Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-08-17
Khn rnmmanred the War.

Is - faForite charge Of the Copper
head press and party that this war was
totally unnecessary and ought to have
been avoided; that it is ''Lincoln's war"
commenced By Lincoln AID the Abo-
Atieuists, and prosecuted for the sole
purpose Of liberating the slaves. We be-
lieve the war Is right, and stand by it,
bat AZ the sams time call attention TO
the fact that the war was commenced
under g Democratic" administration,
and at the same time sustained By the
entire Democratic party. Mr. ValIan-
digham, good authority with Copper
heads at least, charges that his party in
body clsmored for war at the time it
began. tie says, speaking Of the una
nimity Of the people in favor of the war,
"here and there only was one bold
enough, foolhardy enough it may have
been, to oppose it. Five men, he
adds, "snd half a score Of newspapers
made up the opposition. Thus, it will
be seen, the Democratic party were as
unitedly for war as was the aboliiisaists.
Again, the war was commenced under
Democratic administration, and had
progressed for months before Mr.. Lin
coin was inaugurated For proof OF this
We present the following record;
Dec. 20, ls60-Cspture Of Fort Moal-
trie and Castle Pinckney By the South
Carolina troops
Jan. 3, 1S5l-Capture Of Fort Pulaski
by the Savannah troops.
Jan. 3-The United States Arsenal al
Mount Vernon, Alabama, with 100000
stand Of arms was seized BY the Ala
bama troops
Jan. 4-Fort Morgan, in Mobile Bay
taken BY Alabama troops
Jan. THE United States steamer
Star Of the West was fred into and driv
en- of by the rebel batteries on Morri,
Island, when attempting to furnish Fort
Sumter with supplies.
Jan 9-Mississippi seeded; vote o
the Convention, 81 to 80.
Jan l0-Fort Jackson, Fort Philip
and Fort Pike, near New Orleans, cap
tured by the Alabama troops
Jan. ll-AIahama seeded: vote o
the convention 81 to %.
Jan. ll-Florida seeded.
Jan. II -Capture Of Pensacola nAvy
yard aud Fort MeRea BY the Alabaml
Iroops
Jan. ls-Surrsndsr Of Baton Roug'
arsenal to Louisiana troops
Jan l9-Georgia seeded; vote o
convention, 203 to 81.
Jan. &c -Louisiana seeded; vote O
convention, ll3 TO l9 New 0rlean
Mint snd Custom House taken
Feb. 1T xas seeded; vote Of cor
vention, l66 10 3 Submitted 70 voi
Of the people Feb. ., and took effee
% OF March
Feb 2-Seizure Of Little Rock ars,
nal By Arkansas troops
Feb 4-Surrender Of the revenu
J cutter Castle TO the authorities Of Ala
! bama.
Feb 5-The Southern Congress m,
a. Montgomery, Ala.
Feb 8-The provisional consiitutio
adopted
! Feb. g--Jeff Davis and Alex. ST.
, phens we're elected President and Vic
= President Of what they call the Southef
, Confederacy.
Feb. l7-Twiggs transferred ii
United States properly 10 TeGas over
, the rebels
\ Feb. lS--Jef Davis wss inAugurats
r President Of the eouspirators.
= March 2d-The United States revenV
cutter Sas seized By the rebels in TexA
. Mr. Lincoln was sworn into Office {
E March 4, 1861, after all these treason
$ bic acts bad been committed, aud aft
: the war on the part of the rebels b.
1 progressed for months Now, why d
g not the Democratic party. while th'
4 were thus in poEer At the beginning
: the war. negotiate for peacel Ger
u missioners we're appointed on the pa
: Of the rebels, aad were actually in Was
e ington for the purpose. Bat Dem
Il cratic President rejscted them; REFUSE
= to hear them Then was the time,
p ever, TO compounds. Does these fac
l. not completely silence the foolish ass,
tions that if the Democratic party is
stored to power, the rebels viii yield al
consent to remain in tbs Union. WI
:, their rebellion was against Democrat
Administration, and they ridicale I
ides of submission, unless compelled
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