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


The Journal contends that none but Abuli;io :
lists are Ut TO teach in the public schools. IT,
next step will be TO pass ordinance permitting
negro children 10 attend, and putting them
equality with white children. Watch the doinEs
ol the Secret Midnight Lodge. We warn the ,e0-
pie il time at there is dan er Uf the Abuliti =
m jOrity compelling VIII tie children TO snbmg 10
the presence of negroes in the schools on the
ben hes. Such is the tendency-nip the scheme a.
the bud
The above paragraph appeared in the
Extra Gazette OF last Saturday. When
men can be driven to use such means 10
accomplish a purpose, they must indeed
be debased to a degree beyond what an
honest mind can conceive; and if the
time ever comes.when the people can be
Influenced in their course by such mis-
cradle, lying balderdash, our community
will indeed be in most deplorable and
pitiable condition.
This time has not come, and pray God
it never may! If Mr.. Denly, or any one
else, can be elected by such means, we
do not deserve any better fate than vi
certainly come upon US with the triumph
OF him and his party.
The paragraph is evidently intended
to injure Mr.. Wheeler; and if Mr.. DENLY
knew Of lis being prepared, he ought to
be ashamed of himself; and if lie were
a man of fairness, be would scorn to
be benefited by it, and would confess it
as miserably puerile as it is false and
slanderous. 1t proves one thing, how
ever, and that is, that those who use it
are desperate, and are driven to use des
perate expedients.
They surely can have no reasonable
hope that any man with two grains of
sense will believe q word of the wretch
ed stuff, even if everybody did not know
that the danger spoken of is an utter i'm
possibility.
Mr.. Wheeler has been School Trustee
for ten years, and no man could have
been freer from plejudices than he, or
have made his appointments of teachers
fairer As the schools are now organ
lied we have teachers of all shades f
opinion, political and religious; we have
ProteStants as well as Catholics, foreigr-
ers as well as natives Mr. Wheeler does
not love a negro half as much as some
OF those who are denouncing him as n
abolitionist, though, in truth, they 10
him only as he represents rewards VIII
he shall be kidnapped and stolen over ii e
river. No man ever heard Mr.. Wheeler
or any one else, advocate the admission
of negroes into our public schools The
unfortunate people have school of their
own, and it is honorable to our city that
it is so. The Gazette and its patrons are
in bad way. The people have found
them out, and they can't escape good,
deep damnation by any such abominable
die. B.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-04-06

Getting DeSpeFate.

The extra edition OF the Gazette,
issued On Saturday evening and distrlbu-
ted broadcast in the crowd of K G. G..
at Mcbride Whttleseys office, shows
the desperation of the baffied Anti School
conspirators They fairly foam at the
mouth and tear their hair with rage One
item goes on terribly about admitting
negro children into the schools and put
ting them on an equality with white chill
dren! Isn't it strange how uneasy some
people are that the negroes may become
their equals; which is as much as to say
that they are their equals, and can only
be kept by force from reaching their level.
Men conscious of their superiority over
that unfortunate race don't show so much
uneasiness.
Another gem in the string that graces
the Extra" makes the false statement
that we said democrats were not mt TO
teach in the schools, on account OF their
politics" Of course we didn't make
any such foolish assertion; but 1t is
"good enough Morgan " for the Gazette
lust before election. The Extra is like a
hog with the blind staggers, and runs
about wildly, at random. By the way,
the principal of the High School, Mr.
Parsons, is Douglas Democrat, and he
is deemed entirely " fit to teach" Poll
tics has nothing to do in the choice OF
teachers
Another gem reads thus: " Strike a
blow for the Union Monday. Every
Democrat is a Union man, every aboli-
zionist is opposed to It'll The old cry OF
abolitionist" is used number of times.
: We think we have heard the word men
toned before! 1t has been used so much
that it is getting fashionable. Andy
johnson, Parson Brownlow, Dick Thomp
son, JOS A: Wright, John Van Buren,
e Benz F. Butler, and Lew Wallace are
all abolitionists Why Washington
and Jefferson were nothing but " cursed
abolitionists." That card, Mr.. Gazette
r is about PLAYED out u But jeff. Davi!
tells you to use it, and, of course, you
must obey your master.
s We secured only one copy of thu
II Extra" and intend to make big spec
on it by selling it to some soap boiler
e 1t is saturated with lie and the dirties
kind of grease. The whole edition woul
make any mans fortune.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-04-06
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INUti II VI II tIttl
That +" Gard "---Its Hypocrisy.

