Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-04-05
Mutterlngs Of an Itlnerant Governor.

We mentioned the other day thai the
secesh had a Governor Of their own IN
Louisiana. His name il Henry w Al
len, and he delivered his inaugural ad-
dress to the Legislature Of the State OF
Louisiana" at Shreveport, on the 18th
of January. This address is really
plethoric with good things lie says he
vas called to the Executive chair By the
"almost unanimous voice of the State.
We suspect there was no opposition.
There is not much opposition now in the
rebel districts to anybody who runs for
office Mr. Henry w. Allen says:
"There are two kinds Of Aholitionists
in the United States, the political aad
the religious The religious steal the
negroes aud the political kill them.
Tha. is a new point We commend it
to the "Cops the 0ppositisn are
called in Washington. The way the
Yankees are treating the Southern ne
groes nearly breaks the heart Of the be-
nevolent MF. Allen.
II appears that poor Ethiopia, down
trodden by the remorseless hordes OF the
North, stretches forth her handFo the
secesh and appeals for sueeor. Mr.. Al
len says the negroes Who have been en-
tieed within the Yankee lines "can only
dream of the blessings Of the old plania'
ton, where the meat-house and corn
crib were always full and at their CON-
mand
Il will be recoileeted that the suffer
ings of the white rebels in Louisiana,
under the administration Of General But
Ter, nearly crushed the understanding oi
the Northern Democracy. Now heal
Mr.. Allen, Of Louisiana:
"The white inhabitants of our Stst'
have suffered much in this war, but th'
blacks have suffered far more. | hav'
seen many Of these unfortunate erea
lures who, at the risk..of their lives, hav'
run of from the enemy's encampments
/ They all give the most heart-reuding &C
count Of their sniferiugs,
The white secesh feel the sufferings Q
the blacks in their very bones Th
gentle Mr.. Allen says:
"There ever has been, and there !
now, the kindest feeling existing betweel
the master and his servants,
Aud more than this, we quote again
"There are hundreds Of instance
+ where the master has gone TO the wal
aud leff mis- wife and children in tn
hands Of his negroes, and well have the
saved, and guarded, and proteete
them.
So the negro has risen TO the dignit
Of being courted in public documents b
secesh officials His Importance
magnified immensely The chivalry IS
lutte American citizens Of African dt
scent with profound regard
As 10 the little matter about whie
there has leen some talk--the relatio
of master and servant-the patriarchs
arrangemeut--that was q mere undel
standing between the whites and th
blacks--a domestic convenience m'
sual admiration society with extensiv
manifestations. 1t woald be absurd.
suppose there would be any dissurbanC
Of the amieable relations Of the whit'
and blacks Abort the compensation re;
dered each other. Mr.. Allen spproachc
with the Bible in his hand, and says, COZ
clusivelY:
ave will carry the institution of d,
mestic slavery with us triumphant
through this war, and then it will re-
on hrmer basis than ever, and be al
ministered better and more wiseiy. Th
institution will triumph with us, becaus
il is Just in the sight of Almighty Co
That best of all books, the Bible, whie
i so much despised BY the Abohtionist
from the beginning to end thereof san
tions slavery
Now. if that don't wind up all col
troversv on this subject, we would
pleased to ascertain BY what process u
wind-up could be made. Mr.. ALE
states the case explicitly and IN his OF
eial capacity. " 81 A&
We have inferred from pretty elo'
reading OF the Holy Scriptures, that Il
children of Israel were slightly in bon
age IN the land of Egypt, and went o
IN the character of fugitive slaves, ha
ing borrowed gold and silver jewell
hy way Of spelling the Egyptians. N
Allen, however, is not impressed wi