The Evansville daily journal., 1854-06-07
FLOR the Evansville Journal.

Mr. SANDERS.-The last Nlncennes va
zette contained lanored article purporting
to be in reply 10 a short communication OF
mine, published by you a week stree. AS 1t
concludes with request that you would copy
it, | expected to see it in the Journal ere now.
1t has no doubt been overlooked, and there
fore beg leave to call your attention to 1t, and
to add my request to that Of the writer, that
you give him a hearing through your col
umns.
/ am willing to submit the case, without
further discussion. The only point of i'm
portance to the Vincennes committee man,
is admitted by him, namely, that profit was
realized from the car contract. II he has
convinced himself, or his special pleading
convinces any body else that it was right and
proper, shall be content. All people do not
see things alike.
| In judging this matter, the amount Of pro-
fit and its appropriation does not alter the
principle upon which it was obtained. The
end does not always justify the means, and
while cheerfully acquit those concerned of
doing what in their view was wrong, | am
clear that better reflection would have pre-
vented course which inevitably subjected
them to censure in the minds of others
1t is not customary to make jubilee of
this kind source of revenue, and if in this
instance 1T was advisable to hire the cars, as
was done, the charter money should have
been raised by contribution, and then the
cars opened free to all who chose to 90.
A better plan and the right one was TO get
a low rate of fare established for excursion
lists, leaving the road to manage its own af-
fairs, and pocket the recei,.ts of its business,
whether much or litte-a plan which, | trust,
will hereafter be observed in all cases of the
hind.
As to the charges of ignorance and spite
which the Vincennes writer brings against
me, deem them in no way justified by what
| said, and they may pass for what they are
worth. Perhaps discussion might show
ignorance, and if not spite, at least chagrin, ),
somewhere else.
Please republish my former article in con-
nection with the "corre cton," that the Gu.
rious may Judge The merits between us.
Asking your indulgence for the space oc-
cupy in this really unimportant matter, | am,
UeritabIe STOCKHOLDERS.
The article alluded to in the above commu.
nication has been crowded out day after day
by press of more important matter We
give it below, Immediately after the commu-
nicaton which brought it out. The follow
was the first brickbat thrown:
Mr.. SASDERs:-I understand our Vim.
cennes friends made good thing by char
tering the cars on the Railroad at So each,
for their Temperance Celebration last Salu--
day, and charging for passengers to III them,
at rate which afforded prof of hundred
per cent-probably two hundred. rgtter
lilo that II ia IN hattar a. II
estate. Do you think the cars could be char
tered for balance of the year at same rate!
Ii would certainly be a good financial ar.
rangement for somebody, even If the inter-
ests Of the road were not advanced by il.
A STOCKHOLDERS.
TEMPERANCE JUBrLEE-A CORRECTION
To The Editor Of the Yincennes Gazette: NV
attention has been called 10 a short, but ex-
ceedincly ill-natured, communication, under
rho signature OF "a Stockholder," in the
Evansville Journal, in regard to temper
ance celebration, which some of the people
OF Knox and adjoining counties held at
White river, day last week have
rarely seen as much ignorance, inuendo nd
spite put forth IN so small space. If"A
Storkholder" had informed himself he might
have found that $5 per car is very near, if
not quite, the price established by the con
pany for the distance of ten or twelve miles:
aIS5t he had made the calculation, he would
have found that, at this rate for the whole
length of the road, the profit would be very |
hanusome one indeed. So much for his ig- |
norance. Next, he insnuates that the Wig
llance Committee for Knox county put the !
iare al high rate so as TO make profit for |
hon nttrn,
which the fare was put! why did he not te II |
that the fare was put at 25 cents Tor the
round trip for adults, and 10 cents for chill
dren: rate so low, that, as soon as il was
published, the President OF the road wrote
letter here, stating that the Directory could
not be responsible for carrying passengers
at any such prices. But "a Stockholdern
grumbles that the operation paid one, or
perhaps two hundred per cent. But perhaps
he does not know that the Vigilance Com
mlttee; upon their own responsibility, h ad
contracted with the Railroad Company for a
specified number of cars, at S5 each for which
Ihey were bound to pay, even if twenty peo-
pie had not rode in them; and, this being the
case, | candidly think that nobody else, save
hat ueritabte stochholder OF the Journal, would
ever insInuate that the fare was too high
Perhaps even he may find that the specula-
ION was not so enormous after all, when he
IS informed that the excess of receipts over
expenditures, may perhaps reach 80 dollars,
Ind that not one dime of this will ever 20 to
the private benefit of any memb,r OF the
committee, but will all be put at the sposal
'f the State Central Committee, to be ex-
pended in the promotion of the cause of tenn
'erance in this State. II "a Stockholder" U
hen, will consider that the committee had t
very thing TO lose by failure, and nothing v
personally to gain by success, he will find "
he speculation not 80 great, at least. Ii t.
nay be as good as real estate speculations in
Evansville, but not in Vincennes. The fact "
5, that nothing but the great popularity of
he jubilee. together with the pleasantness II