The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-05-14

hulge. May kind Providence inter
pose friendly cloud to prevent 50
disastrous n capitalization Of gapors
Since my last, am glad, Messrs.
Editors, that the occasion has been
furnished mo Of ohronicling, in Ms,
the fact that our county, slow and
sluggish IA oil must admit il 10 be,
has at last given largo majority OF
the names Of it's voters to the petition
To the County Court 10 make o sub.
scription OF two hundred Thousand
dollars 10 the capital stock of the
Evansville, Henderson and Nashville
Railroad Company, aud il IL hoped
the Court will act upon lths petition
aud subscribe the stock on next Mon
day. Az tho Court, under the act,
has no option, We suppose the sub
scriptiop Is forgoDe conclusion.
May We hope that this action by the
citizens Of our county will 80 far re-
move all doubts Of success to the en-
terprise, from the minds of the " Fa-
theirs = Of your city, as TO irresistably
urge them to lend TO tho road the aa-
sistaDcc asked by General Boyle2
Capital and commercial intorestmak q
their own laws, or rather no laws or
agreements we may make adversely 10
them can control them, and IL seems
certain that with the local advantages
Of Evanevillo, the already concentrn-
ton of capital and energy, aud tho nj
ready secured commercial start, she
can secure tn herself greatest pos
sible advantage from tho completion
- al 10,
soon override any mere agreement
made with Henderson, inimical to tho
interest and necessities Of Evansville,
aud this, too. not by treaohery or
breach Of faith, but with money aud
by the imperious laws of trade
We are looking anxiously for your
city 10 give General Boyle tho assist
ance no asks, and we feel confident
that II subscription Of 1900, 900 could
not be very injurious to the city, as, n
'he road IL never completed farther
than Henderson, il IL certain TO be
"paying road. aud If so the divi-
dends on the stock would pay tho in
terost on the bouds, aud then the
stock itself would BIO worth approx
mating their par value DO not let
your citizens DO indifferent about this
matter.
Our election on Saturday last pass
ed off quietly, aud to-day the Board
of Examiners compared the polls,
aud found the vote Of the county TO
be $50 for Smith, (RadicaD; 800 for
Brown (ReboD. and 1872 for Ritter,
(Conservative), aud we expect il will
about be in the same proportion
throughout the District. IL will DO
seen that while the rebels, who were.
thoroughly organized, voted nearly
their whole strength, the Radicals
voted only about one-holf Of theirs.
This ia, in some measure, attributable
To tho present season Of the year be-
ing so upiavorable for farmers 10 leave
their fields even single day, but in
a great measure To the supineness aud
Indifference of the party to the great
issues involved aud now that their
great object-thc suppression Of armed
rebellion--is accomplished, they de-
sire oomposuro aud peace. They for
got that the prominent leaders of tho
C0nscruatires here, inspired by A.
j ohnson, have taken the frozen and
torpid snake, Treason, into their
bosoma, and have warmed ID into life,
"
now not only singing its bene-
factors and prcsoruers, but IL using all
its roouporated energies to organize |
great object of its hatred, the Gov
erumont. There is no doubt but that
thore is majority of original Union
men in this county, aud If a full vote
could be polled, il would prove il
but they had about as woll be in our
newly acquired Walrussian pos
sessions, for all practical purposes, M
TO be here and not vote. Inevitable
defeat awaits us unless we arouse our.
selves; and indeed we deserve that,
unless we esteem the principles in
volvod of sufficient importance, or
unless they are sufficiently dear To us
for us to support them with the ballot.
John Young Brown said that the
man who enlisted In the Federal army
ought to be shot down. A vast ma
jority of the voters, Saturday, en-
dorsed the sentiment Some ok Fed
cral soldiers did 30 with enthusiasm,
strange to say, and now the question
comes before ur, In such District en-
titled to be heard in making laws for
n loyal people North or South, aud IL
IL wisdom to permit the author Of
such sentiment, who il proud of its
utterance, to. participate in counsels,
having for their object the security
aud permanenoo of our Govern nont1
We think not; and az we cannot DO
heard in Washington, will not some
of Indiana's statesmen-will not
Mr.. Speaker Colfax. or Mr.. Orth.
or Gov. Morton, the honored Morton,
exert their influence in behalf of tho
emo ,utaraats of tha counfrv w,