The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-05-02
A Letter from the Capital.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 20, 1861.

VI all PSlSOuo SulltJ OF giving alu OF COLn- |
fort to Southern traitors, in the form of I
arms, ammunition, provisions, or intelli-
gence, is not altogether palataole to some
persons here, and it is highly probable that
few along the southern border of the /
State, and especially in the ''Pocket," will,
while they swallow it, distort their fea-
lures slightly-Uery slightly from absolute
inability to wholly suppress the outward
manifestations of the disgust which the
/ inner man feels at the nauseous pill.
1t will be swallowed though, as a dose of
gamboge and seammony is swallowed by
! patient whose physician has assured him
! that his life depends upon it. One objection
/ is, that the people of Indiana are all loyal,
and that it is a reflection upon their pa
/ triotism to enact a law based upon the sus-
picion or presumption that there are traitors
among US. Ny opinion is, that in Indiana,
/ traitors are Just about as numerous as
! horse thieves, and the good people of the
State have never felt insulted by the enact
ment of law against grand larceny.
We know that, but a few days since, we
had traitors among US, if they truly e1-
pressed their sentiments. That some OF
them did so, there is but little room to
QOuDI, anu Whatever may Do buSiE pIOlSS-
sions now, of devotion to the Constitution
and the Union, there is great reason to fear
that they have not experienced that change
of heart which is effectual unto salvation.
But little confidence is to be placed in the
efficacy of repentance under the gallows.
The guilty wretch who defers repentance
till he sits upon his coffin and looks down
into his grave, with a rope around his neck,
would, if pardoned, lapse under the inhu-
V7af
therefore, amiss to watch those who so re-
Gently took sides with the South-those to
whom Southern traitors and bandits could
refer as friends through whose agency arms
could be procured from Evansville. 1t is
, we'll, also, to regulate by law the doing of
that which, if l mistake not, our legisla-
tors, in General Assembly met, are convlnc-
ed will be done, law or no law. Traitors
p. will be hung and il is far better that it
, should be done deliberately, soberly, and
d piously, according to forms prescribed, than
that it should be done bosterously and ri
e otously, by mob so infamed with rage as
i not to be able to decOrously apply the moose;
for surely it is grave matter to consign to
= the doom that certainly awaits him in the
: world to come, a wretch so enormously
. wicked as to wantonly, and without shade
+ of justification, commit treason against such
= a Government as ours.
q Another objection is, that to enact law
; to prevent traffic with the rebelliOus States
) in articles calculated to give aid and COM
a fort to the rebels, will exasperate the PEG
l. pie of Kentucky who will not submit to any
a interference with their business, on tht
J. Ohio river especially.
The answer is, that the only object is to
"a cripple and embarrass treason and punish
sr traitors, and no one bat a traitor, or ar
idiot, can object to its being done in any
practicable way and there is no way st
20 cheap and bloodless and at the same timt
lie effectual, as to cut off all commercial inter
course between the Iebellious States, and
the balance of the world and treat as con,
traband arms, ammunition, and every thing
that can be consumed as food by man o.
beast.
Z If the people of Kentucky are traitors
they are our enemies, and should be treatet
a 80. l'a7e upon ourselves, but they will alsr
p ADOPT the same policy
Nen'ocky, whether her people are loyal
e OF not cannot and will not be permitted ~
e assume the attitude of neutral 80, ~
T at the same time become the mart of tba
e reoeIIlous States, and permit her citizens to
oeCoIhe their factors and common carriers
her proposed neutrality is absurd and
utterly untenable. She must he for -
= against treaSon-for or against the Consti-
tuition and the Union, and she cannot 10
man passive She must act. She mnst
1 7I3 US IN sustaining the Government at
a'r ~ gton or aud jeff Davis in DESTROYING
It, mus Tar she has pursued precisely The
- poIIcy pursued by Virginia. Mary
anu zen eSSee, who, though ia actual
FeoeIlion against the United States Cavern
ment, are but single step in advanca 81
ner, ana shall we not profit by experience
Inc Governor Of Kentucky in refnsiny
| tioops IN response 10 the requisition of The
IesIuent, denies allegiance to the United
| States and commits an act which il a.
oanefui IN its effects as open rebellion. He |
VINO refuses, when called on bv the nronor /
authority, to aid in suppressing rebellion. is |
III plluclple, not less ulpable than be who
S. !" Tue reoel ranks. Leading politi
--tIl9 I'lU euitors IN Kentucky, say to us in
substance, q" we love the Constitutions 90
the Union dearly and intend n srstair
men, II You will just be quiet and let ma
40 II IN our own way, but since the Cot+or
states nave resolved to DESTROY them and {
as We love the traitors better than the g.
sti'uiIoh ana the Union, we will not oDnose
1"eul unlli you desist, nor will we permit
you TO oppose them with force 3" TIL
means, !" plain English, we love trail n
torS, ana treason, and auarchy better than P
zoe constitution and the Union. and law =
~ GU perfect liberty and secu ritv . 7
w W na' patriotism what immaculate patriots
Icy may De safely worshipped. for their r
IKE cannot be found in the hesvena ebr-r,a =
nor IN the earth beneath, nor in the waters
under the earth. 7
II hentueky will unequivocarIv declare
Oi 'ue mon, and stand by us in sustain
ng the Government of the United Ststas
We VIII most cordially extend TO her rba II
lghI hand OF fellowship, and stand bv her
q Z veal or woe, and her people will retain
ne warm affection we have always felt fir
mem, intensified by the joy resulting from q
ne removal of all doubt as to her FRIEND
mp ana ldelity. Though it would fail far
..Ii OF her duty, the border free states
III oe content if Kentucky will so far of
ant 81, f,:.t. " "ltuhoIu, and pre- Ee
VIZ .'iihtSHIhg OF arms, ammunitiOne She
nd provisions, to the armies or 49,
nts of the rebel states - +nuAoI- DIR