Evansville Journal, Volume 18, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 28 February 1867 — Page 2

THE EVASVILLE DAILY JOURNAL, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 28.U867.

HJEBKILLA OUTRAGES IX KEJf

Jfmnerons and Frightful Atrocities. JI,4sACiE FKOSf COV.BBAXLETTE. 1( t r- ' .. Bramletta has issued the folg special message to the Kentucky Legislature : ' - rI ecutive Office, . , tFRANKFOBT, Feb. 21, 1867; -Genkemcn of the Senate and House of Representatives: . ' . !. .1 J Ti e Tecent outrages and murders committed by lawless bands of men in some counties, who set themselves up as " r egulators," and execute " lynch law,' require that your attention shoud be directed to the inefficiency of existing laws to secure the punishment of the; e criminals. A band of these lawless men, claiming sto number over one. hundred, thoroughly organized, and assuming to take the regulation of Bociety ana government into their own hands, operating in Marion, .Boyle, and adjoining counties under the orders of " Judge Lynch." have become so emboldened, by impunity that they publish their orders of banishment and jf condemnation in the public journals. Disobedience of their lawless mandates is followed with, speedy vengeance. Jails are forced by them, and their victims ruthlessly torn from legal custody and . murdered. . Those standing on bail, who are obnoxious to thir murderous wrath, are dragged from jtheir homes and executed. They condemn without a hearing, and execute W ithout a trial. The cold blooded atrocities of their cuelties and murders must shock every manly bosom, and arouse the indignation of all jdst men. ; Within the last few days, during the session of the Boyle Circuit' Court, these murderers took

irom Ithe, jail oi that county a man, there! confined to answer an indictment! and hung him to death within the limits of tire town. Since that, another' has been hung in the neighborhood, who was standing upon1 bail, i Good citizens, who denounce their lawleta proceedings, are being warned by them to leave the country, under the penalty of their wrath. , In Marion County many outrages have been perpetrated by them. Recently they burned the dwelling house of an aged and exemplary citizen, "because his boq had resisted their authority, and made a successful defense against the party sent to arrest him. r A gallant soldier was notified, in oneof their published orders, to leave the country his offense being an expressed determination to stand by and defend a younger brother against the mob that had ordered him to leave, under a penalty of death. These are not the only instances of many wrongs. This terrible criminality of organized desperadoes is fearfully on the increase, and unless arrested by the vigorous arm of public justice, will destroy individual and public security, and overbear civil government. .' , .Under existing laws, no reward can he offered for the apprehension and conviction.of these criminals, except upon "the petition "of the Circuit and County Judge of : the county in which the crimes were committed. No sucK application has been made. As I cannot suppose that the Judges sanction or connive at this criminality, the conviction is forced, that the Jear . of personal danger-, restrains them' from applying for rewards. The laws should be so amended as' to meet this state of the case, and authorize the offering of rewards in such cases, without .awaiting the petitions the Judge. 1 -v A A fear of personal danger restrains the Judges from acting, and thus an apparent sanction is given to this ' form of, erjme. j t ; ; if 1 1 There cannot be. any form of crime moredangerous to individual and public security than the unpunished and unchecked criminality of the organised men, Betting themselves up

zo reguiaie . society, ana .puniso those wnonv they denounce as 'Offen dara. aw.: . ; ; . i . 1 1 y - Under pretense of executing iustice they set the laws of God and their country at "defiance. " All guarantees to personal security are ruthlessly overborne. .Every rule, sacred to good-government, is trampled under lawless.', feet. ; 'Before the ; sweep of these: .organized mobs, none are be-cure;'-',' Each man is, individually, assailed in his securities to life, and liberty. The rich and poor, exalted and lowly, the rash and gentle, the brave and timid, the innocent and guilty, are assailed by the : insensate mob, whose cry. is ."justice,",, but whose course is vengeance and murder. - . Z From the ravages of war, a country may iecover ; from the sweep of pestilence," may be healed ; from the wasting of famine, may be delivered; but from the shame and infamy or permitting, unchecked, the reign and rule of mobs, cannot escape, except by putting forth ail the powers of government to . crush such heinous -criminality. , ; ; ... . ' , . . ,'. Such organizations are ; rebels against alj; good government, ; human and divine, and are traitors to society. In no form can human passion and wickedness1 assail society with inore devilish and dangerous ; malignity. The fountains of justice dry up before the Eimoon of organized mobs ajid " lynch law:?'- The unbridled fpa99ibnW of the worst natures ate thu9 'put in organized motion; to Lwurk mischief and fruiri upon society. !u;j' It is thuathe devil upheaves from the burning bosom of crime the lava of consuming hate and devouring rage.

