Evansville weekly journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 184?-18??, 1848-04-27
THE JOURNAL.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL %.

0EThe public are aware, of course, that
on Tuesday of last week, we replied to, or
rather condemned, an article which had pre-
viously appeared in the ''Vanderburgh Demo
crat," 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 attrocious in the extreme That reply
was written by the editor of this paper, by him
who IS known as the publisher and printer,
and-with the exception of about three weeks
during the last Congressional election-as the
sole editor of the Journal since 1913, and who
alone was responsible forit if there attached
any responsibility to it. And this fact was
and is known to the publisher, editor, and adj
visers of the Democrat. In that reply to the
Democrats charge against our citizens, it is
true we used strong and determined language,
but we spoke the feelings and opinions of the
community at large-of democrats as well as
wings; and we know that several of the lead
ing democrats went far beyond our article in
search oflanguage 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 that paper would suffer his columns
to be made use oftoattack personally, in. the
most vile, slanderous and blackguard manner,
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 isat the head of the Demo
crat is not the author of the paragra phi to which
allude-that he never received such com
munication as that paragraph implies, but tina
he admitted the paragraph from a person who
has thus been able to crafty his revenge and
malice against one he dares not meet openly
and WHO'S able, while skulking behind the
nominal editor of that paper, to enjoy an appe
tite 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 tc
secretly by the publisher of the Democrat tC
know if he might be permitted to give up The
author as demanded by the injured party, a
once skulked like felon fro n the light, ant
shaking and shivering with the fear of the con
sequences that were likely to ensue were hi:
agency in the matter disclosed, crayed 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
whose SHINING consists in giving publicity tC
the dirty thing-would assume the RESPONSE
bilityI Even the nominal editor of 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
he consented to stand inhis place. And sucl
responsibility as he has assumed! Without
one dollar of property that can be come at, anc
with no character TO lose, good, bad, or indif
ferent, he has continued to secret himself in hi
family apartments ever since the publication
Of this dirty sheet, declining to expose his per
son upon the street or in any manner or plac
that would give opportunity TO the injured par
ty TO meet him. This is the responsibility h
has assumed, and these are the advantages tina
have been taken ola private citizen of GU
town. But we can inform the person believe
to have been the author of this cowardly &C
and the person who made it public. that tn
matter is not to rest. In the absence of on
brother who is called away from the city o
business, we inform all concerned thatit wi
not and shall rot rest here.