The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-07-31
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coadJutors of the Pelican Government 1.-THE
size Of his nose gives him pelican sympa-
thies.) Catching their tactics, he charges
me with assailing him in his absence,
when he, writing from New Orleans, under
took to throw discredit upon my statements
on arriving at Evansville by grossly mis-
s'ating them and asserting that several Of
the most respectable gentlemen of Nashville
denied what ?-his own infamous exaggera-
tions and perVersions. Now he says /" he
only spoke OF it to Mr.. Pearl.") assaile1
him as we are assailing the rebels of the
Sonth, in our own defenee aud l assure
him INDUCED in no anonymous commu-
nieations." My pen and my foot are al
ways ready to be applied to him with force
to leave no doubt of the author" He
" forbears comment upon the spirit mani
Tested by a refugee who is no sooner afforded
protection in our community" &c-protec-
ton why, that presupposes danger orper-
secution, and has he not most persistently
denied that there wasany excitement or abuse
of Union men in the South What pro-.
lection then? Proceeding, he says, then
he turns and advises that others be expelled
from their homes for differing in opinion
differ aVith, but may differ from another
But excuse me, Mr.. Huge of the pelican
nose and sympathy, not for differing from
me, but from the State-from the great and
glorious patriotic sentiment of the North
that now fires every true heart to defend our
homes and our government against the
holder foes of the South, and the few
stealthy, traitorous villains, who harbor
among US, and hold constant communica-
ton and correspondence with the enemy,
such as you, Mr.. Huge. ] hope / am suai-
GENTLY plain not to be again misrepresented.
But about the six certificates paraded in
the. Gazette. That is the meaning and
purpose of them2 My friend, Major Col.
Huge, speaks of net wishing to prejudice
my interests in any way" and publishes
the tax collectors certificate that l own no
real estate in Nashville. Does he mean to
appeal to the generosity of the good people
of Evansville to give me some here? OIL
dear friend " forbear" again, am not yet
on the charitable list. 1t is fact, do not
own any real estate in Nashville, nor in
New York, London, or any of the mighty
cities. | do own house and lot in Vim
cennes Indiana, which l hereby advertise
for $4,000. Will anybody buy Not
you, sir Pelican, you belong to the repudia-
tors. The tax collector says / own lot in
Edge6eld, that the clerk states,is worth$800
and that l had head, piano and watch
and intimates that | am right poor.
That's a sad fact. Another man says
l bought two Tennessee State bonds
for $4,000. That's a lamentable
fact, and Oh Mr.. Fisher, how fortunate l
did not sell my place at Vincennes and in
vest that money too in these bonds, the inter
est on which your State has basely repudi-
ated, as you advised me to do in the q con
sultation." But, gentlemen of Nashville,
you fail to certify that poor as I am, the
Southern Confederacy was not rich enough
to buy me. Though one of you asserts
that l could not get employment, please in
quire of my friend Capt. w. B. Walton, if
he and others did not repeatedly press me
with an offer of lucrative place in the
! Commissairiat of the State, and if did not
decline any and all such offers. Huge
will take it now. l recommend him
suitable man.
One certificate signed by a number of re-
| spectacle gentlemen lin NashVille) asserts
that they " have never heard or known, nor
do they believe that the Stars and Stripes
/ (God bless them say "eVer were pinned
to the seats of the pants of boys, rowdies
and negroes, who paraded the streets pub
licly and were cheered by our citizens, &C."
Now l, a respectable gentleman tout of
NashYille,) beg to subscribe my name too to
! that much of the certificate, never having
seen or heard of anything of the kind myself,
always excepting the cafe of ST. Clair Nor
gan, who did this VIGOROUSLY in Nashville,
as was admitted to Huge, and SO stated in
| one of his New Orleans letters, and which
proper candor required these certificate gen.
tlemen to state if they wished to give the
whole truth but when they declare that
4 Il
and orderly, l must put in plea of mem.
con. as / was not there and knew nothing
about it. | will say, however, if they did
| go out orderly we mean to bring them back
| disorderLy. Have patience gentlemen.
| Mr.. P. S. Nichol, Secretary of the Safety
| Committee, writes nice certificate to the
| effect that never received any notice from
the Committee to leave the city. That is
very true, and some of the Committee and
many most respectable gentlemen, such as
! Messrs Howard, Knowles &C., &c, offered
me every protection, and endeavored to dis
suade me from leaving. But the "whereas"
part stating 'ft is understood that he has,
| since his departure, industriously circulated
reports untrue in their character-in regard
to his forcible exit from this place, and the
treatment he received here as a citizen of
northern BIRTH" Ut makes me ashamed TO
BIRTH Who said | did so-whenee usch
understanding? Come, Nichol, tell me for old
times sake-send me any letter to Nash
willie containing any such daUnable, ras
calIy lie. But, Nichol, you should have
left out that 'mysterionsly." That word
must have fixed itself in your mind, when
YOU applied to me "mysteriously" to write
that handsome ppy IF your school examina-
ton in order to al you in obtaining your
present position as deputy clerk. I reckon
| we both wrote more to the purpose than
the truth.
Mr.. E. g. PEARL who, it would appear,
circulated the reports of my sayings, got up
the certificates, and did the dirty work for
his honorable colleague here, notwith-
standing the confidence" in which my
name was given, as Huge says, "assured
that it should not injure him." volunteers
quite biographical sketch OF me-such as
you see in the papers of Gems. Mcclellan,
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