The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-12

hand we win not protect or support
him In the least II he b bad or fool
ish man. and this seems to be an ap-
propFiate occasion to ask the negro on
The one side to vindicate his claims
to our respect by patriotic and jude
ious conduct. and to ask upon the 9th
er side that he. like everybody else.
should be judged by his individual
merits or dement's and not by the col
or Of his skin.
l confess have great contempt for
constantly asserting its superiority oy-
er every other race. have great cod
tempt for the prejudice of the Califor.
MAN which will not let him send his
children to the same school AZ Japan
csc children. 1t seems to me that
any race must be rather suspicious
OF its own excellence when 1t refuses
to allow others equal opportunity. or
refuses association upon any other
ground than that Of individual defects
OF character. No man who is really
secure of his own position has any
fear OF this sort of contamination. To
argue that others are inferior is one
of the surest signs that We are In.
ferior ourselves.
Were Times Of Depression.
After the nomination of Lincoln,
there were times of great depression.
The bloody campaign Of the wilder
ness and the slaughter at Cold Harbor
had depressed the country. The siege
of Petersburg was undecided. and
Sherman had not yet performed his
brilliant exploits in Georgia. Chase
had resigned from the cabinet. Gree
ley had undertaken foolish and fu-
tile mission for peace At Niagara
Falls which had failed. The demo-
cratic convention had yet to meet and
Lincoln said of this Der5bd. I'VE had
no adversary and seemed to have no
friends"
On the 23rd of August he prepared
a memorandum, stating that 1t was
probable the administration would
not be reelected. Then 1t win be
my duty to so cooperate with the
president-elect as to save the Union
between the election and the inaugu-
ration, as he will have secured his
election ON such ground that he can
not save 1t afterwards" He folded this
sheet so 1t could not be read and
handed the paper to each member OF
the cabinet. asking them to write
their names across the back OF It.
thus accepting Loyalty the anticipated
verdict against him and pledging him
self anew to the salvation OF the
Union. No one knew what the paper
contained until after he was re-elect-
ed.
A Revolution Planned.
When the democratic convention
met at Chicago. the Sons OF Liberty.
with Vallandig!flm at their head. had
planned a secret revolution in the
north, but it had been discovered by
the authorities and the outbreak post
poned. Vallindigham. however. was
appointed on the committee on resolu-
lions and wrote the plank. THAT after
four years of failure to restore the
Union by w4r. during which under
the pretense of military necessity the
constitution had been disregarded in
every part and public liberty and pri-
yate right alike trodden down. JUS
tice humanity. liberty and the public
welfare demand that efforts be made
for cessation o. hostilities with q
view to an ultimate convention Of the
states that peace may be restored ON
the basis of the Federal Union. But
Mcclellan was the candidate Of the
convention and repudiated the plat
form. He said in accepting the NOM
ination that the Union must be pre-
served at all hazards. that he could
not look upon his comrades and tell
them their sacrifices had been in vain.
and that no peace could be permanent
without union. On the heels OF
this platform and nomination came
the fall OF Atlanta. and ~ the cam
paign proceeded the strength Of Lin
coin grew. He refused to allow those
holding ONCE under him to coerce
their subordinate. When the Phila-
delphia postmaster interfered with the
election of Congressman Kelley. he
said: MY wish is that you will do
just as you think At with your own
suffrage and not constrain any Of your
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