The candidates nominated IN Mcbride
and Whittleseys ofice-who by honest
men are called ButternutS-publish
card in Saturdays Gazette which, for
cool impudence and hardiheod, beats
anything we have seen for hong time.
They all declare, and apparently expect
men to believe it, shat they are the hon-
est friends of the Free Schools; opposed
to the adoption of the New and ready to
die in support Of the Old Charter. Even
such men as Dick Raleigh, Jim Scantlin,
Bill klusman, and Ben Nurre sign this
declaration. We can hardly understand
how men who have heretofore thought
and acted as they have, and who enter
tain the opinions they are known to hold,
can make such pledges, unless upon
the principle which governs the Society
of the JesuitS, that the end justities the
means in other words. when you have
purpose, accomplish it, no matter achdt
may be the means employed. These
men, we honestly believe, propose to
break down and destroy our Common
Schools, and, to accomplish this, are re-
sorting to the eXpedient of deceiving the
people Who believes, for instance, that
Jim Scantlin is friendly to the Old Char
ter, or that he Will not do all in his power
to overthrow IT'D He has always been,
up to last Saturday afternoon, loud
mouthed and offensive in his depuncia-
ton OF the Old and his advocacy Of the
New Charter. He has been persistent
in this course at all times and under all
circumstances. The same may be said,
with truth, of Raleigh, Klusman, Nurre,
Miller, Negele, and almost all the rest
And yet now, upon the eve of the cleo
ton, they suddenly abandon tie grounds
formerly occupied by them for years, and
claim to be all that the friends of the
schools could wish. Who believes in
their honesty in this matter? Your con
} version is too sudden, gentlemen. 1t is
: too much like death-bed repentance.
, We can not take these pledges of yours,
extorted from you by tear and dread OF
defeat, in satisfaction of your long-con-
= tinued past conduct In short, gentle
men, we are afraid you are trying to
! deceive US into voting for you by false
promises and insiLcere pledges.
VOTER
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-04-06
SAMUEL 1. RUGG,
Sur. Pnblic Instrnction. y
Dead /! Dead Dead

The amendment to the educational ar
ticle OF the Constitution is dead It
passed the Senate, SO to 6, but died in
the House. Though it passed the SEN
ate IN the early part of the session, it was
kept back in the House. Whether this
was design, neglect, or pressure in bust
ness, we know not The majority of the
educational committee recommended its
passage; a minority recommended 9TH
erwise. Whether it would have been put
upon its passage, had legislation not
ceased through the withdrawal of the
minority, we know not Whether it
would have passed, if put on its passage,
we know not ~ ! ~ =
We do however know that it did not
pass-that it is dead The next desired
point of knowledge is, where are we?
Can the next Legislature take the matter
up where this one left it, or must we 90
ss--vl-----.->.4i44eE2 These were the
were the first with the friends of oduoa-
ton throughout the State. Hence in
order to obtain something authentic upon
this subject, we called on Judge Perkins,
of the Supreme Bench, for his opinion,
which is herewith submitted We do not
wish to draw dark pictures, but if the
subjoined opinion be correct, of which
we hold no doubt, six years at least must
elapse before this amendment can pass,
and legislation under it become effective.
Surely the public school system fares
hardly in Indiana.
INDIANAPOLIS, March 9, 1863.
PReF. Hoss, ED. SCHOOL JOURNAL
Dear Sir You did me the honor 10 ask my
opinion. to be used by you as editor of
the School Journal, upon the following
question, viz. whether if an amendment
to our State Constitution be proposed
and agreed to by one Legislature, it must,
in order that it may become part OF
the Constitution by adoption by the peo-
pie, be agreed to and submitted to them
by the Legislature next succeeding the
one which first proposed and agreed to it.
As it is not probable that this question
will come before the court, iudieially,
and as it seems to be made clear by the
constitution itself, l have no objection to
giving you my opinion.
Article Is Of the Constitution, the one
providing for amendments, is as follows:
aSec. I. Any amendment or amend
nents to this Constitution, may be pro-
posed in either branch of the General
Assembly; and it the same shall be
agreed to by majority of the members
elected to each Of the two Houses, such
proposed amendment or amendments
shall, with the yeas and nays thereon, be
entered on their journals, and referred to
the General Assembly to be chosen attic
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-04-06
The Pride of Evansville

