The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-08-10

CAMPAIGN CHAT.
WE urge our friends to read the
report Of the proceedings of the Rock
port Judicial Convention. It vas
written by gentleman who took no
part in the proceedings" and it may.
therefore. be regarded as strictly i'm
partial.
WE presume Judge Parrett and
Col. A. T. Whittlesey didn't go to the
Convention at Rockport through War
rick County, as we were informed. A
careful examination of the proceed
ings of the Convention fails to detect
the slightest indications of their haV-
ing passed through that county.
REAL, the murderer. who was exc
cuted, day or two ago in New York
charged, in an appeal to the public,
that he was to be hanged in the inter-
ests Of Tammany Hall. Real was ev-
identity mistaken. Tammany is not
interested in taking the lives of such
as him. That society regards such
men as its most useful allies.
We conclude that the District Con.
vention, in which our distinguished
townsrnan, Col. A. T. Whittlesey,
took no part" (the funniest thing
on recOrd), was very harmonious af-
fair. Great unanimity seems to have
prevailed in nominating candidates
and disposing of the other business
of the Convention. The candidates
put in nomination are excellent rep
resentatives of the party. and will, if
elected, faithfully rehect-as the
Courier promises us in advance-its
learning and integrity" In dividing
the work. the department Of learning
will necessarily devolve upon judge
Laird. while Mr.. Henning will repre-
sent the integrity. He has, if we are
rightly informed, an experience in
that line which will prove valuable to
him in assuming the duties of his new
position.
SEVERAL of the leading Democrats
including Elk Senator Hendricks. can
not ascertain with sufficient accuracy
upon which side of the Franco Ger
man war an American should be
found. A similar difficulty troubled
them greatly during our war Of the
rebellion. The dispatches containing
the accounts Of the Prussian victories,
awaken no enthusiasm on the part Of
the Chicago Times. The best il could
do, editorially, was as follows:
There is probably no ground for
complaint that the French aud Prus-
sian armies are too inactive Just now
but people in this country should be
careful not to jump at Srash con-
illusions, in regard TO army strength or
army success, from our earlier dis
patches. Nothing could be more I'M
reliable than the first dispatches re-
ceived In this country from the Eu-
ropean seat of war. nor could it come
In q more unreliable way than in the
one-sided statements from both |
France and Prussia. Il will be wise
to await patiently some positive, de-
eided result"
We presume patience will have its
reward, and that the Times will
shortly hear Of some positive, de-
cided result" How do the Germans
like Democratic sympathy. as display
ed through the Times?
The South has a "red-hot press F"
that turns out a sort of Democracy
even worse, if such thing be posi-
BILE, than the Evansville article of that
name. One of these journals. that is
influential in its State and section,
takes the following view of the Euro
pean war:
'sThere is another and much greater
hope looming up In the distance, and that
is Southern independence! For be It
known we Jour individual self have never
yet given up this idea. We still insist that
the North and South can not permanently
and peaeeably live together in the same
housel1oldl While this is true, Il is equally
true-having been Recommendations we
can not unaided, achieve our own inde-
pendence. Should Europe, however, en-
gage In universal war, European posses
sions in America must become involved;
and through these complications the Uni
ted States must inevitably be drawn into
the contest. Then IL win be seen and
known that the South will join fortunes
with any European power that win guar
antee us freedom from the thraldom Of
the North"
This is one Of the more candid of
the men who would control the des-
TIMES of this republic. if the Demo
cratic party should be restored to
powerl The restoration of slavery
is still the darling idea of these de-
feated conspirators, and the action of
the Northern Democracy with refer
ence to the colored men indicates that
they would readily cooperate with
their Southern allies in bringing
about that result. The people who
desire the perpetuation of peace will
do we'll to keep their eyes on these
conspirators.
ON the other hand, Jesse Laird, son OF
the Judge, has been circulating pretty free
ly through Posey County, and has done
what he could with the Vanderburg dele
gates. He was quite confident, yesterday,