The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-03-25
THE EVANSVILLE DAILY JOURNAL toNbAY MARCH

this glorious cause, and that / am left
to struggle for the security OF what
they died TO establish. As their sur
yivor, have sworn thousand times,
and swear again, that while / live L
will strive 10 secure what they died to
save Applause ;,
The waf. s over, and ! am as glad
of it as any Democrat or rebel IN the
land We found it hard to whip
them. 1t was about all we could do.
have often thought that they fought
much better than there was any ne
cessity for They were argued into
the belief that they really hated this
Government. They swore they would
not live under it, and SO they resorted
to red handed war to destroy the re-
public, and to build another govern
inent on its ruins. Wars always Gre
ate and determine their own issues.
Our war created and settled issues
which you, nor |, nor the rebels can
change, if we desire it ever so much
1t was not the purpose of the Re-
publican party to interfere with slav-
cry, nor was it the purpose of Mr..
Lincoln, who gave that party more
eUlIlL anu DOWCI duu AdcSkNC LnV0kAt
than all the Stewards put together.
[Applause.1 But soon after the war
began it did become the purpose of
the party. The rebels were told what
the result would be. but they said
they would show us-they would ma
tiOnalize slavery ri nsshi r9si 1sv Il
The war decided that State can
not secede, as the rebels claimed, and
as d they would still claim, If they
would avow their honest, sentiments.
The war decided, also, that slavery
should be abolished under the war
power. 8al @ vaH IL egrT ant lHi'nsr
1t decided, also, that the black man,
being freed, should become a citizen,
with all the rights belonging thereto.
The rebels had sworn that before
they would submit to,all this they
would die in the last ditch. They
had been afforded the opportunity of
carrying out this threat, but had not
availed themselves of it. When our
army reached Richmond, it found the
last ditch empty, andsthe rebels get
ting away from it in hurry. Why
did they not die in the lastiditch. or
leave the country as 4 they, said they
would? Our ports are open. They
can go where they please-to the In
dian Territories or any foreign gov,
ernmeut they prefer I to cthis--to the
Fejee Islands to the Kingdom of
| Owhyhee--they are welcome toa go
where they please and stay away for
everIi They say they won't 90. and and
are bound e9rlive in a country they
hate. / think they ought either to.
behave themselves better and cease
their abuse of the Government or.
leave it, if they possess the ,chivalry
and honor which is claimed for them.
The truth is, they know that it is the
best Government IN the world, and
that they can't live anywhere else. IF
they should try to, live under the tin
crowned monarch of Mexico, they
wouldn't stay there a month. They
wouldn't stay in England, the next
best Government to ours in the world,
because they would not be allowed ia
vote and CAB there, and so they would
come back here to talk and cuss us.
daughter and applause. se-iins 5s1es
These rebels say they have given up
the right to secede because they
haven't the power to secede. So it is
with all the, other issues they have
raised on US since the war-all settled
by the war. They claim grace on the
ground that they have yielded SO
much, when the fact is they have
yielded nothing and conceded nothing
but what we have choked out OF
them and whipped out Of them. 'ls.a 2
These democrats here, and in the
North, raise great shellebello
about the despotism of Congress, bat
they indorse without r; ,,,,,.,,
-ss OF rnc Monstrous despotism of
Andrew johnson. They can endure
the sdespotism of one man, but. they
cannot endure the rule of CuHsress,
which, in reality, is hotpia adespotism
and cannot be a despotism,, because
its acts are the acts of a sovereign
people esiio9 si9 lsatngi ebani sg2t4-ls
The farther We go away from the
the war, the more odious the rebel
lion will appear If / had a right to
vote In Kentucky, I would steer
clear of any man who ever was
traitor against the Government.
Applause We should have some
criterion to guide us. We cannot
hsupport this Government and play
with rebellion. He could forgive
rebels as men, but, he could not for
give them for the crime they had
committed against the Government.
These men had made serious COM
plant because. conditions had been
! exacted of them. But we asked no
| conditions of them The 18th article