Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-10-17
Grumhlers and GroWIers.

without good judgment, complaining OF
what j.. 10 the imperfect nature ofthings,
unavoidable or the consequences oftheir
OWL insGoisncF and mistaken caieula-
tlons. r@9 T
The more discreet GROWERS are, never
thelcss, baneful members Of society.
They aresnot soeasilY upeerstosd, being
plausible IN the objects and methods of
grumbling. There are no objects Of
public utility inwhich 6a@s may net be
discovered, no schemes Of benifcence
which are not defective, and no human
fundamentally which-is not imperfect,
YET the slightest glimpse of -aa~esfIsS-
ness or incapacity anywhere on anybody
Ia sufficient to send these hounds howl
ing 10 pursuit Of the distinction Of What
soezer and wbomsosvsr i tness admir-
able and useful Thus do they frequent.
" obstruct, il not destroy, the working
power Of the fbessinstituions and their
supporters
Selfish con aderslions, unconsciousIy
sometimes, doubtless is often the father
Of fauItfnding, With thAt whieh ia 10 IT,
self good. Many indiyidnAls can per
ceive nothing worthy Of confederation,
in that in which they are Bot personally
interested or conspicuous. Worthy peo-
pIes in their parrov ways seoar NJ ideas
projects and institutions fsr-reachiog
and permanent In their influence on
mankind, and judge them fanciful and
imperative, because beyond their linn
tied views and comprehension TLsse
men, we say, are fruitful IN their small
way 10 their day. They are goo at EN-.
pIoying the products Of the present, but
their eudeayors are coR6psd 10 what is
No talents are put out at interest for the
increase Of future generationsy prosper
ity, holiness, or happiness.
Politicians are peculiarly the subjects
of these characttriAticb. They frequent
ly decry the purest parties and most
correct policy, because heretofore in
opposition to them. virulspi abuse Of
the most superior, honest, and high.
minded men is tho rule The slightest
mistakes are magnifed into stupidity or
corruption. Take their words for truth,
and we should observe nothing in the
course Of those with whom they do not
affiliate but faulty and swindiine. Z
The truth is, d js no. always plain
who is nearest right There IL reason
on both sides, and IL is not always pos
sibla for even an unbiased mind to an y
which is most correct
II Is oaly when a party has adopted
50 erroneous an adjust. or deslruc-
tive principle ~ the 5asis Of lis pol.
icy, that it should be condemned
utterly aud doomed without dsiay. This
has been eminently the case with
theieaders Of The Soolh, those whom
their Plauaibili,y persuaded to their sup
port, and their sympathizers Of the
North The latter weEs DOT seldom
mere toadies, expectanls Of crumbs
from Official tables. This party, o. these
parties, had " sstapp the negro, aud the
cultivation Of cotton with the power de.
rived from them, as their gods. They
seemed thus to have duality or trinity
Of gods. But in reality they had bat
one, the negro, tom whom all things
else were 10 be derived Thus they Of
necessity became distinguished as grnm
blers. Il was impossible that the opin-
ions and policy OF the country should be
forever subordinate to those OF one set
ofmen--the Immediate interests ai a moi.
ETY. Of the population, and of loeal origin.
IL was not conceivable that the logic Of
the age should staltify itself for their
purposes. II could not be that the NOR
alists of the age shnnid become mon
.stsrs Of inconsistency for their aecom-
mediation or that the Christianity of
the ago should adopt the same monstrous
attitude 1t could not be that the indus.
tries OF the age should belle, themselves
and invite their own ruin by adopting
exploded theories aud systems. There.
fore it was that the Southern leaders
found every circumstance favorable to
their prominence as model GROWERS,
and they improved their opportunities.
Prominently meniof zone idea, they
treated with Indifference everything that
seemed TO have no relation to ii, but
unfortunately for the cause of the OBJ
ject of their idolatry, and their aseen.
dancy to permanent power through its
influence, every impulse Of the times
weighed heavily upon IT, The art, the
science, the common wall being, the
strength, the morality, the religion, the
commences and tho intelligence of the
country coudemped IFS perpetuity BY, ex.
tensicn. By the masses lis existence
was tolerated, but they did not consent
TO promote tie eavseSc they were-wil'
ling to let it die q natural death. They
would not consent 70 cherish the abnor-
NAL growth Of noxioas vitslity. There
fore, in aceordancs with the rule Of our
constitution, its ordinary decay should
have been aequiesced in by all other
good citizsns-9 It's wofshipeFs sboala 1
be, were, bound to revere The will Of the
people, and the .sentimsn.s Of civilized
mankind
The viii ana policy Of the old aud
true Jetfersonian Democracy was in ao-
cordAnce with our system, which en-.
cOurages individual liberty, but de-
nies the proprie.y of nursing and pro-
tecting into unnatural vitality special