The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-04-06
Sudden Conversions.

dence of the sudden conversion Vi d huin !
her Of the anti-school leaders who have
ALWAYS labored with might and main to
overthrow the schools. Saul was not
more suddenly converted. The idea that
Richard Raleigh, james Scantlin, VIM.
II. Klusman, B. Nurre, Pat, Burke,
l. Co., are true friends to the schools is
SO supremely ridiculous that were it not
that they come out over their own sigma
lures and make the assertion, in public
print, the people would suppose them
joking. .-....--.---.
What new light has broken in upon
them that they should so suddenly de-
clare themselves for the schools? Is 1t
the conYiction that the people intend
to stand by their schools, and that public
infamy awaits all who assist in their de-
struction?
We imagine that the game that was
commenced by few of the leaders is
found not to be a winning one. The par
.izan gamblers have dealt themselves
bad hand, and while they must play 1t
out, they want to come off with as little
loss as possible They are compelled to
make this about-face to save themselves
from humiliation. By pretending to be
friends of schools they hope to get into
power, and trust to party discipline and
misfortune to the Government to enable
them TO carry out their destructive
schemes, including the overthrow of the
Schools. Any change with them will be
for the better, and if they can get con-
troll of the City they can afford to wait,
Micawber-ike, for something to- turn mp;
and trust TO the Napoleonic policy of
helping Fate by making opportunities.
"There are more ways of killing dog
than to choke him with butter" There
are other ways of destroying the Union
than the comparatively honorable one of
entering the military service of JEFF.
Davis. So there is more than one way
to destroy the Free Schools. They can
be put down by the simple adoption of
the New Charter by the Council The
necessary appropriations can be with
held. A Trustee elected by and under
obligations to the secret enemies of the
Schools can "doctor" them to death by
! crowding out teachers whom his party
friends don't like, and putting in men
who will work for "the party. And
5 there may be other ways Of disposing of
this ''sick man" of the Butternuts.
Why do certain Butternut candidates
< come out now, all at once, and assever-
e ate their devotion to Free Schools? No.
r body has ever accused them heretofore
other D6rai Ills ttte EI55fe SSGbnqlls or any
never been known to declare themselves
to be school men. We speak of the
7 principal signers of the Butternut Dec
!, laration of Principles in Saturdays Ga
. zette
e We have no hesitation in saying that
/ there is hypocritical and jesuitcal at
It tempt to obtain control of the city under
false pretenses, just as the Butternuts,
n last Fall, by protesting to be good Union
n men, obtained control Of the Legislature
5 and certain State offices, and then tried
to separate the State from the Union
and join it to an independent Confede-
racy
Like the cross-eyed man, these schemers
{ look one way and strike another. They
look one way. and row their Anti Union,
: Anti-School boat another.
Beware of them! 1t will be a sad day
for the people of this Union, this State,
l. this county, this city, when this restless
u Vandalic faction get unlimited control of
Il the General Government and subordinate
7 agencies of the people, 1t will be the
S end of Republican government, and the
y commencement of Satan's reign of a
l. thousand years.
> PAT BURKE is terribly exercised on
account of the violent exercise that
n Adolph Pfmflin is giving him. Pat S
e wind and bottom may be good, but he is
= evidently falling behind in the race, and
q this conviction forces itself on his mind
4 and worries him.
Pat. has held Office SO long that he
4 scriptive right to the City Clerkship. He
q no doubt has counted on dying in the
office, and leaving it as precious leg
acy to his descendants. But it seems
that it takes two to make a bargain, and
the people have some say about this little
matter. A change of crops is good
5. thing on land, and change of pasture
i makes fat calves So we shouldn't won
n der if a change of City Clerks would
/ work well both for Pat. and the City
n AT any rate the experiment is worth
e trying ..,
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