The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-03-16
EVANSVILLE, IND. MONDAY MORNING,

PROMINENT merchant ana farmer.
The assertion that "the people of Indi-
ana are being impoverished does not
agree with the accounts we are con-
stantly receiving from our homes,
through well informed sources, of the
abundance of money, great increase of
business and demand for labor at in
creased wages. As long as war is kept
from our doors, and armies from our
State, as long as the people are industri-
GUS and patriotic, there is little fear of
our being impoverished.
where do Mr.. Hovey courteous Sen
timely and his associates see that there
is an under current in Indiana tending
toward coalition of the Northwest with
the South against the Eastern States?
We "see it in the tone of the Demo
cratic press of Indiana, in their con-
tinued and persistent assertions that the
North is responsible for the war, that
their southern brethren" are in the
right, and should not be blamed or hurt
We "see " it in the speeches of leading
and prominent Democrats in public and
private life, in the resolutions intro
duced into both branches of the Legisla-
ture by Messrs. Brown and Packard,
Democratic members; in the determina-
tion of Democratic Legislature to tie
the hands of the Governor by taking the
military power from him and placing it
under the control of men who are oppos-
ed to the further continuance of the war,
but cry out Armistice," "Armistice,
" Armistice;" in the violent opposition
of the Democracy to every measure of
the administration adopted for the sue
cessful and vigorous prosecution of the
war. We "see" it in the resolutions
of the Huntington county Democracy,
and scores of others, which are copied
approvingly by the Southern press, with
such extracts and comments as the fol-
lowing: "The leaders of the Indiana
Democracy are in open rebellion against
the administration" thousands of men
are ready to take the field against the
dbOlitioniSts," which means the soldiers
now in the field, and all persons who ia
vor the putting down of the rebellion, and
that the assassination of Gov Morton
is probable result" We "see" it in
the testimony of members of the K. G.
c. before the Grand Jury of the United
States District Court
And while we see all this, we see,
moreover, with deep humiliation and
shame, that your " Southern brethren
laugh at you and try to insult you, call
ing you towards, dough-faces, lick-spit-
ties, mud-sills, hewers of wood and draw
ers of water, fit only to be their slaves.
and treat you and your peace offerings
with scorn and contempt" Where do
we see it? Is it not plain enough for
every reading, thinking man to see?
If these things do not mean coalition
with the South and recognition of the
Southern Confederacy, what do they
mean? They are written, said and done,
without any explanation, leaving all but
the initiated in the dark, therefore we
must exercise our own judgment and
form our own conclusions in regard to
their meaning. As an humble member
of the Democratic party, regret that 1
can see nothing in the conduct of its
leaders in Indiana to convince me of
their loyalty and devotion to the Union,
but much. to convince me of their devo-
ton to the cause of the South, and de-
sire for the success of the rebellion.
Their opposition to, aud frequent ex-
pressions of hatred of, our soldiers in the
field, in denouncing us as Lincoln hire
lings," as having gone over to the abo-
litionists," and reading Democrats out
of the party, abundantly testify that the
latter assertion is correct. Such is the
universal feeling and opinion of Demo
Gratis in the army.
We feel deep interest in the Demo
cratic party, because of its GLORIOUS re-
cord of the past" We feel satisfied,
however, that the opponents of this war
will be crushed like the Tories of the
Revolution, the Federalists of 1872, and
the Wings who opposed the Mexican
War in 1867. What the can then Demo
cratic party hope by opposing the war?
If we succeed it will lose its power and
infuence-if we fail, it will be looked
npon as the "enemy in the rear" that
has been the main cause of our failure;
its record will be infamous, and it will
be subject to the contempt and execra-
ton of all true patoiots and honorable
men. Is the Sentinel afraid to publish
the entire address2 Afraid to let its
readers see and know the views of Demo
Gratis in the army? Is the address not
as patriotic as the resolutions of Demo
cratic County Conventions? VIII the
Sentinel publish the address, or will it
continue its unfair course of garbling,
and by selecting such extracts as may
appear Objectionable, lead its readers to
suppose that the whole is equally so, and
at the same time confess that it dare not
publish it? We shall see.
Very respectfully, yours, &c,
G. T. MCGINNIs,