The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-03-06
,rcmperance andits True Enemies.

andifS True EueAhlSSs
re We conld he foted into opposing any
- oa,,so h, the tkatment and folly Of its
go - Ne sboid certainly feel tempted
49, ~ tho cns,el against me cause of
Tar,;,arapce in Evansville Bat we do not
feel disposed to hol any causefespons'ole Tor
tho cona,ct o( a fw over zeaous supporters,
ana tborecore ,hik none heless of Temper.
.bec,,,sa !, !. advocate in this city by
~, :, .o,,eiostance allow their enthu-
..,.,, - o,,orcore their jdgment. It would
eem TO be the Whole infAtioii Oh Certain 'c'l-
ooro,ca mon bee to sure the opposition of
H. Io,,.nal C,r renrlls are perverted, our
-.,,o,;,.o..,;.o.,str ne and our whole course
"a..Soau,.4 - l. =, position to Temperance,
when we have frori he very start shown the
- - 'c,,,arkcept that advocacy which
80. 49, j richly Temperance organ.
- - RIlich we once coolly marked
,'"I is altogether out of the
49, ~, .noSen TO change. We declared
JGnon taking charge of the Jour
< : p'i idkthis subject. We then gave oul
And we have since repeated ttem,
fehture to say there Is not an honest
uanin the community who understood
meaning, but who Believes we are
~ correct.
A Temperance meeting is held in Evans
vile on the first Monday in every month
Tire two last meetings have been marked by
illusions to the Journal and its editor If we
were to at once make this paper an open adj
vocete Of Temperance, and seek our best TO
sadvance the cause, the very first blow woulI
be, to strike down those zeaots whose ultra
speeches and actions infame enmity and dis
grace their cause-and to strip from the
shoulders Of certain Sons Of Temperance the
garb Of hypocricy, and expose them in their
true mental deformity to their honest minded
brethren. This would be beneftting Tenn
perance-and this would at once put a stop to
all such ridiculous rawlings against one who is
a friend Of Temperance, as those which have
marked the late meetings. And we now tell
these gentlemen, that if our name and press
be again brought before Temperance meet
ing as opponents to the cause, we may be
compelled to prove that we are motifs enemy
by taking this very course. And if we do it.
let them and certain of their brethren stand
from under as our word for It, we will show
er catalogue Of names upon their heads
that may morally crack some of their crowns.
The allusion on Monday night to our Lee
ture. was all right, and we doubt not its non
esty; bat our position seems to have been
misunderstood, whether from the fact that our
language was not plain, or that the mental
visions o. some in attendance were clouded.
we 10 not know Bl1t if4viIat we meant. did
not satisfy all present, then it was because
there was those in the assembly whom it would
have been no compliment to please.
Objections were taken to a paragraph we
published sometime since about The Verandah,
in which we stated there was private en-
trance to the Restaurant fwhich Temperance
men could avail themselves, who did not wish
to be seen in the Saloon. That objections
were made to this shows wildly how hard
pushed these enthusiasts are to find anything
in the Journal to bring it into disrepute with
Temperance men. We did not speak thus Of
the private entrance; and it may be as well
to remark, that not a few Sons of Temperance
have avaiIed themselves of this entrance, and
some for even worse purposes than eating.
We hope that we and the Journal may
now be let al1ne The Temperance cause
will always have fair play IN the Journal
Many ofour patrons are Sons of Temperance,
and we like them all the better for it, if they
are honest in their views and conduct Their
interests shall never be trespassed upon
their opinions shall never be rudely touched
in this paper. We shall continue to publish
notices and proceedings OF their meetings
gratis whenever handed US, and in all other
action, show them that silence to their cause
is not enmity In return we ask as private
citizen, not as an Editor, that we may receive
Justice, and not be held up at public meet
ngs as an enemy to cause, which as it is foun
ded on morality. can never recognize in US
AN opponent.
SPRING STYLE OF HATs.-Mr John 3.