The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-05-11

own business IN our own way, and were |
not to be controlled by any one or more |
persons We informed all the gen
tlemen with whom we dealt that we |
would not be controlled by any person |
or persons; but that we would take |
the office and print the best Democrat |
paper we knew how to issue, on our
own account. This appeared salts
factory to them all, or at least to those
with whom we dealt, and we went on
with the work and issued the Courier,
which was proclaimed by all of them
far superior in all respects to any 9th
er publication of the kind that had
been attempted in this city. Our first
issue was made five days before the
election, but Notwithstanding the dis
tinct agreement entered into between
the parties, on the day of the second
issue, we were visited by a gentleman,
Capt. Willard, who stated to us that
he had been appointed or suggested
as Editor of the Courier! Paying all
expenses connected with the Office
and its pulication, we thought 1T some
thing remarkable that anybody had
the right to select an Editor for our
paper, and we politely informed Capt.
/ Willard that we were unable to en-
ploy a salaried writer, and would
/ therefore have to depend upon our
4 own humble abilities for smatter OF
| that character. While the Captain was
satisfied, it was not altogether proper
in the estimation of one of the ttcetUe
different wings of the political wire.
Dullers of the Democratic party OF
Evansville; and instead Of giving. us
that support and friendly service that
was due our success so far, we were
denounced as belonging to the Garyln
Parity then as Rebels, then as Repub-
licans. etc, and the twelfth wing be-
came distrustful of our soundness.
Some gentlemen then got together
ON the next day, and wrote hatfulls
of abuse of some of the candidates on
the Republican ticket, to appear as
editorial in the Courier. Beng
strangers to these gentlemen, and
not knowing whether they were rob
bers.,'s g thieves" and unprinclpled
men," and all that sort of thing, we
declined fathering the bombast, and
, put it all in the stove!
This was the additional feather that
broke the camels back.
However, we pursued the line we
) had marked out for ourselves, and
continued to prosper In the mean
I time. we were severely let alone by
! these. wire -pullers, and we lost Xofs
little by il. 81
Our readers have here an oppor
At Ming to what extent sw'
: were bds3e BIZ those who should hay'
been friends to us In the early publ
I, Ecation of the Courier. As to Whethel
5 we have done our duty by the Demo
: cratic party, we leave those to say wh'
t have read the Courier in the past
More than this: we leave the ques
tion to be settled blythe gentltesm1el
who were most instrumental IN gettnI
l up secret meeting OF prominen
z Democrats yesterday, with a view o
Ndispossessing us of portion OF tn
i material we have been using, .unde
G an agreement, in the publication, o
the Courier. whether the paper ha
y been anything less than a sound Dem
ocratic paper. We leave it to the gen
l. tleman who has stated that some Dem
= Gratis would drop" us at their meet
!. ing last evening, to say, candldly
u whether or not the Courier has com
up to his expectations.
"A But the reader will necessarily dc
: sire to know why these Democrat
u onponents of the Courier travele
ls about the city and county, on Tuesda
y evening, notifying certain gentleme
y that quiet meeting would be held :
ls Squire Stinson' S Office, and what coui
: have been the cause and purpose
= the same.
a AS we have intimated, it was d.
!, signed by the managers to take SON
!. means to dispossess the publishers I
n the Courier of a portion of the matt
10 10 rial on which the paper is publishes
- and to thereby attempt its suppresslG
10 or injury. That was the purpose. III
10 cause was, partially, disappointmel
no in being able to control us, and I'll
10 grasping and unreasonable demant
81 made by Teutonic individual, by Il
name of Peter Gpfroerer,s WHO Is I'll
ba ! advertised publisher of the Germa
!, - Denokrat In order that the read'
: NAV appreciate the intolerable ammo,
~ ances which this individual has bee
4 able to throw in our path, we sha
ne give briefly an account of our buslne
,sg relationship with him, and the ma
ea see1 ner in which he has uniformly act'
on i towards us. re ~ 9k.1Wf3AASl
Of As there is but one power pre-
,m owned by certain gentlemen in tn
,ut city, both the Denlokrat and Couri
have been printed upon it. VIII
~ the Courier was established, we tot
he lease upon the type, presses and I
for material owned by them and former
known as the Times office, and '
ter made an arrangement with this man
,ut print the Denokrdt at less than ht
ose the usual price of press aoorkl '
rriDtad his (than1 tri-weeklv al