The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-12-28

presenting the claims of the loyal peo-
pie of the State to the protection of the
| National Government. The commit
tee waited ON Mr.. johnson on Thurs
day, June %, and presented the ad-
dress. 1t set forth that the Union men
of Virginia were not safe in person
or property, and that there was
no disposition on the part of the au-
thorities at Richmond to afford them
the protection they needed. In this
state of affairs they could look for
support only to the Government to
which they had been true during its
hour of peril, and their fealty to
which was the sole cause of the oblo-
| guy and persecution they were suffer
ing. With this view they made their
appeal to Andrew johnson, whom
they had regarded up to that time as
the man who, of all men,. could best
sympathize with the loyal men of the
South. He heard their statements,
but, instead of extending to them the
sympathy and encouragement they
expected, he coldly referred them to
the Governor and the rebel Legisla-
ture as the sources to which they
should look for relief. He ad-
vised them to go home and try to Gre
ate : healthy public sentiment as
the best way to remedy existing evils.
IF you don't do it." said he, s it
will show that you wanta master, and,
(stri king thetable heavily with his fist
by God, you shall have ONE This
sounds very much as if the idea of
dictatorship had found its way into
the Presidential Uranium even at that.
early date. His jealousy of Congress
was also illustrated during the same
interviewby an expression of decided
,ldisapproFal when the committee an
nouncedl1their intention of laying
theH address before that body.
Among the members of the COM
mittee fqiestidh were Judge Under
wood, Colonel JasYT. Close, Messrs.
John Hhwskhnrt g and Gillette e.!
Watsonlo United z States, Direct Tax
Oonlmissioners, and B. W Hunter
Esqa secretary of the !" Loyal Associ1
alton of Virginia. ~ The facts of the /
above stated are, Ho1ched for by
member. of the committee, who rex-
presses hiSfWfllingness 10 make afi--
davit to the same effect they Show
that even while the President, on pub
lie occasions; was breathing out fierce i
threats against rebels, while he still
protested the utmost adherence for
treason and declared that the loyal
men Of each State, however few in
number, should have control of its
government, he was even then niir-
turing in his heart secret and bitter
enmity toward that very class Wash
ipgton Chronicle. tG8
The New York Citizen is a little
more explicit about that great game
of faro In New York last week. It
says: The most vigorous and per-
tinacious fight against the tiger ever
made in this country. came off on
Wednesday night last. The assailing
party was an ex-member of Congress
of this city, while the bank was back
ed by a member elect. The attacking
party left the scene of conflict at 8. A.
NJ, on Thursday, the winner of 1921
900 We think this affair has no par
allel in sporting annals. We are glad |
of it, Ben; it will help set you on
your feet again, and John can afford
to lose it. At one time in the even
ing Mr. Wood was the looser to the
extent of $4,000, but cool persist
enee induced the change Of fortune
recorded above" -. sIT