Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-05-25
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The turning pointof the war - rrse
Il The great crisisis upon Is Our ~r'. :
- have gone forth Tar into the enem'
ountry, appare4fly without providin,
r retreat The rebels have their la
rmy in tbe field With their retreat Gu
q. Toaifhurnao observationthe strug-
e must be FINAL The life Of the Co
runest Of our fathers is stAked aPo'
he great campaign Of May, 1864 The
,opes Of mankind for free institution
are involved in the pending struggle
The sons Of liberty throughout the world
4urn tbeir eyes to the bloody fields Of
Virginia, while their hearts stand still
With suspense. The desperation Of the
lighting in the field and the breathless
feeling Il eidzens show that both people
and soldiers, North and South, fully APP
preciale the awful crisis. At frst gen
eral silence, then brief but feeling ex-
pressions Of hope or fear, aud then a fall
expression Of the hearts emotions have
narkedtbs progress Of the popular mind
since the battles commenced.
We are not about TO speculate upon
tho result We leave that to others; bat
We Wish TO call public attention to Ghs
development of Copperhead or Demo
cratic sympathy called forth BY the tenn
pest Of feeling produced by the excite
ment Heretofore it has been the con.
slant habi, Of Coppefheads either to
dissimulate by frequent expressions Of
loyalty, or TO venture certain equivocal
remarks Of doubtful meaning But ''oui
Of the abundance Of the heart the mouth
speaketh. " Since the commencement Of
the present bloody struggle the pressure
upon the Democratic hearts has been toe
great, end their ihoushs have spoken cut
From every direction, where Copper
heads crawl, We hear unmistakabIe ex.
pressions Of sympathy with Lee. The
slaughter Of thousands Of Union soldiers
in the Wilderness, and on the bills oI
Spottsylvania Is to than matter OF in
tense delight Their snsky eyes sparkle
and their hypocritical faces brighter
when they hear timid or eroakine
Unionist express fear that Grant will
be defeated. Their faces were radiant
at the announcement OF the death Of the
noble Sedgwiek, and thsreported death
Of glorious Warren, But they were
silent aud sad at the rehearsal Of the bril-
liant exploits of Hancock and Sheridan
aui tAs telling successes Of Sherman.
they sneersd contemporary at the op
sratious of Gen. Batler, and chuckled
ever the defeat Of sigeL 1'bey had
ears to shed over the funeral o.
ths rebel General Stuart
When the forged proclamation mad.
u appraranee, announcing the failure o
ffans and the Nations humiliAtion
hey could no longer contain themselves
rhfit JOY knew no bounds and but li,L,
esraiut, They were runniug hilhe
I'd thi'her, gestieuIasing triun phanily
md whyi They cared nothing for ID,
ownlail OF the Uhion or the slaughter .
Union soldiers, bu, faey fhongAt fAe!
,oV had their heels Jpn U,siOn "a
md you'd elect the merit President ano
get info tke National Treasury An,
all because they thought their former pc
iitical associates under the lead Of Jeii
Davis, we're victorious.
For the present We make only thi
comment: -aesn
lat That the identity Of the Copper
heads OF the North and rebels of tn,
South, or ths unity Of tie Democrat
party, is ne longer an open question.
End. That in the great struggle Their
is no middle ground. All men ar
either friends or enemies in war, and th
Indiana copperhead is as much the enc
my of the Union soldiers as the Souther
rebel Pollard, the rebel editor Of th
Richmond Examiner, is no more III
Union soldiers enemy than sproule O
the Evansville Times. The former !
more frank and honorable, the latte
more insidioos and dangerous