The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-03-20
An ExcIfedC0nrIer.

Knowing the nervous exeitability
Of our feeble contemporary-arising,
perhaps, from arrangement in its
internal affairs, and pecuniary cOstive.
ness-we have endeavorcd of late to
treat it with the miIdness its pitiable
condition would naturally suggest
But, 10 spite Of our caution and kind
ness of heart, we have given it jar
which has set its nerves all tingli1g,
and oecasioned a howl OF anguish that
Is truly distressing. We are at loss
to know what opiate is best calculated
to quiet its excited nerves. We are
in doubt whether an emetic' or a
eathartie would prove most eficacious
under the circumstances. Something,
however, must be done at once, aud
we propose to administer such RENE
dies as we have at hand, trusting that.
with time, they may work an entire
cure If nothing else can give relief
or consolation, we suggest for its con
temptation the pertinent inquiry of
the Psalmist. Why do the heathens
rage and imagine vain things?'
The offense of the JOURNAL seems
to be that it copied, Uerbdlin,, an edi-
torial from the Courier entitled " A
AWord to Democrats" and commend
ed it as good reading for Republicans.
Who would have imagined that so
innocent a proceeding would arouse
such manifestations OF wrath? When
the Democracy raised the rallying cry
of not another dollar for school
houses" in a growing city like ours,
we very naturally inferred that it
meant accommodations for only a
limited number of children, aud, con-
.sequeptly, the contraction and ulti
mate stiffiing Of the goo influences of
the schools. This the Courier calls a
mendacious slanderl" We also
copied from that paper of last year a
distinct pledge made by Mayor
WALKER to the people of Lamasco
that il he was elected he would build
them a new school house. In this
connection we mildly suggested that
the Democratic rallying cry, mo
more school houses" meant simply a
violation of Mayor WALKERS sol
emu pledges. This the Courier calls
a q, ndocious % slander"
Ii now says it advocates the sup
preston of all school house building
for the next FIVE years, IN order ha,
the teachers may be paid. In other
words, one year of Democratic mis-
managcm, mt has placed the city IL
such ccnli,ion that all improvements
in the schools in the way of buildings
&c, must Be suspended for the next
five years in order that the teacher.
may ret their pay. Truly, most as
founding achievement A marve
of fnane.oriug skill and wisdom
This, the Courier calls manifesting
warm interest in the schoOlsl Tha
he may not be again accused of per
verting its meaning. we copy anothe
sentence from its articls of March IL
which, it asserts ia a bstqnent mum
Der, is approved by Mayor WALKER
and the Democrats generally:
Let us, then, In our ward meeting
resolve that all parts ct the city hav
iIg been Justly dealt with, not anoihe
dollar of the peoples money shall b,
eXpen led for the next five years fo
al, Other purpose than to pay the in
ter, - on bon IS, which will secure I,
u railroads. opening to our trade tn
r.ch products OF the country all ab6u
Us.
IF This paragraph does not mea
that the finances of the city are /
such terrible condition that it wi
take ihe entire revenue to pay the il
terest on It's present and the add
= tiOnal indebtedness which the two r,
naming years of Mayor WALKER
term are likely to impose on US. "
do not know what it does mean. b,
this, too, in all probability will be dii
posed of by the terrible expression
= "nlendaciops (2) SANDER"
We are happy to learn that til
Courier is friendly to the schools. an
that its proprietors Git has no editor
were pupils of the schools for mar
years. Familiar as we have been vii