The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-09-04
AC0nnerheaA Lie.

For two or three weeks past the
Copperhead papers Of this State, and
their speakers also. have been repeat
ing lies similar to the following, which
we clip from the Courier notice of the
Drummer Boy"
The tableau representing Ander-
sOnvile was, we think, considerably
overdrawn, and VIC doubt not every
soldier who was so unfortunate as to
be a prisoner In the Stockade, will
agree with us. in this opinion.
But admitting it to have been as
represented in this tableau, IL is pro
fOundly to be regretted that g overnor
Joseph Brown OF Georgia, the shin
ing light of Radicalism 10 that State,
should have invented such horrible
plan for the starvation of soldiers,
and that General Grant should have
permitted it to have done its murder
Gus work, when an exchange of pris-
oners would have prevented it.
In another place in the same paper,
we find the following paragraph
If anything is necessary (Which
we seriously doubt) to show up in his
true colors a Southern Radical, the
representation of Zoe Browns slaugh-
ter pen, at Andersonville, in the
Drummer Boy, ought to be sufi
cient."
The Courier is most unfortunate in
its falsehoods. 1t is so stupidity
slow that it never gets hold of cam
paign lie until just about the time the
evidence is obtained by the Republi-
cans, to refute it. This is the case
with the above lie, on Governor
BRowN, of Georgia. The trouble
with the carpet baegers, who do the
writing for the Courier, is, they are
such late importations that they
have not yet got the "hang
the school house" Perhaps their
blunders are somewhat excusable on
that account, as a general thing. But
one OF them, certain, concerning
the other very little seems to
be known, was a soldier in the
rebel army, and ought to be better
posted about Andersonvile, in which
loathsome prison several of Evans
ville's noblest boys were iuhumanly
starved to death. The rebel editor
of that paper says the Andersonville
scene in the Drummer Boy" is
" considerably oUerdra1o1s" VIII he
inform us how scene representing
men actually starved to death could
be overdrawn? Can starvation be
made to appear worse on the stage
than it Is in fact? Let him ask the
parents of the gallant boys who were
starved by his associates, many of
whom are now prominent Democrats
leaders, if they think the scene can
be overdrawn?
But this, by the way. Realizing
that its party must have a scape goat,
the Courier. following the lead of the
State Sentinel, asserts that Governor
BRowN, OF Georgia, was the real An
Jacksonville butcher. We print thi.
morning a letter from Gov. Brown
giving the lie direct to this statement
The Courier must now produce proof
to sustain its charge or stand branded
as liar.
Our readefs will bear us out in the
assertion that everything we have sale
in reference to the Confederate Gen:
erals has been gjvea in the form OF
evidence. We called FORREST the
Fort Pillow butcher, and gave the
facts to sustain the charge. The
worst thing we have said concerning
WADE HAMPTON, has been more than
substantiated by his own speeches
from several of which we have liber-
ally quoted The Courier will now
produce the documentary evidence
against Gov. BROWN, as we have done
in the other cases, or stand before the
community good deal in the light o
Policemen HITCH and DoNAHUE
whose af6davits we published tn,
other day.