The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-08-04

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i TO interfere with the slaves of Virginia or
of Kentucky 7 | will not take time to read
the published declaration of the President
himself that be had no right under the Cor.
sutution to interfere with slavery, But.
our country having become involved in war
tarough The Injustice and villainy of the
aoolltionists and secessiouists, the case il al-
tered wonderfully. Tney say now that
tney have right to take my slave and Ia
make him evidence against me- They have
already made him competent witness IN
Washington City, and do not know how
long'h will be until he is sitting BY nv
side in Congress, if hould ever be foolish
enough to go there again, or my fellow cit
zens foolish enough to send me.
The Constitution, in its restrictions upou
the representatives of the people, is no more
regarded by the party now in power in
that Congress than you regard your last
years almanac. / say the parfv now in
power. There is but one party there. They
call themselves Republican, bat | cannot
conscientiously recognize them as doing
anything else than carrying out the princi.
pies OF the abolition party. These men
sent Tor Greeley to come to Washington be
came, and lectured upon what tie Govern
ment onght to do in the crisis. After him
came Wendeii Phillips, the man who saws
the Constitution of The Uuited States il
" an agreement with death and covenant
with hell, the man who said in Congress.
and IN the bearing of the military of the
nation, that be had been nineteen vesra
striving to take nineteen States ont of the
Union Thank God, it was now at length
accomplished, and all that was wanting for
hls complete satisfaction was the freedom
of all The slaves
Fellow citizens, what are you to do If thu
war IS eondnciei upon the principles which
your ddUOcates of the Crftenden resolutions
Uoted for How do you expect the Union
TO be re-instated ? nave said the leaders
should be punished-when you catch them
but you know you must catch the rabbit
before you cook him. This party has al
ready proclaimed the coniscation of the en-
tire estate OF SIX different classes of citizens.
and when you come TO look into the matter
you will find that within those six classes
is embraced every grown man and woman
In the eleven States. The bill lately passed
by Congress authorizes the President 10
take Their property aud coGiscate il to the
last dollar. Now when you have taken all
The mans property and con6scated il. and
turned his family out of doors, who will
then keep house2 Who is then to eniuy
the good things that abound there The
negro. VIII you support such q war as
ihatf No, never You are for war to
res o'e the Union and The Constitution, but
you will never yield your support to such
infamous measures as these.
Now, what is to be done with these me-
groes Do you want them in Indiana7
How many of these negroes are now
clothed and fed by the money which You
voted 10 feed your sous, brothers, and your
neighbors in the army? Not less than
thirty thousand. recolIect seeing one COM
pany of these creatures, that had been cap
tured By Maj. Gen. Mcdowell consisting
mairly of old women, with babies in their
arms. While Mcclellan was in need of an
WHICH has aeoimpeneu tue vioverntnens 70
,all for three hundred Thousand additional
volunteers to retrieve the falling fortunes
Of our arms. hope that If the President
wants that army for the purpose of sustain-
ing the Constitution and the Union, he will
get It.
Fellow citizens, have one more word to
say in parting with you. IL is In regard Y
to your future course, in view OF the great
issue before you. Let me say to you, main
tain your principles as men, but let all your
actions'be governed by the principle that
this Government must be preserved, and
let the negro take care of himself. ,.taaf
And when this battle is over when the
Union shall be restored as hope it will be,
then, fellow citizens, If this abolition party
shall still continue 10 distract the peace and :
quiet of the country, trust we will havea
Fort Warren to put them in. ....,. IL,