The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-10-20
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To The Honorebts The Board OF
Internal Improvement Of Kentucky.
The Petitioners, Merchants and Steam
boat men Of Evansville interested in the
commerce and carrying trade of Green Xiv
err, in behalf Of themselves and their cor
the Planters and Merchants in
the neighborhood of that stream, would
most respectfully represent: That, while
they admire the skill, wisdom and integrity
and general success with which Kentucky
has constructed and managed her public
works, they regret that there is reason to
believe that her usual success and manage
ment have not Of late attended her public
Improvements on Green River. That the
navigation of that river has been seriously
INSTRUCTED for near three months and that
there has been total suspension its navi-i
CATION for near two months past, which in
terruption of navigation it is generally be-
lieved by those acquainted with your slack
water system on that River, could not exist
for such length of time under judieious
management of those having immediate
charge of the work-that ii is obstruction,
in connection with other minor complaints
of encouragement of these works is shsk-
ing confidence in the present and future
value of that great public improvement, and
doing great damage to those citizens of
Kentucky relying on it as an outlet for
their produce and medium of communica-
ton with the world and to your petitioners
whose interests are more or less involved.
Your Petitioners would, therefore, hum
bly, ask that these causes of complaint may
be by you enquired into, and these causes, as
quickly as possible, removed, and renewed
confidence in the perfect success of Green
River navigation be quickly restored. All
of which is respectfully submitted.
Evansville, Oct 9Th, 1853.
g1- The. Louisville Democrat holds the
following plain talk with the Washington
Union, upon the result of the recent cleo
lions: f.ssse. Of; ta4=
The editor of the Washington Union ha:
/ heard of the elections in Pennsylvania, Ohio
and Indiana, and looks backward, not for
4 ward for consolation. He records, with sat
isfaction, that the Democracy were beater
in 1854, in like manner, and succeeded at
forwards, and concludeds that what bal
i been will occur again. He reasons like thu
I quack who determined to follow experience,
| his own experience. He found an Irish
man sick of bilious fever, and proscri bed TO
him. The said Irishman ate heavy mea
of bacon and cabbage, and got we'll TIL
next patient was sick of bilious fever, ant
the quack gave him dose of bacon anG
cabbage, thinking that what had been woulC
be again but the patient died! The EN-
pyrical philosophy of the quack failed; bu
it is about as good as the philosophy of tn
Union.
There are some causes in existence now
that did not exist in 1864 We need men
ton, in this connection, but one. In 1854
we had no organ at Washington warning Of
the Democracy of the North, for the sake @
securing the next dynasty. That was on
nuisance with which the party was no
cursed.
We want some statcsmanlike discretion
instead of folly, at Washington. II there b
no improvement there, we need not look 70
Improvement elsewhere. We know whs
the Democracy of the free States can do
! and we know that they cannot sustain som
5 things that have been thrust upon them
1 and while it is persevered in VIC may loo
: for worse, instead of better. We assure til
! Union and its masters, who.v they ar
. that they cannot separate Douglas from tt
! Democracy of the North. 1t would hay
= been just as wise, twenty-eight years ag
, to talk of reading Jackson out of the part
or Just as wise in the coffee-house and eros
roads politicians, at the same time, to tai
of reading Henry Clay out of the VIII
party. This folly must stop; and not onl
= so, it must be repudiated, if any thing bette
in the free States is to be expected. "
know that there are formidable dificulti
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