The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-08-26
AUGUST g6. 1869.

al have never believed it to be possible
that this controversy shouldlend, and peace
resume her sway, .until that dreadful iniqui-
ty bad been troiden beneath our feet. be-
lieve il cannot; ard / have noticed, my
friends-slthough am not superstitious-
] believe that from the day our Government
turned its back upon the proclamation of
General Hunter, the blessing of God has
bgen Withdrawn from our arms. We were
marching on, coDquering and to conquer,
post after post bad fallen before our victo-
rious arms; but since that day have seen
no such victories. 1a'8 i1ag yGa g'oi d.
~ Ez THE 'coLoRED MAN. sdi ~ "a
E Now appeal to the conscience of eve
ry nan and woman here, near the close of
a week of religious services, appeal 10 ycu
to know if, in your own consciencies, you
do not believe that the poorest and humb-
lest man of all this earth in the sight of
that Infinite One, is your equal brother,
and your equal heir to Immortality ? God
hath made ofone blood all nations OF men,
and he is no respector of persons. And
yet hear men say that the real officially
iud their minds is negro equality.
81 read the other day a speech from a
General of the American army-a most ex-
celent speech-and yet be thought it ne
cessary to say that he disliked and despis-
ed colored man. We'll, could not help
thinking, my dear fellow, what do yeu
think is going to be done hereafter Do
you know if We have all got to bear one
color beyond the grave. Are you sure
that God is going to whiewash the colored
man, and not to color you? have you
any controversy with God because de
painted his complexion black and bleached
your own2 | never dared sinner as / am,
| never dared-the instructions of my ia.
ther, the moDitions OF my mother, both of
whom have long since preceded me to the
world of spirits, whose benedietions have,
rested always upon my lead, and whose
sIt ct breath encompasses me every day,
forbade mel never dared to despise a
man because he was humble, or because be
was weak, or because be was poor, or be-
cause be was black. And do not know
where In the charter of human government
it has been impaired to it from heaven, the
only source of all power, that any people,
however great, strong. or by whatsoever
conquering power they might be invested,
were p rpitted to look down upon any
single being created in the likeness of God,
because be was humble, or because he was
weak, or because he was poor, or because
he was black.
An ELOQUENT PASSAGE.
81 have. during the last few months over
and over again marched, stricken mourn
er, by the side of those whose hearts were
torn by natural grief as the mortal re-
mains were consigned to their last resting
place of many of our brave New England
boys. Oh fathers, mothers, brothers, Sis
ters, wives, children, is it possible that to
you shall be left hereafter this uneonsoled
sorrow that they fell in vain and tleir
blood was poured out for naught No, sirs,
such boys as Willie Putnam and Fraser
Stearns, such sisters as some ofthose New
England girls with whom have talked,
with whom | have walked to the grave, in
;-.ssss hssa s ssrs have tried to address feeble
words OF consolation ;sucu grrIs nave .saIg
to me: we thanked you when six months
ago you gave my brother commission to
go to the war, and we thank you now are
too precious to be wasted. They are on
the field of Balls Bluff, by the banks cf
Bull Run, in the swamPs of the Chickaho-
miny. down along our sea coast line, before
Charleston, at Hilton Head, all around to
New Orleans, up the Mississippi, on the
field of Shiloh, wheresoeFer the sword has
been drawn there have either stood the regi-
ments or The single sops of our Massachu-
setts-brave and noble boys, men who went
out from no love of vulgar glory, inspired
By no pursuit of ptunder, by no pursuit of
warriors renown, not fred by auy mean
ambition, butby a hope tha: by the valor
of their hearts and by the vigor of their own
right arms, they might do something for
their country. 't 1lA q
"They shall not die Their memories
shall live green and beautiful forever in the
hearts of their countrymen, and the spirit
which their courage has inspired shall be
transferred to other sons OF New Eogaud
now rising to assume their cause, and as six
bundled thousand march from out the
homes of our loyal States, from the Atlantic
border to the Rocky Mountains ana that
grand host shall stand in the ranks of the
Tree for the cause of their country, for the
vindication of their country's power, there
shall stand with them an unseen host of
glorious spirits of noble, heroic departed
men-they who have crossed the food, they
who have stemmed the torrent of the bat
tie feld-and as they went down, their
spirits rose above disenchanted, like the
souls of men when delivered from the cas-
ties of giants They too,
''shall file to the front when the squares of bat
tle form, t.rt =
They shall file with tne column and charge with
the st. Im, rr
A, men are marching on.
Alb foul trsityrs, do J hear them as they come,