The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-14

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A O0PPERHEAD RESPONSE TO A CALL
FOR TROOPS.
The Princeton Gibson County,
Democrat, in its issue of the 9th of
October, 1864, made the following re-
spouse to President Lincoln's call for
troops:
"' Father Abraham has called for
BOG, 900 more men, to fight for the
freedom of the negro. In the Ian
guage of the poet, we .exclaim:
I'VE are coming, Abraham Lincoln,
From mountain. wood and glen,
g We are coming, Abraham Lincoln,
With the ghosts of murdered men.
Yesi we're coming, Abraham Lincoln,
With curses loud and deep,
That will haunt you in your waking
And disturb you in your sleep.
There's blood upon your garments,
There's guilt upon your soul,
Let loose without control.
No! by the memory of our sires,
By their unnumbered graves,
Wen perish on ten thousand fields
Ere we become your slaves. ,"
The above appeared in the Demo
crat together with the call of the
President for 100000 volunteers. 1t
was intended by the editor, we sup
pose, as his reply to the call. Was it
not strange greetings" to you, sol
diers?
ad< MARTIN COUNTY.
n At mass meeting of the Democrats
of this county, at Dover Hill, Janua-
ry 81, it was resolved:
" That we regard the lives of white
men as of more value than the free
dom OF the negro, and zoe haze giUen
the last man and the last money aUe are
toitltng to give for the prosecution Of
thGs abolition 1oG,."
At the Democratic State Convention
at Indianapolis in 1864, d. III. Coler-
lex, a prominent member of the Con-
vention from Allen County, said:
Nine hundred and ninety-nine
men of every thousand who | repre-
sent breathe no other prayer than to
have an end to this hellish war When
nel0s Of Our victories comes there Is no
rejoicing; lohea neaos If our defeat
comes there as no s0rr010. There Is
feeling which tells Of an intense desire
for peace, and we ask that some reso-
luton be passed that is in unison with
the prayers of the heart of the Democ-
racy of the country, that this horrible
and bloody war must cease.
40. w Voorhees,, in a speech to his
constituents, at Greencastle, says:
" l say to you, my constituents,
that, as your representative, | will
neUe7' vote one dollar, one man or
one gun to the Administration of Ab-
rdhan1 Lincoln to make Uar on the
South"
The Crawford County Forum, re-
ferring to our soldiers, says;
1T (the Administration has put
arms in the hands of Outldqos, thieves.
nsurderers and traitors. !"
The Ashland Union, Democratic
organ, speaking of our soldiers, calls
them hired Hessians, going to the
sunny Southern soil to butcher by
wholesale, not foreigners, but good
men, as exemplary christians as any
of our own men. asre
SOLDIERS DENOUNCED as BLOOD
HOUNDS.
= On the 18th day of May, 1864, the
Franklin Democrat, published at
BrookVille, Indiana, made use of the
following language in reference to our
soldiers:
I'VE advise the bloodhounds to
finish up the job they have already
begun of sloyiug their felloU- country
men IN the Southern States before then
iaaugurote a like crusade on their
more immediate neighbours We ex-
pect to take our turn then; but it will
be an easier matter for you to annihi-
late one of us at a time. "
The Democratic Press, speaking of
the Republican party and the army,
said ~
"In power less than year, it has
spent millions of the peoples money,
and fUe hundred thousand men are
employed to steal negroes from their
Southern masters" "
Geo. w. Peck, of Ohio, in speech
before the Lansing Democratic Asso-
citation, March, 1863, said:
You Black Republicans began
this war. You have carried it on for
two years. You have sent your
hell hounds doaon South to deuastate
fhe countrgt-and a0hdt hare y0u done?
You neger can conquer them. And
why! Because they are our breth-
The Democracy of the First District
in 1854, occupied different position
In regard to the war and the soldiers
than the one they have assumed in
1866.
PRINCETON CONGRESSIONAL coNvEN-
1870 TION.