Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-06-02
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The shot we fred on Monday in our
leading editorial took effect severely
The editor Of the Times was immediate
ly seized with gJrstions, contertions and
commissions, and has been unable TO get
off anything since Therein we exposed
the Copperhesd trick Of making loud
professions Of loyalty and at the same
time exeusing, defending and aiding the
rebels. We showed by quoting the Timers
own words that while loudly denoGncing
the Fort Pillow massacre as brutal and
savage, it at the same time fully defended
and justified the act If the Times in
tended simply to denounce the massacre
and no more, Why did it follow up its de-
nunciation Immediately with the declsr-
alton that Northern people had exhib-
tied like murderous, atrocious and dis-
boIical spiritT' Why charge that those
who administer the Federal Government
had deliberately "planned an expedition,
the object of which was the slaughter Of
Southern men, women and children 2
rive quote the 7Tmess own words pre-
cisely as written. Why speak Of North
ern people, Tin connection with the mas.
sacre, as mot ashamed to glorify over
the indiscriminate butchery Of Southern
women and children p I'VE quote your
own words sgaib, verbatim
The Times says, "Ths massacre al
Fort Pillow was an alrooious, diabolical
and infamous act. But, [how Copper
heads can use buts, ifs and prOvisos Z
Bur Northern people who are making
war upon the South Exhibit & like
atrocious, diabolical and murderou'
spirit" 1.-THE Federal Government b'
its officers, in cold blood asd with ma
lignant villainy, plans the indiscriminat'
butchery Of Southern men, women ant
children" Word for pcrd1 How
will sensible men understand all this
Let us extract the Tmess logic. Herr
it is:
Southern soldiers, in cold blood
butchered the Government troops a
Fort Pillow
The Government before this, cha,
deliberately planned the slaughter 0
Southern men, women and children" b,
these troops.
Ergo, Southern soldiers had right q
slaughter Government troops. @ E D
We tell you, Copperheads, that thiI
game of protesting loyalty and actin
treason is about played out When yot
praise oar brave soldiers, and in th
same breath accuse them Of stealin
jewelry and robbing families, you ar
understood When you laud our arm
and our Generals, and at the same tim
denounce them as tools and hirelings Q
tyrant, you are Understood and ViH b
remembered When you declare for tn
Union, and at the same time deman
peace, you are understood. And SC
when you congratulate the country o
Federal successes, and at the same tim
give prominence to every reverse, an
try to show thet our armies are cor
stsntly defeated. When the Times Ger
sured Col. Hicks for bis gallant defens
Of Paducah, and excused Forrest for th
Slaughter of women and children, an
when it put forth a glowing obituary {
Jeb Stuart, quoted poetry and shed tear
over his funeral; when il walls and rave
at the idea of subjugation and eonfscs
ton, and when il deliberately and insid
iously justifes such butcheries as For
Pillow, the people know what you near
Every sensible man who has read
dozen numbers of the Times sees an
! knows that if its editor scas in a place o
safety be would say that the rebellio
is right and the Government is wront
He would rejoice over every rebel su,
cess and regret every Union triumph
He would justify every rebel butcher
and commend every band of guerrilla
and glory in the starvation of Unio
prisoners His eyes would glisten wit
. JOY in looking over long lists of FEEDERS
dead and wounded, and if Grant shoul
b be defeated he would illuminate b
! house,
> The fact that such snakes are permi
ted to crawl speaks volumes in fav,
Of the clemency Of the Government, al
the elemeney Of the soldiers.
= We pass oy the slang and the epithe
!. this enemy Of the country applies to
b personally. In times of war it is po
= business to quarrel with a rebel. Al
as he is no more our enemy than the e
envy of all loyal citizens and soldier
there is therefore no special reasC
, why We should bruise the serpents he,
more than that any other loyal persc
= should perform that public duty. L
the CALLED jade vince, and the wound,
rebel kick.
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