Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-04-04
burt fadiaus more than an the financial

ravulslGus that she ever 5nueEru.
Some of the men who are now pro
Tossing friendship for ourpublic schools
bat secretly plotting for their overthrow,
shouted hosannas when Perkins L Co
gave the jeath-blow to our State sys-
tenn Of sebools. Raleigh, and Reitz, aud
Nurre, and Ben. Stinson, and Mcbride,
aud YeDneman, and Klusman, and Whit /
iIesey, aud Radd, and Newman, and /
Law, and other gentry who are now /
protesting wonderful degree Of friend
ship for common schools, rolled the
tidings Of the overthrow Of the State sys-
TEN as a sweet morsel under their
tongues. 1he reason why they rejoiced
was because they knew that as the schools
went up their party went down, and rice
rersa To the politico-social scale. as
knowledge increases, and the mass Of
the people become educated, sham-Dem-
ocraey and Copperheadism, Slavery and
Superstition diminish in the land. The
leading demagogues, who most do con-
gregate around the Times Office and
the purlieus Of Third Street. know this;
hence their hostility to common schools
to newspapers Of progressive tendencies,
and TO the glittering geHeraIiiies of
the Declaration Of Independence.
Under such auspices, It is not surpris-
/ ing that there has been, and still is, in
this city, settled hostility in the minds
Of all the blind devotees Of the " Con-
sentative leaders, against our Free
Schools. Deny it as they may, this hos
tiIity win "crop out now and then;
and if ever these enemies Of the Schools
get control Of The City Government SO
they think there Is no danger Of losing
it, and gain the Council b good work
ing majority cf their reliable friends,
the New Charter will be adopted and
the Schools win 90 down in consequence,
as certain as fate As the schools pros
per and educate the rising generation,
the coppsrhead leaders lose their sway,
Keep the people in ignorance and those
leaders flourish. Free Schools and new.
tangled Democracy eaHnat ca-exist
One or the other must go down. Tie
people win have TO guard thGir Schools
with jealous care, else they viii lose
them. Under our Charter majority
vote az the council can a. any time sci
aside the Old Charter and adopt the
New. This is very easily done with q
favorable majority There are very
specions arguments to justify it, and
Messrs. Raleigh, Reitz, Nurre, 4 Co
can use them very gibly The serpent
tempted Eve 10 this identical way. The
people Of Evansville win have TO sci
their faces Ike fiat against ali such ar
gaments until the Constitution is amend
ed in favor Of Free Schools, or the de
cisiou Of The Supreme Court IS reversed
BY Court friendly 10 Schools, else theJ
will lose their Schools aad The City viii
be deprived Of half its glory.
A notable Indication Of this Anti
School spirit has just occurred, and il
fresh In the public mind. Our Higt
School : model institution The
course Of study Is thorough, aud il
graduates leave its halls nearly as vel
educated as If they had attended col
, lege, and well fitted 10 become intelli
, gent and useful citizens. Bat the Dew
has entered this beautiful Eden, in th,
shape Of Copperhead Parents Of Ger
tain pupils, aud mischief making dema
q gogues, melted discomfort for politiea
, purposes and, by destroying the disci
ptine of the School, sought to SOW thu
seeds Of destruction in the whole system
, A school and an army are alike in ent
respect--diseipline must be maintained
in both, or they become demoralized an,
fall to pieces. Destroy the discipline o
, sither and you ruin it The disciplin,
Of the High School has been weakened
, its efficiency and usefulness seriously in
: paired, and its very existence threatened
: Thus the object Of the Copperhead inter
meddlers is attained lf they can breal
the schools down, or even lessen the es
teen in which they are held By the PEG
pie, ii is all they ask. A double politi
cal and ecclesiastical purpose is thu
subserved
: Citizens Of Evansville, we eonjure you
to guard well your Free Schools, and t.
watch with jealous care every movement
: that is calculated to mar their prosper
; ity. They are the nurseries Of youthful
/ talent, and will bring our city ricl
j.. crop of prosperity if cherished as the,
5 should be. The advantages they Civ,
4 our city for the education of youth tavl
q already brought many new families int,
our midst to help in bailding up on
city. How commonly do we hear The re
mark, Il came here with my family 70
I tue purpose oil educating my children II
! your excellent schools" Ths city il
e benefited in this way thousands of dol
| lars every year
. How gratifying il Is to see sad hsa
the favorable comparisons that are FIRE
|, quently made between Evansville an,
, towns aud cities, especially in our owl
State, that are not blessed with suel
+ good schools as we have. This alone
/ aside from the solid advantages given b,
: the schools, more than repays all thei
5 trouble aud cost The public school
q are crown Of glory to Evansville
In voting to-day, especially for Coun
eilmen, support men whom you know {,
be favorable to Free Schools, and do no