of the people. So apparent is this,
/ that we hardly believe Mr.. PENDLE-
I TON or his friends are serious in urg-
ing it. They must only use it as a
( little electioneering clap trap with
/ which to bait gudgeons. But men
( who will resort to such dangerous
expedients, even for eleetioneering
purposes, cannot be trusted, and we
predict that the Enquirer's unfortu-
nate admission will come up in judg-
ment against its candidate in the New
/ York Convention. He
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THE Democracy of Henderson