The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-03-16
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ROUND TABLE GOSSIP.
The Secretary OF the Treasury-The
Future OF WOmen-Tlle Tariff
Sacred Observation-Disclosures.

| opens It's puget editorial with an ar
ticle on Finance Ministers. The
writer urges that the Head of the
Treasury should be regarded as the
Chief of the Cabinet, instead of the
Secretary of State. Reference is had
to the British Cabinet, for proof of
the statement. 1t cannot be denied
that it requires the highest execu-
tive ability to manage the finances of
a Nation, and in point of fact the
Secretary of the Treasury, in this
Government, has, for five years, been
the chief officer of the Departments.
To Mr. Chase, more than any other
Cabinet officer, may justly be at
tributed the success of our arms in
the late war for the Union. The
Round Table, with a spirit of
fault-finding, deserving. censure,.
now attempts to ,disparage the
valuable services of Mr.. Chase, by
charging him with mismanagement, in
not estimating Alright the ability of
the people to bear and pay taxes. It
is easy to prophesy after the event!
The Round Table forgets the dark
days when even patriots despaired of
the Republic. 1t is questionable
whether heavy taxation would have
been borne in '62 and '63, when disas-
ter followed disaster, and the Govern
ment scarcely knew the great issue at
stake Mr. Chase moulded his inan-
clal schemes to suit the pulsations Of
the popular heart, justas Mr.. Lincoln
announced his measures, though both
perhaps underestimate the courage
and virtue of the people. 1t was two
years before Mr.. Lincoln opened the
way to Victory by inscribing Freedom
upon the banners of the Republic.
We are told that wise management
of the Treasury would have shortened
the war two years" The truth is,
that the mastery financial ability of
Mr.. Chase alone prevented such seri-
Gus embarrassment, as might in two
years have destroyed the Government
for which we fought. Newspapers, as
well as Republics, are ungratefull
Passing from this rather i'll natured
paper, we have the subject of " The
future of women " discussed in
uduA0I CICOItdU1c W IuO WIltcT, anu III
refreshing contrast to many articles
upon women's so-called rights"
which demand for them immediate
access to the ballot-box. Rather let
the standard of female education be
elevated. The writer justly remarks
that lit is time the old ridiculous
prejudice about blue stockings
should become obsolete" IF not
relic of barbarism, it is an evidence
of imperfect civilization, which may
we'll pass away in this era of books
and letters. Educated women will
make better sweethearts, wives, and
mothers. Let us have more mathe-
mates, logic, political economy, and
history, and less time wasted upon
lighter. accomplishments, which, un-
Objectionable in themselves, do very
little toward making noble, good, and
strong women, IF we could only
have the girls think so!
What Mr. Round Table has to say
about the Tariff is well enough, but
a good natured Round Table would
put such articles in the waste basket,
or send them to Mr.. Bryant, for his
every day, matter-of fact, Post.
The article on Sacred Music" is
WORTHY of being printed in capitals on
the back of every modern Sacred
Music book-and their name is Lee
gion. We wish all the ministers in
Evansville would read it from their
pulpits tomorrow The article might
properly be entitled IAN Address to
Choirs who do all in their power to
make Church music Improbable to
Congregations" How many choirs,
out of Evansville, Of course-delight
in singing tunes unknownit to the peo-
pie in the pews, thus monopolizing
one of the most delightful means of
offering homage to the Creator. In
stead of Dundee, Old Hundred, and
like devotional and familiar airs,
modern choirs give us tunes from the
latest new book, with solos intend
ed to display the excellencies of a
clear soprano or choice tenor. This,
in our view of the case, is an offence
against religious propriety, if perse-
| vered in Sabbath after Sabbath, as it
is in our larger cities Before the
service begins, we listen with delight
to the we'll chosen anthem, the sacred
chorus, or solo, but when the hymn is
announced from the sacred desk, let
the choir condescend to lead us in a
familiar tune. Don't be afraid, good
choir singers, that we will forget that
your musical abilities are of a higher
order than have been youchsafed to
the pews below. We know what you
can do, but reserve the display for an
other occasion. How refreshing it is,
in one of our modern churches, to
hear the minister announce the Long
Metre Doxologyi Did you ever no
tice how everybody sings, and what
volume of praise goes up to God,
when the noble harmony of Old Fun
! bred is nermitted to be sung2 Sim