Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-09-20
pe.nlt 81 MccIeIIan,s EIeeflon.

OFc1 70 tns dOsefAAASntY hitEA tN1st
houses With it, will be attended TO. The
Courts will bs-open to Justice, aHd In !
diana ,ciu havey 70 build another peHt /
testiary@ quote the precise language /
of the Democrat In another artiels I
the same paper uses ibsE following !
language
The very thoughts Of the investigations !
that will be inaugursted uader the Ad-
nninistration oflGsn. Mcclellan, for the
purpose of recovering the stolen South
ern property. have already begun to
make some people tremblein their boots.
re regard the charge that the officers
Of our armies have been engaged in in
discriminate pillage-robbing Southern
houses of their jsweIry, plAts and furui-
ture, a. a base SANDER. We dare the
Democrat to name single instance THAI
has come under its own knowledge. We
want no heresay stories; give as an in
stance that you kH0U to be true. I'm
less you do so, We have right to con
clude that jon SANDER brave men for the
meanest Of party purposes
But there IS more in this talk about
recovering "s.olsh Southern property"
than is at 6rst apparent .Children and
fsols are not noted for discretion, and
often bInrt out facts that their friends
would prefer to keep 4seret SO with the
Rockport Democrat In its eagsrness to
make = "aing" at the brave men who
are endsayoring TO save this Government
by the force OF arms-who have Aban-
donsd the comforts Of home, the smiles
Of loved ouss, and barred their bosoms
10 the shock of battle-it has 'flet out"
one Of the instrumentalitiss to be used
BY its party in the great HoFk Of Pscify.
ing and concilia,ing tha rebels.
All property taken from the rebels OF
course is " stolen property in the esti-
nation OF the Democrat No one doubts
that the owners of this stolen proper
ty will be able to make out claims for
its full value. We presume every prom
inent rebel, who abandoned his home on
the approach Of our armies eonld draw
on his memory for the amount Of dam-
age hs sustained By the boys ia blue
taking possession Of his deserted prem.
ises. The amount of plate, jewelry and
furniture he lost; the value Of grain
consumed; the number Of fence rails
burnt, as well as the number Of horses,
mules and negroes carried CT This
amount of stolen Southern property
is to be recovered, when Mcclellan is
elected. The presumption is, though the
Democrat does not say so In express
terms, that where the property itself
cannot be recovered, its value will BE-
wrenehed from those who took it.
Now, why this anxiety to recover
"ssolen Southern property There
can be but one plausible reason. Tbs
Democracy deliberately intend, in cas-.
their candidate for President is elected
TO propose TO the rebels in arms, that /
they will return to their allegiance, &c
only will they be pardoned for psss Of
fen'es, but that they will be guaranteed
all the political power aud rights the,
held in the Government bsfoio they sc
coded, and indemnity for all the proper
~ that has been destroyed By our armie
during the progress Of the var. This
evidently, is the programme. The lead
ers Of the Democracy knox they can re
tain power and oaiee only by bringing
, back the Southern States into the UnioI
. with all the power they welded befor
they rebslled. With them voting til
Dsm0erasie::hckst the power Of that par
~ might be perpetuatsd With III
southern States compelled 70 return I
their allegiance upon such coaditions e
/; the Courts may see proper 10 specify, th
Democratic party relapses into the con
dition Of the tories of the Revolutio
and the Federalists Of ISIS hissin
and by.word 10 loyal men everywhere
: Not only will the Democratic leader
agree to the terms we haze already spec
fed hns they will go yet further Rashs
+ than have their party lose the spoils {
Office, they will agree to assume ID
Confederate debt and tax our people {
pay it. And that, really, is The sscre
Of Belmonts interest IN Mcclellan
!, election. Heis the agent Of the Rothi
ehilds, who have in their possessio
most of the Confederate bonds whic
have found sale in Europe, as we'll q
. those whish were purchased for tria
in New York aud our other large cities
If by trickery that debt can be saddle
upon the entire American people th
Rothschilds viii pocket millions upoI
millions as their share of the spoil.
With so tempting prize in view, th
wealthy house, with Mr.. Belmont a
their agent, can well afford to spen
hundreds Of thousands Of dollars to Sc
cure the election Of a candidate VII
endorses their schemes, and is wilHnI
to aid in carrying them out
We call the attention of the people I
this startling fact for startling it is
Taxpayers who grumbls at being take
to support the Government viii d
{ well to reflect on the amsnnt they vii
have to pay in case Mcclellan is sue
r Cessful and Belnont's schemes are car
ried out The Confederate debt larrel
l exceeds ours, and the assumption of tina
enormous load would almost prove ruin
ons to the property and labOriug inter
. ests Of the country.
That our view Of the extent to wb;sl
l ~. svs e