Is her glorious system of public schools.
Strangers living in less fortunate locali-
ties where the schools are not good, in
looking around for a new home, are nat
urally attracted hither by the reputation
of our schools. Many instances are
known where this has been the case.
Break down the schools, or destroy
their efficiency, and our city suffers very
seriously in her reputation, and strangers
will be kept away in great measure
Destroy or weaken the schools, and prop
erty will decline in value twenty-five per
cent 49,
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-04-06
~ Vote for Fred. W. Cook for Co..,

Bg Vote for Fred W. Cook for Coun-
Gilman in the Eighth Ward A special
effort will be made to beat him with an
Anti-School man, because he refused to
be used as tail to the Butternut kite
Fred is fully alive to the interests of the
city, has served in the Council. and is
0. K. on the Union and School cues
tons, The people of the ward cannot
afford to do without such a man to re-
present them in the Council
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-04-06
The Z. G.. G,'n.


The Butternut ticket brought out so
mysteriouslY, is the offspring of the
Knights of the Golden Circle, treasona-
BILE organization that exists all through
the State, and has its Lodges here. The
haunts of its members are known, and
the prominent ones marked. The Ga
zctte endeavors to getup cry of "secret
political societies" to throw the public off
the scent of the K. G. C.'s and their
ticket Such device won't win 1t is
the old cry of 'thief, thief" uttered by
the rogue himself to escape detection
A prominent K G. c., few days ago,
acknowledged that there was such a So
ciety here, and boasted of its numbers.
This is the society to which the man
belonged, who, when questioned before
the Grand Jury of the United States Dis
trict Court at indianapolis, refused to
testify, on the ground that he would
This reasonable 5 81 organization ffaRf 50 IL uUw
trying to get control of the government
of the city of Evansville, as it tried to
usurp the power of the State Government
We think it will signally fail in one in
stance, as it did in the other.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-04-06

EG~ Vote for JOSEPH c. OvERELL. the
Unconditional Union and Free School
candidate for Councilman in the Sixth
Ward. 10. served in the army in the
42d Regiment, and was shot through the
leg at the battle of Chaplin Hills, and
had to leave the service He is now at
home to help take care oftraitors in the
rear, and uphold the hands of the Gov
eminent till the rebellion is crushed.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-04-06
Declaring their Real Intentions.

On Friday, the Sd inst, Pat. Burke,
Butternut candidate for City Clerk, was
heard to say that -" Free Schools are
about played out!
Christ Miller, Butternut candidate for
Councilman in the Sixth Ward, was also
heard to say, on Saturday, that they did
intend to adopt the New Charter, and
would do it if they got the power.
These statements can be proved, if de-
MED. They are outcroppings of the Anti
School conspiracy.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-04-06

tI~ Some of our American readers
may possibly not know Mr. William G.
BGpple, Union and Free School candi-
date for City Collector He is Kratz &
Heilmans clerk, and is very intelli-
gent and competent business man, and
speaks both German and English flu
emily. He is skillful accountant and
penman, and will make an excellent Col
lector
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-04-06
A card.

