The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-06-05
CORRESPONDENCE.
BooNvILLE, INDIANA,
June 4th. 1866.

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have apparently carved out their work
and allotted to each one his duties
One is to perform this-another that
duty For instance: a certain petit
logger is to approach every man he
thinks a little ignorant and confding,
and instill into him all manner of pre-
judices against the Union cause, by
telling him every conceivable lie he
can imagine, and urging him to dis
seminate them among his neighbors.
The other day I overheard him talk
ing very confidently to quite respect
able, looking farmer. Among other
things he told the farmer that Chief
Justice Chase had decided that Bowls,
Milligan and Horsey were innocent of
the charges preferred against them,
and had ordered their release. He
then gave the man lingo about GER
tain Government bonds, bank stock,
&c, that were exempt from taxation,
4snd wound up by assuring the credu-
lOus old fellow, that the Civil Rights
bill extended the right of suffrage to
the negro. This g fixed things, and
the gentleman from the rural district
strutted off, as he supposed, a much
wiser, and great deal stronger Dem
Ocrat than he ever was before. As he
departed he remarked to his beaefcent
instructor: l am glad | had this talk
with you" His friend replied, "Well,
you may be, for every word have
told you is true"
This same dissemenator of the pure
Democratic doctrine made quite a
harangue to a group of not overly in
telligent Butternuts near the Court
House fence yesterday He broke
out most vehemently against political
preachers, the introduction of politics
into the pulpit, &C. After getting
quite animated, he made the inquiry:
" Why don't you never hear Demo
cratic preachers talking politics in the
pulpit? You never heard one in all
your life" Yes, l did," said
listener. In 1863 [ heard one
preach rousing Democratic sermon.
He gave the Administration, the war,
and all concerned in it, perfect biz
cards" All, did you indeed? Who
was he, and where is he now? /
should like to know that there was at
least one good, sound and reliable
Democratic preacher in the land.
The impertinent interrupter of our
pettifogger replied that the name of
the preacher to whom he alluded was
Rev. Brown, and that he would find
him in a certain State Institution
located at Michigan City; that few
days after he preached the all-con-
vincing sermon against the country
and the war, to which he had re-
ferred, the reverend gentleman was
arrested for whipping his wife and
robbing his neighbours smoke house,
and was now undergoing expiation
for the crimes. Mr.. Pettifogger be-
came highly indignant at the turn of
the tables upon him, and left in high
dudgeon."
The great effort of the seekers after
the loaves and fishes here seems to be
to convince the people that the rebels
are just as much entitled to take part
in the administration of the Govern
ment as they were before the war.
They won't admit that, although they
have been in hostile array against the
country and her institutional
they have drenched their hands in the
blood of our brave soldiers-that they
forfeited every vestige of a right. And
the more tolerant the Union men
are-the more magnanimity and liber-
atty they manifest-the more the I'M
scrupulous and God-ridden rebels and
their aiders and abettors here in the
North demand. Out upon such in
suits. Let them try probation awhile
give us some guarantee that in an
other decade. if not in another year,
they will not try their hands at seces-
sion again, and then it will be time to
trust them in the administrative and
legislative management of affairs.
The desire to celebrate the coming
fourth of July seems to be on the in
crease among all classes, grades and
sects throughout the county, except
perhaps the violent copperheads.
Some of them would perhaps encour-