The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-08-21
Evansville Merchants and southern
Trade-A DeserYed Compliment.

"A
The Evansville Courier, upon the |
opnroaei Of every election, seeks to
create a diversion in favor OF the Con
federate Democracy, by an appeal to
what it terms the business interests OF
our CITY. 1t hopes thereby to weaken
the interest Of Republican merchants
and manufacturers of Evansville, by
directing their attention to the fact
that their trade comes largely from the
south, and that the best way to Sc
cur, I'D preserve that trade is to
+ betray their own political prin-
c, and do violence to their
convictions Os duty to the country.
We have exposed the falacy of that
argument time and again, and it IS so
transparent a trick that it has long
ceased to have any influence upon in.
dependent and respectable business
men.
Yet the Courier is engaged in
burning that powder again" In its
Wednesdays issue, it copies quite a
complimentary notice of the CONNER
cial interests of Evansville from the
West Tennessee Wig, extracts from
the same paper garbled and unfair
report Of TIE rebel General For
Rests speech at Brownsville, and
then propounds the following ques-
ton:
Would it be a wise policy for
the merchants Of Evansville to. vote
with that party, tle whole end and
aim Of which is to subject the white
rebels Of the South, who, like
General Forrest, are ready to assist
the Sheriff or any other othcer In
carrying out the laws of the State,
to the rule of niggers and carpet
baggers?"
The Courier would have the mer-
chants of Evansville believe that the
West tennessee Wing and the South
ern traders demand that they should
vote against GRANT and CoLFAx as
the price of their patronage. We
were curious enough to examine the
copy of the Wing from which the
Courier extracts, and we found in the
same column and Immediately follow
ing the article published by the
Courier, an editorial which sounds
very differently from the Couier's in
ferences:
From West Tennessee Wing, Aug. Isl
A GREAT FoUNDRYMAN.
We have elsewhere alluded to the
importance of Evansville. Ind, as q
manufacturing city. There is one
among her enterprising citizens who
stands pre- eminent as a manufacturer
one whose enterprise and success has
placed him deservedly among the
leading business men In the West
We have reference to William He'll.
man, proprietor Of the City Foun-
dry, an immense establishment where
almost everything made of iron is
manufactured.
MIR. Heilman is about fifty years oil
age. In person he is tall and stoutly
built. Iron seems to predominant IL
his physical frame as it does In thu
specimens Of his handiwork. His
features are indicative of the man;
rare combination of great executive
powers with enlarged ideas of benevo
lence. While he pays the closest per
sonal attention to his hJkjness, direct
ing every minutie, he @aals not t,
respond literally to the appeals o
suffering humanity.
As an enterprising manufacturer
he ranks among the first in the coun
try; and as a private citizen, he is al
honor TO his raee.
Citizens Of Evansville will under
stand the application. The editor q
the Courier undoubtedly read tn,
article. IL illustrates the barrennes
of its political capital.