= The undersigned, being the survivors
Of number of persons who were aboard
Of the steamer L. L. Watts at the time
of her loss, on the I'd inst, near Mount
Vernon, Indiana, respectfully request, in
case of the finding Of any of the bodies
of those who were lost, that notice may
be given to the survivors, at Evansville,
Indiana, as we are DESTROYS of giving
evidence at the inquest, and wish that
the bodies may be removed to Evansville
for burial All editors are respectfully
requested to give this an insertion.
JOHN PRAHAR.
JACOB KUHN.
JOHN LAUDER
JoHN SCHLING.
MICH. REICHART.
JOHN SCHNIFF.
JACOB WITzEL.
NICE. MoRGHAN.
PETER PRETsEI-
Evansville, April 4th, 1868.
The following are the names of those
who are supposed to be lost Daniel
Sheik, George Mehl, George Feline, John !
Weland, Philip Eadinger, Lorenz Sauer,
August Bringer, Matbes Auslinger. e
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-04-06

BG% Vote for HENRY DoDDENHoFF, the
Union and Free School candidate for
Councilman in the Fifth Ward. He is
an honest, hard working shoemaker, and
man of intelligence, who knows right
from wrong and cares for the public in
Fifth Ward a faithful Councilman, and
will prove true to the Union and the
Schools
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-04-06

RG- Vote for the "old reliable" Union
and Free School candidate for Council
man in the Second Ward, Joseph P.
Elliott He knows the ward by heart,
and all his interest is in it. Its inter
ests are his
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-04-06

Bg Vote for Jacob Frnlich, the dray-
man, in the Fourth Ward He is one of
the bone and sinew. All his interest
lies in the maintenance of the Union
and the Schools, and he will stand up for
them like adamant, as he has done here
tolore.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-04-06

bGS~ Vote for Adolph Hoelscher, the
Union and Free School candidate for
Councilman in the Seventh Ward. He
is clerk at Rocker, Blount & Co.'S stove
store, and is a man who attends to his
business right, and can always be relied
on. If elected, he will serve his con-
stituents faithfully, and promote their
interests to the best of his ability.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-04-06

gFS- Vote for the old auctioaeer, Ad-
miral NELSON, for City Marshal. His
Unionism and friendship to The Free
Schools is beyond question, and there is
nothing .Jfshy about him. He carries his
heart in his hand, and when he talks to
you, you know what he means.
Besides, he will make an excellent of
fcer, and faithfully and conscientiousiy
carry out the Ordinances of the City.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-04-06

BG~ Vote to re-elect William Mills.
the present useful member of the Coun-
Gil in the Ninth Ward. He is true as
steel on the Union and School questions,
and will stand by his country and her
Institutions, including the schools, till
the ''crack of doom" The people of his
ward have had numerous improvements
made through his influence, and, if re-
elected, he will give them "a few more
of the same sort"
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-04-06

W The "second edition of the Ga
zette abuses John Greek, Union candi-
date for Township Trustee, because, as
it alleges, he does not pay city taxes to
support schools.
We know nothing about the truth of
the charge, but do know this, that John
6rv1h vii ss.t;-r- my dor,ard. individ-
ual or corporate, that he in justice ought
to pay. The GreekvilIe question is pend
ing in court, and if it be decided against
Mr.. Greek and other holders of property
out there, we do not doubt that Mr.
Greek, as well as the others, will pay all
the demands the, city may have against
them. The Township schools are the
ones that will concern him if elected, and
he pays toward keeping them up.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-04-06

One OF THE FAMILY LESS To PROVIDE
FoR-"One good turn deserves an
other" We have one of the inevitable
Reitz family in as State Senator and an
other in as City Collector. and are asked
to continue the latter still longer There
fore it is relief to see another withdraw
from the race for the Council, although
the motto at the commencement hereof
be received as true. Still, somebody be-
sides the Reitz family ought to be allow
ell to hold Office, and to have some say in
loca! affairs.
We haven't heard yet of their owning
the rhOle town and its suburbs, although
they come very near it.
1t would be a good idea to get the
Legislature to change the name of the
place to Reitzville, or Reitzburgb, or
Reitztown, or Peterborough, or some
thing of the sort. Doubtless at least one
vote could be had in the House for the
proposition, and maybe more in both
branches by a little judicious log-rolIing.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-04-06

