Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-09-22

Davis to soar apple tree" sort, il win
bs The milk. sickness story over again
Go little farther on. "subjagated bat
not converted" would be suitable motto
for many / speak now Of the "pale
faces; r the sable sons" hope / am not
using up al your inverted commas) seem
10 ike the present state of affairs quite
as well 40 that which existed under the
saPatriarchal Institution" Old times,
when cotton Was said to be king, and the
Whip and the stocks might be said TO be
his prime ministers, they designatAas
rebel tines" aud as far as nay oSer-
vation goes, they would prefer, Il they
had the choice, moi to 60 back to the
cold ways" again. conld tell yog some
tall stories about these rebel times, bat
forhear--only don't let any one per-
s1ade ron that the old system in its
practical workings, was any less wicked.
Q almost want to say infernaD in its
/ character than it has generally been
supposed to be. The coiored folks are
more intelligent, many of them, than
expected to fnd them. There -, of
| course, q great mixture of ignorance,
i u Il
with their intelligence, bat / am not
sure that they are not Just as intelligent
and shrewd at bargain, as white peo-
| pie would have been under similar dis
advantages. So M
With regard to State and City (New
| Orleans) affairs, am not very intimate
" acquainted sherewilh, not having been
called 70 any office of trust and profit
By the cor Popuk, nor received any COM
mission from President johnson. A
| constant reader of the Times OF last
Spring and Spmmer might have CLEANED
therefrom, however, enough to know
that what between the citizens, the mill
tary authorities, aud the New Orleans
1inaes aforesaid, it was hard to hnd g
suitable Mayor for the city. (Why did
not somebody suggest horse Of another
cotOrf) lsse8 t6
Gov. Wells is liked very well, / believe
! -by the rebel element One seeesh, an
old acquaintance of mine, spoke of him
quite fatteringly to me short time ago
On the other hand, was told by Union
man that an effort was being made, or
a movement was on foot, to represent
affairs to the President, so as to have
the Governor removed, or some change
made in the present state Of affairs. 1
have been told that Union men are
being removed from office; at least that
such material as returned rebel soldiers
are being appointed by the Governor to
the vacant offices under his control My
own opinion is that unless there should
be q great emigration here of loyal peo
pie from the North, or the colored man
/ l.. Ill a. he kaa ant
for Louisiana for some years to come, Is
military one
Excuse me for Offering advice 10 an
editor, bnt keep it before the people
that the old ship Uncle Sam, though she
has whipped and captured the pirates
that assailed her, may yet drift on lee
shore and perish among the breakers.
II pArdoned rebels, who are rebels still at
heart, are permitted to take seats ia the
. National Congress, is it not possible
that fraud and swindling may accom-
piish what force and arms failed to bring
about2 II is easy to lose By negotiation
what has been won by the bayonet, and
: q squad of rebels in the halls Of the Sen
ate aud House of Representatives may
succeed whers the entire South in arms
most diaaatrously failed While slavery
exists on one foot of United States ter
ritory, aud Southern ideas of Estate
Sovereignty" pass unbranded as political
heresy, and the compounders of this mix
ture Of nonsense and treason administer
unrebuked their poison to the represent
atives Of the people in the National Capt.
tai, the danger, in my opinion will not
be over.
The true and only safe course, as il
appears TO me, 10 for all true lovers oi
the Union 10 drop party distinctions and
party names, avoid internal divisions
and yield no atom Of principle for tht
sake of compromise (tor compromises
4 are too often merely concessions 50 eVi
princ:ples). Let them pass laws that
shall we'll define the crime CT treason
inHict severe punishment, and assure
the execution of the sentence. WhC
would hesitate to choose between th'
hanging of score of traitors, on the
one hand, or the shedding of blood oi
the many ten thousands in another such
war as we have iGst passed throughf
There will not be much sugar mAd'
this season, think, in Louisiana. Their
10 not mnch growing cane, and con
siderable portion Of il will, or ought &
be, saved for planting. The cottoT
crop looks well so fsr, what there is G
IL: the season has been favorable gene
rally believe, although IN the last feV
DAYS we have had more rain than woul'
have fallen, If we had bad the orderini
Of the weather. A long spell Of We
weather, would cause serious injury {
the crop at this time, but trust "
: shall still be favored By Him, who hs
promised that seed time and harvei
shall not fail
To return to the "darkey' for a nj
ment: When | was at Cairo on my va
down the river in the early part of Il
year, number of coloFed men wei
taken on board the boat-recruits
substitutes or what not They had
and song, Of which the chorus was som
thing to this effect:
oa- Il @Losk cut dar, w.'rs gwIne to shoot,
- Lock cut dar, don't you underatan,
- Donss you know Baeyloass salttn,
ws'rs gvins 20 occapy de land
They have church organization
this plantation (Baptist) an not CO
tain, but think their classification
the community is about as follows:
lst, Christians-Colored people "
belong to the church.
2nd, Sinners-Ditto who don't belor
Sd, Gentilss-Whise folks.
If Am spared, hope 10 leave Diz
in few months, and get on the CT
side Of Mason and Dixon's line.
The Straight Line Again.
wJsenpu Irwru.f.