The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-11-03
EVANSVILLE, IND. MONDAY MORNING,
Another " Political Renegade"

COL Lynch, oSth Illinois, was among
the prisoners paroled along with General
Prentiss. The Chicago Journal reports
his address in Bryan Hall, and we make
therefrom an extract which ought to
make some men vince -
| hardly need tell you that | have al
ways been a strong, uncompromising
Democrat / have been an apologist for
the Southern people. / pronounced the
stories of their cruelties to be gross fabri-
cations. / considered the Abolitionists
and Republicans the enemies of the I'm
ion. IwiW not sag so nOc.
While L was confined in the Madison
prison, the officers were allowed but two
rations per day, those rations consisting
of four ounces of pork and certain
quantity of corn or -four bread. This
was made of meal and water mixed and
roasted 1t was first roasted on one side
and then ON the other 1t was very hard
on the outside Laughter, and very
soft on the inside. We used to pitch
quoits with these cakes. Renewed
laughter. They pronounced that gen
tlemanly treatment! These were the
men had been defending, the men
apologized for, the men treated in a
gentlemanly manner at Donelson.
never suffered so much, however, during
my whole imprisonment, as | did when |
arrived at Washington and found that
there were men in the North sympathi-
zing with the rebels The rebels are
our open enemies. We know where to
find them These Northern enemies are
vipers. They sting us and we cannot
find them to crush them.
My platform is, 81 love my country"
|, as you all know, have never been an
Abolitionist l have turned negroes
who came into my camp, over to their
rebel masters. | cannot say that | like
q negro now; but, if it should be neces-
sary to save this glorious Union, IacOutd
take q regiment Of negroes and march
into Dirie. Immense applause. Every
party now should be merged into one
There should be no Democrats, no Re-
publicans-every man should sacrifice
his personal feelings was opposed to
Abraham Lincoln; [ am now opposed to
every man who opposes Abraham Lin
coin.
At this point three roasing cheers
were given for the Colonel, amid the
waving of hats and handkerchiefs. The
ovation lasted for some minutes, and
eliminated in a perfect tempest of en-
thusiasm, at the close of which the
speaker proceeded:
You may talk about the unconstitu-
tionality of the President proclamation.
l tell you, if that proclamation is lived
up to, it will be the hardest blow this re-
bellion has yet received. But to make
this proclamation effective, it must have
the support of the people, and no loyal
man will refuse his support.
The Southern people are not going to
give up until they are thoroughly whip
ped, and they will never be whipped
while every slave is equal to one of our
soldiers. The negroes are the best
friends ace hare. You can not depend
upon Union feeling in the South. The
white trash are against us. They have
been made to believe that the negroes
would become their equals if the South
were conquered, and in many instances
they are their equals, if not their supe-
riors. When we elevate these men,
when they fill the places of the vaunted
aristocracy of the South, then they will
be Union men. They fight mighty hard
and with the energy of desperation,
while ou- soldiers cannot fight well be-
cause there are men here throwing cold
water upon their efforts We must sus-
tain our Government and the Admins
tration; and if there are men here who
will not support them, they had better go
to Dixie. He who does not support the
Government, right or wrong, is not my
friend. Prolonged applause.