Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-05-02

suSpFeme aroitr&tOr IRON whose decf son
there is no appeal These negro rob
hers now are trying to gull the timber
jointed with the argument that slavery
viii die out Of itsef; let me warn yoa
against that insidious tale. So they
said, aud laIled the honest into that be.
lief 1hen the Union was formed and
caused them to tolerate the Aeeursed in
iqaity aud giTe the question u kind Oi
90 By. How dearly have we paid foT
the want Of tirmness in our fathers.
Verify do we understsnd tie meaning ol
visiting the iniquity Of the fathers
upon the children unto the third and
fourth generation. If our fathers had
crushed the head Of the serpent then,
We woGld have had no war nov; bat in
atonement for their mistake, six hundred
thousand Of cur eountrymen have been
sacrificed upon the altar Of this moloek
Of slavery, and still It's appetite for blood
Is not appeased. File after Gle, platoon,
regiment and legion, sink foreyermore.
aFaint ia his woands. and shfveriag IN the blast
Oar eeantfy's soiaiss sank. sna bFsAshsd his
last
Iap~FlAi pride locks salie. on hIs plight
VIII you let foolish preiadiee over
ride your common sense, justice and re-
ligiong loa ali know who it is that Is
giving aid and strength 10 this unhoiy re
bellion. Who is il that is sympathizing
sith the thieves who are numbering your
sons in the name Of slavery7 You can
not be mistaken; they set every con.
eeivable trap; they assume all manner
Of dlsguises and names; they profess
great loyalty; they are for their country
with an III but mark them: they A.
tempt 10 stab their country By elamoring
continually against our Authorities who
are doing their best to put down the
traitors. Slavery imps are stealing into
high places by protesting the most thor
0ugh Unioaism. They know that the
people are right, and they cannot get
into Office except BY this deception. As
soon as they are safel in Office, the FRS.
step they take is to attempt 10 lead the
people into a collision with the laws oi
the land, and thereby aid their masters
Of the South. Watch them; don't trust
them; Morgan's thieves are entitled 10
more eredls than they. Pat no man in
osEiee that you have any doubt about
You have been trickei and fooled too
often, and surely yoa viii not be caught
again with the same bait All who have
proved tTeacheroas 10 yoa have gone the
same road-slaveFy--slavery. Look At
them-Wiekiiife, Robinson, Davis. Nal.
logy, Guthrie, and host Of others And
some latter day saints had as they thought
aaother nice trap set for yon hAited With
nigger, bat thank heaven for the good
sense Of the people. they would not bite
again at that stale, old, sinking bait,
and they who set the trap with their
Sword presentations aud reasonable
proelAnAtions had TO hamiliats them
selves before the awfai dananciations Of
kentackys freemsn.
The LOuissills cOareatioa Betrayed.
The Louisville Couvsaiion which ap-
pointed the Union Central Committee
have been betrayed BY the said Guthrie,
Preatiee 4 Co, but fortunately 10 time
10 open out eyes They attempted 70
hand you over 10 the CoppeFhead Con-
vsntion At Chicago. They knew that
they were betraying that convention, for
that convention hissed down The Copper.
head eravens At the same time that I,
appointed this committee. l. It not sug-
gestive 70 you that every Copperhead in
the land Is Just now greatly il love with
that ticket that was 10 be Mcclellan and
Bramiette7
Aaeed0t. Of Ne CieiiaH
got my eyes opened on that young
Napoleon (in horn) in the spring o.
1861, Al the time, yoa will all remember,
that ] went after the celebrated Lineoln
guns | weut 10 see General Mcclellan,
aud in the course Of The conversation /
said 10 him that Jea. Davis was a seoun-
drei aud repusiiator. He (AeClellan)
Strengthened himself up quickly, and
said: do assure you. Sir, that yoa
are mistaken; JED Davis Is 3 perfect
gentleman, sHd aciH not do anything an
beeoming gentleman. Well, II a trai
tor, eonspiratos, thief. repudiator, aud
the chief devil who Is instigatiHg ell thii
murder is his beau ideal Of perfect
gentleman" ] hope our country MAJ
never be cursed with his standard o
morality and virtue at the head oI
affairs These same conservative and
Copperhead gentlemen % agree in al
things They are alike opposed TO AM
confscation Of rebel property.
Eho shall Be CoHfscatedf
Nov, which should be confscAte d. II
your opinion, the loyal man who is fight
ing for as, or the traitors Who are hght.
/ ing against our Government, with the
avowed purpose Of oTerthrowing thai
/ Government He who has made war OF
I our country without . cause, or he whs
is defending cur cosntry7 He who hai
caused this mountain Of death, or he whs
tried to prevent III Are not the loyA
men, and they who have risked their livei
in defending The country, being eonhs
Gated svery day in the Shape Of taxes
stamps, excise, &e7 We never had an
such demands made on Us before the]
created this war. Il il nos as Just, q
righteous yea, IS constitutional for then
70 pay the little bin they have crest d
as for loyal men to pay it2 Yes, bu
they say these are many loyal men in thi
South-wozld not il be too hard for then
TO pay any Of this billg answer, tha
T mere are many toFGA men mere ana u
the North Who have risked their lives ant
lost their limbs, their health and thei
youth, IN defending cur country; voull
il not be hard for them to pay this bill
These Southern Union { p men have no
helped "a In the hour Of peril the,
stood back and let everything be carries
against "a By default Too much eoved
and eringiug to this haaghsy slave pow
er, they very meekly and snbmissIvel
said, "as my STATE goes sciH 90, an,
zow, az fhe Union is dissolred, trii
fgkf for ssy State They are prett
lot Of birds for you to expend your SYN
paihies on, in preference 70 your slaves
The Orator Con6seated
have been confscated pretty sound
Iy in the way above named, and also b
them. You all knew ny brother. Jacob
be died . bachelor IN Mobile, worth
hundred thousand doIlas, and fhey haY
eon6scated me and ny family out of II
Have you heard any os these Conserva
tive COpperheads condemn the constitu
tionahiy Of that aet7 Bat behold N
cousin r. M. Bruce IL the par-assrts