The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-05-31


standing of their present political AND
commercial status; how they have
been the dupes of partial legislation,
of tariffs, of paper money, National
banks founded on National security.
q SPECIAL PROvIDENCEs.
God is just; although to us, who do
not understand His Providence, that
justice sometimes seems tardy. lnever
was prone to believe In the frequent
recurrence of special Providence. but
such instances are distinctly seen IN
the cases of three of the greatest sin
ners against Gods righteous will
Lincoln, Brough and Morton.
One has been summoned to the bar
of retributive justice with his sins un-
repented of. Another, covered all
over with the mildew of debauchery
and wrapped in the exhalations from
which buzzards would turn their Of
Tended noses, carried to the grave the
impress of infamy while there yet re-
mains one of the Goddess trio; but the
plague is on its westward march, his
limbs are smote with the blood of
crime, and tremble under their load
of corruption. But / pray that he
may live long to realize in this world,
rather than in the next, that God is
just. - oe.s.7r
sR RECONSTRUCTION NOT NEEDED.
latYou perhaps wish to hear my views
upon reconstruction. Our Govern
ment is good enough, if properly adj
ministered and out of respect for the
memories ofiour fathers. 1 would leave
i. untouched, and perform in good
faith its conditions, observing the stip-
ulations on which the Southern army
was surrendered If reconstruction
were at all necessary, the American
people are not now In frame of mind
for so important subject If / were
to suggest any change, itwould besto
restrict, rather than enlarge the powers
Of the Federal Government. gf
o'a.q coPPERHEAD REFLECTIONS. 8u
The injuries of the war never can
be repaired. The assault. upon the
moral law of the land is irreparable.
American honor, so renowned for
purity, is now the synonym for blood;
murders that would appal the barba-
rism Of the tenth century, are fire.
quent and open as MONDAY The war
has led your sons to the slaughter pen
by millions; and what can compensate
for their loss / ask the father who
has lost bright and manly boy, will
that loss be propitiated by sitting in
the jury box between Yankee and 4
niger? Laughter ask that mother
who has lost a husband and provider
for her children, will you cast aside
your weeds of mourning and dance
for joy at the privilege of being jostled
about by a sweaty wench Faint
giggle All these are forms of-woe
which no abolition panacea can heal
THE MIsER's MISERY.
How is it with you my aged friend?
You who in your younger days left a
home of comparative case, and en-
dured the hardships of pioneer life,
that you might live in comfort in
your old age? Look around you at
your threatened want; think of what
you had promised yourself, that you
should rent your farms for enough to
support you, to pay taxes, and to have
a little to spare for visiting your
friends, or helping your children if
any should be unfortunate. You look
at your tax bills now, and see that it
viii take all your surplus to pay Them
and the increased price of living.
You see, also, that in a failure of your
crops you will be unable to pay your
taxes, and will find that you have been
despoiled Of the fruits of your toll and
privation, and that all you have is
mortgaged for more than it is worth,
and you are forced to contemplate the
wrinkled face of cadaverous want,
while in every city you will see those
who toll not, neither do they spin,
fat with Government grease, with
Government bonds swelling their
pockets; bonds recklessly thrown
out for Yankee ships and Yankee
guns, on which bonds they pay no
taxes. Curses and imprecations that
would have relieved the sufferings of
Job, would but feebly relieve your
feelings. A sigh and groan. \
For the kindness manifested for me
to day and in the past, | will reiterate
the advice gave you five years ago:
Maintain the organization of the Dem
ocratic party. leaving the ignorant and
cowardly men who have shrunk
from the boldness. Of its truth
to their iqnominious fate. And
though demagogues and dishonest men
may have attempted to corrupt its,
ritual, and interlope its character,
their cry carries with it the proof of
their own perfdy. There can be only
two parties in this country, and the
only issue worthy of support is, who
shall govern America- whether the
people, in their sovereign capacity, or
a privileged oligarchy, unknown to the
spirit of free government Maintain
and cherish the organization and usa-
ges of your party. in all their boldness
and strength. Would to God they