Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-03-09


out agaiust the usurpation and cruelties
daily practiced. The success of these
men over the Radical and despotic fac
ton which now rules the North may
open the way to peaceful negotiation,
and a cessation of this bloody and un-
necessary war.
We said the hope is a feeble one. 1t
is so regarded by those who have enjoy
ed the best opportunities of forming Ger
rect opinions of the. Northern people
and the power of tae Copperheads for
mischief Howell Cobb lately made a
speech at Atlanta in which he used the
following language, showing want of
confidence in his Northern allies:
"Do you look forward with some hope
to what has been termed the ConserVa
tive element of the North, and expect
to be preserved and projected by it from
Lincoln power and dominion? Danish
the fatal delusion. Conservatism at the
North lies PROSTATE in the dust. In
their mad efforts to take away our iber
ties, they have lost their own. They are
as powerless to aid you as they are TO
protect themselves You must either
submit to Lincoln and Abolitionism, or
/ by your own unaided arm, with the bless
ing of Kind Providence, win your lib
erty and your independence. Think not
that there is a power at the North to re-
store to you the Constitution and the
Union as they were.
Mr.. Cobb's plant is not well found
ed. There are some in the North who
have not "bowed the knee to Baal, and
the Vincennes Sun makes haste to class
itself among the number. The follow
ing paragraph from the Sun is, no doubt,
intended to satisfy Mr. Cobb where it
stands; for the paragraph is added as a
comment upon the extract from Mr.
Cobb's speech given above:
"What a shame and crime that the
trading leaders of the Democratic party
have placed it so near in line with Lin
coins party, that it must appear to the
people of the South that there is really
no party in The North to stand by the
old Constitution and Union! If there
were, and the people of the South be-
lieved it, it would do more towards
bringing these States back than all of
Lincoln's bayonets, multiplied by the
number of dollars his party has stolen
from the Treasury. Let us have thor
ough organized party here, that the
Southern people can look to for justice
and peace in the Union. Let us have a
. party that will take from Mr.. Cobb the
right to say that everything is Lincoln
lied in the North.
Nor is the testimony Of the San al
that can be given to prove that Mr. Cobt
is wrong, and the members of the rebe
Congress right, as to the intentions o.
. the Copperheads in case they should
prove successful. Gen. CAN'T, of Ar
. kansas, furnishes an item or two of in
terest on this subject In his speech a
Harrisburg, Pa, he made the following
statement:
He said that, after his capture BY
the Union forces Che was a General il
the rebel service), at Island No. 10, he
was brought North to this State as E
prisoner of war, and declared that prom
inent Democrats of Pennsylvania con
ferred with him and assured him that, i
the rebels would hold out little longer
they would be successful; for the Demo
Gratis Of the North would arrest tn,
war by defeating the CONSUMPTION anC
otherwise render the Administration
powerless to prosecute it. And he add
ed, with whitening emphasis, I can gic,
yo,l the names, If achatI sayis disputed.
A number of the Democratic members
of the Legislature were present, but they
did not dare to question the statement
or call for names He said the Demo
Gratis of the North advised them to war
promised to come to their assistance
and then left them alone in the struggl,
and confined themselves to cowardly
perfdious, stealthy assaults upon thei
own Government"
Thus, we, see, that portion of the
e. Democratic party, at least, may be re
lied on with confidence by the rebels
: :. The New York NeaCS, Cincinnati Enqui
rer, State Sentinel, Vincennes Sun, ant
last and least, the Evansville Times, al
!. of whose Editors belong to the Vallan
. digham faction of the party, may be a
: confidently expected TO work for the reb
8 els in their chosen way, as any man VIII,
sights cannon or pulls trigger il
their armies. That they are cowardl
and dare not step out boldly and d,
what they promised before the war brok
out, is, we confess with Mr.. Cobb, quit
discouraging. But then, we think witt
: the rebel Congressman, they may accom-
plish more in advancing the schemes o
: the traitors in the sneaking policy the,
u have adopted, than in any other way
. Mr.. Cobb ought to at least give then
Il credit for wishing his cause well, ever
Il while he despises their cowardice.
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