The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-09-10
POWERFUL APPEAL TO PATRIOTS.

AAOA1 a. 0pOOSA OSllNOICQ dO AtIICd, III
this State, on Thursday last, which are
worthy a careful perusal:
WHO ARE LOYAL MEN?
Andrew says the Representatives
from the South must be admitted, that
they are loyal men. Well, [ presume
they are, very loyal men, according to
Andrew Johnson's and JEFF. Davis
definition of loyalty. What kind Of
men are they? They are such men as
Alex. Stephens and Orr, the rebel
Senator, Parsons, the Speaker of the
House of Representative of Alabama
during the Confederate organization,
the rebel Generals, and other distin-
guished traitors. He says these are
all loyal men, because they obey the
laws. Well, so do / obey the laws,
and so do you; but some of us some
times disobey them, and we are made
to obey them, that is the difference.
And that is the position of these gen.
tlemen; they obey the laws, it is true.
Why? Because they can't help it.
That is the reason, and there is no
other. 1t is not because they love the
law that they conform to the laws of
the land; it is not because they love
the country, that they allow our flag
to float; it is because they can't help it.
believe you have penitentiary in
your. State, where you incarcerate per-
sons guilty of larcenary, robbery, ar
son, manslaughter, perjury, etc. Now,
according to our laws, each and all of
these crimes are embodied in the
crime of treason, because it is the
highest crime known to the law. Sup
pose you go to your Governor to day
and ask him to pardon all these con-
victs In your penitentiary, and sup
pose he should do so, how many of
them would be elected to Congress at
the next election. Laughter and
cheers, and voice" Every one, ac-
cording to my policy" They are as
much entitled to be elected to Con-
gress to- day as any of the red handed
rebels that have been knocking at the
doors of Congress during the session
just closed. [Cheers. And we have
just as much respect for them.
Now we say to the loyal people of
those States, you must be represented
by men who are not only loyal men,
but who have been loyal during the
war. But, says Mr.. johnson and his
party, they have not got that kind of
people down there. Laughter.
Well, we have plenty of them here,
and can spare them few. Besides,
l think we run this Government
about, FIVE years without their assist
ance, and we can get along very we'll
as much longer if necessary. We
shall try very hard to do so, unless
they do what we require of them, ex-
clude rebels from holding office, and
choose loyal men to represent them.
ANDREW AND THE sTRAGGLING SOL
DER.
This is the position Andrew John /
son held on becoming President. But
he declares he has not left the party;
it is the party that has left him,
Laughter He is like the Irish
soldier [ once knew, who got lost from
his division. After some time the
boys found him, sitting by a fire,
him; Why, Pat, what are you doing?'
" What the divil do you suppose | am
doing? | am cooking my breakfast,
shure." But where is your divis-
Joni? How should [ know? Hasn't
it been lost for three weeks; and
haven't | been sitting here waiting for
three weeks for it to come by?" Sup
pose it don't come by?" said the boys.
5" Why, | suppose | shall have to join |
some other division; it's all that can
do" Andrew finds himself in Just
this position. He's been out foraging,
and got lost. He may rest assured |
that his division is not going to pass
back on the route he is on. GCheers. III
WHAT OF NEGRO EQUALITY?
| noticed in one of your local pa
pers this morning an extract from one
of your. Democratic speakers. He
said the Republican party had abol-
ished slavery, and didn't intend to
stop until they put the negro on an
equality with the white people. Now,
suppose this man, who made that
speech, had got into fight with
another man, and, fortunately for him.
a dog should spring upon the man
who was whipping him, and bite his
arm, thus enable him to overcome his
adversary, would he feel himself nee
eSSdIIly pun upOn an equality with
the dog? Laughter and cheers I
don't think he would be, especially if
the dog was a good dog. And I i
say to this same man and all
of his class, that so far as I am
concerned, [ am not afraid that
[ shall marry negro or be un-
comfortably associated with those peo-
pie. IF heis, L am willing the Legis-
lature of Indiana should pass law
for his especial protection. IF he or
the Copperheads of this State do, if
they are afraid they will go to marry
ing negroes, am willing you should
pass laws for their protection. If one
OF them wanted to marry negro, [