The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-04-23
A R,ast from the WarPiek County
Company in the First Indiana cav
u,,,,, Art Anr;l Il. IS63


rick county, now serving in the LIST Indi-
ana Cavalry, having read in late num-
Der of the Journal the proceedings OF
butternut meeting on the 9th of March,
in Warrick county, and in which Judge
Moore, formerly of the lst Indiana)'
took prominent part, desire to enter
our solemn protest against the spirit
there manifested, the treason there
talked, and especially do we ioathe, ao-
her and despise any one, who, like Judge
MORE, after having for time been IN
the army, have succeeded in getting out
and are now at home encouraging trea-
son and traitors and splitting their cop
perhead venom at the loyal hearts who
are not afraid to stay and fight until the
victory's won A word as to Judge
Moore We were most OF us personally
acquainted with him ere we lett home,
and have served with him in the army
for eighteen months, he drawing his pay
all the time, and if any one can tell what
earthly good he ever did his country or
government while with US we would like
been able to see it. Occupying the inn
portant and responsible position of Hos
pital Steward he neglected his duties and
proved recreant to the trust put In him.
When he could have gained the love and
| good will of the whole regiment by look
ing to the comfort and welfare OF the
sick soldiers, lie lost by his notorious
| don t-care-itiveness what little respect we
might ever have entertained for him.
The Judge wants to know what need
there is of martial law in Indiana, where
| the says) there are no traitors. We an
swer him that as long as such men as
him desecrate the soil and pollute the
air of our loved and noble State, mar
tial law will not only be needed, but the
hangman's rope viii De Necessity. This
may seem like strong language, but from
the abundance of the heart the mouth
speaketh, and we now ask our friends,
our relatives at home to frown down and
condemn the traitorous old man who is
disgrsceing himself and trying to disgrace
his former companions in arms, and If
any of you ever hear him slandering our
names by saying that we, or any of us,
endorse his course, brand him liar
as we'll as a traitor. This is perhaps
more of a notice than his meanness and
bitterness deserves, but in order that our
position may be understood we have con-
descended to pay him this much atten.
ton, and assure him and all copperheads
of our undivided scorn and contempt.
As to the other speakers, Capt. Fris
bee, Rhodes, Bonner 4 Co, we can only
say you are heaping damnatiOn on your
own heads. The man who avows he has
always been ready to forsake his reli
gious faith for his politics, the man who
has long been noted as a Niger thief ana
notorious gambler, the Captain who pro
claims he is for peace at any price ant
always has been, make a lovely trio o
the copperhead family. Piatt is too wei
known to require any notice. They MAJ
bv their teachings mislead and deceive
some, but surely their number will no
aN.,zssnreE- as -Irolnt, 10 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT an
and every man who is not for his Gov
erement first, his Government last anC
all the time.
euoSe VINO are nov
in the army giving up all the comforts O.
home and the society of loved ones there
by the memory of those who, on the bat
tie field, have offered up their lives on
the altar of their country; by the memo
~ of those who have been overcome BY
disease, suffered and breathed their last
in the camp hospital; by the memory OF
all the glorious associations clustering Sc
thickly around our dear old flag; by the
memory of all our illustrious dead by
the memory of our countrys past happi.
ness and glory; by the hope of future
honor, of future safety, of future Nation.
al life, stand fast. Give us your sympa-
thy, your hearty assistance and co-opera.
ton. Let not traitors rise up in our
rear. Be united, be strong, prove worthy
of your Revolutionary sires. We ask It
of you. We expect it of you Will you
disappoint us2
oh, what tales will tell en- our soldier
ing's Ger,
And the boys of the First are disbanded;
We will tell the misdeeds of the renegade Moore
When back in old Warrick we have landed