The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-08-24

sposeh deilgsFsa BIZ FoRREsT ct
Brownsville on the subject Of calling
out the militia, to prove that he and
"the Confederate soldiers are willing
to aid with force, if necessary, the
-exeoution of the laws, and to show
that he wants peace. 1t does not
dare TO publish his speech IN full. as
raparsedg--Tt omits, for instance, the
following paragraphs, which immedi-
ately preoede the extract which it
published: dn1r3 s1li , rrsaS
1t is not our policy to get into an
other civil war or a war 7of any kind
Fat the present time, as ii scoald be
uSed against ps and aUedkelt our cause
an The North and [ have advised every
Confederate soldier, whom | have met
lately, TO do all in his power to pre-
vent war OF any kind taking place IN
Tennessee. 1915 -
can assure you, fellow citizens,
that for one do not want any more
war. / have seen it in all its phases,
andsbehege me, when | say so, that |
don't want to see any more blood
! SDEu-s nOI 10 L MdnJ " oOC LCS3 49,
armed to shoot down white men LII
| they bring this war upon Us, there Is
one thing / will tell you, that i shall
not shoot any negroes SO long as L can
see q white Radical to shoot. for 1t Is
the Radicals who will be to blame for
bringing on this war. w
b. But we learn more fully this dis
! tiaguished Democrats views from his
recent speech at Memphis. We copy
the report Of Gen FoRREsr's speech
as it appeared in the Memphis AUGt-
aRche:z saseI Is GOO aianii rltW
Troops would be called out. rs
was Confident, toe, that they would be
backed by the Federal forces. Presl'
dent JehnsonS Notwithstanding all be
and others had done to crafty his
( pride in the National Convention, bad
| gone back upon the Democracy. He
4 did not look for any help from him,
+, butit matters not how many were ar
4 rayeda against him and his old COM
i rades. He liked peace, but II any o.
them were shot down. as he expected
they would be- he could to0t has horn
he kneso that has old troops a0oIJd an
stoer as hieg had Arrays done. He bad
4 them arm themselves and be ready
Theg 5refe dlready drilled. and needeo
no drilling. IT the fight opened, i
would NOS be troops in line of battle
confronting each other, but citizen
against citizen. He should be i1s faro
/ Of 9iging no quarter. ~,
Such is the spirit Of the rebel butch
er, whom the Evansville Courier laud
so highly for his ':loyal declarations
Tt is this peaceful Democrat, who pro
4 poses to again " toot his horn" an'
call around him his old troopers. II
the fight opened he should be in fayo
of giving no quarter. His old For
Pillow tactics. H,,a-.
The following from the Memphi
-AualaAche, FoRREsT's home organ
:. inthe same strain, shows how anx
ious the Southern Democrats are 70
| peace: e
7 = The alternative has been fairly pre-
seRted. We tCdft peace, and If pgssl
BILE, zoe mean to haUe peace; and I
s these scalaUaqs r0ish to escape auit
their a0hoie skins. aud uncrOpped, the
> aoiH exercise all their Ingenuity IN ar
Q resting The efforts they hare heretotor
50 urgently pressed to get ont the mill
tia md provoke trouble. A lette
from Nashville to the Louisville
Journal embodies the same sentiment
and it will be seen that the Radical
: have it in their own hands, and it
= iu cffcir power to have uninterrupted
Z peace and quiet election, howeye
E animated the canvass may be, or kin
die the flame of civil war. The lette
to the Journal says:qs
The Radicals do not mean to d.
: anything. They are resolved to or.
gani7e the militia, and the people ar
; resolved to shoot them like dogs. This
we FEEL is our own safety. They ar,
put upon US for the purpose of driv
ing US to arms, and there is no hell
for it. But of one thing you may b,
: sure, when the shooting comes thu
negro will not be made to suffer
J The .tiya mel aoho a0iH pay the .fbrJeit
: Of these Radical nifdsUreS aoiH be III,
sohite Radicals They 1oil be spotted
and l0ilt not escape. " zoe hare 10 di'
for a, ios 1oitl get eUen ioith them
They have brought ruin upon US.
They have prescribed us. They are
hunting us down daily. Now if they
push US to the wall, and force us tt
i fight 10 self-defense, zee mean to Dul
orr FIRST builefs into their Olon aoickeo
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