Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-07-29
700 whether Il is better 70 hsss no Gov.

early ages of the Republic Even at
the South, the better class, the thinking
men, believed that It vas social and
political evil, and this belief was only
changed when it became more profitable
to raise slaves than to raise corn and
wheat But now slavery has become g
crime and the soEree of treason, aud
standing in the way Of the perpetuity Of
the Government Thrust perish.
would take the rebels corn to feed
my horse, If in his country, and would
take his niger to feed him. I'd take
the last pieayune rebel either North or
South possessed, and the last foot of
land he owned, to give homes 70 the sol
diers who are fighting for the Union.
Prolonged applause. And if / could
take the best or the worst BHtternut in
the land and hold him at the front three
months, he would come back entertain
| ing the same views that do.
The General then spoke Of the secret
order called limited brotherhood, or,
knights of the Golden Circle" &c., ex-
sting at the North as well as in the
South, and full knowledge of the aspi-
rations and movements Of which are 10
possession Of the State and Federal au-
thorities m "
They have, be said, recently appointed
10 this State under that order, four Mai
Generals and eleven Brigadier Generals,
all Of whom with their places Of resi-
dence are known. and they are drilling
an army In secret to make war at the
North
The peace of our State is in danger
Suppose you arrest one of those Msjor
Generals, will the rest stand still2 If
they are not towards they will not. We
know their names and where they live,
and we know their purposes, and it is to
aid the rebels to destroy the Govern
ment
The masses Of The Democratic party
are not in this reasonable Organization,
bat many honest, well-meaning men are
led into il By political knaves.
| Their leaders held Convention at
indianapolis the other day, and the Gin
cinuati Enquirer says they did not have
the courage to expose their principles
is action was combination OF stupid
| ty. eowardice and treason.
Now, shall we give up this contestS
shall we yield up our Government TO
the hands of traitors7 (Cries Of ''no,
no. When the 22000,000 people Of
/ the North succumb rs towards to the
handful Of men at tie South and to the
demand Of JEFF Davis, I'll leave the
North. But we will succeed, we must
succeed
The masses Of the people still love
their country, and the political leaders
aud emissaries of JEFF Davis will be
overthrow. s.e
may not agree with President Lin.
coin in ell he has done, aud / may not
agree with everything Governor Morton
has done, but Il vote for them, and ell
men who love their country and have
its salvation at heart will vote for them
because they love the Union.
One word in regard 70 the money cri-
/ sis;
This was caused in q great measure BY
| the mistaken doctrine OF Mr.. Chase, that
| commerce should follow the Gag.
The greed for gain--the love Cor the
almighty dollar-took possession Of
spectators and army officers. had an
opportunity to see its effects, and il was
utterly demoralizing.
Our gold was paid to rebels for cotton
and found in way to Europe to purchase
asms and ammunition and supplies for
the rebels -eA -F.-..
4 j would have burned every bale Of cot
ton and al the cotton seed, that theJ
might not raise more, and would have
compelled the rebel government to have
fed and clothed their own friends.
| Rebels had no rights except to Yankee
bullets, dealt out by Yankee soldiers.
But have said the rebellion will Be
crushed. II is only question Of time
Much has been done and the good work
is steadily going on.
At the beginning the Ohio river wastbs
line between the coutendiRgparties Our
arm.ss are now in the heart Of the rebel
territory, and triumphant the glorious
old flag waves in Virginia, South Caro-.
lima, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama
Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas.
| You have two great leaders leading
your hosts to vietory-Grant and Sher
man. l have had an opportunity to
know both. Grant is curiosity-Nat
uralists would call him a physiological
curiosity. He is all back-bone, from
head to foot There is no fear Of the
failure Of an army IN his hands
Sherman, too, is good man, and pos
sesses, as he deserved to do, the fullest
confidence of his army, and his present
campaign is the most brilliant in the
worlds history At first Sherman was
called crazy. | wish to Heaven we had
more such crazy Generals
Grant is holding the enemy in theis
capital, and his ultimate triumph is Ger.
tain. He will march into Richmond By
the last Of September as sure as the sun
shines.
When this Union is restored, as it viii
be restored, it will be stronger than ever.
1t will be re-baptised and cemented BY
the blood of your sons and brothers; and
when the Union is restored, what will be
the fate of the Democratic party? You
can readily imagine, and hence it is
that the leaders of the party do not wish
the Government to succeed. But the
days of the Democratic party are mum
hered, for it cannot exist a day after the
rebellion is ended.
Now, nv friends, your men are in the
front, battling for your country. Your
Ebrothers are there; their graves are there
many of them, and their comrades ex,
pect you to keep open their lines of com
munication aad to keep up their supplies
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