The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-03-11

CdL6 1OE SOOu mural CudIdCiGI3 GSpG-
cially as to truth and veracity.e
The editor of the Courier says the
charge against Mr.. Brown is, 'that
before the AGAR" he said Kentucky
would not furnish q man or dollar
to carry it ON That is. not the
charge. The allegation is that after
the war hadFcommenced after the
National A6g had been fred upon;
after Government forts had been
seized; Government arsenals cap
tured; Government armies compelled
to surrender; after hostile batteries
had been constructed, whose guns
pointed at Government forts and
vessels; after rebel government had
been put in operation, with
rebel President and Vice President
at its head; after all these things,
JOHN YOU'VE Brown, of Kentucky,
said if Northern army attempted to
cross the borders Of that State, he
would ''resist 1t to the DEATH, and if
one man in Kentucky should volun-
teer to join the Union army, he
ought, and / believe will be, shot down
before he leaves the State" This,
the Courier calls championing the
Democratic cause. If the Democracy
of Evansville agree with this express
sion of opinion, we are answered.
The party has talked different
ly upon the stump and in
most of their papers. We dare say
the New Albany Ledger would hardly
consent to accept Mr. Browns utter
ances on that memorable April day
as Democratic doctrine. It is very
certain the Louisville Democrat can
not and will not swallow them as the
genuine sarsaparilla What is more,
JOHN Young Brown has never
changed his opinions, or, at least,
avowed a change, that we have heard
of. He still holds to the opinion,
no doubt, that Kentuckians who
volunteered in the Union army ought
to hare been shot dOaon before leaving
the State. It is because he enter
tains and has avowed such sentiments
that he is to-day candidate for Con-
gress. Is it for the avowal of such
sentiments that the Evansville Obu-
rier SO earnestly. supports him? We
have not been uncharitable enough
to think so. We do not believe the
Democrats. especially those who have
served in the Union army, will feel
very friendly to tiff it persists in in
dorsing a candidate who could utter
and never repudiate such sentiments
as those we have fastened upon JOHN
YOU'VE Brown
The Courier is as poorly informed
i'm the history Of the country as it
seems to have been in the antecedents
of Kentucky politicians. It says the
article.rinr the Evansville JOURNAL,
from which it has extracted so much
consolation. appeared after the seces-
sion of South Carolina. The article
was published Dec. IS, 1860, and
South Carolina did not secedel until.
Dec 2O-twedsys afterwards. q val
=. The Courfer is anxious to know
whether the JOURNAL of to-day re.
CARDS the JotRNAL of 1860 as disloy.
al. Most certainly not. The JOUR
NAL of December18Y 1869, advocated
a mistaken policy. It sought to avoid
war with, those who were determined
to have war. It sought to concilfate
where Cancellation was an impossi-
bility. It9honestIy thougEitAwhat |
even is have since proven to have
been an an eeirrro5rr-that the Uhtion
of States could not be preserv-
ed by the sword 8 It0erred in Ejudg7d
ment, But not in patriotism, But,
after the South assailed the Govern
ment, fred upon Its flag, seized, its |
propertyrand levied war, the Journal
has always advocated the suppression
of treason by every instrumentality
within. the power of the Government.
Not so JOHN Young Brown. It is
only after the flag of his country
is fired upon that we hear him
speak, and then he threatens death to
all who rally to the defense Of that
flag. And he, the Evansville Courier
asserts, when it Knew him ''llong
ago. was "a gallant and eloquent