There can be no excuse or mitigation for su h crime. Under pretence of punishiue minor offences, these "Regulators1' , rebel against government and commit deliberate and coldblooded murder.

! An og;iniz;J mob is the refuge of the cowaru and desperado,-who seeks immunity from danger in their numbers and seeiesy, while they wreak their vengeance upon their selected victim.! .. : Ok 7 '.' ... No thrill of manhood or sense of justice ever .stirs -the rsouls of such men! v The brave turn with loathing and disgust from the thought of such associations. They insult the dignity of the Commonwealth, - outrage its honor, impugn its justice, shock its humanity, and defy its authority. These organized "Regulators," of malice aforethought, . upon previous design and deliberation," proceed to their work of death. They are without the defense of 'sadden heat and passion," they cannot plead this infirmity of human nature, which appeals to sympathy and mitigates offenses.- They must stand before the bar of public judgment, as they should before that of civil justice, deprived of any palliation, and clothed in every aggravation, condemned as criminals and murderers. Ihe secrecy with with they proceed, under cover of night, announcing their own judgment or . the criminality of their actst the numbers with which they assail individual security, proclaim the cowardice of the .deed. ; ,. , ' r , Society will be disorganized ' and civil government overborne in those communities where mob law prevails, unless some speedy and effectrve remedy be provided. '. Ample rewards fehould be authorized for the apprehension and conviction of these lawless men : and power given the Exec utive and QiVil. authorities to pursue and hunt down to condign punishment these terrible offenders against government and law. .The responsibility :of making provision, by law to meet this evil is with you, my duty to call your attention thereto is now performed. .. . , Governor of Kentucky. Governor Jacob on the Situation A Ticket Proposed. Fellow-Citizens of .Kentucky: A little more' than a year ago an effort was made to, destroy the Conservative Union Democracy, which was in full accord with the National Democracy of the North, and establish upon its ruins the Southern Rights ' party, ' with a thoroughly Southern organization, but under the borrowed name of Democrat. The plea was to fight Radicalism; but the truth was, to throw the power of the State into the hands of those who were too cowardly to fight the battles of the South, but uttered brave oaths behind barred doors. . J opposed, the movement, because Its tendency was to divide the Conservative masses, of the State and to strengthen Radicalism. - Its ,i further - tendency was to i divide- the f . brave men who had,, 'fought, . on either side and elevate upon their shoulders the cowardly stay-at-homes,1 whose deeds were to flee to the Canada shore and there to bemoan in sad accents and weep over their babes. This party has culminated,, just as I anticipated, in a thorough and prescriptive organization of the Southern Rights organization, with a total Beizure of the offices, in total disregard of the rights of these conservatives who had work ed for their success, and the brave mep swho had : fought ;for the ' lost cause."" ' Who worked more "efficiently for their cause than Mallory, Shanklin; Ritter and ; Harding? .No;' one ; for,that they were sacrifice for gentlemen who had been true to the "lost cause," but,who. bad never fought for it. j It is true that Hon. Garrett Davis was elected United States Senator; not because they desired him but in defiance of thejrjf wishes; fr$m the fact that they could not beat down the unity of the Conservative members pf the Legislature, Letusook at the nominees of th'e-conventforfJTfW 5iarty said they were organized to fight ladicalienu .jetj Wolford : who had i made a gallant fight against Radicalism during Burbridge's Teign' of terror, and who had voted for Duvall was sheared and turned out to grass because he had committed the unpar-. donable -offense of fighting for the Union. On the other hand, the gallant men who, like Lee. Woolley, and others, who had borne the brunt of the battle and fought long and. weary years from first to last for the independence of the South, were turned off : with 'the cold comfort of "Mr. fighting Rebel, it is inexpedient to rive you office !ju9t now..'VIt isrtrue, Colonel Howard Smith was nominated for i Auditor, but, as he did not enter until the glory of the, Confederacywas at its zenith, the men who had entered from the beginning did not regard him as a representative man. "When the convention, nominated Helm, Stephenson, and Rodman, they nominated men who had entered the Confederate lines, hut did no" fighting. Like the King of . France,' " they marched up the hill, and then down again.' When Wolf'ord's voice ; rung out lite a ', clarion i for the s preservation of constitutional rights, Helm, Stephenson, and Rodman - were as silent as the grave not an echo, not a'hij)r-bift1 ntwf'th'at1 he danger is ,ove'r,.v'olf'ord cannot' obtaintie por office of Lieutenant Govern' or, iWhilsVlieliij, Sephoh, and: Rod;1 man apemade the .chamnions df this so-palJed,j.iVDemocratift anti-Radical ' convention, in this Convention, "which earnestly declares they are for the Union of our fathers," a bold defender of that Union, whose body is

