The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-09-24
A Sterling Patriot.

A Sterling Patriot.
In these days, when men are aban-
doning their principles for paltry
Offices, and forming political associa-
tions which they despise in their hearts,
for the sake of the contemptiblepay a
traitor President chooses to offer them,
it is refreshingto meet with such a pa
triot as the following correspondence
shows German to be who is now work.
| ing in ourcity. AT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
of the war Mr.. ZIMMERMAN, to whom
we allude, was with his father in Louis
lana. The old gentleman owned a
large plantation, and some two hun
dred and fifty negroes, and was quite
wealthy. ,.s.-..
While he took the side of the rebels,
his two sons went North, enlisted in
the Union army, and fought through
the war. The old man enlisted In the
rebel army, and lost leg, itseemss at
Savannah. Since d the war CORES
pondence has been carried on between
the father and son, and the latter fur
nishes us with ethe last letter he has
received, to show the Northern people
what are the designs of the Demo
cratic party in case it carries the cleo
tons this Fall. We call the attention
of every business man in our city to
the letter 1t cannot fail to carry con-
viation to every intelligent mind that
the only safety of our Government and
people depend upon the success of the
party which brought the Government
safely and triumphantly through
terrible war: HIVE Avn
EDITORS JOURNAL: s-.a---s----s-r--e-.-
Some weeks ago 1 received letter from
my father, JOHN G. ZIMRIERMANN, late
Colonel of the 10th louisiana (Rebel,) Regi-
ment. When the rebellion broke ont l
left the South, with my only brother, to go
North and fight for the preservation of the
Union, and for that purpose enlisted in the
I'd Missouri Volunteers-though 1 had to
fight against my own father and my inter
est. My father espoused the rebel cause
with heart and hand, and what he hopes
and expects now, his own letter will ex-
plain. To give proof to my belief that the
rebel spirit is not at all subdued yet, at
least that the late rebels, If they can not
succeed by force of arms, now hope to gain
everything they want by ballot and the
help of the Northern Democratic party,
/ wish to see the following letter publish
ed. Make use oft if you see proper.
.e,t a" Yours, with respect,
1 JOHN E. ZIMMERMANN.
-NssN SEES ITranslated].
ALEXANDRIA, La, Sept, l, 1865.
Dear Son:
I received your letter of the 18th, last
month, and see therefrom that you still, as
in 1861, when you left us, a traitor to your
State, adhere to that id abolition
party. want you now to come back and
live with me in peace. For four long years
we fought one against the other, and the
consequence of this abolition war is, that
you will find no house over your fathers
head when you come back. The Yankee
army burnt it down, and the worst of all
is, my two own sons belonged to that army
and helped to ruin their own State and
father.
1 want you to come back Immediately
because an election is at hand on which
depends much of interest to us. We stand
before the door demanding to be allowed
to come in. Every vote is precious and if
you come back hope you wild be sensible,
vote with as or keep mum. All of us are
what we were before; we are whipped, but
not yet dead. We are now too feeble to
throw off the yoke, but with the help of
our friends North, we will succeed yet
The day is not far off now, when the
Democratic party will be victorious, and
they, with open arms, will say: IS Welcome,
Southern States; you shall have your
rights" And then the time will come,
when the Abolition party can't ride us no |
more; we have learned to ride, too, and
then we viii he on their backs You know I
4 lost an my money IN our bonds, cut tlFeH
itxpect thai they Will he PAID we
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