The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-05-22
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whenever that iick-spltfle OF the journal
gets badly worsted, he crawls off to some So
ciety to help him out. The Know Nothing
ism of this society was appealed to. and not
without effect. We expected it after the
FIRST editorial of the Journal. We had no
right to expect anything better Of FIRE COM
pany, who would bring out their engine at
an alarm of fire, and when they discovered
il was Germans house, put back their en-
CINE without geing to the fire. Knowing the
motive that kept them from going TO the fire
at the Lamasco Hotel, their motive for de.
nouncing the Enquirer Is easily understood.
Could we expect anything better of a COM
pany that would refuse to throw water on q
Dutcbman's house! We repeat that such a
company may shave entire confidence in the
ability and capacity of Dir. Cook" That
will not relieve them from the brand OF
libellers and slsnderers. Specify the false
hood, and give % the name Of an anti
Know Nothing that was At that meeting,
where the resolutions were adopted.
Enquirer.
We pass over that portion Of the Enqui-
rer's article. which SO simply states, that
whenever we get badly worsted BY the En-
quirer, we seek the cid of some society to
help US out. Our fellow citizens best know
whether we are in the habit of getting badly
worsted in controversies with the Enquirer.
We cheerfully leave it to them to decide up
on this personal subject. We have never
appealed publicly or privately to any soci.
ETY., either to aid Us or condemn the course
Of the Enquirer, but that societies of respec.
81 int &.
sies have unsolicited stepped out officially,
and approved our course, and condemned
that Of the Enquirer, is pretty conclusive
evidence that We have been right and the
Enquirer arrong-that we have been found
on the side Of order and decency, and that
he has outraged both.
But there is Islander on one fire company
and composed of as respectable men, to say
the least of them, a. Mr.. Hall himself, and
We trust great deal more 30, which de-
serves particular notice, especially a. this
10 not the first time the Enquirer has given
utterance to the foul charge. No fire CON-
psny in this city ever refused to throw wa
ter upon what the Enquirer calls ga Dutch.
mans house," The particulars of that af.
fair, 50 grossly perverted by the Enquirer
are simply these. In attending FIRE at La.
masco, one of the companies here, the Nep-
tune, had their engine broken. They ap.
Pesled to the Lamasco council to pay the ex
penss of repairing, which request was re-
fused. The company then passed resolu
ton not to 60 to any fire in Lamasco again
On the occasion of the fire at the Lamascc
Hotel. after the passage Of this resolution
the Neptune company did not 60 to the FIRE
but the Phoenix company did. Abou, cleo
ton time the Enquirer brought up this sub
ject in the same false light it has done THU
time, but for the purpose of making capita
for an Old Line candidate. It boosted fo
him that he had led the Phoenix company
down to the FIRE, ETC., when at the time o
the ere he was out of the city and leadin.
member Of the Neptune company! No fir,
company of this city has ever inquire,
whether German or American lived 10 pro
perty in danger of destruction-and tn
charge that any company have ever beer
governed in their action by any such disgust
ing distinction, is Islander on every membe
Of the company alluded to, and one which
they have every right to repel and retaliut
by every means in their power. How lon,
is this man going to be permitted to use III
columns of public print to SANDER and vii
lily aud abuse men who in every moral in
stict, and in every attribute Of good citizen
ship. are infinitely his superiors! Has publ
opinion lost its power? Is this man, backe
privately by little clique, who publicly d
not dare admit the connection nor supper
him in his positions-is he, in his daily on,
RACES of common decency, in hs attack
upon bodies of good citizens combined TO
the purpose Of protecting public property
in his villainous ISLANDERS of all who diffe
with him, in bis ascribing the .meanest me
tivcs to all action which does not meet hi
approval-is he to be supported in the com
munity he disgraces, and the weapon kept /
his hand by which he works only evill L
to call men sIanderers and libelers, and lial
and scoundrels. The man who uses sue
epithets against men of general good char
scter. should himself be above suspicion
what he applies to others, instead of mott
rious in his public character for the strict a.
plication to himself Of each particular e.
tibet.
0T We give the news BY the arrival I
The Baltic, to-day. 1t will be found Of rath'
more than the usual importance, vet n,