Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-03-30
Comprehend Venom.

oni ana SHOWS 10 what extent parnl@n
bigotry and malice can 20 even in times
Of public peril.
Abraham Lincoln was constitGtionally
elected President Of the United States,
against the wishes and efforts Of the
Times editor and his friends at home
here, and in the re5ellions States The
more brave and manly followers Of JEFF.
Davis rebeIled forcibly against the deeis-
ion Of the American people rendered &c.
cording to law and the Constitution,
while the eowardly, hypoeriGcalarebels
in the North crawl aroand in the dog.
fennel and strike their poisonous iangs
into the heels Of The Government while
It IS engaged in iife-ahd-deafh straf-
gle with armed treason This Is the
/ plain Anglo-Saxon 10 be used ia desorib
ing the course Of such sheets ~ the
Times, which, day after day, does all ia
its power to lessen the confidence Of the
people in their Government, 10 depreci-
ate the Government currency used ia
carrying on the war, and TO hinder the
authorities aud aid TIE rebels In this con
test between law and order, and snar-
ehy al
There is only one step further that
those who control the Times can go, and
that is, TO join the Rebel army, or turn
guerrillss and commence the plnnder OF
towns and the murder of American eiti-
Gems This would be noble work, in
comparison with that which they are now
engaged in, just so far as audacity in the
execution OF evil designs and reckless-
ness Of life in bad cause are more tosbe
admired than sneaking aud cowprdly
spite, which seeks to assassinate It's in
teudel victim in the dark and just so
far as the nature Of the copperhead
which strikes its lnngs into the foot with
out warming, is more despicable tbs n
that Of the rattlesnakc which magnani.
nously gives welI-uhderslood signal Of
its presence and hustle intent.
Why is Il, one inyoluntarily asks, that
these men oppose The Government as
they do, at this time Of imminent public
danger? The Government Of the Uni.
ted States, for the time being, is all We
have 10 depend upon to save US from Ma.
lionaI dissolution and anarchy Why is
it that VIC cannot oil be united in sup
. port Of the Government until the rebel
lion is put down and the rebels are made
10 obey the laws as we do? Simply be
cause a certain party ia the country De
sirss TO gain possession Of the Offices and
(, to do so, would, il necessary, consent tc
i National humiliation and disgrace.
With this understanding of the mo
: tires Of the Times, its abuse Of the Pres
ident and OF those who sustain him, cal
!. be estimated at its proper valae.
. The Times says that the President il
"without an honest friend among III,
. people, aud has mo supporters save hi
hired stipendiaries in Office
= Never, since tine days Of Jackson, ha
: any President gained more frieads iron
: the ranks OF those who opposed his cleo
q ton, than has Abraham Lincoln W,
!. could mention dozens Of men, Cd hand
I without inquiring and studying, wh'
y voted against Mr.. Lincoln in 1850, bu
!, now are his warm admirers and will yot,
: for him next November if he Is nomi
. mated for reelection Aud such mel
j. can be found in every community ",
r con name dozens oc such men IN TIL,
/. community Of whom the Times dare mo-
say with impunity that they are not hon
: est They are amongst our most high
3 minded and honorable men, and hes
I citizens
e The cold-blooded heartlessness viii
:. which the Times seeks to throw the RI
sponsihilily Of this wicked rebellion an,
its consequent terrors on Mr.. Lincoln, i
: only equaled by its devilish malignity
n when it says that "a visit to the South.
b, by Mr.. Lincoln, before his inauguration
"would have saved this Government
Does the Times forget the narrow escap
=, from death that he experienced at Balti
r moro while going to Washington to TAX
5 his place in the Office to which he hal
been fairly elected by the American PEG
ple2 VIII the Times say that Their
were no preparations for his assassina
4 ton, in the face Of the fact that Senate
4 Douglas himself warned Mr. Lincoln
: friends of the impending danger, an
a also with the knowledge that a few week
afterwards our soldiers were mobbed an
murdered in the same city, whose despe
radoes and traitors eonspired agsins
the life Of the President electg
!. The suggestion of Mr. Lincoln visitu
= the South personally. made in view {
:, :, the knowledge gained by The develop
u ment of the Baltimore plot, is worth
Il of the mind which could blame him 70
the results of war brought on by
slave driving, uulstto breeding oil
= garehy, who, to extend and perpetual
their internal system, aud aggraudiz
go themselves at the expense of the laboI
ing millions, white and black, strove I
break Up the Union, to subject the frs
North to their sway, and to sabvert r,
publican government itself
The Times acknowledges the rebellio
to be Revolution. We than
- Il for the admission. We are !
the mids, Of great revelation
nd Que of the most tremendous the worl
4. ever saw. Its portents are seen and i
's' throes are felt on every side. Two gre,
principles-Liberty and Slavery-al
RE struggling for the mastery, as they ha,