Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-04-20
6he Daily donrnat.


louaug 70 Ar Robert Dixon aud Two b.
longing 70 Hon Archie D.zon, ran aEay
rom HepderFon county ard managed e
eross the fiser and reach Evansville.
These gentlemen proceeded to that cry,
found and demanded their properly /
IneF confended that these slaves bsd
5esn enrolletiis hepmeky, and il goald \
" uni8wlni anil apjast 70 have the STATE .
81 Indians cfedited s1fb them On her 4
quota, called for BY The President They I
coBtsuded further, that as .loyaL men. (
they had a right % their property, and 4
thar n sbould b. surrendered b. the au- I
thorities These arguments we're admit I
ted 70 be correct, yet, the Federal OH 4
Gers AZ Evansville said they could not re- I
tufn them 70 toe Ohio Rlfer; and II /
would 5e useiess 70 try . enforce the Z u I
Eliife slave l.sg5 in tae present condr /
lion Of afalrs II the owners chose TO I
emancipate he * slaves, thee could get /
$500 r8sh, allowed them ~ the Govern /
ment Ths thcr iheF aethne9, % matter
ofPrgeiple, cpd beeomBg veil assured
that tbrT gould not, wiih safety recover
flp-ie. property, ih2y tosk receipts fsam
iha neefo recruiting oiheer for each
slaYe wb0. had been enllsied Ofecmse
theg win never receive o cent--and this
il the fetafa from tbs Administration
fei flsli@seFset tglgi's Of thfss e'lF
llemen. $500. ~.
BY vhig rjghl has Governor Morton TO
blate fecniinug officers ID the towns Of
fhJHhR long ne Ohi3 Eiver2 Il sps-
tfndbly d4ne 20 enirap and steal he
I slaves of loyal citizens, and We have no
l bcsiifhey ia piQnouncWg The Get o. I'M
/ famous ard e.tzrtcefai Ihtre seems
I a. be 90 more security for loyal slave
owners IN Kentucky. ihan there u for
/ tho. who bave feif lcd against the
/ Government III de s6itih The Negro
must Ia lror pn pWlgr who j. wrongcd
/ The slhyt must Sc Uniformed aud thrust
fH YARD IL battle. mtead ef being per
miited to rensfiu.in the tobacco or corn
field. 1bis may be "policy," but il IL
not iasties. nor does u hear any rcsem-
hlnuee % philanthropy
TIE above isiaken from tie Hehdcr
son Necs We base talked with Capt.
Ehrmaa, the military commander, aud
Capt Hgnes, the Provost slarabal Of our
city and upon their authority pronounce
almost avery Gatement in the above ar.
ticls false In the first instance, Mr.
RoSstp Dixon came here alone 10 see
after bis and tIe Gnvernors negroes.
he Consulted one Of cur most dlstin-
guishsd lawyers. and with bin, went to
see Capt Hyuss, as % what WIS hes, to
be done. Mr. Robert Dixon repeatedly
said thai be did not want bis negroes 10
60 bacs With him thar lhe would not
have them among his other slaves--ibai
their influence would be bad and that
lhe wanted vas 10 have them enlisted
and, if possible, get the bounty. Capt
Hynes told him that 4 wos doabiful
whether be copld receive any bounty fot
negroes enlisted on chs side the river
and that If he desired Il he could have :
vril Issued by the COMMISSIONER undei
the Fneitive Slave Lsw, prave bis prop
erfy, take the required oath. prore HI.
loyatty ard take bis negroes o Kentucky
with lin, Ne Dixon expressed som,
doubts as to bis ability 70 make satisfac
tory proof Of his loyalty, and bis course
told him be did not ibink be could Fms
hi9aegroesl with a wrl, Upon this Nr
Dixop endsavored 70 have toe negroe.
euf It'd Feiiiug in this he vent home
Some time subsequently ha came bach
IN company with Get Arch Dixon
The Gevsrnorreitereled what Mr. Roberf
Dixon said--thnt he did not want 10 take
the men baek--thai BE wanted 10 pm,
them iayo the army and set the Govern
mept hognty Tor them. L was stated {,
: the Governor that 1t vas doubtful abou
bis getting anything il they enlis,et
here that the fugitive lave law vas ii
force, and that he need fear no inter
: ference with its execution The Cover
nor declared that he did not care 81
much aboat The bopniY a. be did tha
his county aud State should reeeiv
credit Cor them The Governor aud NJ
Rober, Dixon, of their own motion, hnl
Mr. Butts, recruiting officer, go viii
them to Capt Ehrman. who has th
negroes employed in the Government
+. / warehouse, in order 10 enlist the men
When they refused to enlist with Mr
Butts, Capt Ehrman sent for a negro re
cruising officer, who. ia the presence O
3 the two Messrs, Dixon, duly enlisted TN
: men and swore them in. Gov. Dixoi
: took from this negro Sergeant cer6d
! cate Of the enlistment, which he handet
i 10 Capt. Haynes with the request that /
! be sent 10 Col Jones at indianapolis
! which was Zone. These are substantial
1 the facts in the case No officer refuse,
to surrender the negroes. The gentle
men did not refuse to avail themselve
OF the Law, which exists aoN as il Away
. Gid, with few slight requirement
touching loyalty They we're neveraske'
to ea6acipdte their slaves, and wer
never told tbnt if they did they conld &c
$500 Tor each one.
The gentlemen from Kentucky them
selves we're more snxious than any bod!
else that the negroes should be enlisted
No body ipterlered With them; on th,
contrary they we're assisted in every va,
possible. Il was at their own reoaes
that Caps. Ehrmau sen, for Gov. Norton
negro recruiting officer
The aG1se OF Gov. Morton and FEEDER
al oHhcers in general. as well as ID,
e, wholesale falsehoods contained in tn,
srticle above quoted from the Nsrs, il
= what might be expected from the source
whence !, eminases.
The peuissntiary is q poor school fol
! morals and yeracity.