The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-09-05

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ton. He places it in January, 1868.
That reminds us thatit was just after
the Fall elections, when the demoe7
racy had succeeded taking advantage
of the the disasterlto our arms to car
fy most of the Western and Middle
States. And it was immediately after
the PRONUNCIATION of that great char
ter of Universal Freedom, the Proela-
nation of Emancipation. / Was it the
Fall elections which opened the eyes
Of this newborn Radical? Or was
the Proclamation of Freedom more
than % Union Democratic Colonel
scould stand2Hh 70 sssaegssa 1uD sAsaEo $50
The Colonel Is slightly wrong" in
his Card.n1aaa We attribute neither
manherSs o., i" spirit !" to,his declara-
ton that he,e8ould ia.tote9 for I jeff
DaUis,sT a7e1 noaaiaeesof his panty. 4
We simply gave the charge as ! We unl
derstdod tin a public speech IF # we
have misrepresented his words, why
did heanot CORRECT them IN his; Card Z
He, h6Weg Ell admits there was a con
versation, to . db6tet that effect .',S
We have only to say, in conclusion,
that the Colonel aloneiSiis responsible
forsthe use Of his name in the Jour
NAIL Of aall a hetrcolonels in this
county, he alone call. upon the sol
diers ofothe Union to meet him in
Convention. We have attempted to
show that his political course, during
the past three years, does not war
rant him in making such aRcall, nor
any true. soldier Of the Union in
answering to his summons n We leave
theto'"' Boys in Blue = to- decide the
matter for themselves. AS a citizen,
we do not assail him. As soldier,
we are justified in all we have said,n
The Journal, the Courier, and the
~ Soldiers. = ~
"a The relationship which the Evans
Vile JOURNAL sustained towards the
soldiers of the Union army, during
the rlto suppress a causeless rebel
.hon,is too well known to need repeti-
ition. 1.-the many thousands who
went from this Congressional District,
its efforts to reach them in all parts
of the South, with news from home
tand1gwords l1of encouragement and
cheer, aaFfSe9so familiar that mo no breath
need be wasted in professions Of
friendship, now that they have re-
turned to their homes and have the
privilege of voting "a privilege that
was denied them by a Democratic
Legislature while they were in the
servicessb We leave the task of gaining
their confidence and friendship by
mere lip professions to those who
have no other merit to plead or claim
to present. We regard it as especially
the province Of those who gave. their
sympathy to the rebels, during the
war, to be loud in their professions of
love and ad niration foe the soldiers
now that he has returned triumphant,
possessing the power to reward friends
and punish enemies? : 80
To this latter class belongs the
Evansville Courier. During gtheI war
its editor had no sympathy for the
loyal soldier. A Union victory was
to him a source offmsftifcation and
sorrow, and Union defeat wreathed
his face in smiles and warmed his
heaFtwiEh gIadness. GIt>isAespecially
incumbent upon him to obscure bad
record by profase display of friend
ship and cheap admiration. When,
the Courier attacks the
JOURNAL for want of sympathy with
the soldier, we regard it as an eff
fort to divert attention from the dis
loyal and reasonable history of its
editor, and as such, only, worthy at
tention. ,0d0D NY1W
The Courier of yesterday contains
vile and contemplate insinuation
against one of the most estimable
young ladies Of our city because she
was not more successful in an under
taking to add to the fund for the CON.
struction of Soldiers and Sailors
Monument. Its insinuations that this,
LADY, who was the originator and
manager of the whole affair, misappro-
priated any oof the money, will add
little, to the strength of its party and
a great deal to the contempt already
entertained for it by the intelligent
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