Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-08-03

date all our. disabled men who have
families and are liable to become home-
less 10 the future. Laa Ea.iqsa sson 81
Practical to the last, oar IndianaPe-
Lis friends evidently have an eyeto cheap
garden sass." But, seriously, ths Lam
gusgs of the Association, which we have
quoted freely, clearly indicates thai its
members do not believe they viii snc-
ceed beyond Eaising funds for the pur.
chase and adornment of Home for .
few disabled single men and such marri-
ed men as may abandon their families to
enjoy its hospitsHties. The other pro-
jects are based upon contingencies
which the Association evidently regard
a. inimieAl 10 the carrying out Of their
"wisLes" and ';likes." This, we think,
is a fair deduction from the lspguagsIof
the Associations circulaE. nor ylC
We viii pay q premium toany ef1Our
readers, klowing the history of thsn 6ol-
diers Home Association WhoEM parnse
the following paragraph from the Ihdis
annapolis Journal without smiling:
The people OF TndiAnapoEis have inev-l
or expected or asked that the = HCms''
shall be located here. They will give m
literally for Its creation as their fault
6ndiog reighbors, and let those hayin 2
it in charge locate IL where the purpos-
% Of the Association will be best sub
served. sseIus bsdsqo a3a noii9sIlos 81
]. nWhsn il il remembered that the sn-
tire charge Of the whole enterprise lain
the handss of citizens of sIadianapolis,
the JoEvnaEs gushing ibsralityiwiIl be
the better appreciated. % sysd lIiw 1svsa
Ip reply. 10 orr suggestion thatifsths
citizens Of Indianapolis woRh bet coa-
tribute s.meagre part tbe money they
bad made ont Of the people ofthe State,
during the war, they would have Epleniy
of funda to accomplish all they design
ed the Irdianspolis journal says :
| we might tetert BY suggesting that II
L
/ would degote1A moiety Qf the money
they have made out of the Government,
10 the enhanced price of the hay, corn,
oats, horses and mules, and other com
modi6es they have Furnished Tor the ar
my, and moiety Of the money the sharp
traders of Evansville have lreahned By
running eontraband geods,iutog Ken
lucky, they might build Two or three
Soldiers Homes and furnish them com
/ plete /; but we do not ask them to dc
anything Of the sort We do not. AJAX
them 10 give anything unless il is their
/ pleasure 10 do 30, bat we have right
to demand that they shall not seek 10
deter others from aiding in great worl
for the benefit Of disabled soldiers o
the State, on the unlounded pretense
that Il is q scheme simply Cor the ag
grsndisement of IndiaRspclis, atad s7
The retOrt Of tho JpurRai would b,
sminsntly proper, # ths citizens. Q
Evansville had organized Soldiers
Home. Association and sent agents /
9 Indianapolis to collect funds to aGetoi
going. We dare say the Journal would
in such g case, be prompt tofiuquif
! what the "sharp traders of EvAusyill
, were doing, who had realized so No
. money BY running eontrabahd good
into Kentucky +" Otherwise its tetort
inapplicable, rrr0 rzaaszaJ aar
Tomorrow we win present eur ide
Of che beat way to reliege disabled 50
disrH, and leave to the judgment Of Il
! people Of the State its practieahjlit
: We would do so to-day, but the pressl
article is alsesdy too long, 7'Ssd