pY~ Pat. Burke has pre-empted La
masco, and holds it as his game-preserve'
into which no poacher is allowed to en-
ter. If any outsider has business in La
masco, or makes business there, he will
be apt, about these times, to meet Pat
lodging around and making himself
agreeable generally. But so soon as he
sees one of these terrible Free School
and Union menintruding on his grounds,
a cloud overspreads his serene counte-
nance, and he grins horribly CHASTITY
smile" All who do not wish to incur
Pat 5 displeasure must refrain from two
things-they must not mention Adolph
Pfeffiin's name approvingly, nor must
they go into Lamasco to shake hands
with the scores of sterling Union, Free
School men there. IF Pat. could have
his way, and ifthe Union men of Lamas
CO would indulge him, we suppose he
would have the district fenced in and
signs put up, reading, "Pat. Burkes Park
Trespassers warned off,
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-04-06

pg Vote for the steady-going and
reliable Union and Free School candi- :
date for Councilman in the First Ward,
William Dean. ne will do to tie to.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-04-06
Remember /!

That II to-day election goes against
the Union ticket, the result will be her.
aided all over the Union as Demo
cratic" victory, which means, in modern
parlance, a victory of the JEFF. Davis
Democracy, and not the Dem ocracy OF
jackson and Douglas The cry will be
echoed by all the Confederate organs,
hope, and fight the longer against their
fate, and kill more of our gallant sol
diers, and prolong the war and its suf-
ferings
Let the Spring elections go against
jeff Davis's Northern friends, and our
armies gain two or three victories, and
soon The whole rebel structure will come
down like a dollhouse.
If you want to shorten the war, and
send good cheer to our gallant soldiers,
vote the Unconditional Union ticket
This is not a mere local election.
Great principles are involved in it, and
its results are full of veal or wo to us
all. Therefore it is the duty of all pat
riotic men to take an interest in it srd
work for the Union candidates.
By JAMES DAVIDSON, the Union ana
Free School candidate for City Treas
urer, is so well known to our old citizens
that they need not be told anything about
him. For the benefit of the N ore recent
residents we will mention, that he Las
been for long time Clerk for cur pat
rotic fellow-citizen, Samuel Orr, which
is saying volumes in few words for Mr..
D. He belongs to that class of patriotic
Irishmen who have come up manfully to
the Government in this crisis of its fate
Though an ardent Douglas Democrat in
1860, Mr.. Davidson followed his great
leader when he laid aside mere party and
espoused the cause of an Administra-
ton not of his choice, when it became
necessary to do so to save his country.
" - ----lAA..>- ii daas
our soul good to honor and support
Furthermore, Mr.. Davidson is a re-
sponsible and skillful business man, and
the interests of the office will not suffer
in his hands. He does not seek the
Office, for he is not an office seeker. His
friends, knowing his worth, have solicited
the use of his name, and he has consent
ed for the good of the Great Cause
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-04-06

Eg The Union candidates for Consta-
bic are Henry Pleger John c. Sergeant,
John Monk, and 1--WE are told) Canada
Higginbottom. OF the Unionism of the
former three we are sure Give them
your votes. -Four constables are to be
elected and two justices of the peace.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-04-06


uence. -z-s-
On the 1stof April letter was written
to the Superintendent of Public Instrnc-
ton, inquiring whether. the pending
amendments to the State Constitution,
relative to the raising of a special tax
by cities and towns for the support of
schools, passed through both houses of
the last Legislature; andif so,whether
they would be submitted to the people
next fall for ratification
IL -c-lls4ziir,r--enlzh has been received
worse for the amendment by three years
than we stated it day or two ago:
"OFFIcE OF SUP'T OF PUB INST,
Indianapolis, April 3, g.
'DEAR SIR: The Resolutions about
which you inquire, failed to pass the
House of Representatives at the last ses-
sion of the General Assembly They
passed the Senate They are understood
to be entirely lost. See the opinion of
Judge Perkins, as published in the April
number of the Indiana School Journal
for 1868.
"Very respectfully yours,
SAMUEL L. RUGG,
Sup. Public Instruction"
The article from the Journal, embody-
ing the opinion referred to, reads as fol-
love, arlcl-.le i-ad is clothed in mourn
ing: