The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-31
Niblack's witness on the Stand.

Wnere IN your, CANVASS uOOioAO VAA"'
you would not vote another man nor
another dollar to carry on the war as
then conducted, and that you would
vote to repeal the draft2" stated that
s the man that originated that was a
liar" Rather rash language for a
man who prides himself on abstaining
from personal abuse. But when a
gentleman in the audience declared
publicly that he heard it from NIB
LACKS own mouth, at Cypress Dale,
our worthy Representatives. reply was
that he must have misunderstood him,
and that he aoouid appeal ID Col, Allen,
has competitor. So mote it be. 7oi 5iaq 7
He further stated that he had neoer
opposed the Draft. fra no asb. inag
Tho question was not ,propounded
in the dark. We knew what we1were
writing We call Col. ALLEN, NIB
LACKS own chosen witness, before the
public Col. ALLEN, during that
canvass in, 1864, made notes of NIB
LACKS speeches. Ataour request he
has furnished us copy of them. not
made from memory, but written down
as the words, were spoken by his
competitor. In the memoranda of
the speech made by NIBLAcK at
PlainYille, we have this language:
"WoN'T VOTE ANOTHER MAN NOR AN
OTHER DOLLAR TO CARRY ON THE
WAR ON THE POLICY UNDER WHICH IT
is NOW CONDUCTED; and If moeo IN
Congress aooaldl cote to repeal the {
present laao authorizing draft ,Am
opposed to, drafting either lohite man or !
negro."l And Col. ALLEN adds:
Same declaration at .Coonrod's Mill
We proceed with our extracts from
Col. ALIENS notebook. sat Big
Spring, Martin County, ao;H never.
pote 10 draft men 70 conduct the soar on
ats present policy, and am opposed to
the aoar ON the policy on ,ohich 1t IS at
present prosecuted, and If I aoere no,o
IN Congress, s0ou1d yQte to- repeal all
lays sqHtborizspg draft, and, awoULD
NOT vofE ANY MORE MEN OR MONEY,
TO carry on. The a0ar under tie present
policy. At Washington Parry politics
and party policy haoing to some erteht
entered into The management of the
,oar, 1t Is a pecug;dr hardship to draft
men, AND WOULD NOT, VOTE ANOTHER
MAN NOR ANOTHER DOLLAR, &c. At
Bruceville-As politics haze entered
into this aoar, 1t tUoald be hard to draft
men into At against their. coasciences,
and I WON'T VOTE ANOTHER MAN NOR
ANOTHER DOLLAR, &c, and soould vote
to repeal the present laao authorizing
Draft. q" ~ 5sa i3oi -
II We give these extracts verbatim.
They are now in our Office, IN the |
handwriting of Col. Alien himself,
and can be proven by score of wit !
nesses In this city, who are acquaint-
ed withIit. We shall berglad tolshow
them to Mr.. NIBLAcK, the editor of |
the Courier, and every other individu-j
alIwhoddesires to satisfy himself of |
their authenticity II
But this is not all. After NIBIACK, |
made his first speeches In the outset
of the canvass, in 1864, Col ,14llen
furnished a report of, the language to
the j JOURNAL, and the following SEN.
fences stood at the head of the edito-
rial columns of this paper for weeks,
up to the very day of the election: II
.s If Lam elected to Congress, Iso;U
merer cote to draft any man into the
service; and # I soere yoar RepTeser,to.
tire aoeos 1 soould cote to repeal the
present tGtc authorizing drqft.la
. sIaciH moi, IF elected your representa-
the, VOTE ANY MORE MEN NOR MONEY |
uader any CIRCUMSTANCES, for the prose
cution Of the a0ar andcr The policy upon |
sohich IL is conducted" b..a 80 .s'2 I'D
j Every reader of the JOURNAL in
1854 will remember them. Nor did |
NIBLAcK, either in this city or else |
where, deny the truth Of them; but,
like ex-Captain DENNIS, he only feels |
the sting after the lapse of years, when
the changed state of the country makes
such sentiments unpopular and odious. |
We have given these extracts from the
notes furnished us by COL ALLEN, be-
cause NIBLAcK chose to call upon him
as the witness who was to vindicate
him from the damning charge. The
testimony of the witness is before the
public. ~