Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-04-04
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Gov. Aiken and slavery.

l...f a iVttcr rum NnnFiebton 70 the W ash
/ ington Republican says:
Ex-Governor Aiken ia one of IN,
largest slaveholders and wealthiest mel
OF tbs South. Since the occupation O
Charleston by our forces, be has report
ed the names Of all his slaves, sever
hundred and Efty in number, 70 the com
mandant of the post, and given eacl
family farm on one Of the most fertiI,
and productive islands on the coast
placed them on II, and all are well start
ed in life. Such q deed deserves 10 b,
recorded. 80
Il Is stated by those who have tn.
means Of knowing The truth OF the state
ment, that q Union League FIVE hundred
strong, has been in active operation fol
some time past in the city Of Charleston
Ex-Governor Aiken is its leading spiri
and most trusted adviser. He has al
ways been noted for his gentlemanly
and kindly department as well as for his
wealth. In the long contest for Speaker
of the House Of Representatives, in
1854, which resulted Sn the election oI
N. 7. Banks, Gov Akin was the only
Democrat upon whom the Democratic
factions could unite with the least pros
pect Of success and it was more o per
sonal than political attraction that con.
centrated the discordant elements around
him. sZ
Gov. Akin, in libersting his slaves,
recognizes the philosophy of the Rrea,
struggle for shs perpstuatiop ii she Re
public, and indicates the beat runnns Of
bringing the bi9eay contest to ; peaceful
and prosperous termination. siT
It would be well for the wealthy slave
holders in our sister State of Kentucky
20 profit BY this sagacious example. To
attempt 70 retain the effete institution Ia
suicidal madness. It was 3 favofiss ss
well as awful mods of punishnisns
adopted by some of the ancient law.
givers, to fasten the dead body OF N slain
victim to his destrOyef--facs 10 face,
hand to hand, limb to imb--and thus
compel the criminal to bear the corpse
until putrifaction Get in, whens unsble
longer to endure the horrible and loash-
some embrace, death released the anf.
ferer from his agony. kseems 10 ns that
some of the KentuckiRns manifess. 9
determination to thus nesdlsssly and
toolishly fasten to themselves the dead
body Of slavery. They appear nnwill,
ing to bury the corpse ont Of sight, or tc
try toforget the occasion of its demise.
They may be so unfortunate as to re.
tain it until its loathsome and danger
Gus proximity win cause them to ex-
claim, as did St. Paul, With references 70
sim" Who shall deliver, me from The
body Of this dsath25' H9za "a
!. Gov. Aiken has wisely cut loose from
the institution which has been 40 pro-
life of trouble to our unhappy country,
He has set praiseworthy example to
other Shareholders throughout The South.
By following his example they may
quick ssstore the prosperity Of their
section of country, which has been, 90
nearly destroyed. The blacks will labor
for wages, and accomplish more than
can be wrung from them by the unost
energetic application of the lash, Free.
dom and an Increase of their intelli
gence, with an unhampered chance &
deyelope the resources of the South
will soon result in the removal of al
traces Of the terrible civil war whiei
has convulsed the nation and devastated
the South. Beautiful flowers viii b.
seen peering from the fragments oi
shells upon deserted battle-6elds, ans
roses and viOlsss win deck the graves
where our braves lie sleeping, -