Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-11-24
.r,,,s ss,lttle most INDUSTRIOUS deed Of cruel

met as the-nfUst nunsrrous deed Of crGef-
" that ever darkened the annals Of any
NATION aand Mhother, who avawed That
IA kavdsAll ssible aid and coEAR to
Il red Ito denounced the G gresA
oisAS62k ~ in enacting sMA- at
oath A voice Put them on proDa-'
ton. The South is filed with men
who cannot take the oath, which declares
that thew have not voluntarily taken part
in the rebellion. Every conscript In the 1
Southern army can take that oath, be-
nauaa- he was- forced into the ranks by +
fha. transcription act; and every man
who STAYED at home and refused 10 &C !
cent any. civil or, military dtEcas 4eopld |
take that oath; but these were not the
choice of the Stafks lately,in Febellio j
~ g oartR While It mGHgk D e. eEed4
that a minority of these v6tabes.s wiit |
cherish, for years perhaps, tie feetites I
inf dikl al aIsEs the. co ntrYah ssaright 10 |
I'exRe# Ia NE IN eMNea Aairl membersi AreFf
admitted to share in the Ne / Sstanslit' ii
| of the country, cleat sna5oraey OF tine 4
s16pleA Of each of thesesse tAtssi "a i
give eYidence- Of ,theig earhsst and oheerup
e4uklosAks, noe ~ edchl Speeches as are I
so common: that they FnRpitfe9a the !
kisgps ito Itha arb tam dnks otaswar;i 51s
A4at.3thsyg sareTw wiling lpasfaftf by a9sd !
| Eight orstAe,AAg of the faRRtrRI aga4nss'l
| affifs enemies, at homeI or ebr0ad .sfhe.a
danger now is in too puFH pf cen tat i9piz
kstne rGther makeIhAst h;sl0wlyss and'%e
can then hope that thh f6undato Of
isour 6oyernfnsht swhen thus onstEnotf'
| ed. on the basis of indikputable loyalty,
viii be as eternal as ehs stass: Isl APP |
plauae.LI IOL lO gfaIasaA- ,.o..s.slIl
"In President Johnson haEeaa fifi.
shaken confidence. l calRoed tQrgetG
that, in the Senate, at thesaePenfngs-of
the rebellion, he was the only Southern.
member who denounced it and its orig
A matters. and that he was faithful among
1she ,sfaithless.- 1-Applause. Nor do we.
4 fsreetvthat, sRheiYi on his rwsy from the
4 jcapital to his hdme, insnlted though he.
Twas al 90 any railroad stationsa he, meyer
/ fatgred ia his devotion to the Union,
! MORGAN i .forgst his speech, When MIDI!
ttary Governor of Tennessee, tola mass
j mseting ofocoiered'men Rt'Nsshviife, at
which he 1decl red that, all men should
have fair start and an equal chance in
the race oflife, And let him succeed who
has the most merit 1.aYpp all remember
his speech TO the colored regiment of
the District Of Columbia, wherein he
repudiated that-stereotyped declaration,
Il that - Thisu is "a white mans country
8 dion 2 and, insisted that it was theirs
II al so. y You remember, also, his remarks
8 to. abe South fCar6lfna delegation, that
the only right system was to protect all
!, men, both white and black; and that, if
! they got thecgeneraf principle right, de-
pfaa Is apd stblIAterals would follow. We
all renem Der, too, hist earnest dispatches
to the Southern. Conventions, and That
be has .signedthe death warrant of every
, one who has been convicted of conspir-
acy&5 - 49, ,.,,- ~ -
u s.s"T he great Uniorp Organization of the
, 'coudfry carried if successfully, aided III
!, olFfheFoio defenders Ethrongh the peril
ID pus crisis of the past foar years. Our
4 Beloved smartyr-P President leaned upon
!. it inathe4 darkeet~ hours tstood by the
national cause unfalteriugly. 1t voted
down 7ths Chicago platform, which de-
7 clared the war to be a failure, and which
demanded a.eessatioRgof hostilities The
people have placed the W hole poy err of
the Government in its hands--execu.
? tive, legislative and judicial-Rnd f6as-
sured it by the brilliant victories of this
> fall. Let us emulate the example of its
b friends in all the States. Let us study
unity in the light of duty, aud believe
| that the executive and Legislative de.
3 partments of the Government, when
: they compare views together, will cordi-
ally cooperate in this great work before
! US AL, and so aet-that4lle foundations OF
; our Union, wisely and periodically re.
constructed, shall be eternal as the ages.
"With hearty acceptance by the
t south of the new situation, rejoice to
|, believe that, under system of paid
free labor, and respecting the rights of
freemen, it will 60 forward in a career
: ef'pfosr Gritty, wealth, and progress, I'M
t paralleled in its previous history. 1t has
: a more genial cline than we have in
4 the colder north wi9er range of pro-
: ductions,-for it has cotton, tobacco,
8 rice, and sugar, which command such
r high prices now in the markets of the
world: and has boundless water power
. almost entirely unimproved Rid, new,
t of the shiftle5s system of slave labor,
I it will, with its loins girded anew, rival
US in the race Of prosperity.
I'm conclusion, | can kut echo the
words of our departed President eips his
last inaugural, on the stepaf ofs THE
capitol. With malice towards none, with
charity for all, but with irnness to the
right as God gives US to see the right,
: alt Win be we'll"
s The address was cheered Throughout,
/. and, at the conclusion, many in the
crowd rushed forward to congratulate
D tae speaker, while the band played
patriots patriot eiEsti ,,4.9Ia 52 3,