scarred with wound3 in defence of .that Union, and that fin pursuancg'of the Constitution," cannot receive the foor boon of Lieutenant Governor, n this Convention, which meets to consolidate against Radicalism, this same bold defender of the Union, and equally as bold a champion against Radicalism, who had suffered: imprisonment for his noble , fight ' against Radicalism, cannot receive a secondar ry nomination. It is true, they proSosed to nominate him , for Attorneyeneral, but " a burnt child dreads the fire." ' It is one thing to offer, another to elect. - " ' . No, my old comrade in arms and in defense of constitutional liberty, your' scars plead in vain for you, because you are in the midst of the enemies, both of the Union and the Constitu

tion, which you have so nobly fought to preserve. .They have no offices for you, nor for' the gallant men " who fought for a "lost cause," with a gallantry and energy that elicited the applause and admiration' of myself, though an enemy to their cause. No, gentlemen, your very deeds of noble oaring, which illustrates history and elicits the applause of your enemies, pleads against you, and causes the cheeks of Jthese " Btay-at-honfes " to mantle with shame. Tbey have no offices for you. The offices are for those who, when danger came, ignobly fled, or whose discretion got the better of their valor and they passed meekly at home. Now, when danger is past, who so defiant, who so noisy? "We are the brave fellows who, when Burbridge shook Kentucky from its centre to its circumference, fled like hares to the Canada shore and bewailed in doleful accents, we are separated from our babieSj now just do reward us for our services." Fellow citizens, these fellows expect to succeed by their appeals to your wellknown hatred of radicalism. . By the cry of Radical they expect to overcome your reasoning faculties and gaiu their point, which is the plunder of office. . , . Now, whether it is popular or not, I appeal to your reasoning faculties. Whether you strike me down or not, it makes no difference to me. As long as I have a voice or strength to wield a pen, they shall be used to warn you against what I consider to be the great dangers these men are bringing upon you. Whilst you, in your madness, are striking blindly at what you consider Radicalism, they, by their efforts,; are building up th most powerful Radical organization that ever existed in this State. They, by their . efforts, and, may I say it, yours in your blindness, are dividing this State between a rebel and Radical organization, the ..ultimate result of which is to give ; this State into the "hands of the m Radical, and to strengthen the Radical party of the North.' These men, by their efforts, will place you in the identical posi tion of the southern estates, with taxation and without representation, and, perhaps, give you over to the tender mercies of a military Governor. ; No one would regret this more than I, but we are at the mercy of an allpowerful organization at , Washington,, which goes, not by, laws and right, but by might. You may ; say you will do a you please ; that you will dare, it. . If that, is your determination, I, will share your, fate,' and when the voices of these men who are now urging you on will be silent, as in days bygone, when you are in danger I will try and stand up t in defense 'of your just rights, even if my ! reward will be . to. sit solitary and ., alone on "Gauly Rock." They" say ,they are , Democrats; so am I. ,1 ; have always voted the Democratic ,ticket,and been in full affiliation with the National Democracy, , They say they are; in full affilii ation with that party North, but they dare not declare with . the Democracy of the . North, that ..V the rebellion was . wrong and must be, crushed.',' They say that they are " earnestly for; the Union;'-' but they dare pot , saythat, the defendcrsy of .;the , Union should be honored. On the contrary, they strike down .the defenders of the ,Union.; A .few ' weeks ago, , I promised you, : it .; necessary, that, "solitary and falonc,"i I ' would fight : both this effort to ' rekindle the dying embers of the rebellion and Radicalism, which strikes at the life .of the nation, which is the Constitution. I will not be " solitary and alone," but I . take' the responsibility of earnestly calling upon you to organize thoroughly and efficiently in every county to battle against both ex tremes, ' Let every position from the lowest to the highest be energetically contested for, and next May and August let a good report be heard from, the - friends of the j Union and Constitution; the friends of Constitutional liberty and the foes of both extremes Organize, my friends, and ,let me hear from each organization, and the prospects, until a central committee eaxr be formed., j With the approbation of those, who 'agree with me, I cordially invite as many as who, in thjs , short notice, can t hear and come,' to meet us on Wednesday, the 6th of March, to organize, by forming an efficient central committee, and nominating for the various State offices, from Governor down. To give shape, permit me to suggest for your favorablej consideration, "and without the most remote idea of those whose names I mention, that I' intend to do SO, and- .which ' I' hope they Trill;- pardon me from' the ".necessity of the case, the names of Jo.ech .Underwood "of Wirrn" for Governor j Hon. - Win- : Henry Q vjrovernur, uuu. xiunauj or ine lion. Geo. Dunlap, for Attorney General ; Hon. Phil. Swigert, for Auditor, and men of that stripe for tho various

