The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-07-13
Correspondence of the Journal.
For the Evansville Journal.
BINGHAmToS, July 3, 1854

IVY ~
A n. SANDERS, ESQ.,:
Ihave now arrived at my place OF destina.
ton for the present. Binghamton is flour
ishing city, containing about eight thousand
inhabitants, and situated at the junction OF
the Susquehauna and Chenango rivers. 1t
is a most beautiful and healthful situation.--
The junction of Western rivers would not be
the place to select for health. Here, how
ever, is pure air, pure water, and rocky,
gravelly soil, in which can see nothing TO
produce miasma. The Erie, Buffalo and N.
York city railroad passes through Bingham
ton, with several more in course Of coDstruc-
ton. AS most of your readers are accustom-
ed to travel, an account of my journey would
not, presume, be interesting; and to criti-
else on men and manners, and pass judgment
on the different hotels on my route, | claim
not as my prerogative.
The Ward tragedy and Douglas tragi-com-
edy appear to be the principal Iopics of the
day; and since left the shores Of my adopt.
ed State, / have heard but one opinion ex-
pressed, and that was on the side of the right
of justice and humanity. In the present ad-
vanced state Of society, where the more in
telligent and moral part of community are
watching with anxious interest the progress
of reform-the advance of temperan e, of AT
rican colonization, of Benevolent Societies,
and OF the protection of our rights by the EN-.
actment of judcious laws, and our amepity
to them, those persons who take stand
against any Of those reforms, certainly place
themselves in a most critical and enviable
position. Such an assumption is warranted
by the general Indignation which has follow
ed the Douglas and Ward cases. 1t is deep
ly and generally regretted that such an array
of strength has been found advocating those
cases; but so far as | can judge, although
both parties have apparently gained their
point, | have never seen so great display
meet with such signal defeat. For when we
TO to make an estimate of their strength and
take notes, we must not count heads nor
weigh corporosity, but it is the weight Of
moral worth, of mind and Of soul. Place
Douglas and his associates and Ward and his
accomplices in the scale against Smyth, a
Benton, Gibson and a Carpenter, and the
former will all fly up like feather, and the
names of the latter and the feelings and prin.
ciples they advocated will be engraven in
marble, when the former will either be forgot
ten or remembered with obloquy.
We must, for our encouragement, bear in
mind that when we ore on the side OF the
good and true, the Gods are for u.s. and
when the blessing and aid of Providence,
and the efforts OF all good men coincide, they
must in the end succeed. We should re-
member too, that it took but one Columbus
to discover n world, and great writer re-
marks, "ii there had been no world for him
TO discover, he had almost faith enough to
create one;" and hen il came under the des.
potic grasp of tyranny, it took but one Wash
ington TO save ii.
1t does not require very deep research into
our past history to show, that however we
may be carried away by party spirit, when
our liberty and rights are at stake, the ma
iority are OH the right side. There will be,
and always has been some tories amongst
US, some by nature, others by purchase.
From review of the foregoing transac-
tons, as they now stand, we will be safe in
drawing this conclusion, that as the leading
party in both the above cases, have got such
a complete 'drubbing,' and have been so de-
feated, even in the midst of success, that the
community will easily discover that the ef-
fects have cost them more than they are
worth, which will undoubtedly be a caution
and lesson to the masses and 10 designing
ldemagogues, in all time to come. f.