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

once scorched nigh unto death by his tur
bulent friends, is newly tormented by
his quiet enemies, the soldiers. IF a
slnged cat breads common fire, how much
more does singed Governor dread Greek
fire2 You can now tell Copperhead in
New York at first sight: he is the man
who stands biting his lips in disgust al
the soldiers in the Park To think that
after all the elaborate opposition to the
dratt-beginning with rowdies and ending
with governors-the draft should have
gone peacefully forward, leaving the
monitory soldiers nothing to do but to
cross their legs and smoke their pipes,
is an aggravation which covers certain
mems faces with ludicrous chagrin.
:" Spare no efforts, said Gen Meade in
his late speech, " to make the people I'M
derstand that all we want is men to fill
oar ranks. Send these to u.s. Give us
the numbers, and the war will soon be
concluded" Therefore the true policy of
the disloyahsts, on the contrary, is to
cheat the people, to keep the ranks of the
armies thin, and to delay the conclusion
OF the war. In pursuance of this policy,
/ the first experiment was to break the
draft-wheel before the very eyes of the
Marshal, and, when this failed, to adroitly
clog its wheels, by the Governors entang-
ling letters. But it is dangerous to tam
] per with machinery The great wheel,
though once stopped, suddenly started
again, catching in its grip the letters, the
Governor, and all, till it ground them all
to powder and threw them out as fine
dust upon the air. The draft is entirely
completed in New York, and by the time
these lines can get to our readers, will be
entirely completed in Brooklyn, and in
both cities with Sabbath quietness.
What is the secret of the change? 1t is
because the Governor and his "friends,"
in their rebellion against the draft, had
not the courage, in this hot weather, to
encounter Greek fire.
Failing to annul the Draft, the cry
now is for an Amnesty This chaff, also,
must be licked up by the same flame.
What is the proposed amnesty? 1t is a
plea for the pardon of the rebels before
the rebels themselves ask for ii. The
late victories of the North having smit-
ten the rebellion into crumbling, its
Northern friends are rushing into the
breach to save as much as possible of the
ruins. Now or never is the time, and
Mr. John Adams, jr, seizes the occasion.
Who this gentleman is we know not, but
he writes to the President letter in be-
half OF the conspirators, saying, 1t is
not for them to beg for peace But is
it then for the North to beg for peace?
Are 'ce the guilty party in the quarrel,
that we should hesitate to crook our knee
into prayer for pardon? Have we been
two years and a half wading through the
blood of many defeats and at last pluck
ing fpal victory only to surrender it
basely to a conquered enemy? Have we
wrought out with bloody sweat sue
cessf;l war only to crown its glory with
shame2 What is the difference between
the North giving up now and the North
giving up at the beginning of the war?
Only this, that surrender now would be
worse than a surrender at the outset!
Mr. Lincoln is persistently asked to be
magnanimous Is this thought to be
his weak point? Certainly it is a falling
tbutd -vrICe such letter as Abraham
Lincoln sent to Gen. Grant is more than
ordinarily magnanimous But how is he
solicited to display his magnanimity?
By charitable restoration of slavery to
its lost standing and its old prerogative
Mr.. Adams, ir., confesses that slavery is
destroyed, unless Mr. Lincoln shall sweet
mindedly save it. But will Mr.. Lincoln
magnanimity appear to the worlds eyes
by his first signing pledge of freedom to
three million slaves, and then breaking it
at the request ofJoh Adams, jr.? The
great masses of the Southern people"
saws this go-between, "are standing upon
point of honor" Must the great mass
es of the Northern People, therefore, be
brought to the point of dishonor? Shall
the North break its oath that the South.
may not bend its pride ? The rebels
found an easy way into their rebellion:
| they may find an easy way out of it. The
secret lies in a nutshell UNCONDl-
TIONAL SURRENDER-of arms, mu-
nitions, pretences, claims, points of hon
or, and all!-nothing more, nothing less
This, and only this viii clear the account,
and settle the controversy. The Federal
| Government can offer no other terms.
If the South can accept these, all well; if
she cannot, what remains ? Greek ire
But who authorizes this man to speak
for the South When the South has a
message for the North, probably she will
choose some other mouth-piece than a
man with the Federal name of John Ad-
ans An amnesty When the South
wants an amnesty, can she not make it
for herself? Let her rebels throw down
| their guns, and there is an amnesty from
that moment Northern soldiers will not
initiate Southern, and fire at unarmed
men. But the olive branch is not in Mr.
Lincoln's hand. He holds nothing but
the sword. Is there no white flag in
Richmond which the rebels may send to
Washington with graceful submission ?
4 If jefferson Davis wants peace, the wav-
ing of his white pocket-handkerchiefw will
bring it. Peace keeps her ears open to
listen when rebels shall beg for terms, but
she is tongue-tied and dumb and cannot
offer terms herself An amnesty by the
, North is only deceitful name for subju-
) CATION by the South
; 1t is interesting to hear this Junior Mr.;
: Adams confess in behalf of his seniors at
: Richmond that Mr.. Lincoln's weapon Of
/ the First of January has accomplished
4 the destruction of slavery Was it a
E proper proclamation? Nothing strikes
], like paper, if only the right word be writ
r ten upon i'll Was it the Pope's bull