The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-07-21
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? Who ARE PATR1oT1c.-No better test
of the patriotism of a people can be sug-
gested than the alacrity with which they
turn out, shoulder their guns and march
to repel an invasion of their soil. Ap-
plying this test to the citizens of our own
State, during the recent Morgan raid,
what does it exhiL t? In our own City
those who style themselves the democra-
cy alone manifested no interest in organ
izing and arming to repel the rebel free
booter. While patriots were Indignantly
excited at the insult to our State, and
were preparing to wipe it out, if occa-
sion offered, in blood, these democrats
were calm and Indifferent. Judging from
their appearance, one would suppose
they rather liked the idea of having the
State invaded, the houses of her citizens
burnt, and their horses stolen. When
the Governors proclamation calling out
every able bodied man was put in force,
these same patriotic, conservative demo
Gratis had to be hunted up, dragged from
their hiding places, and marched into
camp between files of patriotic bayonets.
The same Indifference was manifested
by them all over the State. The Fort
Wayne Gazette, in observing this sim
gular apathy on the part of men who
have always claimed for themselves all
the patriotism of the country, says:
"While minute men and members of
the Legion poured out by regiments from
Union counties like Wayne, Henry, De-
catur, Randolph and Delaware, hardly
anybody, certainly not company, came
out from any of the strong Democratic
counties outside of the region threaten
ed by the rebels And while prominent
Union men like Henry S. Lane, Albert
q: Porter, Horatio c. Newcomb, William
o.5dLs Wallace. R. J Rysn. and hapdre4l MD Il
the ranks, such men as Voorhees,, Hen
bricks, Beach, Talbot, Perkins and Han
ma, kept at safe distance from drills,
guns and military duty. Some few Dem
ocrats, like State Librarian Stevenson
and Capt John NJ. Lord, who have al
ways been war men and loyal men, went
into the ranks, and did, and are doing,
their whole duty, but they are not of the
class with which we are making the con-
trast. -
How THEY SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT.
Above we give sample of the way
bogus democrats sustain their govern.
ment, by bearing arms when it is invaded
and threatened with destruction. II
may be we'll to notice, in this connection
how some of them sustain it with theil
| means We copy paragraph from the
! Indianapolis Journal of Saturday, show
ing how one of the leaders of the organ
ization discharges his obligation to the
Government that protects him. 1t may
be proper to add that no democrat in the
State has been more noisy in abusing
the government and none more prolific
in professions of patriotism, than VIM. B
Beach. Says the Journal:
A paragraph in the Journal yesterda,
stated that the Grand Jury of the United
States Court at its recent session haC
found one indictment for making falst
return of income, under the tax law, t
the General Assessor, but the name o
the person was not mentioned, becaus
it was not deemed prudent by the officer
of the Court We may now, however
IL. W.. oh LOTT
Clerk of the Supreme Court, and nov
Clerk in the Sinking Fund Office, by ia
vor of Mr.. W. Fl. Talbot, his partner i
frequent cotton speculations, one of tn
most prominent and bitter of the extrem
disloyal faction of the Democracy, is tn
person, and the only person so far, az
cused of trying to cheat the Governmer
in this way. What the facts are we hav
no idea, but it is entirely appropriate an
consistent with the eternal fitness c
things that such an act should be con
mitted by rebel sympathizer. We ar
informed, further, that after the expl
sion of the caisson of the 18th Michiga
Battery, near Mr. Beach valuable bloc
of buildings on Tennessee street, tt
other evening, whereby a number
| pdneS OI Ills SIdSS "ClO JoAlCu " PioSO
he was exceedingly prompt in makir
out bill against the Government fl
the damage and demanding its paymer
. He didn't get it, and isn't likely to. "
n notice that rebels who pray for the d
struction of the Government are alwa
Il foremost in squeezing money out of it {
any pretext, or name, if they think the
= is the shadow of chance to get it.
CAN'T MAKE IT-The State Sentir
q tries to dodge the crushing testimo
that is daily accommodating, proving th
the political party of which it is the recc
3, nized organ, is unpatriotic but with We
bad success. 1t published the follow
S, paragraph as an evidence. of the gushi
patriotism of its followers
"Seventy-six men organized into
company in Jackson township, Founta
" county, on Friday last, and reported
rt telegraph to Governor Morton that th
elk rendered their services to drive the r.
els out of the State, when they were !
70 tilted that they were not needed. t