The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-04-10
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The Vineennes Sun occupies column
of its issue of March 31st in an effort to
vindicate the Democratic party from all
suspicion of any disposition to resist the
execution of the laws of the United
States.
The real Democratic party needs no
such vindication; bat the party OF which
the Vincenues Sun, State Sentinel, Gin
cinnati Enquirer, and Chicago Times
They do not represent the true Demo
cracy of the country, and hare no right
to speak in its behalf
Andy johnson, Ben. Butler, Joseph
Holt, Joseph A Wright, Daniel S. Dick
inson, Gov Sprague, Generals Dix, Rose
Grams, Milroy, Wallace, McGinnis, and
their compauions-in-arms, represent the
true Democracy, and their words and
their acts viudieate their claims to the
title of law-abidipg citizens
The party to which Valiandigham,
Voorhees,, Fernando and Ben. Wood,
George E. Greene, Dr. Odds, MahOuy,
and their co-workers belong is a very
different affair, and has no more claim
TO the title of Democracy than has the
party represented by JEFF. Davis, John B.
Floyd, Alex H. Stephens, Toombs, Wig
fan, Henry A. Wise, and Gov. Letcher.
They are all engaged in the same
wicked work of attempting the destrue-
ton of the Government, the latter taking
the most honorable method-open war,
with arms in their hands; while the for
mer are, assassin-lke, working cOyertly
for the same end, while claiming and en-
ioying the protection of the Government
Davis and his satellites at the South
have not uttered denuneiation against
the Government that these Copperhead
allies at the North have not repeated;
and in many instances they have fur
nished the falsehoods and calumnies
ready coined on which the arbitrator
has based his denunciations They have
denounced the President as a tyrant;
uUuf sPevtH 2t--TGsser.t -yl NthS,, frae,
when their wild rawlings and vindictive
and reasonable denunciations give the
elearest demonstration of the falsity of
their charges. But are the men who fol-
low the teachings of Vallandigham,
Voorhees,, Greene, Mahony, and the ed
itors of the Stale Sentinel law-abiding
citizens Let the history of the past few
months speak Was the attempt of
armed men to resist the arrest of desert
ers in Morgon county proof of their law
abiding disposition? Who resisted the
draft in 1862 in Blackford county? Who
banded together few weeks ago in No
ole county, Ohio, TO protect deserters?
In every instance it was the men who
follow the lead of these demagogues and
abettors of the rebellion who made this
show of resistance to the execution of
laws, and those papers alone which are
unter the control of such demagogueS,
attempt to array the people against the
CHdSbA4iCHGo VI SOHe5LSec- Oul tiic sun
says the abolitionists resisted the laws of
Congress, especially the fugitive slave
law. By abolitionists it means the Re
publicans, for so it has been ordered by
one of its masters, Beauregard.
This charge is false. There never was
q law on the statute books. of abe United
States more faithfully executed than the
fugitive slave law, and no one attempted
.ta-resist it who was not punished for so
This. Is the testimony or rr1e. rrrr.v4-..-
Douglas.
This matter is well understood by ev
cry intelligent man in the Un and th, :.
false assertions of the Sun and kindred
sheets will effect nothing but to call
down upon their authors the contempt
and loathing of all honest and patriotic
men
The elections of last Monday prove
that the honest masses have become con
scious of the objects of these dema-
gogues and abettors of rebellion, and
they have signally rebuked the men who
would betray them. T...E
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