The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-20


Our readers viii gremembet that
some time ago Gen. TILsoN, military
commander of the1District of Geor-
eia arrested a number of the young
hotspufs Of Rome, g Ca, for displaying
the febel flag in that city, and other
disldyaf conduct. The Mayor and
Couh bell petitioned Mai. Gen. THOMAS
for their release, on the ground that
the youngsters did not know that such
acts were ofenses against the Govern
ments In the form Of a General Or
der, Gen. THOMAS replies to their re-
quests We make, the following
extract lg9 'saatIaS5, ~. s.s va .ssly
The excuse is too puerile to answer,
and unworthy Of a schoolboy9 even.
The young men arrested, as well as
other citizens of the South, know we'll
enough what is right and what is
wrong in such matters, without wait
ing to be guided by orders especially
naming and prohibiting disp avs hon
oring treason, and efcourse eOntemn!
ing loyalty. Were they so stupid as
not to- possess such innate sense of
propriety, the order from these
headquarters forbidding a rebel glori-
ficatipn over the remains of the rebel
Brigadier General Hanson, should
have been sufficient warning that
such performances would not be toll
Grated.
The sole cause of this and similar
Offenses lies in the fact that certain
citizens of Rome, and portion of the
people of the States lately in rebel
lion do not and have not accepted the
situations, and that is, that the, late
civil war was a rebellion and history
will 50 record it. Those engaged in it,
are and will be PRONOUNCED rebels;
rebellion implies treason, and treason
is a chime, and a heinous one, too,
and Deserving of punishment, and
that traitors have not been punished
is owing to the magnanimity Of the
conquefors. With too many of the
people of the South, the late civil war
is called revolution, rebels are call
ed "Confederatesfb Floyalists to the
whole country are called id YAM
KEGS and traitors, and over the whole
great crime with its accursed record.
of Slaughtered heroes, patriots, muir,
deredi because of their true hearted
love of'couhtry, widowed wives and,
orphaned children, and prisoners of
war slain amid such horrors as
find no parallel in the history of
the world, they are trying to throw
the gloss of pectability, and thrust
ing. with contumely and derision from
their society the men and
women who would not join hands
with in the work III of running
their country. Everywhere in the
States lately in rebellion, treason is
respectable and loyalty odious. This
the people Of the United States who |
ended the rebellion and saved the
country4will not permit, and all at
tempts to, maintain this unnatural Or
der Of things will be met by decided |
disapprovat 80 lta ~ fioi51S , .5i III. 81 e
AS however lids pretended by Il q
friends Of the citizens arrested, that
they were SO innocent as not to know
that it was wrong for paroled prisoners
and UNPUBLISHED traitors to glory in
their shame, and faunt the symbol of
their crime in the face of the country,
they will be released from confne-
ment, with the understanding that no
act of tEeasaniwill be passed nnnoticed
whenadeJected, and may they and,
others, who think like them, profit by !,
the lesson they have received. .5sgoi \
The order Of General THOMAS,
from which we make the aboVei ex-
tract, was published ainYfan in the
Louisville ICssriess with Che, following
Embellishments The old wars
rior bssa eRldeared himself to the 10y.
al masses Of the nation bbyhist glorious
success. in the late rebellion, but If
there was nothing else to attach him
to thgtrue friends of the country, his
manly and faithful protection of the
Union pepf Of the South in his de,
partment, and the bitter denuncia-
tons aoftsuch rebel sheets as the
Courier would be sufficient to give
him high place in. their estimatio n.
From the Louisville Courier, Feb. 16l
GEN. THOMAS ORDER NO. q. f
If Major General George Ell. Thorn
as had never done, anything but put
his name to general order No. 81.
whichwilllbe found in our columns
to-day, he would now be on the high
road to notorietyz-net very enyiable
%1n&n~iaf,y - ~ frr,a nor ono vbsnl =
man of proper feelings would desire
nevertheless, destined to widespread.
For we venture to predict that it will
be ashb%idely circulated, and that it
will encounter as universal reproba-
ton as did Beast Buffers cele-
brated woman s. order in New Or
leans. We feel that language is
wholly inadequate to add anything to
the scorn, the loathing and contempt