Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-04-06

LecturIng the UnfaIthfuI.

the eultor OF the Evansville D18p6tch--
more generally known to our citizens as
NJ. George Shanklin-feels bad over the
result Of the city election, and is dis
posed to find fault with such vascillating
and unsound Democrats as Richard
Raleigh, John A. Reitz, William Fl.
Walker, Robert Fergus and eight or ten
others who have, he insinustes, from
selfish motiVes," discouraged efforts on
the part of the party to secure the city
offices. These gentlemen, it win be re-
membered, recognizing the pre-eminent
ability of Mayor Baker in his position as
the head of our city affairs, joined with
others in requesting him to serve an
other term. They we're willing to set
aside parlisanship for one brief election
for the purpose Of securing the best in
terests of the city. Mayor Bakers an
surpassed ability in managing the great
financial schemes necessary to insure
the continued prosperity of Evansville
has been recognized by all classes and
all parties, yet his election is exceed.
ingly distasteful to the Dispatch, which
set out with the pretense that it was GO
ing to pursue an independent course,
and support the best men for the various
city and township offices.
1t must afford the gentlemen, whom
the Dispatch so roundIy lectures,
clearer insight into the despotism of
their former political organization than
they have heretofore enjoyed; when babes
and sucklings in the party-Aedglings
bat very recently baptized into the or
ganization and christened Democrats
can thus call them to account for simply
exercising their prerogatives as citizens
and taxpayers and supporting gentle
man for Mayor whom they are assured
will look sharply after their interests.
But it is not our purpose to comment at
any length upon the article in the Dis
patch We prefer laying it before our
readers complete in all its parts 1t
speaks for itself: 4FaE r4r-
WHAT WE HOPE FOR IN FuTURE.-The
election on last Monday was a one-sided
affair. There was no Democrats ticket
run, and, consequently, very few Demo-
Gratis went to the polls at all. We were
somewhat surprised and mortified that
no effort was made even to cary those
wards where success was almost GER
tain; but it is too late now to say any
thing on that score. We hope, however,
that the Democratic party Of Evansville
will not wait hereafter to be bound hand
and foot, merely because some of its old
leaders refuse to interest themselves in
| its behalf We owe our defeat this
spring-or rather onr failure to make
| an effort for success-entirely to an
/ over estimated idea of the genuineness
| OF the Democracy of some of our own
leaders. We do not desire to impugn
the motives of any of these gentlemen,
or to accuse them of having strayed
/ from track that their feet have beaten
for years. Neither do we take their
course at the late election as positive
evidence that they have been induced
by any selfish motives to discourage an
/ effort on the part OF the party with which
they have ever been identified But we
are safe, at least, in charging them with
apathy--a willingness to let the Repub-
licans take the city government By de
fault, rather than put themselves to any
physical or pecunisry inconvenience
aud that is quite as fatal to the hopes
and prospects of an organization as
either the abandonment or corruption
of any of its leading members
In future we must not wait for these
men to act They have had their day Of
labor, and, doubtless, feel worried with
its trials They have lost that nervous
spirit and determination so necessary
characteristic in a party director, and
should not, in consequence, be expected
to exert themselves as they have done of
yore. All we ask of them is to preserve
an inviolate retiracy. If they find that In
creasing years prevent them from active
practical campaign service, let them at
least be entirely innocent of aiding in
any way-even by signing "calls" the
prospects of the opposition. If they
win only pursue this course, the future
will have many great victories in store
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