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gconsOlney Raid*lt„,£ Tho town of Olney has again been invaded team by a lawless band of Northern traitom. They if the como ftom Josper county where a host of do*•their sorters have had thoir hiding place, and thus• •y* far prevented Cap’t O’Kean, the Provost Mar-had sba), from securing their arrest* CapHO'Kean t*»c has tried to have these deserters arrested, and nani- ^mo two or three men employedfor that pur*i civv^betr pOSo Inve been killed, A few days ago Mr*and Wakefield arrested a notorious tmi tor aud bush-mov- whacker named Turner, and give him up to tlictr Cap’t O’Keae, who had him snugly confined in tho Olney jail. The sheriff of Jasper coun-s not ^ a £ruc ali^ genuine butternut democrat, jjotr about ono hundred men of his democratic a/tfi-y and jafr j0jn at}(j they all went to 01-0 ns ncv to set Turner free but in this they failed, ibat a3 tinS notorious scamp had beeu sent to Springfield before Fullcrbigh Co. got to Olney. ntion jf this is pure democracy we hoje ilic people w ill not adopt the faith. Is it * right to killState 111031 W^° are aPP°intclt;* execute the laws? Is it patriotic to harbor d screens, and help Jeffj Da is iu his efforts to d.stroy tho Government?{jin Is this the kind of democracy taught by Gen.Q , Jack son? \Vo regret to learn that the old say-e, in *n8 Jecksou “the Union must and shall bem fi a ’ preserved” is repudiated by all such democratsas those who recently, for the second trma, in-| vaded Olney. Wc arc glad to hear of ihj raids, they clearly prove lo the people thatwhat is left of democracy is rotten and treason-aim* ublc, and at tho next clcev.on, every man, of that faith will be disgracefully defeated*
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Marshall Flag Of Our Union
Marshall, Illinois, US
Fri, Feb 26, 1864
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