Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-05-17
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Janus-faced Loyalty.

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SmithIand, KY, signed By number Of
Unconditional Union men Of RESPONSE
bility, charging duplicity and treachery
to the Union cause against H C. Noe !
who, on the 5th inst, wrote a letter to
this paper from Eddyville, Ky, wherein
be claimed to be loyal, and commented
severely on those who were not We
know personally some Of the gentlemen
who subscribe to the letters published
to-day, and most Of the others by repu-
tation, and have full confidence 10 what
they say We do not doubt that hr
Noel has been disloyal Whether he IS
now, at heart, we cannot say, bat hope
he may have changed his ways. II he
has done 80, every Union man will be
rejoiced, and will respect him according
ly. II he has not, the exposure u just
and deserved, and he can console him
self with the thought that be has brought
himself to the pilIory of public scorn.
If Mr.. Noel seeing his former error, has
resolved to desert bad cause and lend
bis aid to the Government BY discount
enancing the rebellion, be deserves cred
it. Better late than never. Would
that others might 60 and do likewise be-
fore they are compelled to do so by the
resistless wave Of public indignation and
scorn, which, some of these days-after
tie Federal cause is triumphant; or, il
this does not transpire soon, after the
Government is little longer bafled by
traitors and their sympathizers, and a
few more thousands Of our citizens are
slain and few more millions of money
lost in the attempt 10 subvert the Govern
ment and destroy the Union-will sweep
away every vestige of Copperheadism in
the loyal States. The day will come
when the Copperheads and two-faeed
traitors will be regarded in the same
ligft as the tories were after the Revo-
lntion; and vol be TO them that in
that day of reckoning are against their
Government
This Republic cannot be destroyed. Il
is too deeply ensbrined in abe hearts Of
the people to suffer such catastrophe.
Neither Slavery, nor Sham Democracy,
nor Jesuitism, nor foreign despotism,
nor internal treason, nor all the agencies
Of Satan combined, can accomplish the
destruction Of this free Republic. II
will result with any opposing force, al
Stevenson, the great engineer, said il
wonld happen with the bull in case II ran
tilt against the Locomotives: " II would
be bad for the bull" SO it will be death
to anything that attempts to destroy this
Union and our free institutions.
Janus.faced loyalty is, to use an ex
pressive Western phrase, about "playet
! out" The time has come, or will cone
soon, when person must be one thing
or the other--a patriot, known TO be so
or an acknowledged traitor. One grea
reason why the Government has beer
bAiiled for three years ia its efforts 4
subdue the rebellion, is because th'
traitors in the loyal States have beer
constantly endeavoring to stab it in th'
back while the rebels struck at its heart
II is time there was an end TO thi
state of things, and some day there vii
be- Either Federal success in putin,
{ down the rebellion, or further delay II
doing so through the aid derived by thu
rebels from their sympathizers in thu
loyal and semi-loyal States. will bring
about this result When il coues, Cop
perheadism and fshy Unionism had bet
ter stand from under"