Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-04-08
A Specimen Oopperhead.


or st least claiming to be such, has the
following editorial in its columns, which
we commend TO the perussI Of our read
ers Il claims to have been the means
Of nominating Vallandigham for Cover
nor Of Ohio, and has his name Hying at
It's masthead. Our readers can readily
undsrstand who the supporters Of the
expelled traitor are, aher running their
eyes over the blasphemous tiraae that
follows. DR.. Tuttle, the editor, accuses
,he Abolition presses" Of abusing him,
aud thus retaliates
"Now / viii hereby inform these pukes
Of Abe Lincoln that they have not By
their threats or anathemas moved me
one iota from my old political or reli-
gious landmarks, neither can they do II
50 long as have my senses. | have
been arrested and imprisoned BY the
internal whelps, but they have not 81
leneed my tongue nor ny press, neither
will they do i while / live. now
repeat my wicked speech again
Il ose no allegiance TO Abe Lincoln
OF hts scareBger, Governor David Tod,
or Jesus Christ And viii add further,
! oWe no allegiance 10 any King or
theological God, or to aby other God in
the universe. Now, ye political, reh-
gious or hypOcrilieal saints, whoever you
are, you may ehaw over II, you may
smoke It, You may snuff it. or you may
groSI. and gruns or wag yoar head over
what have said Resistance to tyrsnts
is patriotism. But do not believe it is
obedience 70 God, for never heard of a
God Who was not tyraHt The God OF
the Bible Is an absolute tyrant, bal do
not consider Him such a peFjHred usuE-
per or such tyrant as Abe Lincoln.
Everything is mixed up nos in such
a manner, praying aud stealing, lying
and Thanksgiving, patriotism aad treason.
godliness and deyiltry, holiness aud rob
berry, Jesus and rebellion, negro free
dom aud the Saints, fasting and sgind-
ling, home guards and JEFF Davis, Lin
coin and Granny Goose, God and slavery,
and so on to the end Of the chapter of
amalgamation, that no writer or speaker
can touch one subject without getting
bis hands in up 10 the elbows in the
other
II said publicly. eight months ago,
that | owed no allegiance 70 Abe Lin
coin. My God would as soon pay
homage, respect or allegiance TO old Lu-
cileg, or 20 all the devils while holding
macs meetings in hell. as to Abe Lin.
coin, President Of the United States
&" Does the old fool, though he Is law
giver and lawmaker for the freemen Of
Ohio, does be think because be is
kuave that ell other men are fools ?
nov charge old Abe with be
ing guilty OF all the crimes known ia the
catalogue as pefjary. stealing, murder,
kidnapping, house breaking burglary.
fraud, faiaehood and other acts, whieh
would fiIG the measure heapiug fall and
running over. Of one mans villanies
therefore, sentence old Abe Lin
coin TO be hung BY the neck and heels
until be Is dead, dead, DEAD, DEADi and
If there Is ANY Ged who kas a disposi-
tioa 10 have mercy on bis internal black
soul, then there IS 20 need Of deril or
theological hell
" Old Abe he'd ike hell in bis TnauFa-
raj; Seward lied 10 all has dispatches.
the generals all lie in The details Of hat-
ties
Now, be il knoFn to the world, that
], y, Tnttle, of the town Of Benton.
Crawford county, Ohio, On the 9Th day
Of Jolly. 1863 issue this, my proclama-
ton. that Old Abe Lincoln + damned
old villain aud knAve. bat II am mis-
taken in this, then he i just as big an
old dotard aud fool
At the head of ais paper he has this
announcements " For Governor, C. /.
yaIlandigham, aud, BY the side Of his
unparalleled blasphsmy, thus defends his
candidate
Almost a year ago published the
name Of this patriot and moral hero as
acandidate for the next Governor Of Ohio.
One hundred thousand Of the freemen
Of the State, on the llth day Of June
last. ratified my nomination
This coming man Is destined to
be not only Governor Of Ohio, bot also
President of the United Statesi Put
that in your pipe and smoke it, you
damned minions Of hell
u.s. The barn Of Mr.. d. B. Gray, near
the Morgan county line, one mile and q
halt east of Qainey, Owen county, was
set on ire by lightning, on the afternoon
of Monday, the 18th ultimo. Mr.. Gray
and one Of bis neighbors we're in the
barn at the time They we're both killed
and their bodies consumed Three hor-
ses, 8 quantity Of grain, and farming
inRlen.ents were also consumed.