The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-02
HANDSOMELY TRAPPPEB.
The responsibility Definitely Settled

The skillful manner with which
the Courier was trapped on the Grim
inal Court question was tho subject
of considerable comment on Tuesday.
Yesterday it seeks to extricate itself
: from It's dilemma by the most pitiful
and puerile pleading, a sample Of
which we copy and notice. 1t says:
The JOURNAL reproduces an article
from this paper, published on the 30th
of last April, recommending Major
A. l.. Robinson for Judge of the
Criminal Court, and, In juxtaposition,
our commentary upon the action OF
the Court IN making itself an lnqulsl-
torial body for the special punish
ment of persons who sell lager beer
on Sunday.
We would. only have to assure our
contemporary that we did not write the
Both Of April article In order to clear
our individual skirts from all COM
plicity in the matter, as our connection
with the Courier began on the 2lst Of
May; but then we do not propose to
do anything of the kind. 1t we I'M
derstand the tactics of the writer, and
we think we do, he succeeded IN do
ing just what he desired. We shall
speak plainly. We admire the strategy.
BY turning to the Courier files we
see at the head Of the number dated
April 80, 1869, the names of G. & Z.
LAUENsTEIN, the Same gentlemen
that occupied that position on Sunday
last. Now, pray, who is "we," that
did not write the Both of April article?
IF we did not write it, who did?
If We (" did not write it, by what
authority do I'VE " speak of the tao
tics Of the individual who did,
and claim to fully understand
them? Are the editorial columns
Of the Courier controlled by no
body2 Are they simply to chronicle
the peculiar whimwhams Of the Tom,
Dick, OF Jerry who may temporarily
have charge Of them2 The Coarier's
editorial Of yesterday places the paper
in that attitude, and IN so doing,
announces that it is guided By no
policy or principle. OF course all
controversy with a paper SO conduct
ed must prove stale, fat. and I'M
profitable.
But the article in the Courier ofyes-
terday. was a most remarkable pro-
duction, ana for its very singularity
is deserving Of still further notice.
Itssys:
When oHz criminal court was estab-
lisheds every Democrat kneao that
some radlcal lawyer had to 90 upon
the bench. IL was natural for us to
desire that Judge should be an
pointed that would show up the ana.
mas Of the Radical party in its most
odious form; mud so dessriga0. ne
Democrats acere hQ0RtnaO usLy Ia fqUog.
Of hdUinq Major Robinson made Grim
1 NAL Judge.
The Major was appointed He has
succeeded IN the development Of the
Apirit of his party in q form to make
tie liberal Republicans sick of their
o#n men. They see, In q clear light
what Radicalism will lead to If It has
n0isputed sway
Ae people know that tue Demo
cratic party has never legislatod in a
was N deprive them Oh liberty and
peFfed6 enjoyment. They know that
with Democratic Legislatures and
Democratic judges, laws are neither
passed nor exp0unded to the detri-
ment of rational enjoyment. BIZ
fbey also 3enot0 that the kegfnngaso ot
Radical rsfs, aCds the commencement
Of their criminal prosecutions on ac-
count Of their reasonable ENJOYMENT and
yelarqtioR from labor.