The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-11-12
louisville Journal retrieved.

And as was TO be expected, the Tory
papers of the North, and the Tory lead
ers, call the Union men aboliticuists
with ns much glibness as the Charleston
Mercury, Savannah News, or the Mobile
Advertiser; but as should not have been
expected the Louisville Journal, as we
regret to see, manifests disposition 20
join in the cry of abolitionist.-Esaas-
rifle Journal
We have applied the name of aboli-
ZIONIST only TO those who are for the utter
abolition of slavery throughout the
South in. pursuance of the Presidents
proclamation. And, "if it should not
have been expected" that the Louisville
Journal would call the men abolitionists
who clamor for thorough and sudden abo-
lition, what on earth should have been
expectedi sse.st, ... ..,.r
The Louisville Journal tries hard TO
meet all reasonable expectations, but il
will disappoint all other expectations
we expect-LOW. Journal
don't think any one who has read
the Journal for no longer than the last
two years, can doubt what il says, res
pecting its endeavors to "meet all rea-
sonable expectations of all parties, for
it has advocated every side and every
position that has presented itself to be
advocated during that time. During tho
last Presidential campaign it advocated
with all it's might and main" The Un-
son, The Constitution and TIE KNFoRcE-
MENT or THE LAWS, but no sooner was
the campaign over and it found itself
beaten, than it dropped the zen nforcement
Of the JGcs," and went in for no coer-
cion, still ostensibly supporting the Gov
ernment Thus matters went on until
the rebels shot down Fort Sumter, and
the President called for seventy-fivo
thousand men to 'enf force ssfhe Ia1s,''
when the journal fAade short turn and
denounced the President most vigorously
for inaugurating the war, at the same
time commencing Gov. Magofin for re-
fusing to supply troops as the President
requested. This position, however, mot
with such strenuous resistance from the
true Union patrons of the Journal, that
it was compelled to scratch out of it as
best it could, and pretend to support the
Government again. Shortly it invented
that magnanimous and consistent posi-
ton, theory, policy, or whatever you may
call it, of armed neutrality of State
claiming to be loyal-between the Gov
ernment to which it acknowledged 10y
atty and states in open rebellion, thereby
turning the whole State of Kentucky
into Suffers camp for the Southern
Confederacy, which was the position ta-
ken by Buckner, Breckenridge and their
associates.
Joe Holt came into the State, and by
his popularity and good sense upset a
great many of their nice calculations in
this arrangement The Bull Run disas-
ter happened, and another army Of tre-
mendous dimensions was called. After
q while the policy of freeing the slaves
of the rebels, as a war measure, was dis
cussed by Congress, and there seemed to
be likelihood that some measure Of the
kind would be adopted. The Journal
combated it most vigorously, and finally
advised and urged the officers of the
Federal army to resign and 60 home,
and let everything 60 by default, rather
than that so wicked and barbarous a
measure should be carried ont ns that of
making free men, women, and children
Of two or three millions Of dovn-trodden,
oppressed human beings The idea that
a race whose skin was black, and who
had for q series of years and generations
been subjected to Ignorance, degradation,
and slavery, and that, too, with view to
ChristianiEe theDl should be OF once
placed in a position to get an honest
days pay for an honest days labor, and
be able to own his wife and children,
was so monstrous that, rather than il
should be inaugurated, it we're better
the army should be disbanded, and let
all 60 by default and the rebellion sue
ceed Matters went on. The pcninsu-
lar campaign proved a failure, and
new army was called for--the Journal
ostensibly giving the Government its
support The Confederates take the
offensive, and invade Maryland. The
President, with information coming to
him from every quarter, after mature
reflection, issues the proclamation of
FRREDoN, as war measure. The Jour
nal, with all its energies, denounces the
proclamation, and, notwithstanding its
Concluded on fourth pooa I