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

what construction would you put on Il,
II you were TO hear a man say be was
conservative Christiang You would At
once understand that he was follower
Of the devil
Enlistment ef Negroes
One of our Congressmen denounced
the enlistment Of negroes as highway
robbery. That was very unfortunate
word for a STAKEHOLDER 10 use, for the
waole systent Of slavery IS q robbery
Look at some Of Keniacky's laws on the
subject ThO ne yro-eatehers are waieh-
inz every szenue for negroes who have
been eszaneipated and have left the
South. They catch them, eutomb them
in dungeons for 30 many days where
they eannIt be heard, aad IL by q given
time they do not prove their freedom, Il
is taken for granted that they are slaves
and they are sold; and the negro-eateher
and the St2tet are psr.ners in hat nice
little job
"coming events cast their shadows
before It il not worth while, traitors,
for yon TO attempt 10 prevent the draft
ing Of slaves into the army il will be
done. there is q power and sfrengta that
has not yet been called upon 10 help US
out Of this Struggle That poser Is the
slaves Of Keatucky. They understand
this var and are loyal 20 the backbone.
They have more sense and judgment
than the very best Of the conservative
traitors. They cannot see Why they are
held 70 be 80 much better than our own
sonG They cannot be galled into the
belief that il il better for them 10 Be kept
in chains aud slavery, uneducated, task
ed without par, seoaEged without process
Of Law, degraded, debaset, and made a
trembling, cringing snpplicant 10 a nsnrp-
ing traitor 10 his eoanfry. No, no Thir-
ty thousand able-b0dfsd hardy negroes
are nov asking leave 10 'joia the dread
fal revelry"
No one, ~ = general rule, but traitors
are o5jeeting TO the drafting Of negroes.
The loyal men Of Ksniacky want them
to resist; We want to see who loves negro
slavery letter than be does bis country.
The people are right and will sustain the
Government The Conservative leaders
are traitors, and have tried again and
again 70 enirap and lead the people into
the arms Of the Southern thieyea But
the people woni be trapped They have
often whipped these hypocritieal seoun-
drels into the traced, aud will do il again.
The order for drafting negroes Is BY the
authority Of the Law of Congress. aud
not BY Liueola's law, IS some Of our
smart orators have Of late attempted 20
make yon believe IL il the law Of the
iaad let our State authorities dare 10
resist IT, and they viii fad that they are
not the United States, ead they will be
treated exactly ~ all other rebels The
States that are 10 rebellion brought on
this war BY resisting the execution 81 the
laws Of the General Goxsrnfaent, and IL
our State authorities pat themselves 10
bad company, they vii be treated as
poor Tray wa T'ae hearts Of fAs peo-
pie are rigAt
TIE test If Legally
The loyal men Of Kentaeky are williaR
10 give The Government everything thas
can hslp her cut Of this dreadful war.
while the traitors thrpw every stumbling
blow IN the way II 10 rot because they
really fear negro equality, or that they
consider their right to negro any more
sacred than their right 10 their money,
or corn, or cattle, but because the ne
gro can hght-ean poll trigger-and
help the Government more than the 9th
er property can. All who would arrsy
themselves on the side Of tbs rebels. and
give. IS q reason that il vAs because the
Government took negroes, into her army,
have been at heart always against
IA This is not the 6rst time that ne.
groes have fought in our army. The ty-
rant CD Lincoln il not the originator
Washington the tyrant CD and Jackson
the tyFant % both used negroes in the
army, aud had them set free, too, for their
services The horrid old AboIiiionisi,
Patrick Henry, said in speech that the
Constitution gave the Government the
undoubsed right to draft negroes into her
army whenever necessity required IL
The slavery aristocrats say that every
move that our legal authorities have
made 10 defend Us against their armed
cut.throats, is unconstitutional IL the
constitution is the document that these
traitors and conservators say it Is, then
that is the most potent argument why
we should change IT, Is it possible, nv
friends, that there is = man in the State
SO ignorant as to entertain for one mo-
ment, that cur forefathers we're 80 fool
ish, 50 ignorant, such false friends 70
this Government that they had jus,
established By sailing through seas oI
blood and carnage, that they would, by
this instrument, tie cur hands and open
wide the gates to any army and advertise
, to the world that we had no right OF
. power to defend ourselves? The liars
do not believe the nonsense themselves
, Look them IN the face when they attempt
! such argument, aud their guilty, hang
/, dog eoantenanees will plainly show the
; falsity OF their tongues Our coBgres.
passes a Law and the Supreme Conrt de
cides il constitutional after the mos
/, complete analysis, and il is, therefore
, the law Of the land; and all good citizens
: aeQuiesee and govern themselves accord
: ingiy; but some village negro amalga
nation viii decide the whole law uncon
stitutional, and forthwith every Vallan
digham traitor, and conservative Demo
erat, Mcclellan friend Of JEFF Davis Il
{ ready to murder his neighbor on accoun
: Of the imaginary rights that this yillag,
4 traitor has taught them they have sud
q denly lost
| saTle Constitution as IL res.
!. The great Webster said in reply q
: Hayne, Having constituted govern
mens, and declared its powers, the peo
!, ple have further said, that since some
body must decide on the extent OF thes,
> powers, the government shall itself de
: eide" But designing traitors aad Ii,
:. ignorant, say that our enemies must in
!. terpret and decide for u.s. II, therefore
!, the Supreme Court viii not decide xha
honest men think to be right, and vii
, not carry out the object Of the Constitu
: ton, ''as il is, to secure the blessing
Of liberty" we have no remedy antiI Is,
= Court be converted, or It's members 5,
I changed that it viii decide according q
i 1 the spirit Of the age. The horrors o
: war, and she manifestations of divinl
!, wrath are fast working conversion
Z When that conversion takes place an,