Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-04

- N noFCi ioPSHteu Tut once tHe nav
ng slipped the moment of resigping
ais office, and that was every moment |
since; and, by God, he had rather be in !
his grave than in his present situation.
He had rather be on his farm than to be
made Emperor of the world and yet
hey were charging him with wanting to
be King That rascal Freneau sent
lim three of his papers every day as if |
he would become the distributor of them,
IN act in which he could see nothing but |
IN impudent design to insult him."
Washington was rarelT, known to lose
MS seli-e0mman" and the atrocious
u .ue libels may be imagined,
:. ley could make him so far forget
.nseH, as to indulge in such language.
Yet, these are the kind of insults
heaped upon Mr.. Lincoln every day that
he lives He is charged with violating
his oath of office trampling upon the
Constitution plotting against the liber-
ties of the people tyrannically setting
aside the writ of habeas corpus and the
right of trial by jury; and, above all,
the same calumny that so enraged Wash
iagton, is circulated against Mr.. Lincoln
that he is seeking to grasp the preroga-
tives of King.
One more paragraph from the Copper
head literature of the days of Washing
ton and we have done.
Having served with honor two terms
in the Presidential chair, Washington
issued his celebrated Farewell Address
and retired. The most distinguished
honors awaited him wherever he went
and the strong hold which he still main
tanned on the affections of the people
were gall and NORWOOD to the AurorO
and kindred spirits, and the sentiment:
of the party it represented were strongly
expressed in an article which appeared
in that paper of the 9th of March, which
contained the following:
90 Lord, now lettest thou thy servan
depart in peace, for mine eyes have seer
thy salvation, was the pious ejaculation
of man who beheld a flood of happi
ness rushing in upon mankind. If ever
there was time which should hcens
the reiteration of this exclamation" SO
wrote this correspondent Of the Auror;
-"that time is now arrived, for the nal
who is the source of all the misfortune
of our country is this day reduced to
level with his fellow-citizens, and is n,
longer possessed of power to multipl
evils upon the United States. If eve
there was period for rejoicing, this i
the moment. Every heart in unisol
with the freedom and happiness of tn
people ought to beat high with exulta
ton that the name of Washington fror
this day ceases to give currency t
political iniquity and to legalized COZ
ruption. A new era is now openin
upon us-an era which promises niue
to the people, for public measures mus
now stand upon their own merits, an
nefarious projects can no longer be snF
: ported by.a name. When RETROSPECT
is taken Of the Washington Administra
ton for eight years, it is subject of tn
greatest establishment that a single ind
vidual should have conquered the prir
ciples of republicanism in an enlighter
ed people just emerged from the gulf {
despotism, and should have carried hi
designs against the public liberty so ia
as to have put in jeopardy its very e'
istenee Such, however, are the facts
and with these staring US in the fac
this day ought to be a, jubilee in tn
{ United States r
Our object in thus sketching Cope
headism in the days of Washington il
that the people may appreciate the mor'
, heroism of the man, now Chief Exec,
! tive of the Nation, whose selfcontrol
| so sublime as to enable him, compar
/ lively, to disregard libels that goade
e Washington almost to madness; an
E that they may learn, further, as Was
e ington was slandered and villifed /
g Copperhead partisans, and still mai
, tanned his hold on the affections of IL
: people, so will our simple-hearted Pres
5 dent outlive the ISLANDERS heaped on hin
E and his memory will be held in equal r
+ membrance by grateful posterity wi
may enjoy the fruit of his honesty, justic
I equanimity, sound political judgmel
and never-despairing patriotism.