Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-08-18
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The Treason OF the "fImes."

Just tSFee ceeks oeiore the drait IS 10
take place, the 7imes gives the follow
ing notice 10 all that class Of persons
who may wish to leave the State to avoid
the draft:
Prom the Times Of the Ialh August
About two weeks before the draf, il
is supposed an order will be issued pro
hibiting persons from leaving the State
without pass from the military author
tiles"
The casual reader would pass this by
as an item of news; but the Kentuckisa
now with US and who wants to go South,
is warned by the Times that he had bet
ter be OF, as he has just one week TO
stay. So the man that wants to dodge
into Canada, or TO Illinois, knows from
the Times just when TO leave.
Bot the mesness aAd lowest trick Of
the Times to prevent OF discourage en-
listments, is its last. This is an attempt
to render recruiting disgraceful and to
scandalize those who engage in rserait-
ing as thieves. The recruiting of
negroes who come from Kentucky is
characterized as eslave trade piracy
the negroes who are thus lawfully and
properly enlisted are charged to be
"stslen" from their masters. All those
who are recruiting colored troops for the
Federal Army are denounced as negro
thieves, pirases-engaged in the slave
trade Here is the treason:
"The slave trade still continues brisk
in this city. Daily squads of negroe.
are stolen frsm their masters ia Ken
tueky aud brought to this city and sold
to these loyal patriots who are in ia
vor OF sacrificing "the last man. except
themselves, TO prosecute the war and
| crush this infamous rebellion
Has the Times discouraged enlist
ment2 IT so, is there not law Of Con-
gress to punish such oifenses2 Will the
United States Marshal for the District
Of Indiana arrest these guilty men and
bring them before the next United States
Grand Jury and enquire into the matter
Nay, more, we csll the attention of Gen.
Hughes. whose immediate duty it is 10
arrest traitors, and we call upon General
Darlington TO lay this outrageous and
persistant crime before General Heintzle.
man, commanding this department, that
he may see and know how the efforts oil
patriotic citizens are hindered aud de.
layed IN enlisting for the army.
In this short but demon-liks produc.
tion every word is intended, not only tC
discourage enlistment. but to inhame al
the passions and prejadices of the dis.
loyal and the lukewarm patriots We
ask the reader to look over it again and
see il tits not so.
Again, the patriotic citizens Of Evans
vile called public meeting to devise
the WAYS and means Of meeting the call
of the President On the morning OF
The day Of this meeting, the following
reasonable article appeared in th'
Times;
The drafts to be put through in thi
city according to ofheiel announcement
Prepare, therefore, young men aud mid
:. die aged men, with families, to furnis
yourselves to the number of $40. Thi
;, is stated to be our quota oh, the beau
ties of Lineolnism."
Short as this article is, it contains a
appeal TO the young, the middle ageC
and TO family ties and the endearme mt
of home, and also to those who are preG
JUDGED against Lincoln ''to discourag
enlistments."
In this connection we reproduce th
following from the Times of the LIT
= inst Speaking of Mr.. Lincoln, Il
to Times says:
al HE is willing to sacrifice the live
J. ana blood, and happiness, and properl
> of so, 900, 900 Of white men for 4,o0C
re 900 of negroes. He is determined
y ruin the finest country in the world AZ
= = deluge in q sea of blood the hopes ar
n = brilliant prospects of the American pc
!, pie sooner than give mp his darling pa
" ty scheme of negro emancipation WI
a is now fighting for psrty3 Who is
"a that how subordinates the glorious Uni'
AZ. of these States to the tensts of partl
Who is it that makes the liberty of Z
mt 000, zoe of degraded and semi-ciyiliz
ag Africans superior TO the lives and hber
sr- and happiness of 10000, 900 of fr
csc white Americans7 The guilty, crimin
res is Abraham Lineolnw
ns- Here instead of teaching the citiz,
and the soldier that he is called upon