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

and was Qize the " humble individual
he owns as MASTERY opposed to egotism,
and forthwith disclaimed all intention of
abiding to himself; and as proof that he
did not lnteud to do so, he appealed to
HIS PAST ACTS Ibis RECORD,
which, according to his own showing,
which, 1 have no doubt, is a true one and
noble one too. He appeared before the
people dragging the, wreck of his former
noble self to the platform. he was now
mere hulk; his once stout and hardy con-
stitution was now shattered; his sands
of life were well nigh run out" and the
grave doomed up Just before him, gaping
to receive his body covered with marks
that he had received while at the front of
the battle and in the thick of the fight,
whore the heavy cloud of treason and re-
belHon lowered the blackest-yes, pale and
emaeiated by weeks of confinement abe-
tween the white-washed boards of a post
hospital, with health all gone--all hopes
of life beguiled-the fond dreams of his
youth, foB the accomplishment of which
he had toiled and suffered, all blast
ed-he had come home, now that
the war was over, to try and gath
er together the scattered threads
of a once lucrative law practice, and
weave them into wool of support for
his wife and babe, &c. This was his re-
cord. He appealed to it with pride, and
with such a record he stood before that
vast concourse to address them. But not
as at first. No cheers, no prolonged shouts
of approval greeted his ears. His record
was.not Endorsed by that crowd. II was an
unknown language that could awake no
sympathy in their breasts.
Messrs. Editors, / was that mans COM
rade-ii-arfns. r, like him, Jared on hard
tack and long meat. " While detailing his
experience in the army, recoun.ing his
deeds of valor and daring, and his suffer-
ing fol. his country, forgot the crowd, the
occasion, the man, and L only saw before
me the patriot, soldier, and hero. My
heart swelled within me, and beat in
sympathy with his deeds, and rsuffer-
ing, and 1 loved the soldier who
had thus dared and done for his
country; but a. reaction took place
as sudden as complete. 1 looked again
and there saw him-hand in hand, side
by side and Shoulder to shoulder with
Dan. Voorhees-who had while he was
SO bravely fighting at the front, denounced
him and his comrades as a Lincoln hire
ling, dog, red-handed murderer There he
was the companion and joint speaker with
John Young Brown, of Kentucky, who is,
and was as malignant traitor as lives;
who, 1 have heard, denounce and curse the
government and country. There he was
in the company fellowship of those who,
while he was fighting the enemy at the
front, were in secret counsel plotting and
Matching treason in the rear, and seeking
to murder the Governor of his State, seize
the arsenal, put the arms in the hands of
rebel prisoners who were to be released,
and with them make war on the wives and
Children of the soldiers in the field, his
own among the rest Oh, shame !-shame!i
shame!! Base apostate, no wonder
you writhe under the brand of trail
tor which you say has been applied
to you. If you heard it not from
the mouths of your friends and liv-
ing comrades, the ghosts of the 1900
starved and poisoned braves of Anderson
vile, with those of the 300, 900 loyal heroes
that lie in silent graves in every Southern
State, would return to earth and sound the
damning word TRAITOR" in your ears.
Again say, shame, shame to be found in
such company.S Fellow soldiers, come
rades! beware how you harl1en to that
man. Beware low you open your ears to
his story of loyalty. Look at him as he is
now, a partner and sharer in the cause of
treason and rebellion. He has shaken
hands with those whose hands are yet wet
and dripping with the'blOod of the nations
bravest and best sons. Let your voices,
your votes. at the coming election, speak
to this apostate and his fellows who have
deserted the ranks of loyalty and Union,
in such tones of thunder that he nor they
may never dare lift their impious voices
among me2 and affect to represent the
sentiments OF the late soldiers of the
Republic. SOLDIER.