The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-09-15
SEPTEMBER Is. 1863.

as yet credit nor discredit' Fighting
fire with fire, is the method of the
proverb. Like Prmetheus, Jefferson
Davis may steal the secret of Mr.. Lin
coins Greek fire. And if this rumor
should prove true, We desire 10 ask-not
for idle curiosity, but for solid informa-
tion-and will The World have the kind
ness to answer ?-wilat wiH become of
the Copperhead party? If both the North
and the South make edicts of emancipa-
ton, whittier viii the Copperheads fee
for refuge? In what caverns or waste
places of the earth will they hasten to
hide their heads? The offence of the
Federal Government is, that it has eman-
cipated negroes; for which reason, Gov
Seymour and his friends" have cast
their sympathies undisguisedly 1pon the
Southern side of the contest. But now
the South also emaneipates negroesi
What side viii Gov Seymour take now?
What will be the new inscription ON the
banner of his malcontents2 Or will they
never rally again? just now they stand
shivering with fear lest the good news
from Morehead City should prove true.
Sudden woe is upon them. for they are
caught on field of Waterloo, between
two Greek fresI
Shall VIC hear any more of recall of
Mr.. Lincoln's Proclamation At least
shall we hear it any more from friendly
lips ? Will The Springfield Republican
of Massachusetts still invite the Presi-
dent to cancel the most sacred obligation
a Government ever made ?-to unsav the
most solemnly spoken word of the centu-
ry?-to undo the noblest deed in Amer
can history ? Shall we reinstate bar
barism after barbarous enemy now
threatens to sweep it away? Shall not
the north now cease its divisions and
agree upon the one and only policy which
can lead to settlement? How can a low
al man any longer oppose the arming of
negro soldiers? If our enemies arm them
against as, shall not we also arm them
against our enemies2 The old objections
are now ended. What shall be thought
of the man who will now say that the
President should reverse his policy of
freedom? Shall VIC commit the folly of
giving up an army of brave men who |
fight under our flag, in order that, by a |
better inducement from our enemies, they |
shall henceforth fight under theirSf AT |
ter the lessons of Port Hudson and Fort
Wagner, shall the President be invited to
make sanguinary enemies of half mil
lion of the most heroic soldiers of the
war?
If the Democratic elamor could now
suddenly get its demands, and every
black soldier in our lines should be |
stripped of his uniform and sent back to
his master, and should re-appear in the /
ranks OF our enemies, and at his side |
should stand every slave in the South
who is willing to fight for his freedom,
how long would it take for Jefferson Da-
Wis to become President of the United
States? This change of Southern policy
will work change of Northern opinion.
If the rumor shall prove authentic, it |
must unite the North into one heart and /
one mind: Meanwhile, and till the re-
belion ceases to rebel, let General Gill
more continue his Greek frel The
Swamp Angel is terrible, yet it is also
merciful and ike the angel that deliver
ed Peter it-shall fnalIs-4.4-4-.- -l-------------