The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-26
The Sauirming Begun. {


set the Courier to squirming. A sharp
stick thrust into nest of live eels
could not produce greater or more
amusing variety of twistings and con-
tortions than may be seen in the lead
ing editorial of the Courier of Tues
day morning. 1t says we are very OBJ
fuse and stupid, or have a penchant
for misrepresentation and falsitica-
ton. and that we may take which ever
horn of the dilemma we please.
We don't please to take either horn.
We don't take horns. Besides, in
this instance, there is no horn to take.
The Courier demolishes its own
dilemma before we get chance at IT.
1t admits that we gave the Pennsylva
MIA resolution in full, but says we
have COMPOUNDED resolution which,
simply charging a violation of
pledges upon his (our) party into one
indorsing the measure upon which
they (the Repnbiicans) proved false
to those pledges. With owl-like
gravity the Courier proceeds to say,
there is not one word in it which
says that the Pennsylvania Democracy
are in favor ofYtheetariff of the 1ast
Congress-not one;" and it prints
the sentence in italics.
Let US look at this little closer.
The Pennsylvania Democrats were
either in favor of that bill or opposed
to it. Ifthey were in favor of it, they
could rightfully and properly arraign
the Republican party for its defeat,
as they did in their resolution. If
they were opposed to it, how can they
pass resolutions condemning Congress
for not doing what they regard and
oppose as wrong in principle? The
resolution, according to the Cour-
ier's construction, makes the as
sembled wisdom of the Democratic
party of Pennsylvania gravely declare
that the Republicans are unworthy of
confidence because they will not do
what the Democratic party be-
heves to be, and condemns as, wrong.
Out upon such nonsense! The, Cour-
Ter is most ridiculous in its public at
tempts to prove the Democracy of a
great State guilty of an absurdity.
But what are the facts in the case?
Every student of our political history
knows that for many years. the Penn
syivania Democrats have been in ia
vor of the highest possible tariff
Since 1874, when they carried that
great State against Mr.. CLAY, with
the cry of Polk and DALLAS and
the Tariff of ~" they have always
done their best 10 out Herod their OPP
ponents on the tariff question, and
not unfrequently have succeeded in
doing so. The resolution passed by
the last convention was not designed
as sarcasm, but as a solemn inten-
ton to 60 before the people of that
State and beat the Republican party
on the ground that it had voted down
a Higher Tariff" Everybody |
knows this, but the editor OF the |
Courier, and we can't account for his
ignorance when free schools are so
numerous and tuition costs nothing.
We suggest to the Courier that
F" negro illustrations are awkward
tools in its hands. ~It,makes as bum
CLING work with them as its party did
in Dubois in electing a negro Consta-
BILE, and in Southern Illinois in attempt
ing to elect negro Judge. 1t says we
knew that its assertion that . the
JOURNAL was great On little things"
was not its only response to the state
ment that Democrats voted for a me-
gro for Judge, and then proceeds to
demonstrate that it ,oas its only re
sponse, by admitting that it had but
one article on the subject, and was that
for the purpose of proving, precisely
as we alleged, that the JOURNAL was
great on little things.
An ounce Of prevention is worth a
pound Of cure. We suggest, there
fore, to the Courier, az a. precaution-
airy measure, that it were wise on its
part, to let the tariff question and the
negro question alone, hereafter, until
it. becomes more thoroughly acquaint
ed with. the theory and practice of its /
own party, on these points, in the va
rious States. The adoption of our