The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-11-01
the OAKVIss IN KEETUOKY.
Capt. N. J. ROark at Rendersan.
EDITORS EvANsv111E JoURSA1:

EDITORS EVANSVILLE Journal:
On last night, per appointment.
Capt. NJ. J. Roark, Republican oandi-
date for Congress in this District,
spoke to an attentive audience at the
Court House in this place. The Cap
tain is fluent, convincing and pleas
ant speaker, and an open and bold
advocate Of Republican principles.
He shows how the State Of Kentucky
was out of debt when the last Repub-
lican Legislature went out of Office,
with S25, 900 in the Treasury Of the
State, and how, under five years of
Democratic rule, she was &, O00, GOO in
debt, and that her bonds we're now
quoted at lower figures than the bonds
of any Republican State in the Union
In fact the speech was convincing to
all who heard it that Kentucky
would do better under Republican rule
than Democratic, In every light IN
which you might take a squint at the
situation. He also compared the
principles advocated by the Republican
party with those of the Democratic
party on the questions of the Finances
of the Country, and the Revenue and
Tariff, and all present were compelled
to admit that the position taken by
the Republican party is the most con-
sistent with economy in the admins
tration of The affairs of the govern
ment, more honest in collecting and
applying the revenue of the country,
and with good faith and justice in re-
gard to the payment Of the public
debt. He also indisputably pointed
out the evil following on the track of
the McHenry- Democratic doctrine,
viz: his (McHenry's) manner of re-
pudiation, t. a certain extent, of the
debt, which consisted in flooding the
country with a greenback deprecated
currency-the evils untold that would
follow upon taxing the bonds, and
asks how Mr.. McHenry would collect
the same from the foreign bondhold-
ers, and he gave Mr.. McHenry's an.
sWer, that when the government paid
the interest on the bonds to
the bondholder, to retain the
tax" to which Captain Roark
only answered by saying it would be
quite an honorable position for a
Governor, Il. e. in a Democratic
way.) Capt. Roark gave few of Mr..
McHenry's inconsistencies. His en-
dorsement of the Thirteenth Amend
ment as legal and just, and demand
ing the Fourteenth and Fifteenth to
be brought before the Supreme Court.
to be declared unconstitutional, and
if not so declared, he wanted war.
(not for himself to fight it though J
He informed us how that the Four
teenth and Fifteenth Amendments
were as much the fundamental law of
the land as any part of the Constitu-
ton, and as impossible to bring either
before the Supreme Court, constitu-
tionally as it would be to set aside the
whole Constitution by the Supreme
Court. He also informed us Of Mr..
McHenry's opposition to the Four
tenth Amendment being all contain
ed in the last section, that the vail
dity of the public debt shall not be
questioned, &c" it knocking his re-
pudiation doctrine all in the head.
Captain Il. also spoke of Mr.. Nc. s
record in the State Senate from 1861
to 1S64-his vote for the disfran-
chisement'of all Kentucky confederate
soldiers. which, by the way, is a very
bitter pill for the Democracy to swal-
low; also that Mr.. Nc. voted for its
repeal, which, by the way, our Democ-
racy think with Captain R., was done
to make folks think he is a buncombe
Democrat; but this, with our Demo
Gratis, is like the boys pup" the
darned thing wont suck" Some of our
Democrats seem to think Captain
Il. the better man, at least. one
was heard to remark after the close
of Captain RS remark that he thought
Mr.. r. a better Democrat than Mr..
McHenry. All here were disap-
pointed that Mr.. Nc. did not meet
Mr.. r. at this place. We suppose
his reasons for not doing so are that
his record does not set we'll here, and
is hard to answer, and that he con-
siders this county safe. Well, we
think the frs reason good, but if the
Captain had few weeks to spend in
this county, we would think that the
latter would bear a doubt. All things
taken into consideration, we think the
speech had good effect, and is one
step in the right way. IF We had a
little more Of the same kind 'twould
have good effect for our party In
this community. REPUBLICAN,.