The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-06-07
A word to the PRECEDENT.

Would that our feeble voice were potent
enough to drown for a moment the din
which fills the Presidents mansion, that we
might make a few truthful ard serious
words ring in the Ears of him in whose
hands is placed the mighty charge of ruling
this republic. The words which we shall
speak will be re- echoed from the lips OF ev-
cry thorough, energetic, unconditional Uu-
ion man in Tennessee and Kentucky. We
tell the Prestdent The that in regard to
the measures to be employed to crush out
this unhOlly rebellion speedily and utterly,
the PEOPLE are .tar IN OdUaace Of their rulers.
Plain men who pay no attention TO the am
bages, qulbbles and hair-splitting argu-
ments on constitutional powers, of special
pleader, and who don't value all the fine
rhetoric in the world a straw unless IL ar
TiUes at a UatuabLe practical result, wonder
why it is that notorious trai ors whose
hands are black with robbery and red with
murder, are let loose on parole Of honor by
our government, and that oiher traitors
VINO arc INV, -vts--syL--.1Na Rorder Sfarcs
States, holding midnight meetings in the
Lodges of Knights OF the Golden Circle,
to aid guerrilla chiefs in ravaging the
country, and to point out to them their
Union neighbJrs who are actively loyal,
objects of Vengeance, are allowed by the
government TO live unmolested.
Yes, incredible as it may appear to sensi-
BILE men abroa !, il is nevertheless true that
in Louisville, in Nashville, and IN other
Southern cities now held. 10y the Federal
Government, traitors boldly proclaim their
insulting and outrageous sentiments, express
their hope of the speedy return of the reb"l
army, pray for a guerrilla invasion. and ex-
ult like devils at iidings of a reverse to the
loyal arms, aud the butcbery of our wound
ed soldiers ia the streets of a perfidious
town. 1t is so. We have heard it. We
know it. You cannot quench the FIRE of
rebellion by pouring oil upon its flames
Whenever its flames burst out, or even its
glowing emberS still sparkle with i'll sup
pressed rage beneath the gray ashes of
seeming acquiesceuce but real opposition.
the fire must be quenched-in blood if needs
be, or else " shall all perish in a general
conflagraiion. Are The lives of rebels to
be put in the balance against the lives of
the loyal? Is the existence of traitor to
to be tolerated when it imperils that of a
loyal, upright citizen ? Are we to submit
to the impudence of rebels, lest we infract
some ambiguous article of our Consitu-
ton? Must we be So scrupulous about the
sanctity of one clause that we must suffer
the whole to perish in order to save the
part What would be thought of a man
who valued tooth 50 highly that he would
not let it be drawn, though by not doing
so be would certainly forfeit his life2
Why in many counties of Kentucky, as
we were informed yesterday, bya gentleman
holding high civil Office under the Federal
Government, and as we know to be true in
some counties, notorious rebels are coming
outas candidates for Office, and while breath
ing treason express their intention to take
the oath of allegiance to the Federal Gov
ernment! Loyal men look al such inso-
lence and contemplated perjury with amaze
ment, and ask will the Government tolerate
this? Are we TO have a band of traitors
returned to Frankfort to sit in the Legisla-
tive Halls? 1t is fact that the word has
been sent out secretly by the leaders of the
rebel Home Guard, which now infesjs that
State to their clAnsmen, the minions of
George BickIy: " The Federal Government
feels that IL dare not noLest those s0ho haze
not taken up arms 1t uoiH be neat to TN
possible, even to conUict any of as Of treason
because the crime must consist Of an oUert
act and that act rust be proved By TWO
WITNESSES So we can talk treason
and run for office, and snap our fingers IN
the faces Of the Union men,"
Bonds aud oaths, and paroles OF honor
are prescribed by our tender hearted rulers
for such cases. Bonds and oaths forsootbl
Place skulkiug, cowardly, ferocious hyena
under bonds to keep the peace and then
turn your back on him for pleasant sleep
or administer the oath to rattlesnake
as he prepares to
"Dart his deadly length
And hurl at once his venom and his strength"
And then, if these merciful measures
prove successful, employ like means to
subdue the incendiary spirits who fire
neighborhoods with false reports, and aid
guerrilla chiefs in their depredations. 1t
will not do to rely on bullets alone. Hemp
must follow in the wake OF bullets and
bayonets. If the Government does not
change its policy we shall witness scenes