The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-04-26

c. The public are aware, of course, tina
on Tuesday OF last week, We replied to, o
rather condemned, an article which mad pre-
viously Oppeared in the 'Vauderburgh Demo
crai." which article every man in the commu
nifty regardless of party, joined with us in con
demning as being not only uncalled for, but vul
gar and altrocious in the extreme. That reply
was written by the editor Of this paper. by him
who is known as the publisher and printer
and-wssh the exception of about three weeks
during the last Congressional eection-as the
sole ed ,or of.ihe Journal since 1913, and who
alone was responsible fori if there attached
any responsibility to it. And this fact was
and is known to the publisher, editor, and adj
yisers OF The Democrat In that reply to the
Democrats charge against our citizens, it is
true we used strong and determined language
bat we spoke the feelings and opinions of the
community at large-of democrats as we'll as
wings; aud we know that several Of the lead.
ing democrats went far beyond our article in
search of language TO express their-contempt
to his face, of the man who could perpetrate
such an outrage. Burning and whitening as
were our remarks, they did not merit nor did
we dream that we should be personally attack
ed through the columns of the Democrat
much less did we dream that the publisher or
editor Of hat paper would suffer his columns
to be made use of toattack personally, in the
most vile. slanderous and blackguard manner,
a private individual. one wholly unconnected
with the conduct Of this journal, and who has
not. with The exception of the three weeks men,
toned above, had ought to do with it. We
know, and so does the community, that the
person whose name is al the head of the Demo-
crat IS not the author of the paragraph to which
we sllude-that he never received such COM
municaiiou as that paragraph implies, but that
he admitted the paragraph from person who
has thus been able to crafty his revenge and
malice sgainst one he dares not meet openly,
and who IS able, while skulking behind the
nominal editor Of that paper, to enjoy an appe-
tile that the veriest cur in the community
might well be ashamed to claim.
Knavish at heart and cowardly by nature,
the author of that paragraph when applied to
secretly BY the ppblisher of the Democrat to
know if he might be permitted to give up the
author as demanded By the injured party, at
once skulked likca felon fro the light, and
shaking and shivering with the fear of the con-
sequences that were likely to ensue were his
agency in the matter disclosed. craved and i'm
plored to be kept in the dark; begged that his
name might not be given, that the person
whose name stands at the head of the paper
who's SHINING consists in giving publicity to
the dirty thing-would assume the response
oilitHl Even the nominal editor the Demo
crat must have felt. while listening to the
pleadings Of this craven-hearted wretch, the
most utter contempt for him. at the same time
ne consented to stand inhis place. And such
responsibility as he has assumed Without
one dollar Of property that can be come al, and
with no character to lose, good, bad, or indif-
ferent, he has continued to secret himself in his
family apartments ever since the publication
OF this dirty sheet, declining to expose his per-
son upon the street or irany manner or place
that would give opportunity 10 the injured par
ty.to meet him. This is the responsibility he
has assumed, and these are the advantages tina
have been taken ola private citizen of ou
town. But we can inform the person believed
to have been the author of this cowardly &C
and the person who made itpublic, that thu
matter is not to rest In the absence of on
brother who is called away from the city OF
business, we inform all concerned thatit vii
not and shall not rest here.