Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-04-12
The Journals Last Specimen Of Stu
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FROM tbe " Abahd ~ Pres
The Terre Haute Journal under iis
new management, has quickly demon
strated ia capacity for stupidity and an
utter disregard Tor anything like truth.
Ia its issue of Yesterday morning, in an
article In regard 10 the massacre al
Charleston, Ill, we End the following
I" The facts in the case regarding the
recent difficulty at Charleston, III. be-
tween the soldiers and citizens, have
been very much distorted by Abolition
kilograms aud the ulissiatements OF tbs
Abolition press Of that tomr. They
unite in fixing the blame upon Demo
cratic citizens, whsu the fact is the 6rst
blow was struck BY the other party. A
Democrat may have done the first shoot
ing, bat the provocation was given By
the. soldiers led on by some Of the Abo-
lition bullies Of Charleston. The Dem
oerats had congregated there for the
purpose Of hearing Hon. Jno x Eden
make q speech aHd for no other purpose.
What the soldiers were there for We leave
our readers 10 infer
In another article on the same subject
the Journal uses the following language
I" We publish to-day a full account Of
the recent troubles in Coles county, Ill
The telegraph furnished only partisan
and prejudiced statements in reference
thereto.
The Journal, Of course, takes the side
OF the tories aud murderers whom It
calls " Democrats, and palliates their
internal crimes 10 the utmost OF It's abii-
ity. But in doing soft shows a stupidity
and total disregard Of the truth, which
is only equalled by journals Of similar
character within the limits Of the " Con
feJeraey," when defending their inter
esfs
The Journal says We publish To-
day full account Of the recent troubles
in Coles county, Illinois. Aud says
further that the facts have been very
much distorted by Abolition kilograms,
aud b. the Abolition press OF course
its full account is correct, because il does
not come from an Abolition source. The
Journal, relying upon this @ulI account,
it publishes charges that the provoea-
I ton was first given by the soldiers, led
on By some Of the Abolition DULLES Of
J Charleston
Its full account is taken from the Chi.
eago Times, paper which takes sides
with the rebellion on all occasions The
letter 10 the Times which the journal
/ publishes and which constitutes is "fnll
account Of the ma ssacre, was written
/ st Nation, b. correspondents OF that
paper We read the full account. 10
I .searf.f, s.fh.tl..r = Il a.. - -.
Of the Journal that the "proyocation
was first given by soldiers, led on By
abolition bullies From the "fall ac.
count given in the Journal we take the
following
Democrats here (Mattoou) and at
\ Charleston are much iucensed at the
conduct Of the men from % Hairs Set
I Element, who commenced and who alone
( participated in the atfray They cpidcat
/ u came iia anticipation Of a disfurbanc,
and sefth a precoaeerted plan as 70 hoir
IL should BE- commenced and conducted.
No abolition telegram has said
more than that. The Journal cannot
attribute the quotation above to an abe.
hsion source. II 10 its oicn authority,
and recommended as such, and by it, its
Editor has shown himself stupid and
reckless in bis Editorial statements.
The "full account" then says the Dem.
ocrats' went TO Charleston, ''in anticipA.
ton ola disturbance, and With precon.
certed plan as 70 hoe Il should be cent
alsaced and conducted. That state.
ment from the Times letter is certainly
plain. Yet in the face of this authority
which the Journal recommends, its Edi-
tor SAYS "the Democrats had congregsted
there to hear Hon. John K. Eden make
a speech, and for no other purpose One
of two things must bc. true. The jour
nal "full account" (which it recon-
mends) is either utterly false, o. the
else the editorial is false Crime is al
ways short sighted, and full Of con,rs
dictions.