The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1862-03-12

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gaTaa t1non himself 70 decide that the peo-
ME did not understand themselves at the
,,rov;ous elections. and therefore must vote
aoain. he introduced his resolution
sDrinRing this question upon the people
without their consent and contrary to their
wishes. Not single petition has been pre-
scented to the Council asking them to order
such an election. On the contrary the
order Is passed directly in the teeth Of re
smonstrances signed BY three hundred and
.thirty-fve Of the citizens. Now, who are
the gentlemen who thus assume to know
so much better what the people want than
the people themselves2 Here they are:
"Ayss-Couneilmen Miller, Klusman,
Haney, Muentzer and Smith. $50
We stated yesterday that, knowing the
affection our people have for their schools,
these conspirators would not dare to expose
their designs to the public gaze, but would
try and cloak them so as to deceive the peo-
pie, and thus accomplish the end in view
We gave them credit, it seems, for more in
genuity than they really possessed. They
offer but one little fiimsy reason why the
new charter should be adopted--a reason
that was knocked in the head by some o
the friends of the schools, almost before j
saw the light. It was asserted that yer!
large amount of real estate in some of tn
different Engagements of the city of Ev
ansFilIe derive advantages from the cit
improvements, yet contribute nothing i
the way Of taxation towards. paying th
expenses of said Improvements. To thi
it was promptly replied: Steps have al
ready been taken, with every assurance {
success, to have this difficulty remedied 6
the next session of the Legislature; ans
consequently, there is no necessity of abar
doning the old charter, with all its limit
merable advantages, in order to secure
J point that may be obtained in another wa,
Il might also have been urged that after th
adoption of the new charter, it depends,
a great measure, upon the wishes of Ii
residents of the various Enlargement
whether they can be annexed to the cit
proper or not. We think the fact can b
substantiated that, without such consen
even the new charter is powerless to az
cemplish all that its admirers claim FOR i
! But why waste words on this himsy pre-
tense. 1t is SO shallow and puerile that "
are surprised any one has the assurance 1
offer it to a reading and thinking PEE
! pie--a people whose common schools hag
feurished for several years past with sue
} cess that have made them the envy of ever
Lefty in the west. We regret that they di
not honrist n an parts of the countr
! equally as well years ago, for now migl
we be free from the modification necessf
] rily experienced in witnessing so contempt
) bic An effort to break them down.
] The people, We are assured, are wild
) awake. They will mark the men VIII
desire to assassinate the schools, an
D see to it that net one of them obtains
E seat in the Council Board again. some
: them obtained their election last year
' expressly avowing their devotion to IL
: Schools. The vote on the question of orde
a ing a new election shows what reliance q
: be placed in some of the men who maj
j those pledges. Let there be unanimity
/. action among the friends of the schools
E each ward. Unite on one candidate al
! work for him until il is settled by the a
/ tual count of votes that he is elected.
o seems that in cur community knowlede
E like liberty, can only be preserved by etc
/ nal vigilance. - : 60