The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-04-20
The Union Men of Luce Township
and the ROckp0rt Democrat.

LUCE TOWNSHIP, SPENCER Co., IND,
March 80, 1863
To the Editors Evansville Journal:
The Rockport Democrat of the 28th
contains the following, under the cap
ton, Union Meeting an Lace Towa-
ship: A meeting of Lincoln's admirers
calling themselves Unionists, was held
last week in Luce township, in this
county, at which County Commissioner
c. J. Mason presided, These sweet
scented patriots, We understand, passed
a resolution to the effect that all those
who oppose the present Abolition Admin
istration, are traitors to the Government
and ought to be hung. Another resolu-
ton, it is said, was introduced near the
close of the meeting, authorizing the APP
pointment of committee to attend to
the hanging of traitors; but the worthy
much as the resolution which had already
been adopted covered the whole ground"
In another short paragraph the Demo
crat commends to the especial attention
"of these petty despots.
"a peculiarly appropriate quotation
from the Louisville Democrat By this
commentator we suppose the Democrat
means an apology for its ignorance and
incapacity to reply. Reply to what2 The
sentiments of honest, patriotic men.
whose sons and brothers are engaged in
the holy cause of the Government, try
ing TO sustain it and put down rebellion.
| But why should the Democrat be so
frightened? Because the fifth cavalry
boys slapt its dirty, lying mouth once and
silenced it for week. 1t presumes that
the farmers have taken it in hand and
that its tory editor is likely to be hung.
There is an old proverbs: 4" The guilty
need no accuser." Therefore Calvin
trembles, lest the halter should be sud-
denly placed around his neck, and he be
elevated a little nearer Heaven than he
ever deserves to be, unless it be under
the circumstances already indicated.
AS to the resolutions to which the
Democrat refers, / have only to say the
whole story is so void of truth, empty and
false, that they can only be compared to
the head of the editor Of the Democrat
All the charges he makes against these
''sweet scented abolitionists and Lincoln
admires, we suppose result from or have
their origin in bad dreams which come
of a guilty conscience, and indigestion
of the niger question. We say this be-
cause we know that no such resolutions
were ever adopted, proposed, or even
thought of, until the crazy editor of the
Democrat learned that the citizens of
Luce township, had held Union meet
ing He, knowing his deserts, supposed
that resolution had passed that he
should be hung, and that committee
would wait on him Immediately for that
purpose But alas! he is still left to hide
from the face of every honest man he
meets, supposing that he is a committee
man, and that he is to be waited on i'm
mediately
For consolation, / would say to Calvin,
that these "sweet scented abolitionists,"
who drafted the resolution that were
adopted at the meeting, were most of
them Democrats, and that they but utter
ed the voice of the people We would
have it understood, however, that we do
not belong to that groveling, officiating,
lick-spittle set of demagogues and tories
to which the editor of the Democrat be-
longs
We, like thousands of other Demo
CEdIS, nave USSI uSCtiNcu. we UeIlcftu
that men who won the political victories
last fall were in earnest, when they de-
clared that they were in favor of more
earnest prosecution of the war We i'm
agined we saw ''gleam Of light in what
was only the phosphorescence of rotten
ness"
We know that it is not the people who
are uttering words of discomfort and dis
enlargement. But few asses wrapt in
the lions skin of the old Democratic par
ty, and we fully understand the why they
braying so loudly. 1t is because they
have ceased to fatten on Government
hay. We believe with the noble men
who compose the council of the nation,
that the conscription act will bring them
fairly into the traces. That then they
will cease to fight against the soldiers
whose blood purchases for them safety
and immunity at home.
Then, and not till then, do we expect
that their blatant words of treason will
cease. COMMITTEE on RESOLUTIONS.