The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-07-26

him as the most intelligent and ready
of their guides, and who always gave
them a hearty welcome and a warm
meal at his home. He afterwards en-
tered the army in one Of the Ken
lucky regiments, and did gallant ser
vice. Since the close OF the war be
has resided at his old home, and as
an industrious farmer, andhoDest and
respectable citizen, quietly pursued
his a~yocation. Nothing a be said
against him, except it is an offence TO
he a bold and outspoken Union man
In the midst Of a nest of proscriptlve
and blood-thirsty rebels. 1t was only
a few weeks ago that he, without So
licitation on u part, canvassed his
neighborhood and sen US a small
club of subscribers to the JOURNAL,
embracing every loyal man in the vi
cinity. The rebels never forgave him
for his service during the war, and
for his manly conduct since, and they
have taken a sure method of ~silencing
his voice.
1 But we mistake the spirit of the
true men Of Kentucky and the loyal
people of the North if the blood of
PEYToN does not cling to the skirts of
the rebels of that region and bring down
upon them a just and merited punish
ment. The cup of their iniquity is
nearly full. 1t was the same fendish
| spirit which actuated the assassination
of PEYTON, that drove the late Lieu
tenant HAMPTON from his home in
Hopkins County, and followed him to
Indiana, where a band OF rebel blood
hounds tore him from the embraces
of his wife, and dragged him from his
house at night to murder him and
throw him into the Ohio river as they
would the vile carcass of a dog. 1t is
the same spirit which caused the
cowardly murder of Major BRIDGE
WATER, who also will be remembered
by many Indiana soldiers in the East
Tennessee campaign as a brave and
dashing officer. We know of Union
soldiers, natives of this same Hop
kias County, who are constantly
threatened with death, and who dare
not remain a moment without their
weapons by them. Some OF them 60
to their fields with their old cavalry
revolvers buckled around them, ready
for and expecting an attack. There
are native born citizens Of Kentucky
now living in Evansville, some of
them were officers Of rank and distinc-
ton in the Federal army, whose lives
have been both secretly and openly
threatened, and they are in receipt of
letters warning them that they must
never again set foot on Kentucky
soil-that their death has been de-
creed. In many places in the ad-
joining regions Of that State, we
know that there is no safety for a
Union man except in cowardly
silence and submiss.on In many pre-
cincts a loyal man does not dare to
tObC LIE hOACSO uelAlCuGS- WOulu
be worth his head TO do it. There ap-
pears to be a concerted and studied
movement made to overawe and alarm
the Union men. and, if possible, to
drive them from the country. The
candidate on the Rebel Democratic
ticket for Lieutenant Governor, STE
vENsoN, in his campaign tour through
the counties of the First and Second
Districts, at different places announced
that those who supported Congress
had better get across the river"
And this is their programme. If they
cannot silence and subdne or drive
them out of the State, where there
are bold, brave men like PEYToN and
BsDaEwATER, who have the courage
TO resist, they are assassinated. esd
Weta .not,wonder that the Union
men OF Tentucky are clamoring for
Congress tormbraee that State in the
operation 9th, Military Reconstruct
ton Act Noting but the strong
arm Of military poFer and Federal
interference will save item from exile
or exposure to the fate OF these men !
who have been murdered. pbe life.
liberty and properly of Unio. man.
are more securezin any oneg1of the
Southern States, unless it be Texas.
Assassination Of a Uaion Soldier in