Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-05-24
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Thssalem (washiDglon County, Union
Adrocate, edited By our candidate for
State Treasured, Hon. John L Morrison,
hits straight from the shoulder at some
ofour rebsI-hslping sheets in the follow
ing pertinent and sensible remarks:
Il seems remarkable that every man
who claims to be a modern conservative,
should speak and write a. If he had
snakes ia bis boots. The Louisville
Journal man in commenting on Mr. LIN
coins very able and truly patriotic letter
to Mr. Hodges writes as il he felt a
thousand snakes racing about n his
bOota Like the poor inebrAte, who,
under The terrifying inHuepce Of deiirum
sremens as be gases arouni. faneiss that
he sees huge forest trees uprooied aud
flying through the air, 80 does this
phrenxied partisan fancy tyrans pro-
posision--an absolute despotism Ia every
line Mr.. Lincoln writes What will be-
the event Of ali this madness7 The
blind victims Of such ssnssless psrvas-
sion Of what Is right and just, can gain
nothing by such reckless folly. There Is
no method or consistency Id all shis con,
seFsa,iye madness II is amphatically
perfect symbol Of the dog.day Copper.
head Conservative Coppsrheadism Is
as blind aud vindictive, and strikes as
wildly, and wounds i,sslt as much, as
its venomous dog-day nsmesake,
The State Sentinel aud New Albany
ledger are blazing away ct Governor
Morton as II score or two OF snakes
were damiciliated In their boota They
see in the contract between the Western
Governors and the President sale Of
the liberties Of The people. The suakes
have persuaded thsee editors that "se
are q nation Of slaves" The snakes are
inducing these editors 10 discourage
volunteering, but if another Morgan
raid should be made through Southern
Indiana, and, especially, if Forrest OF
Morgan should strike ~ New Albany
with an overpowering furce, in ths next
hundred days, the people Of New Albany
gould wish that the snakes had been
somewhere else than in the Ledger
mems boots. Then every patriot will
wish that no one had thrown obstacle z
in the way OF Governor Morton's raisi 2
the tweutY thousand hundred days voIui :
teers. There is too much at stake. The
snakes ought 20 be got on, these men .
boots. Thetwtnty thousand men ought tc
be promptly raised A Morgan raid oi
/ twenty DAYS dprasion would destroy more
property than hundred Thousand labor
ers could produce in three hundred days
Thsss men with political Copperbeads il
/ their boots, ought to count the cost o
the party cspital tier are trying to man.
uGsciure Should there be another raid
II will take place before the ensuing State
election, and should the influences which
they are trying to bring to bear, prevent
the twenty thousand enlistment, and
Southern Indiana be doomed 20 expert
suee the tender uercies Of the rebs
| Forrest, then will come day OF terrible
reckoning With those Who are striving
10 make party cspitsi at the cost of GU
homes ani our hrssides Better get ths
Copperhes.ds out Of your boots, before
! Forrest pays you visit
ns1- sThs New Albany Ledger state
that the notorious guerrilla and hors
thief, Bennett, who has committed al
sorts Of depredations upon the citizen
of Meade and other counties, cam
ab1ard the Grey Eagle at Brandenburg
when be was arrested The Ledge
says that he was brought up on the Gre
Eagle, and sent to the military priso
in Louisville.
The above appears in swo-thirds Of on
Eastern exchanges II contains on
or t=o shghtinaecuracies. The guerrill
Bennett is not in the military prison q
Louisville. He vas not brought up her
by the Grey Eagle he has never bee
on board the Grey Eagle. The Grey E,
gle never stopped at Brzndenburg whe
Bennett was there; aud Bennett hss N
been seen in Brandsnhurg for sewers
weeks
With these trIaing exceptions the Ls'
gers paragraph may be considered
veracious statement