nominations. Far be it from mc, fel-low-citiiens, to attempt to dictate to vou who we shall nominate, but I

merely mention these gentlemen as the class and order of men that we should run. I have taken the liberty and responsibility of suggesting what 1 have, and 1 alone am responsiole I think the emergency and danger to the State require and justify me in r what I have ' done. . Be , not deceived, fellow -citizens,' by the cry that 1 am mimical.' to , tne so-canea Democratic party;' because the mass of the Confederates are in that party. It is not true that I am influenced by any such motives. ! 1 left an my preju dices upon the battle-field. "W ould to' God that the state of the country was such that we could give positions, of honor to the patriotic and competent amongst them. If it had not been for the unfortunate struggle of last and this year to re-organize the Southern Rights party, we could have given them one-half of . the offices, not because they were Confederates, but because they were capable, honest and brave. In no case could I lift myself into . office upon their shoulders, and behind their backs slander them by saying what impudence these ' fellows have, who, laving fought both against State a ad National Government, now want the offices. If rebellion is to be made respectable, I prefer the fighting man ' to the stay-at-home rebel. , In conclusion, fellow-citizens.what-ever may have been our past, whethet Federal or Confederate, let us unite together. to destroy both extremes, and let our success prove to the country that Kentucky made no fc mistake in giving general amnesty, and that Congress was wrong in supposing that the returned Confederates could not be trusted. ' - Yours, very respectfully, Richard. T. Jacob. , Q.i WARE. cw Qaechsware House. LIGHTEN & ICUENHAISER, f l '. IMPORTERS OF cuisr9 ; ax, Ass QUEENSWARE, .. ,''," 'and"- . , ,' t . i : - I '. . . , i ' ' HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, No. 3 South First Street. ' w E ARE NOW OPE5ISG TH most splendid assortment of Fsi ' Articles ever imported to this city, and stock of f . i ; . f WHITE GRANITE WARE Is now-complete, and only wants looking st to induce all to make their purchases ol as ; and Our stock of f ,l ' ' COMMON WARE i i: i ' I Is large, and will be sold as low the lowest In the United Btates. j ii.r. 1 ' : Bohemian Glass and Silrer- ! .I'Jated AVare. ,.c o Our assortment of Bohemian Glass and Silver-Plated Ware is one of the finest ever selected for the trade of this city; and we have the advantage of our senior partner residing, in the city of New York, and at all times oii hand selecting the latest styles ami patterns of ware. - i , , . r - oc23d3ni ir.f. HO Ullf N GSW 0 R t H BROS. l ... . -. " 1 .-'if; .V.I .'( i G L A S SWA It E, ' ' . . . ; : '' in all their varloat .' 'anches, - HAVE BEEN INPORTIHO direct- from Kngland since August, lfeiy, and are duly posted as to the demands of the trade, in quality, style, price, etc. Besides the experience of years In this business, we go into the i.'nglish market - .: ';' r-.-x WITH - GOLD,': and1 bnj United I as'cheap; as; ny house fnthe itates. . . ., , f .-, M We Jmpori an sell a 'style ot WHITE CrRA-NlTc; uuuis wmcn no ouier nouse. in the citv can get from the factories direct. Tney are Very desirable styles, and wllJ sell more readily than any goods in the market. Such is the opinion of good judges..- - That EvansTiiie is a cheap market for Queensware no ne is likely to dispute, and we deem it unnecessary to multiply words. Ton will find us at theold stand, - - ; - il-: -...r . . i : ' '-IVo. SO ! First Street, ...':.v'c -and t, I i ' i ; - : Xo. 8 Sycamore Street; . !8 dtf EV A NS Vllrfli B. I ND-. - HOLLAND HE It KINO and other 'ish comprising Hake, Haddock, Codfish, Salmon, Mackerel, Halibut, Sardines, Pickled and ssmoked H rring, etc V1CK.KHY BU08.,75MainHU

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