Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-05-02
Philips and Pike, near New Orleans,

captured DY LOUISIANA troops.
January IA, IS6l.-Psnsaeola Navy
, Yard and Forts Barnacas and McRae
were captured By Confederate troops.
January IA, 1s6l-Baton Rouge Ar.
senal was captured by Louisiana troops.
January 81, ls6t-The mint Sas
taken and all the money 10 it stolen, the
easton-house eaptured BY Louisiana
troops.
February 2, l86l.-The United States
Arsenal at Little Rock was captured T D.
Arkansas troops. /.
February ], 10, ls6l.-Gen. Twiggs
turned traitor, and surrendered millions
Of Government properly IN Texas
March 2, ls6l-The revenue cutter
Dodge was captured By Texas aathori-
ties
Now, mark you, every one Of these
acts Of treason and war occurred under
Baehanan's administration, and before
Lineola went TO Washington; yet irai.
tors, fools, and conservatives continue
to lie, and say, notwithstanding these
stern and unmistakable truths are star
ing them in the face, that Lincoln began
the war They then published to the
world that they made war on your coan-
try TO sever ito dissolve the Union
TO wrest fFoEs il whole States, and create
a new confederaey, whose chief corner
foundation stone should be human
slavery negro slavery. They aelib-
erately raise aud marshal their troops,
plant their batteries, Ere on your ships,
capture your forts, aesenals, minls, and
custom houses, hang your citizens, and
attempt the overthrow Of your Covert
meus, in order that they may create out
Of the fragments . eonfederacy OF negro
thievesl They make negro the issue
they will thrust forward the negro. At
that time yoa eould hear nothing else
pat forward but the niger They will
make the issue themselves, and now are
most terribly horrided because it IS the
issuel
Siaseholding Traitors Skinned
Yes, friends, il il negro war. The
alave-ovners make the war at time
when all their pretended rights 10 their
stolen property are scFapulously res
peeted, and every law for iis protection
passed that they ever desired Not con
tent to be the master Of their slaves, bat
they must be your master, too. Our
Government bad not wronged them, bat
the dishonest principle that bad been
planted in the institution Of slavery nov
bears its legitimate fruit They had been
taught that TO rob man Of his inalien-
able rights, Of bis labor. Of bis liberty,
was no harm, provided bis skin was black,
and they bad the right 10 do it; aud nov
they cannot draw the distinction VERY
clearly between robbing white man and
robbing negro, aud they add 90 their
schedule OF crime, murder, burning, lies,
repudiasion and they have always been
amalgsmationists These conservative
.=aisors are nov very Indignant at The
idea of drafting negroes into the service
Of our Government, but are perfectly
willing that they be used against usl
The rich slayeowner will not volunteer
nor be drafted They will pay out, and
want the poor man, the poor widow' :
son, 10 be drafted, (he can pay outl and
that will save him a Niger and this poor
man must be sent 10 tbe front 10 stand
on the hattsements hight, bis honest and
sturdy breast a bulsark Of defense TO
keep the enemy back, while the slave
owner can quietly rob the iIl-fated Airi-
eau of bis labor. and add to his own
wealth. What does be care IL the poor
widows son is killed. lie losses moth
ing by IL The widows prop may 20,
for AL be cares but the sacred negro
must not be endangered The hypoerit-
ieal Conservative seOundrels turns up
their noses, aud ask you II you are gong
TO make negroes their equals
/, for one, on that point say most EN-.
phatically mo- We have already treated
the negro with gross injustice, abomina-
BILE outrage have yoked him with the
beasts of the field; have worked him for
generations without pay; have debased
and degraded him but do not, my
eounlrymsn, commit the outrage of pat.
ting them down on level with q seces.
sionist, repadiator, robber, murderer
and house burner; they do not deserve
such treatment As race they havs
done yon no harm They have violated
no Law, they have not turned traitors and
thieves. as the educated STAKEHOLDER ha'
done; but they have quietly submitted
to their yoke and performed the Labor
allotted to them.
These traitors ask, What are yoy
going to do with the negro7 Will yog
have them amongst us r Are they not al
ready amongst us7 Does changing the
| relation Of master and slave bring then
here3 As honest men which would yog
rather have amongst you, negro laborer
or these secessionisss, thieves, robbers
and mnr,ierers2
Freedom Of Speech
The freedom Of speech has suddenl
become very precious in the eyes Of tha
| party which would not let you express th'