The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-02-16
NUMBER Ia.

able peace, would, was only renewed and
lnternrnable war. For the men who
lore" tie country to submit to the rebel
hon, or acknowledge the Confederaev.
degr ae the nation and disgrace its army
woul'i have to fight that army when e
camH home. (Applause) The army will
never suemit to the disgrace of confess.
ing t.,at it is beaten bv the rebels. and
those who force such result upon them
6y Vaccinations at home, or by refusing
1t support and encouragement will see
the 4 me when they will beg tie rocks and
mon' tains to fall upon them and hide
them from the vengeance &C that army.
Crest applause. J He denounced all
measures looking to an armistice with a
soldiers S vehemence of patriotism. An
armis'iee, he said, was nothing but a
pro- nsal to give the rebels a chance to
recorer their strength, and renew their
ability to attack us There was no hon.
orable or safe course but to fight to the
last aiid1ifsthe people at home would
only unite In holding up the hands of
their brethren in the field the war would
not last three months He spoke of the
Proclamation, and said he thanked the
President for it, for it took away the
MANI trength of the rebellion. He was.an
eye witness to the fact that but for their
slaves the rebels could not have resisted
US twelve months. { Applause. J He
believed in depriving the enemy of what
ever they could use to our iniary.
They had used their slaves to feed aud
clothe themselves, and 10 fqht us. He
wonld not consent to fight by the side of
e9qfFG @ and + bS 60 President f S&f aJ y2gId nszs
negroes and letthem fight negroes. Great
applause.) Why should the rebels use
slaves to kill white men, and we not use
the slaves to defeat them The rebels
had no right to claim exemption for
their negroes from the effects of the war.
They had no right to single benefit un-r
der the constitution. They themselves
had begun the work of abolition. The
first secession ordinance was an -aboE-
ton proclamation. The first gun fred
at Fort Sumter was the first shot fred at
slavery. {" That's So" and tremendous.
aPplause) he was no abolitionist, and
the man who said he was, was a liar.
daughter and loud cheering) But he
had no desire to give the rebels the BEN
N-Ab Vi OOA -
tramnled = ---rry1rr their feet, and are
using their slaves to destroy the Union.
he spoke OF the army of the Potomac.
and said that the report of its demorali-e
eaton was SANDER. 1t was as gallant
an army as ever entered the field. He
paid a glowing compliment to the good
conduct and high courage of the army.
which was loudly applauded. In regard
to the sentiments he had expressed. he
said that when the audience saw him
they saw the old 18th, and in the 14th
they saw the whole Potomac army. The
l9th, the 2Oth, the 9TH and the 21th with
head, (hearty cheering at the name of
Colgrove) all felt and spoke as he did.
he alluded to the attempts to demoral-
lze the army, and the secessionists at
home to encourage and protect deser-
slons, and denounced them with unmeas-
ured bitterness. The soldiers hated
them, he said, and would yet punish
them. The Knights of the Golden Circle
are doomed. Tremendous cheering.)
lie repeated, the K. G. C's are doom
ed. When the army comes home there
Will be no cave or rock that will hide
them. Their internal efforts are too we'll
understood, and the vengeance they have
invoked will overtake them. The scorn
with which he spoke of their secret and
reasonable meetings was scathing. He
said he could respect an open rebel, who
met him with arms in his hands, but for
one of those vile, abominable members
of the K. G. C., he Loathed him. He also
spoke with deep feeling of the letters he
had seen, written by relatives at home to 5
soldiers urging them to desert These
letters, he said, would yet prove sore
wounds to those who had written them,
for the true soldier would remain true,
and the recreaney of a parent would only
teach him that his parent was unworthy
of his respect He concluded by begging
all parties to give up their party cries and
purposes, to look only to God and their
country, stand by the army and the
Union, support the laws, and pray for
the success of our cause.