The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-09-19

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unteering, a draft was ordered by
which to fill up the wasted ranks of
the army, and reinforce the brave, sol
diers, who were battling against the
armed legions of treason. Knox.
county, the home of NIBLACK, having
failed to fill its quota by volunteering,
was ordered to do so by draft, unless
filled within aperiod namedy inJthe
order NIBLACK was opposed to the
war, and hence had no disposition to
shoulder musket or draw sword
in its defense; but there was danger
that he would be drafted into The SER
oice. So he set himself to work to OBJ
tain a substitute. OF course he
would remember the promise he had
so repeatedly and publicly made that
he would send as substitute a man
as good as himself The official re-
cord of the Circuit Court of Knox
County and of the Board of Commits
sioners clearly show that the following
was the result, of his efforts tosthat
end. There was confined in the Jail
of Knox County, man charged with
"shop-lifting and other larcenies, of
various kinds, which went to estab-.
lish his character as a common thief
NIBLACK, in place of going into the
open market and securing a substi-
tute, went into the County-Ja all and
induced this man, against whom there
were numerous charges of stealing, to
become his substitute; and as COM
pensation for this common thief tax
ing his place in the army, NIBLACK
became his security under the various
indictments, which through political
| favor were placed at the small amount
of $780, And so this Representatiy
of the, people. of the First District
sent into the field, to take his place
beside the gallan volunteers Of Tndi-
ana, a thief from the County Jail; : a
man as good as himself" according to
his promise, and for which he did not
pay one single dollar; simply becom-
ing security for $500 on the recogni-
zance, which, of course, was broken.
But this gross insult to the soldiers
was not ALL The Board of Commits
sioners Of Knox County, in order to
induce the people to make extra ex-
ertions to save themselves from the
impending draft, passed an order ap-
propriating out Of the public funds
5000 to each person who should pro-
cure substitute, and thus reduce the
quota. NIBLACK, not content with
having released from the Jail and
fastened upon the honest men of the J
army thief, took the certificate of
the draft officer that he had furnished
a substitute, which had cost him
nothing, and presenting it to the
Commissioners obtained from them
5000 in couAty orders. What mas 1
terly stroke of business shrewdness
was this transaction A substitute
for nothing, and 5000 of the peoples
money in his pocket! And thus did
Cour worthy Congressman escape the
horrors of. the draft, and send into
the. army, to be the comrade of the
men whose votes he is now so piteous-
ly begging, Jail bird and rogue.
Soldiers Of the noble Army aofI
the Republic, the brave Defenders of
the Nation, is this the man you would
choose as your Representative to the
Congress of the country? Every one of
the facts stated above are substanti-
ated by the official records of Knox
County; and although they have been
heretofore published, neither Mr.. NIB
LACK nor any of the Democratic
newspapers dared to gainsay them, In
March and April, 1865, these facts
were published in the Vincennes
Gazette, and stand undenied in all the
material allegations. We charged |
them upon NIBLAGK, when he made
his speech in Evansville short time
ago, and he did not deny them. They
are incontestable facts.
HOW HE SECURES THE PASSAGE BY
CONGRESS OF A WORTHLESS BOUNTY |
BILL FOR THE SOLDIERS AND A
FAT SALARY FOR HIMSELF.
What we say on this point has in
some measure been referred to in the
JOURNAL heretofore, but it will be |
appropriate to condense it in the pres
ent article.
NIBLAoK is Boosting in his speeches
that he is entitled to the soldiers
votes becanse he assisted in the mass