The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-03-21

\ MARCH 21, $50.
FROM the Indianapolis Journal
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le Sentinel recurs to the position
e Journal on the question of CO.
az the seeding States IN 1861.
have time and again stated that
views of the conductor OF the
nal at that time were not ours,
having disclaimed them we are
r no obligation of courtesy or
istency to defend them. But if
Sentinel will publish the whole
le, of which it gives a CARRIED ex-
It will show IT'S readers that it
~epresents those views and does 1t
lily. A deliberate Justification is
treated with deliberate contempt.
propose to give it a retrospect OF
Gle more interest.
ATS issue of the 18th of April 1861,
elared the attack on Fort Sumpter
Abolition war" ltdenouneed the
for seventy-fve thousand men to
nd the Government against the
ls. It denounced the draft. 1t OPP
i every step ofthe war. Its friends
: letters TO soldiers soliciting
a to desert. They formed secret
sties to protect deserters aud re-
axes. They conspired to release
rebel prisoners, to take our arse
and ravage the State, in coDjunc-
with rebel forces under Price,
eksnridge and Buckner. The con-
ors Of the Sentinel knel1 of this
piracy, and refraind from inform
he authorities Of it. They said
we're opposed to it. but they in
osed no obstruction through a
lation TO those whose duty it was
sist it. (See Treason Trials. page
They appointed a committee of
10 murder, or make way" with
ernor Morton. (See Heffren's
snce, Treason Trials, page 1897
= devised a lance head with a
1ed knife to cut the reins Of the
IN cavalry when they came to fight.
same, page 1881 They were Civ
200, 900 to buyarms, of which John
Walker, former editor of the SeRti-
got half, and Bowles the other
(See same, page 1861 They
posed to overthrow the State Gov
nent. (See page 1919 They 1oere
Democrats. Heffren says, (psge
that none but Democrats Were
siHed." They, these Democrats,
ads of the Sentinel, agreed upon a
10 meet In the suburbs of this
upon signals of attack, and a
plete plan of operatio IS to release
arm the rebel prisoners. (See
lmony of DIR. James B. Wilson,
we're to Join their fortunes with
South" (See Heffren's testimony
2 135) And they were all Demo-
2. The conductors Of the Sentinel
aat time we're members of the Or
which Matched this abomination.
Tren was a Democrat, and Is now.
was Deputy Grand Commander of
Order IN this State, and Mr. Voor-
especial friend. @. i. Vailan
am vas Grand Commander Of
United States. Heffren declared,
he very spirit Of the Sentiael's de-
citation Of the abolition" Govern
it for commencing the war at Fort
1pter, that if the North dared to
troops to the South, there would
over one hundred thousand lndi-
us who would say, as you match
r abolition banners toward our
hers on the other side of the Ohio,
8 far shalt thou so, and no farther"
hese same men paid assassins to
Governor Morton, besides ap-
lting ten men for the purpose.
81 shot at him one night as he was
ng the State House. They sent
hundreds of letters threatening
life. They marked the room in
eh he slept, and prowled night af-
a.sht around his house to get a
nee 10 kill him secretly, which
2 couldn't do in the day time.
y we're all Democrats. They
abt several hundred boxes OF
Divers to fight with and murder
on men with, and hid them in the
.el building. They knew the
place. They came to their con-
lions armed, and at one. they shot
pistols off all through this town.
wounded some Of the citizens.
" protected deserters, aud time
again wounded soldiers sent to
e deserters. They murdered
tsrty, Freeman and Stevens for
roing the draft. They mobbed
BE Sill, an enrolling officer in
aam county. Tney destroyed
draft boxes and records in Black
county. They burnt the houses
barns and churches of Union
in Sullivan county. They drove
Union men into exile in Brown
atty. They resisted the draft b.
in johnson county. They at
ed the enrolling officer in Boom
lty. They made a little fort t
act deserters IN Knox county, anC
Kimberlain, q soldier. The
81 10 overthrow the State Constitu
and put the militia and STATE
into the hands Of the Sons o
srty. This was a part Of the worl
democrats.
ow does the Sentinel like the ret
,eet? Ii shall have enough of thi
nous record before We are dom
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