Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-09-02

way possible. voorhees, has sense
enough to know that be cannot relieve
himself from the odium Of bis published 1
correspondence By abusing the officer 1
Who gave il publicity, and therefore en- /
desvors to explain away some Of the |
more offensive features Of it In rela- |
ton to the Hardesty letter he sses this
language.
"Bat ron found an old letter from nv
good old ANGLE in Virginia. Peer sean
dal-nonger as you are, cannot even
permit ron much enjoyment ia that
was in Hsrrisonburg in June, 1868 Mr.
Lincoln vas not elected. Tire vas no
talk ofsecession in Virgins. On the con
trsry, the feeling in behalf Of the Union
vas overwhelming. Bot there was deep
irritation YET in the popular mind in re-
gerd to the John Brown raid, which had
bat recently occurred | was sereuadsd
At my uHeles house, and made short
speech. Abiding to the mnrderous in
vaslon OF her soil By JohH Brown, / sta
ted that such deeds were condemned in
the State where | lived, and that if needs
| DO, 9 hundred thousand men from Indi-
ana would march TO protect the citizen.
of Virginia against any future Abolition
raid. In February, 1861, when war be-
came imminent, I suppose it Looked TO
Mr.. Hardesty as if il would be Sc Adolf
| ton war, and he simply reminded me of
what ! had said on the door-steps to the
citizens Of Harrisou6urg.
That story may pass current among
fools, but no man with thin ie-full Of
brains can be deceived BY it 1t vas
common talk among politicians of the
| Voorhees, stripe, in the winter OF 1861,
that If war came 100,0 900 Democrats OF
Indiana would array themselves 10 de-
we're heard in the halls Of the Lsgisla-
ture Of Indiana. as well as elsewhere aud
much Of the hloodshed sc have witness
ed 10 the result Of the promises thus held
out TO the slave aristocrats OF The
South. Besides, Mr. Voorhees,
knows that At the time that
letter BEARS date, 10 forces we're being
organized in the North for iis prote Ion
mach less for John Brown raid, on the
sontrary, we were hRmiliatiug oursel,e s
in the dust, and begging the conspirAtors
and rebels, who have since dyed oar
then peaceful land, a bloody red, 20
give US peace. Mr.. Voorhees, has re-
peatedly called this an abolition war,
and according to his own showing, this
is just The contingency in which be prom
ised bis good old uncle the 100000
men. They would have been furnished
bot for two sriding impediments, the
frat Of which il the lore Daniel has for
peace, and secondly, bis utter inability
to get the 10000, or any other number
Of mes, for that peculiar service
In regard to the Wall correspondence,
> his defense is, possible, more eontempii-
Die than the other. He says:
: "But ron found letter from Senator
! Wall, Of New Jersey, inrlosing one to
/. him from q gentleman by the name Of
+ Carr, on the aubject Of guns Thu
: seems 70 be The desperate point knoW
3 nothing Of Mr. Carr. never answered
a hia letter ! am not much Of trader
7 and such letter IS this, rarely hnt
! time to attend to.
D The letter Of Wall shows conelnsivel,
, that there bad been prior understand
: ing with him about the purchase Of arms
q and the ouly credit Daniel claines 70
: himself, il, that be did not answer Carr
a letter Offering TO furnish bin -, 900 ride
: At the moderate price OF Sl4 each. III
9 does not tell rs why the letter was no
d answered, whether shs price was too higl
= or be bad not that much money, or tha
Il JED. had not realized on h:s cotton loan
e but the letter Of Wall, covering that Q
y Carr, never eoald have been addressep
y 10 man who was not engaged in th
e dirty business Of arming QUE class 81 hi
fsilow-eitizsns for the purpose % max
D. ing war on the residue, and ofultinaiel
& aasailing the Government itself
81 If Daniel viii heed oar advice he vii
y hereafter eon6ne himself to eonvincin
The very intelligent Democrats Of hi
q District that they havs lost rights, il b
can find any Of them grseu enough to b.
p Lave bin, and leave gun contracts an
hsh.msrkst eiFasions to less bnngliug pei
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