The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-03-05
Communicated.
IN Honest Mans opinion Of Copper
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ported to have said that a united people
could not be conquered; yet we have
gone far enough in this war to demon
strate that twenty millions of people can
conquer eight millions Though our sue
cesses have not come to us in such rapid
succession as we have desired, we have
been amply paid fer the expenditure we
have made. Victory after victory has
perched upon our banner Many mil
lions of square miles of territory have
been reclaimed, and at least two millions
of people brought back to the Union.
That flag that was once torn down and
dishonored by the people of eleven States
is again waving proudly in all of them.
The ports, Notifications, and custom
houses that were taken from the Govern
ment are, with few exceptions, again in
its possession And what honest man,
viewing the history of this war, will say
that the rebellion has not slowly but
surely lost its footing since the first
Union victories Slowly but surely the
armies of the Union have pressed down
upon the States in rebellion, and as
surely have the rebel armies given way.
The prospects of restoring the Govern
ment are as bright and fattering as in
telligence could expect. There is great
cause for the loyal to be hopeful, while
there is but a single cause for despond-
encv. That cause for dependency is to
be found in the organization of a trea-
sonable anti-war party in our midst-a
party led on by men calling themselves
Democrats, but men that in their habits
are worse than the Copperhead, whose
name they have won. They are Shiny
adders that Turk in secluded places, and
too cowardly to sieze their prey openly,
they spit their poison at their victim.
With them no lie is too base, no subter-
fuge too vile TO deceive the honest and
conhdlng-no means too strong or too
weak, no time too valuable or too sa-
cred, TO be employed in the propagation
Of their heresies. in the church and in
midnight lodgcs-in the streets and in
the alleys their agents present the
cause of treason, and their = foot pads "
circulate the speeches of their most
-" heroic Knights who have dared to
beard the lion in his lair.
Without an opposing voice the efforts
of these lying. growing traitors viii be
successful The truth must be spoken;
must be propagated, or it will be lost.
lis true that truth is mighty, and will
prevail; yet it is equally true that if truth
conceal herself she will be forgotten.
/ Why? Why is it that we are so quies-
cent? Why is it in this time when we
are almost ready for the last great strug-
giles of the war, our brothers in the field
ask Us if we have deserted them. And
when the soldier needs the greatest en-
couragement, why is it that the loyal
people of Vanderburgh county look so
coolly on at those who are laboriHg to
discourage him? Is it because they are
less loyal than they have been? Is it be-
cause they are reconciled to the destiny
to which they are being led by their enc
mics. | take it that none of these rea-
- &c tire uruv -a,ses-e f their iuar-
ton. But that in the hurry of their
money nItking they nave forgotten the
obligations they are under to sustain
their brave brethren who have dared to
face the enemy in the field 1t cannot be
that those who are in the army are to
suffer treason "a both sections. They
have as much to do as we should ask of
them to subdue the southern rebels. 1t
is but one part of the great undertaking
to thwart those who are the enemies of
our soldiers, and who desire to bring
upon us the evils and burdens of a rebel
hous people. Then why have we not at
least made the attempt to organize and
show to the traitors of our country that
we are still resolved that the Union shall
be preserved. Why have ne not organ
lied and labored more assiduously for
the refutation of those lies by which the
unsuspecting have been deceived? To
fight this damning doctrine of Indiana
: secession. and the series of lies by which
1t is supported, is to overthrow If. To
submit and allow it to triumph, is to for
felt our heritage in the memories of the
past: to write upon the brightest pages
of our history that those who had offer
ed themselves as martyrs to the holy
cause of liberty were but victims to the
treachery of their brethren. a. II.