The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-10-11

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vidual well knowing that he was not the choice
of either the wing or democratic party in this
city; he knows we'll he was placed their against
their wishes and without their being consult
ed in the matter-he may well say, that if we
cannot bite we had better shut our mouths, he
knows he received the office against the
wishes of the community and that they are
for the present, powerless to remove him. He
further states that he had some hint of this
and that he will keep his eyes open
on the movements of the conspirators for his
ease of mind. / would state that there is but
one conspiator, he may call him grand one if
he pleases; that conspirator wrote the Recipe,
the ingredients, and through the
assistance of your columns, administered the
dose, and the prescription.seem to work well.
As the case is chronic one, ii is expected the
cure will be tedious, but am in hopes few
more equally judicious prescriptions similarly
applied, may in time remove the disease alto
gether. The Postmaster says | am young
man who heretofore has expressed great regard
for HMM that he is sadly mstaken--and
that have deliberately concocted and publish
ed a false and slanderous TRADE against an old
man and cowardly sneaked from signing my
name to the Infamous production-but he,
magnanimous like, hands his card and address.
Now TO the first of these charges. Although it
may be favorite theme with some to prate
about their age, would state for the informa-
ton of the public, that the frosts of twenty
nine winters has passed over my head, and that
there IL has lett unmistakable traces of its pre-
sence, and in my youthful experience, have
often met those whose age fell far short of
mine, who for frmness and vigor ofmind, would
compared with the unstable mind Of the man
of sixty. The compa rison is ludicrous, in the
extreme. My heretofore expressions of regard,
are the same that Fextend TO all when they Wis
ii my Counting Room, and most certainly
have treated the Postmaster on frequent oc
casions, as he himself admits, with kindness
and regard, but have never for an instant af-
ter his first usurpation of power, hesitated TO
denounce his course as Postmaster. tie says,
| cowardly sneaked from the signing my name
TO my infamous production-did he neglect to
read the Editorial heading of my commuuica =
ton; il was there stated that the writer was
responsible, and why not 20 to the Editor and
ask for the author, and I'll venture TO say, the
Editor would have stated that handed the ar
ticle for publication, in person, at the same
time stating that would as soon it would ap-
pear over my own signature as any other way,
but no, this would not suit the object intended.
] must cry persecution says he, and that must
be done by stating that the writer refused 10
give his name. After stating that the article
was slanderous and Infamous, and he never
went to ask who the author was, and never
pretended to reply to single allegation charged
In that communication, except one which
have proved by a competent witness under oath
TO be true-this man hands me his address.
This is the third or fourth time similar publica-
tons have been made by the same gentleman.
Garden cGntiLencun Semper cGnerC. Better he
would sing 10 another tune, and that the &C
commoddlion OF the citizens, and this brings
me TO that significant posiscript-"Everybo body
knows the Boxes are my own private property.
think there is in this postscript, skulking oil
the quss,ion,-there are ten or twelve boxes
in the office, inserted in the door-No. from
one upward, having lock and key from the
Editors of newspapers hold
three, the others are held BY merchants, who
have been coerced into the payment of Two
Dollars per annum for them, merely from the
fact that the Office is closed here at shutdown,
according 10 the dispensalion of the Postmas-
ter Generdl, for the especial accommodation OF
this Office. The laws are elsewhere that when
an important mail arrives, before 9 o'clock, Z.
NJ, the Office, after the mail is assorted is kept
open one hour for its delivery! How is il here
the Office is closed at sundow for all unless the
outside box men, and for them the office
through the potent two Dollars, is always open.
The Postmaster here states that he performed
duty In not opening the office when River
mail arrived at seven O'Clock. Now will ash
all candid men, if closing the office against a
portion OF this community or all, except six OF
eight Mercantile firms, who hold outside boxe:
is not breach of that oath which he has para.
ded and that he. as Postmaster has taken TO adj
minister the duties of that Office impartially.-
He states that he has inn ortant official duties
TO perform, which must be done with closed
doors. Did MIR. Goodsell close the door? Did
Mr. Chute close the door, 10 attend 10 such i'm
portant du:ies?-the answer OF every one
will be an emphatic no. No, nor is there
now, will be responded TO by every one in
this communi ~, here we have population OF
between 8 and 1000, and OuI Post Office is
closed at Shutdown, before the mails arrive
from that section OF the country, which sus
talns US as a city, and no matter what lette
may require a reply, unless you are holder o
| a two dollar t-slde box, you cannot get the
letter, and how are you 10 reply TO 10 II! The
mails, speak of, are carried in four horse coach
es from Vincennes, where there Is a dlstribu-
ting office, consequently we receive letter:
from there from every point OF the compass, thess
mail arrive three Tim S per week, on Monday
"Wednesday and Friday, aud, will instance
the box operation for example, on Friday ev
ening the mail arrives, A and Bare doing bust
ness side BY side, 4 has got an outside box, b
has not, both have letters of equal importance
requiring immediate answers. A, by the mag
ic box, or two dollars if you please, receives
aud answers his communication by return o.
of mail next morning. b has gotto wait the
movements OF the official here, and receives
his in due time from z to 10 o'clock next NOR
ming after The mail coach and all has gone anC