The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-10-29
DIR. Murphy's Reply to the Enquirer.

DIR. Murphy's Reply to the Enquirer.
The following reply to an article that ap
peared in the Enquirer on the 10th of Sept.
was received by us during the recent excit-
ing canvas, and was from necessity deferred
till after the election. We should have been
glad to have avoided any further publica-
tions on the subject, but Dr. Murphy insist
ed on the right to be heard in reply, and it
If this unpleasant subject still continues to
fill the columns of the newspaper, it must
be attributed to the injudicous zeal of Dr.
Daily's defenders,::who provoke rejoinders by
their INSCRIPTIONS mode of defence The
Enquirer has bantered the Journal with the
offer of a reward of $500 to name any one
of the Board of Trustees, or of the prominent
political associates of DR.. Daily, who have
said he ought to resign for the good of the
University, and for the relief of his friends
We have it from undoubted authority, that
part of the Board of Trustees, in the au-
tItmn of 1857, had an understanding with
Gov. Willard, that he was to open q CORES
pondenee with gentleman, whose name
was to be submitted to the Board, and they
were to elect him to Dailys place. We be-
lievc Col Bryant of Williamsport, an influ-
entail member of the Board, has repeatedly
resign. We could produce pretty conclusive
evidence that Mr. Bryant after hearing the
evidence in the late trial, sent word to Judge
Hughes, President of the Board, that Daily
ought to resign, to relieve the Board from
its embarrassments in attempting to sus-
tain him. Have not Judge Hughes, Judge
Wm. X. Edwards, all members of the Board,
expressed unfavorable opinions of Dailys
qualifications, as well as of his moral char
acter? Would they not all feel relieved
from an awkward position by his resigna-
ton? PROFOUND these questions to the
gentlemen, and sec if they will answer them
in the negative. If they will not--as we
are assured they cannot-we are fairly en-
titled to the $500 banteringly offered by
the Enquirer /:
BLooMINGToN, Ind, Sept. 30, 1853.
Mr.. EDITOR: | notice an editorial in the
Daily Enquirer OF Sept. 10th, 1858, COM
menting on a letter that had written for the
Lafayette Journal j. Free Press, which was
re-published in the Evansville JourRaL-
This letter was written in answer to a COM
munication in the same paper signed "Alum-
ms The language of the Enquirer is very
harsh, and sounds to me very much like the
reverberation of certain Stone In the
first paragraph he says: g Juggling his ridic-
ulous charges and worn-out ialsehoods into
the newspapers" ] ADMIT they are g ridi-
culous' ior a man to be guilty Of, oeeupying
l,--s...:.. -s-rrrry truu5; ana II IS stI1T more
ridiculous that the board should sustain him,
alter the evidence that was before them,
,chich dare them to publish. Sustaining
him under the circumstances and facts, is
unparalleled in the history Of Universities,
and is well calculated to bring down
from the lofty position she once occupied,
our long cherished Institution. The editor
says, " Is the world to be made jury
to settle this case ?" Yes, own, the pub
lie is to be consulted, for if the public does
not condemn such acts, it plainly shows
there are persons who feel themselves akin
to such lcentiousness, and it would be hard
to deprive congenial souls of the luxury of
those appropriate sympathies. The editor Of
the Inquirer elaborates considerably on
" MaZzini,' who attempted to asSassinate the
Emperor, and Il low, vulgar man, pui1iag
himself into notice by pulling Gen. jack
sons nose. NOav, Sir, your nose will never
be pulled, nor will any person be fool
enough to attempt to assassinate you, for the
purpose of bringing themselves into notice
but you may get kicked out Of some one 5 cellar
or Kitchen, unless you reform your habits
Instead of g ingforious defeat, feel victory
is mine, SO far as proof is concerned. Some
of Dailys best friends lave told me that
they believe and know he is incompetent
and guilty, but that he must be sustained,
because OF his party connections in Church
and State" Now, am ready at any time
to support a man politically If he is a good
dem0crdt) on account of his principles, even
if he is licentious and dishonest; but [ will
not support such Il man as the President of
the State University, and such Daily has
proven to be. No, never, Democracy don't
go quite SO far, and l had hoped that the
Church did not d" but ere shall see chat ae
shall see" He speaks of Daily's ''purity
of ofcharactcr." "Oh shame, where is thy
blush y As to my ''stinging beneath the
lash of public execration," need only say
that it is false. The community here are
almost all of one opinion, and fully
convinced of Daily's guilt. The sting of
their 'execration, therefore, does not reach
Inc.
The editor of the Enquirer says, "the
Doctor is often delivering literary and agri-
cultural addresses" les, add, and as often
stealing them, as understand he did the
one he delivered ON invitation in Evansville,
DR.. Caldwell being the real author; and
know he does his Bacc 'awreates and other
addresses here. He cannot get up any thing
himself worthy of his position. He must
therefore plagiarizc from sheer necessity
Again, his address in Jeifersonyllc, | am
told, was largely plagiarized. The fourth
paragraph is false and basely so, as every
man knows who attended the examination.
Hence it needs no answer from me. The
fifth is "like unto the fourth" The sixth is
a base falsehood, as | shall here prove by the
Introduction of testimony, and first of pla-
giariSm.