The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-05-02
Rswarding a Traitor "A. Singular Preceding.

Probably one of the most singular episodes
in the history of a city, occurred at Louisville
a few days ago As it was intended for effect
abroad as we'll as at home we shall assist in
giving it the proper notoFiety. The general
readers of newspapers cannot but nave CD
served, that the papers in every part OF the
country, have been noticing as singular iact'
that while all over the West new villages are
s,s;nc,nu m in the forest and on the prairie,
and old villages are becoming towns, and
towns swelling with magic rapidity into cities,
and cities growing with unparalleled speed
one city is Represented as being an exception
10 the general prosperity, and instead Of in
creasing like its neighbors, retrograding. We
saw paragraphs to this effect have recently
been published in nearly every paper in the
Union, creating an injury to Louisville that
years Of time cannot overcome. and throwing
irnpediments in the way of its business which
must be felt to its heart. Where originated
these injurious reports, and as bas2ly false as
they are injurious? What enemy so Yinliet-
i've and dishonest as thus to iujurc city's
prosperity and community's business, and
yet utterly unsupportedb by facts? What enc
nv SO powerful as to secure considerable public
belief in his hbels, when hitherto all the at
tacks of the enemies and rivals Of Louisville
have failed to fasten themselves upon general
confidence or gulFbility? It's startling fact,
that this attack upon Louisville originated IN
that city, and from the very fact OF Its origin
ating there. and with the editor Of a prominent
newspaper, it has secured a publicity, and
belief in its Justice, which no attack from an
outside source could have given it. For who
could believe that an editor whose whole at
feotious are or should be concentrated in his
home and whose principal support is gwen
him by friends and neighbors the prosperity
of whom is the prosperity of the city-wouid
coolly and deliberately declare before the
world. that his city is retrogTading instead OF
progressing, that Ter business is falling oil,
and houses for rent in every part OF the city!
If he did state these disagreeable things, who
could believe he would assert them unless
they were truths, most reluctant confessions
wrung from his heart for some great good OF
for some mighty purpose of affecting RENE
dy? Coming from citizen of the place, and
. man occupying an influential position, whose
every word is repeated and echoed in thou
sands of newspaper voices, who abroad dare
dispute their TRUTH or say to the enemies OF
the city who use them as facts to LouisyiIles
injury, "they cannot lie sea" One of the
L i E,ot
to the worldwide shall dispute them? And
vet they are disputed at home. They ave ut
terly denied, and they are false as is the very
brain which originated them to the instincts Of
honesty and truth. Who is this traitor to his
home and all its interests, and what is his mo-
tive for acting SO disgracefully and SO repugnant
TO all the best feelings by which he is sur
rounded? Why that man is John H. Harvey,
editor of the Louisville Democrat, and his
motive for slandering his own city, and more
deeply iniuring it than thousand foes out
side of its corporation could do, is simply to
CRAFTY miserable partizan malice. A mob
under the strongest provocation, no less than
the shooting down of peaceable American citi-
gems while quietly walking the streets,
by concealed Irish murderers-burnt down
houses and killed Irishmen in retaliation for
&heir murders, last August This editor took
she part of the Iristmen, and has since been
misstating every fact connected with the affair.
TO injure the American party, he has held il
responsible for the mob, the mob responsible
for the riots, and is declaring these riots have
ruined Louisville, and produced all the effects
which he euumerates, but which have no foun-
dalton except in his own imagination and
malice,
Now We come to the point. 1t might he
natural to presume, that the citizens OF Louis
vile, who are being SO much injured by the
ISLANDERS of this Individual and his paper, would
rise up In mass and hurl him from the posi-
Eien he aisgraoes, and from the city he curses
with his presence. 1t is true, some bushes:
men hare entered their protest against hi:
course, and Withdrawn their patronage from
= paper which has struck vital blow at then
interests But we have before US paper
which gives an account of the presentation 0
service OF silver plate and a purse of fiyt
hundred dollars IN gold to this same John Fl
Harvey, for his efficient advocacy of til,
principles of Civil and Religious Liberty, and
aus bold defence Of aaw and order against big
otTy. and 4axiessness- Did low. dirtv. I'M
RzsAciplsd paTnzanism, ever before exhibit 1t
salt En 50 Disgusting forn2 Here is a BODY
@f 7sa, Ehro4ga mare parfizan feeling, and t
@paze a1'oahrr editor, who has been laborin.
ssaao1zay, and Ike man ana-a strong man