Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-10-31

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An AWfnl Liar.
For unblushing msndscity commend
"a TO the Chicago Times. In all the
realms Of Falsehood it is without q
peer. This infamous distinction was
awarded il in the sarly part of the war,
and il yet remains without q rival
Even the Cincinnati Enquirer "palss
its Intellectual fires, before this Chicago
''child of the Devil," and the State SEN
tinel is "nowbar" The Times Of this
city is willing little animal, but lacks
the ingenuity to rival It's distinguished
namesake. Itdoes the best it can, how
ever, and initiates, both in name and
practice, to the extent Of its ability
Ia no particular has the Chicago
Times proved It's superiority, in the
dsvlish art Of lying, than in its account
Of the elections in the State Of Indiana
As sample Of the who's We copy what
it says in reference to our city:
THE ELECTION AT EVANSVILLE
There ars large hospitals at Evans
vile, filed with convaIescents from
other States, who voted time and again.
After voting two or three times - sol.
diers, the Republicans furnished them
with citizens clothes, which they put on
and voted again as citizens, at the diff.
fsrsnt polls, and then large numbers Of
them went to the country precincts near
est the city.
Minors we're also voted without qres
ton, when they would vote taa Repabli-
can ticket -.sa.-.-.
There were over nine hundred illegal
votes polled in the county, (Vanderbnrg1
including soldiers who came across from
Kentucky. 1890
Inc Republicans bad absolute control
of TWO out Of three voting places, re.
fusing the Democrats representation
upon the boards, although the Demo
cratic inspector At the third voting place
appointed Republican Judge 70 sit With
him. The Democratic board at this pSlI
was bullied By outsiders and soldiers,
and compelled to place rrie-ied ballots
10 the bax Al al lbe polls Ihe Demo
cratic ehallenRers wers driven en hAd
the civil officers made no effort to pros
teet voters or preserve the peace. There
were Kentucky aud Massachusetts sol
diers among those who voted in this
county, and they were sent from IndL
annapolis day or two before election.
The above was leetls too strong
for the Times Of this city, aud it has
not been copied by that paper. We are
unwilling, however, TO deprive our read
srs Of so. magnificent q specimen Of
"lying sublimel" aa
We call the attention Of the Demo
Gratis Of this city, who have some prids
Of character Left, to the kind of false
hoods which they are expected to swal-
low The Chicago Tines evidently in-
tends that they shall believe g lie, that
they may be politically damned" The
above extract is only sample Of what
has filled the columns of the Chicago
Times for the past three years. No
doubt they havs partially believed many
OF its atroeious falsehoods on other sub.
jscts They may see how terribly they
have been deceived in other particulars
By the want Of truth in the extract we
have quoted.
The only truth found in the whole ex-
tract is that, There are large hospitals
ia Evansville All else is pure fiction.
A large portion of the soldiers in the
hospitals were furloughed prior to the
election and SAINT home to vote. This
everybody knows The statement that
soldiers voted twice and thrice as sell
diers, and then two or three times a.
citizens, is an atroeious slender upon
she gallant en- who have been fighting
onr battles. Ser we're there any minors
voted, so far swe know, or SO far a.
Democrats ku ', for il case had
been known it would have been prose-
euted. Nor did any soldierscoms across
from Kentucky to vote, ualess they we're
rebel soldiers or gaerriliaa We confess
there were . coed many who presented
the appearance of guerrillas who voted
the Copperhead ticket. bat we supposed
they we're refugees. They may have been
rsbeI soldiers from Kentucky" The
Ty~cs osght to know of the operation.
of its friends, aud that part of its alIega.
ton may be true. We have no soures
of information concerning the operation,
Of guerrillas By which We can prove i
false g
Bat the oiliest paragraph Of sll is tbs
last The 7ines says ths Republicans had
absolute control Of two ous of three o
the voting places in this city The tratE
is the Union party had control of bu
two voting places in tbs coaaty--anS
bat one in the city. Democrats Wsr'
refused representations on the Election
Records; Democratic Board was bal
lied BY outsiders and soldiers AID com
PEELED to place reieessd ballots ia th'
box; Democratic etsllengers we're driver
Of, ard no effort made by civil Oncsr
to preserve The peace; Mass.ehusstt
soldiers were sent from indianapolis 4
r vote," and so on, ad naasean.
1t il useless for as 70 comment O
Fsueh statements. Ne cannot do justie
4 to the subject Evsfybody knows thsr
to be false and that is about all that ca
bs said on the subisck What think o.
!. people Of . party that sxrscss 70 VI