The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-26
General Rousseau at PhIIadslphIa--.
speech and SeFenade


fron the rhasislPhi4 TnquIr.r, Angrs-t ao1
Lat evening Major General Lowell n
Rousseau Of Kentucky. was serenrded 5,
the Cniaa League at the Continental
Aiter the band IN attendance (Bridg
leld , bad played the Star SpsneIss
Banner, Ces. Rousseau appeared AMI
delivered the following address:
thank you. gentlemen and fsllow
citizeHs fer this compliments 20 an hmm
bic maa aud stranger 10 YOU / thank
you all the more that | know il Is no,
10 me alone. bat 60 the gallant Army Of
the Cumberland, TO which | have the
proud honor Of being attached. There
are no trner friends Of the Union In the
whole United States thaa the friends Of
the man Tho il shrined in the heart of
every Penusyivanian-Eenry CLAY OF
Kentucky. loud cheering
On that account feel that am less
a stranger TO you M loyal man
from the iaLd Of Henry Clay can be a
stranger 10 you. I feel, also, leSsa stran-
ger to.you because I have been associated
IN the prosecution II this war with manv
Of the soDs Of Pennsylvania, and no
better or Drawer soldiers cssu be found in
the Army Of the Cumberland than the
soldiers OF the Keystone. Renewed
cssceriug Their bones are nov min.
Cling With the bones OF Kentueky's sons.
on her own soil aud the great battle
fields Of the West feel that am M
stranger to the friSads Of the troops.
LApplause
come from State that think, has
been treated with great iniu stiee, in mr.
Judgment, ever since the com m sneement
There IL no more loyal Stnte In the
Union than Kentucky. She has iu.t
proved her loyalty by the election If
bramleite as Governor by over 10000
majority on Union ticket. She bas
since the war broke out. noswiih Stapdin,
al her divisions, furnished flfv odd
lsll regiments and placed them in the
held Applause
You have your own divisions here. nv
eoantrymen. am sorry 10 see you have /
nfen here wbo are opposing the Govern /
mcni, wiih no other reason than the 4
s st6 he 81 sa nseI siess i'd sRs essa sey Win
no better reason for the course they pur.
sue. The course of all these men is the
same, IN what they may sayor what they
Do, they are the frieads of the enemies
Of the country aud traitors at heart.
Great Applause
There are bat two partics in the cana
try. as the lauaentesi douglas said n lev
days before his death. There can be
but two parties in the coaatry one in
favor Of the war and one against il One
that is in favor of the Union and the
and one that is opposed 10
IL au IN favor Of the Union and OPP
posed to every man who is opposed to the
Of Washington and JeiIer-
sou. Applause
DO not recognize a. q loyal man Ray
one who comes between the Government 4
and the suppression &c the rebellionl
Strike him as your foe; and don't allow 4
his talk about constitutional rights and I
privileges TO come between YOU and 4
your da,y ICheers. II is ali fudge /
More cheers do MOI know man \
today in Jed Davis army who It's not = I
strong Union man. Laughter aud aP- 1
planse
believe | love the Constitution Of nv /
country as well rs any man on earth, | /
think have done as much as | could 4
do for the Constitution Of NV country; 1
would to heaven could do more; but 1
de not consider il nv place tcjourney all /
over the country and pirate OF the con 1
siituiioual rights Of men who regard no !
Constitution as governing them. There 4
are no constitutional rights for such men 1
as the conspirstors Of the South, aud no 1
constitutional mercies are to he extend /
Ell 10 Jed Davis and bis associates, who 1
are bounding the Government 10 its de- /
strueti0n
Who are these men whose coustitu- |
tional rights. the Copperheads vish En- 1
preserveR They are the men who have /
broken laws aud d.sregarded eoustitu- !
tons They are the men OF Jeff Davis I
What viii yta say of these constitutional /
craving men2 They are those who, /
without the mauliHess Of open foes, are
DESTROYS Of opposing the Government
and crushing il at ono blow. These men
are ike Secessionisis; a Secessionist
wants his rights without our knowing
what rights have baen invaded; so the
peace men cry. And is, then, treason TO
20 UNPUBLISHED? Shall thief be per-
mitted to 90 freel These men have no
constitutional rights save shat We give
them: they have but what we give them
and no more. ICLeers.
These men speak OF the condition o.
the negro. They represent that without
the negro the war never could have last
ed three months The same cry has been
raised in my own State. For the last
thirty years the cry of Abolitionist has
been preferred agains, the opposing par
ties in my own State. and these men say
but for this subject there could have
been no war, aud they have used the
question unscrupulousiy both North and
South, while the war has been in pro-
gress. The speaker had no respect for
anv such men lie had no eonsidera-
ton for their rights, He was IN favor,
when any power came between him and
the Government OF destroying thai pow
err Applause
He was in favor of the prompt sbol-
ishment of Slavery. LCheers Hs6
he the means he would Tree all the slaves
now in the hands of every Secessionist
Ia spite Of riots and mob law aud upris
iugs, be would use the strong arm OF the