Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-08
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The Issue Falsely Stated.

the LOUISVILLE Veu1eE Df d opdaE last,
in an article headed Endorsing the |
war" The Enthusiastically ltossome.
thing that had previously appeared in
the Louisville Journal:
The journal SAYS that = docs net
itself indorse the whole war from begin
ming to end, yet ii AeanBF IA wiHk tbaE
the men who busbbs 81 lha fhe pnioRI
in that war, but who are now honestly |
striving for the.restoration of the Union,
are not entitled f0 &rSdlg fee thelrju |
tentions unless they do what i refuses
to do itself. The ~Ygar.- is q past issue.
Its terrible mistakes, litS hokfidA carriage !
its wrongs, expressions, cpd deyastaass |
tions, are all behiffd ausi iaud'ifhweMonld
forget them we must keep6nr back Ia 20.
ward them and our eyes steadily + ed q
in the opposite direction. It ie not at al ]
important to q ,man'se pfesents p0sil ipRs
what his opinions may have ben during
the war. ---------------..--------
The Courier assumes that the men
who fought against the Union during the
war, are now H6R6a5 rslikiuzd1t Ahe,
restoration Of the QnipH, bpt HsYst pot
be expected to indorse and approve the
war. We thiHk thso fourisrris illogical
We can see no mere ircon-
sisteney, on the part Of those who fought
against the GovernMspt, in indorsing
the war for the suppression Of rebellion
than in seekiags 4oskonsoiidate the Cox
eminent they have heretofore cen en-
dssvOring to divide. IfaAt are f 4 !
honestly" striving, sotsle =. s. 4 stHfatIoAl
Of the Union" they ,nast. Ahays abaen'
convinced that they wrongo in dafz
tempting it's desttdeti6h: and what in
consistency is there in admitting that
they were wrong and nind6Fsing ihe in
strumentaIi;y that conviReea them Iof
their delusiou and err6f2A0aA X I 0
We think the Courier niAappfshends,
or misstates, the inte6ti6ns 81 thosa who
fought against the Union. They, are not
honestly striving fot TIE restorAtionl Of
the Union, for that has YET lBeeA dis
solved. They arc st46ihg tS1sgais the
pos0er in the Union pAicH -sasy sdiAist
endsaUOrsd to rstaiS3s going Saf 81 ne
Union. That is TIE sRpipE i I TIhyss
rebels are not willing to endorse
the war because they .Ad Htit A6hdept
its results. They have NOT given up the
fght-they have meralsTckangsd their
tactics. In all their past campRigns one
important wing of their army, the North
ern Copperheads.A 6dhld not = be- made
available. That divisidE uf rEb@ Gwss
willing, and its Iced era were ahxiquF, 70
cooperate with the hosts nndeE pavis
and Leland dbftg Ehg sEsent Of their
ability-but theirsannonndings weres so
unpropitiOus that their 24o5tA ,.bHhshted
their friends inn the South very. little
During the Mcclellan campaign they
made a tremdndSds efStt to GREATS )
diversion in favos9gcf then suppressed
rebel forces in the South, but the effort
proved faiIure-.stiie Two wings we're
beaten in detailE oIaaImmo9 t2n
PrOfting by sEsFIiepee tAs rebel
leaders are now endeaYoEIng 70 VscSoml;
piish the same resulkFfor iswhickb they
have been conteEdidg ri aths pHststasas
years-the control or destruction Of the
Government-byo Ins%z plan of opera
lions. A capasaOt sa tsse AFeadf
mapped out in which The NeEibeen. and
Southern wings Of the great army ore %
be consolidated and ono -grapa Charge
made upon ths4Ais6asE cf ate Gssef6s
ment, whom they hopes ttq g dissrg5
by their hypocfltjrAk prstegsioHg Of dqys
atty, and their decepiize, ssalks ahept
. honestly seeking the restoeation of the
Union" II s1Hcsssfnl'M 4hiS'61 sladght
at the bale. Scxsahe Febslen feel that
they may congsasaIale thamasIEss that
the cause of the sOgtf IS pot 9os.e1afssf
all. They mEgbf epEqfsf 0ganqgi4g tho
affairs of all the StdtEs especial yf1eh-
ding those wtssN -sdsaah most sf;sAA
Government EeysRHsFyt9 cshsf0lifSi tFe
destiny of the eleven which thay united
in the so-calIso 1ssAbdt COME dssAey.
II was only ina $780, Yhsas these aams
rebel leaders 1ouad thstothss' people n ae d
unwilling to;issG III e. ta man age
msntof the coqptEysiH sIisiteh hands. thaN
they rebeIled. TIE Uns6R was good
enough when they controlled Il It's op
pressions consisted only il putting bette
men at its head. 100 a Not
We repeat, it is only the prospect o
once more gsgsasg sck68sssa OF TIE Rssd
government which MOVE 6aas tsheoheslt
ofrebels North and South, and stimulate
them to put forth such exertions. Tha
is what they ua&hOHEsba he9 talk 7Eoa
striving for the restoration of tn
Union" Id fifnss past q baHl
Toombs, Wigfall and esher-rebels salks'
much and loudly boat tipreserying .sh
Union" 1t was never fully demonstrates
what they meant. 5 II, until they 1co9I
no longer wisia rs sfesepowers t6lbaif
up and strengthen their. own Interests
Then it was discovered That q preservinI
the Union meant only keeping rebel
IN Office and pCpsE 81, nQsws sesloripi
the Union in the same mouths mean
restoring eat@l6 tbrD6e AHd power
This is the simple issue. The Louis
vile Courier win fail, We think, to de
ceive any bed8T We beEsEes that ID
Union men Of ;he North and South hav
their eyes opsh9 A Rebel cola ns, HaariE
ing under the Stars and Stripes, win nc
deceive as theyLHids aBs Wilson ~ Gee
and Pea Ridge. The Union columns
we trust, haseEaH dot become demoralize
by past sueoessesa 20 d Vie contrary v
believe they will stand as iifmf and. sci
reliant as when they fecefs cd the assault
of the same.sfaAaass ChiSkam lu ug "a .. 40
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