The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-06-15

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$3.50 we're received from the defled
u ,. F1 c.I-a;- oF7cers in command, and, as il
nal .79 Ior,o nfconsecrating Official treacheIJ
IL W. ~ ~ the public virtues OF the age INC
-,,-render of an entire military u5pa1 -
~ a General, to the keeping OF "ho5e NJ
~ Il had been conhded, was ueeli0U
+bv of the commentator anu lnnnA9 Az
~. .Is Convention of several States. AN
the - IoI,'Iass nroceediDgs were we'll under
these lawleSs pIoS0oNi9 ii o,5 directed
stood TO have been prompted anu u ~ :toI
-. NON occupviug seats IN the Capllol'
80 of whom were frank enough 10 Ue
oIora that they could not and Woulu hol'
tbo,1o,b in a minority, live under Govern
1oonf which they could not control. III
tb;s declaration is found the key which un-
IocLs the whole of the complicated maShln-
cry of this revolution. AZ. o, N
rbo nroRigate ambition of public men IN
oil aces and lands, has been the roch Oh
which republics have been split. 0uch lheu
have arisen in our midst-men VINO, because
unable permanently to grasp the helln ~, ~
the ship, are willing to destroy II III IN! .n9
hone To command some one OF the Talts 'ii'e
NAV float away from the "reck. ,;i
facf ia to degrade US TO level with the NIL
;torv bandits of Mexico and South Amer
Ga who when beaten at an election, ny "
arms and seek to master by the sword "ha'
thew have been unable to control Dy the
ballot box. oots
The atrocious acts enumerated were acIs
sFsg Al haTe i be %l, tre &C. Gal ~
to his face, they did not the less diligently
continue to whet their sword behind his
back. Immense military preparations were
made, so that when the moment for striking
at the Government of the United States ar
rived, the revolutionary States leaped into
the contest clad in full armor.
AS if nothing should be wanting to dark
en- this page of history, the seeded States
have already entered upon the work Of con
fscating the debts due from their citizens Il
the North and Northwest. The millions
thus gained will doubtless prove a pleasan
substitute for those guarantees now 81
scornfully rejected. To these confscation
will probably succeed soon those of land
and negroes owned by the citizens of lOya
States and, indeed, the apprehension o
this step is already sadly disturbing the fl
deity of nonresident proprietors. FOrtu
nately, however, infrmIty Of faith, sDringinl
from such n cause, Is not likely to be con
tagious. The war begun is being prosecu
ted by the Confederate States in a tempe
as fierce and unsparing as that which char
acterizes conflicts between the most hostil
nations.
Letters of marque and reprisal are beinj
granted TO all who seek them, so that on
coasts will soon swarm with these piratica
cruisers, as the President has properly de
nounced them. Every buccaneer who de
sires to rob American commerce upon th
ocean, can, for the asking obtain a warran
to do so, in the name of the new republic
To crown ALL large bodies of Indians hav
been mustered into the service Of the revo
IutiOnary States, and are now conspicuou
in the ranks Of the Southern Army 4
leading North Carolina journal, noting thei
stalwart frames and unerring Workmanship
observes, with an ezultaton positivel
feudish, that they are armed, not only witt
the rife, but also with the scalpiHg knit
and tomaha2Ck.
Is Kentucky willing to risk her name il
history with the excuses and crimes whic
have sullied this revolution at every step c
its progress? Can she soil her pure hand
with its booty She possesses the mobiles
heritage that God has granted to his chill
dren; is she prepared to barter it away f.
gratItcatlon Of the uuholy ambition of he
public men would bring to her lips? Can
she, without laying her face in the dust 70
very shame, become n participant in tn
spoliation of the commerce of her neighbor
and friends, by contributing her star, hith
erto so stainless in its glory, to light thu
cOrsar on his way Has the war-whooD
which used to startle the sleep of our from
tiers, so died away in her ears that she i
willing to take the handed savage t,
her bosom the champion of her right
and the representative of her spirit2 Mus
she not first forget her own heroic sons wht
persisted, butchered and scalped, upon tn,
disastrous field of Raisin.
CONTINUED TOMORROW