The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-11-22

| tween what is abstractedly best and
what is practically feasible. Let ex-
tremists recognize the difference be-
tween legislative hall and pulpit.
Let the minority labor shoulder to
shoulder with good and true men in
the majority to give us such law as
will limit the dire evil of intemper
ance within the narrowest bounds.
1t is, in the second place, to feel
more fully than ever before the press
ure of the moral demands imposed by
the temperance reform"
ANNA ON BREAKERS AHEAD"
Last Thursday evening | went to
Music Hall to hear the big organ and
| Anna E. Dickinson, and came away
with an impression, which | think
will be an enduring one, that there is
some music and a deal of wind per
/ tanning to both of them. There was
a full house, and as the fair orator Cor
oratress) proceeded to warn the coun-
try against the " breakers ahead I" the
/ huge building shook with uproarous
applause, as if running on break
ers " would be the funniest thing in
the world. But Anna is no sardine
! in the rostrum. Her appearance is
graceful and dignifed, her voca bulary
varied and elegant. She only lacks
that in which Sumner, Stevens, Gree
! ley and some others of our great
modern lanterns are equally deficient.
You call it out West hard sense;'
we call it practicability. l wish | could
reproduce her scathing denunciation
of the lecherous bacchanal of the
White House. Her words fell on the
excited, eager auditors like burning
/ Goals on Dupont's best" She grant
/ ed that patience was virtue. and for
/ bearapce part of human nature, but
! tolerance with this man was CONN.,
vance with crime. She charged the
| President with renewed activity Of
/ the rebellion In the South; with the
rebel flag raising in Maryland with
! the elections IN almost every North
ern State, which raised the utmost
anxiety in Europe. We should see
| to it that he did not so wound as as
TO require a generation to heal. She
| charged this man, and she was out he
mouth piece of millions of loyal peo-
pie in the nation, with the betrayal Of
| every trust; with unfaithfulness to
every pledge; with Justification of
every oath made before his assump-
! ton Of power. She charged him with
| drunkenness, with disgraciDg his
country in the eyes of all the world
| by his action and his speaking; with
refusal to obey the laws of Congress,
! or to see that they were executed in
| the spirit in which they were made
with degradation Of his Office and
desecration of power; he was
an enemy alike to his party, his
country and bis God. What should be
/ done with such a man as this? He
/ should be so slain politically that he
( should be Incapable of resurrection.
| She alluded to the story of her eras-
/ ing the name of President johnson
from the autograph book on board
! the Massachusetts, School Ship, and
said that she did so under the sup
/ position that the book was owned BY
a private individual, and that the act
/ was perfectly satisfactory to the own
er. She only hoped that the man
| himself could be as easily obliterated
as his name was In this case. This
man should be removed, because be
demoralized the whole nation; be-
cause he corrupted the people by
the exercise OF a power which they
| believed to be illegal, and by causing
them to obey rule which they knew
to be unjust and oppressive. As long
as } etfersOn Davis was unhung and
Andrew johnson was unimpeached.
so long would there be a premium
on crime for all time to come
In order that the Republic should
| be secure for the future, all loyal men
demanded that Andrew johnson
should be branded so deeply that time
could not efface, nor memory forget.
the mark Of his shame She referred
In terms of the bitterest, most cutting
sarcasm, to Republican leaders who
muzzle their inspiration for freedom
for the sake of party success. She
poured oil Of vitriol in the eyes of all
opponents Of female suffrage, and
closed in a strain of genuine eloquence,
such as Wendell Phillips in his high
est fights cannot attain tO-with az
appeal for the enfranchisement Of the
negro, both on account of his fidelity
to the Union during the late war, and
the great principles of justice and
equality to all.
WATER.
In our neighboring city, Chelsea,
there is great rejoicing at the compile
ton of water works. On Thursday
of this week the introduction of
sparkling mystic water will be cele-
brated with all the pomp and parade,
fuss and feathers, and other hilarious
demonstrations suited to the happy
occasion. A large and elegant foun-
tain has been erected on Broadway
Square, where the fluid will be first
let on, and the dedicatory services