Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-07-21
Swnd.ILg Freedom ShrIekers.

gVglA d.lLg. Freedom Shriekers'
Gen. Ewing, the new commander OF the
military district of Kansas, observes the
thanks of the country for the expose he
Ruves of the ultra loyal abUlitionists OF that
state. While denouncing copperEeads and
burning democratic newspapers, they were
carrying on regular system Of robbery
and spoliation. es
Gen. Blunt winked at their villainy, if
be did not actively eonnive at it, but upon
General SChO6eld's accession to command
o Ibs department, Blunt was unceremo-
Dicusly relieved, and the new appOintee
expresses his opinion Of ''the situations as
follows:
There are many men in Kansas who are
stealing themselves rich in the aame Of
liberty, These men must find some other
mode of giving effect to their patriotic zeal
As they want to kill rebels, let them join
any old regiment, or either Of the new ones
uow being raised. They can dud in the
service positions equal to their energy,
SaFinH and talent; and can adorn the SER
vice and be honored in it. The governs
meat will welcome them it needs and has
n rjR6tto the service Of oil men of enter
Prise who are at large, and it will not too
closely discriminate against such men be-
cause of irregularities in the past. But,
whether they enter the service or not, |
now notify them that they will be compel
led TO quit stealing, or get out of the dis
1ricG, or get me out Of it. / mention this
by way Of an amicable understanding in
the outset. shall Irflict on all men who
20 into Missouri to plumber, the severest
penalties prescribed against robbers and
msIaudsrs in the lines Of the armies.
~
Some men in the state, who are ibfuen.
tial by reason Of boldness, position or tall
eDt, have been long engaged in distorting
the honest sentiment OF the state, and CIV
ing responsibility to robbery when com
mitted against any whom they declare dis
loyal, They arogate to themselves and
their sympathizers all the radical anti
Rlsveryism and genuine loyalty in Kansas
Under their aegis, many OF the worst men
that ever vcxed a civilized community have
focked and been protected, II "a farmer
came to Kansas originally from a slave
state, aud especially if be has good stock,
be is in danger Of being suspected; and if
suspected By even the most suspicious Of
this sect, his stock is taken I'd sold. and
put in the pockets of the vigilent patriots.
Any citizen who denounces this mode of
conducting the war is regarded as a sym
pathizer and politically unsound. They
have refused to enter the service-the ad
ministration is not radical enough-but
they claim to be doing more service than
the Poldiers who abandon their homes and
business, aud, Obedient to the orders of their
government, peril their lives in the front OF
battle. Now. ! propose, if these men do
not enter the service of the United States
and subject themselves to the discipline OF
the army to get along without their help;
aud fully expect to be able 90 punish rel
ole, their aiders and sbettOrs on both sides
the line. with as much severity as they
have heretofore been punished by these
men; and with the advantage in my favor
oenot barassing harmless men, and of ter
ming over to the government aH property
seized.