Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-30

BEE- Who of our many wholesale mer>
chants have made enough money to be
Independent of the trade of the "un-
hung rebels of that section7 Support
a ticket advocated by men who de-
nounce the people from whom you get
your trade, as e UNHUNG REBELS"
and you viii retire from business sopner
than you DESIRE Courier.
That is decidedly refreshing. The
idea Of our wholesale merchants being
dictated TO asHto how or for whom they
shall cast their votes, by newly adopt
ed citizen, Of recent importation is GER
tainly rich, and such an appeal will GER
tainly be regarded with all the consider
stion il desefyssE Now, if The people Of
the South are, through the Evansville
Courier, to dictate to us, and to our
merchants, how. we shall cast our votes
in the city election, we presume that the
sooner we understand the matter the
better. Our. merchants have their own
views OF the government Of the city,
and as they are the parties interested,
and not the people South we suppose
that sensible gentlemen on the other
side of the river are disposed to grant
us the privilege of managing our munich
pal affairs to suit ourselves Our mer-
chants offer them superior inducements
to Purchase goods here, aud as long as
they do that, we expect the South win
trade in Evansville. They are the ben
Gifted parties, as well as our merchantss
The advantage is mutual, butt we repeat,
it has come to fine pass when they, as
intimated BY the Courier, should arro-
gate to themselves the right to dictate
the election o., our officers for the gov.
eminent of the city, aud by and through
that paper, threaten that if we do not
elect such men as suit their peculiar
views, they viii cease to trade with Ey-
ansville merchants, and that such viii
"retire from business sooner than they
DESIRE"
But, such is not the case. On the con-
trary, our people have mach to gain by
standing by their principles as they
have done in times past. sqiEss sgss !
Our people have their own political
views and we imagine that true men
will maintain those principles on all
proper occasions. If, however, :hey will
have to abandon their notions of right,
justice, liberty and the administration of
their city government to secure trade
from the South, we imagine that few
will be shaken in their purpose to main.
tain their principles to the end. But,
this is not so with liberal minded South
ern men. Itmay be the case with few
who are as narrow-minded as the editor
Of the Courier, but it is not true of the
sensible, reasonable Southern traders.
A few days since we noticed in the
Memphis Appeal a scathing rebnke to
Northern steamboatmen, who had deco<
rated their cabins with the pictures of
Southern Generals to court Southern
custom. Honest men everywhere hate
hypocrisy, and scorn deception. The
soldiers Of the Union army, who fought
the soldiers of the rebel army in open,
manly battle, regard them much more
highly than they do those who made a
profession of rebel faith, but had not
the manliness, nor the courage, TO take
up arms. 70 eight for o. cause they had
espoused. A3s4 ~ s-S4AA4
In every speech relating to the city
election that has been made in this city
by Union man, in which the term
unhung rebel" has been used, it has
appliedto Northern traitors, who neither
fought for the cause they espoused, nor
assisted the United States Government.
The Courier attempted to black-maii our
merchants intothe support of his paper,
and now be threatens them with prenas
ture retirement from business if they
don't vote to suit his views. Verify, he
possesses tolerant spirit to pre-emi-
nent degree,