Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-05-17
snrHLAsD, KY., May llth, 1864.

SaHTHLAsD, KY., May llth, 1864
EDIToRs or THE JouRxAL:-In your
paper of the 9th inst notice an Eddy
riIle letter, and an editorial note refer
isg TO it, Now, as | with few others
claim 10 be Of the Unconditional Union
stripe, | think | can safely say zee viii
not submit TO be represented by the wri-
ter Of that letter The letter in itself
may be true, but the writer is not ae.
cepted as a true Union man, by any
means. Il is true, he ~zs Surveyor at
Smithland for some time; bat il is also
true, that at the same fine he was en-
gagged With some Of the most filthy Sc
eessionists our Town afords, in catching
up negroes who had come within our
lines, putting them in Jail for time,
and then sending them back to their
masters, for money.
This writer, who signs himself W. c.
Noel, says: 1T seems we cant get the
protection we want from our own State,
from some cause or other" | will ask,
where is the Home GuurdsEae pretended
TO be raising last winter2 The fact is,
sir, no good Union man was fool enough
TO 90 under such person. Yet | believe
he had commission from the Governor,
for The purpose. Unconditional Union
men have nothing 10 do with such ''con-
glomerated' Union men as Dir Noel
No doubt he is out Of Office at this time,
MessrA Editors, in your editorial yon
"bope the loyal men OF Kentucky will
awake 20 the necessity of armiug," de-,
and ask ''what Is Gov. Bramlette doingg
Well may We ali ask, lchaf is he dofHgf
And what can the few loyal men do,
when they are held back by the Govern
oF2 Sir, we need Military Governor.
We are afraid to shoot a guerrilla,
because we may be tried for murder aud
hanged for the ofensel Why, sir, / will
give you an instance Of the secession
! chains that bind the loyal men Of ken
taeky. Ia August last We held an elee-
ton n eur District for Congressman.
Legislator, Circuit Judge, Sheriff. &c.
aud according 10 an order Of onr mill.
| tAry commander, none but unconditional
Union men could serve as Judges Of the
election, and none but unconditional
union men could be candidates, under
penalty Of being arrested and confined
in prison. So our election was held, and
the Union Judges did their duty accor-
ding to order But the secession can
| didates did run-ssveral we're elected,
and, Of course, were arrested and taken
10 Louisville; and, in Few days, all
were home again and quietly took pos-
session Of the Offices But the worst
comes yet In February last, our Cir
cult Court vas held. composed Of the
meanest aecesh, from the Judge down.
The Grand Jury brought in Dill Of To-
dietment against those Union Judges Of
the August election, for breaking the
laws Of Kentucky, and Il was sworn
to BY one or two sneaking scamps.-
| Now, this military commander was
removed. and we could only appeal
to our Governor, and from him arc could
only reeeipe a free and full pardon for
fke efsnsel This Is the best be trouLd
do. Now, what think your What can
We do2 The majority Is against us.
Our leaders are against Us and the Union.
And again. ask, II these men remain
in powefs and we are not supported in
our efforts, what can we do2 vs. next
expect 20 be indicted for trcasoa 10 the
Southern Coniederacy, and will have to
petition 20 our Governor for pardon
". b. 7.