The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-02-18
From the New York Evening Post.
How to Help the Enemy.

1t cannot be doubted that the rebel
lion is tottering on its last legs; and,that
if it is to be saved help must come
quickly. The rebels acknowledge them
selves almost complete exhaustion, and
they openly confess that their main hope
of success now lies in the prospect of di-
visions in the free States, by which the
arm of the Government about to deal
the fnishingblow, may be paralyzed.
As the emergency is pressing, and Da-
Wis must give up unless he gets help
quickly, it has occurred to us to point
out some of the ways in which this as
sistance can be most effectively rendered.
By giving attention to the following sug-
gestions, it will be found within the pow
er of almost every man to help the re-
bells, at least little.
Whenever our military movements
fails of the most complete success i'm
medi atel J say you knew it would be so;
declaim loudly about the incapacity of
our generals and the ineficiency of our
leaders, as compared with those of the
rebels. In this way you will discourage
many who hear you, and gradually pro
duce in your circle a feeling of despond-
ency as to the ultimate triumph of liber-
ty and Union, which in their present
critical position cannot but be very'use-
full to the rebels.
Do your best to discredit Treasury
notes and other Government issues: say
that ''greenbacks are unconstitutional" :"
if you can afford it, bring the question
before court to be tested-even if the
case is decided against you, you will
have alarmed many persons and cast a
a shade :. of discredit over the money
which you take care to ray to all your
servants and tradesmen This will
make them uneasy, and that is great
point gained. At the same time declare
confidently that the depreciation of pa
per money is such that every person
must presently starve You know of
course, that this is not true, and that
dollar will buy now nearly if not quite
as much of all the necessaries of life ex-
cept cotton goods, as it would..before the
war. But cry against the Treasury
notes is very embarrassing to the Gov
ernment just now, and in this way you
can give most welcome assistance to Da-
Wis
If you are merchant or speculator,
do your best to drive up the price of
gold; and if you can, at the same time,
remark to your old friends that ''green-
backs will soon be used for waste paper"
it will be well. Tell them, too, that
money is plentiful, such as it is" and
give it to be understood that you have no
confidence in any investments except
gold or real estate. Such hints will pro-
duce their effect upon those who think
you a shrewd fellow; and if you perse-
we're long enough you may even help to
produce panic in the money market,
by which you can make fortune off the
workingmen, who used Treasury notes.
Be careful always to express distrust
Of the upright intentions of the Govern
ment Interpret every act Of the Ad-
ministraton as an attack upon the lib
critics Of the people. You cannot openly
say that you think Davis more honest,
or more loyal to the Union than Lin
coin; but you can act as though you
thought so and you will find many of
your friends disheartened by this be-
havior. 1t is most excellent help for
the rebels
AdStiJ II any OHO obOulu lell YOU
boldly, that our armies have been gen.
orally victorious, that our soldiers have
fought more bravely than the rebels, that
the balance of success is greatly on our
side; that we hold at this time all that
we have ever captured, and that the ene-
my is powerless to resist whenever we
advance; if he should tell you that our
Treasury notes are better than any kind
of paper money in the world, that Gov
ernment stocks are the best and safest
investment in the country, and that a
barrel of flour cost the working man no
more now in "greenbacks" than he paid
in gold before the war; if, finally, he
should assert that the Administration is
honest that its intentions are pure, that
the President is true lover of liberty
and devoted to the Union, and that if he
or his agents make mistakes, they ought
to be treated as the errors of friend
and not as the acts of treacherous
enemy-if any one should say this 10 you
there is still one reply for yol to make
call him an Abolitionist That word is
favorite with the rebels; you can do no
better than adopt it.