The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-08-12
Judge Laws card.

We cheeriully give the Judge the benefit
of bis after thought" and lay his commu-
nication before our readers. We would not,
if we could, lay straw in bis way to pre-
vent him obtaining a re- nomination for the
position be now lolds, and if bis card will
improve his chances on Wednesday, be
may credit the Journal with contributing
that much to his success. We regret that
it has taken the Judge so long to make up
his mind as to what he can do to aid in the
work of encouraging volunteers This, no
doubt is owing to the many cares necessa-
-rily devolviug upon him'as Congressman
the difficulties be. experienced in preventing
the abolitionists from running the country;
the great labor required in looking after
the claims of widows and orphans, to say
nothing about his own salary and mileage.
1t is true other Congressmen found time TO
write home and tender their donations, but
they were not so fl shy as the Judge, aud
the weather at Washington has been en-
eeedingly warm. Perhaps the Judge
thought that a patriotic Intention, like
wine, improve by keeping.
So Judge Law really thinks that in
striving to convince the people that Mr..
Lincoln has violated his most sacred pedg-
es; that the last Congress was miserable
abolition concern; that the war is being
waged for the abolition of slavery, instead
of the restoration of the Union that the
design of the administration is to place he
groes on an equality with the whites; that
they are to swarm into the free States and
compete with poor white laborers; and The
tax bill is Az outrageous unjust and oppres-
sive lew-he is not discouragiue eniistments.
What extraordinary inducements, to be sure
such speech offers to men who are willing
to defend their country with their lives
The people of Indiana are opposed to aboli.
tionism in almost every form. By insisting
that Mr. Lincoln and the last Congress are
Abolilionis's, Judge Law does about the
only thing be can do to prevent his constit-
uents-especialy his old party friends
from enlisling Has the Judge read the his
tory of the old Federal party TO SO little
purpose as not to know that in time OF
Administration wilnout opposing the wal
iissl2 nnea tAe T9 III feRas and
the war consequent therefrom.
But the Honorable Judge Is opposed to
drafting. Why? If the war is being car
ried on by democrats is it not time the Re-
publicans were made to assume their share?
If the army is composed almost entirely OF
democrats ought not the cowardly Repub-
licans be forced up to the scratch OF
course they ought; and we hope every Re-
publican township in the State which has
failed to raise its quota will be drafted until
its quota is forthcoming. "Equal and ex-
act justice" Judge, is our motto and if
these pusiIlanimous Republicans ere dispos-
ed to shirk we will bring them up stand
ing with draft.
Your donation, Judge. of fifty dollars, ;s
crediIable, so far as it goes. You have de-
nounced the abolitionists as being worse
traitors than the secessionists. You were
desirous of having Mr.. Critlenden amend
his resolution so that it would read that the
war was brought on by the secessionists of
the South and the aboltionists of the North.
Yet Gerrit Smith, the great leader of the
abolitionists, besides numerous other liberal
contributions, gave fve thousand dollars for
the eucnurauena0t IF vainnfaars npHor "a