The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-07-16
Unnecessarily Excited.

The Princeton Clarion manifests
a good deal Of unnecessary irritation
AZ our suggestion that at least one
portion Of Gibson County would be
hotter pleased to have railroad run
through it than to vote money to
build another railroad through some
other part of the county. The Clarion
wants to know if its opportunities for
ascertaining the feelings of the PEG
Die Of Gibson County are not better
than ours. They may be as good; we
do not know that they are any better.
There are some portions of Gibson
County which are in far closer and |
more constant communication with |
Evansville than with Princeton. We
apprehend that the trouble with
Princeton is, that it regards itself as
authorized to speak for the whole
county on some occasions, when it Is
not so authorized. We think the New
Albany and St. Louis Railroad to be
case in point of this kind. The
farmers of that county are as
shrewd as the ordinary run of hu-
mainly, and to assert that many of them
would rather contribute their means
to aid in the construction of rail
road to benefit the farms of others in
preference to one that will vastly
improve their own, is claiming for
them an amount of selt-sacrifce to
which we are sure they are not en-
A.. II n, ~
US of the incOrrectness of this opinion.
Its own lily concealed Miniature only
confirms US in the correctness of our
position.
The following paragraph, which we
copy from that paper, deserves a
passing notice:
Why il is that Evansville should so
suddenly take a deep interest In the
welfare of the people of this county
may seem inexpicab!e to some,
though we believe to but very few.
Selfish motives generally prompt men
and corporations to action, and we
can demonstrate that that is what is
the matter with Evansville just now.
We can reeollect when that city
turned her back upon the trade north
of her--and why should we not-the
tins is hardly gone by yet. Ignoring
the country north of her she stood
with outstretched hands to the South
imploring her patronage. We can
remember when to obtain employ
ment in almost any of the business
houses of Evansville no moro potent
recommendation could be offered than
that of having been a rebel soldier
with extensive acquaintance at the
South Business men had their faces
set Southwark, and they could not ind
time to look Northward. or to con-
slider the claims of Union soldier in
search of employment. There were
a few exceptions, it IS true, but alas,
too few. But this is an unpleasant
subject to dwell upon, and we leave
it. We merely wish to give our read.
ers the cue to the sudden manifesto
lions OF deep interest on the part oil
our Evansville neighbors in the well
fare of this county, otherwise we
never should have alluded to any OF
their shortcomings IN the past.
The editor of the Clarion has Ger
t4inly got long memory if he can &C
back to the time when Evansville
turned her back upon any trade
either to the north, south. east, o.
west of her. Trade is what our bust
ness men want That is what the!
build factories and keep large stock
of goods for To say that they turr
their back upon it, because it come
from any particular point of the com
pass, is absurd. We are quite certain
that anything from the north, thi
extremely hot weather, will be pecu
liarly acceptable, as it always ha
been. 1t may be possible that on
merchants have paid particular atten
ton to the South as field for trade
and 1T may be true-possibly is-tha
an improper and unfair discrimina
ton has been made in the employ
ment of clerks. But while thew hav
been laboring to extend the area o
their trade south, they have had n,
desire to have it curtailed north, o
in any other direction.
But the truth is, the Clarion ha
gone off at tangent on propositio
In which the people of Evansvill
have not as yet manifested any partiC
ular interest, viz, the resurrection G
the Straight Line Railroad. TIL
interest in this enterprise is prime
pally exhibited by people living o
the line of the road, including til
citizens of Gibson County, who woul
be largely benefited by its compl,
ton. Evansville realizes that tn
road will be valuable to her in case
is finished, but just now is more d
reotly interested in other roads, who:
construction she regards as of sti
greater importance. Neither is Evan
vile hostile to the New Albany an
st. Louis Road. Why should she |
opposed to that road, if, as the Clar
on alleges, she has deliberately turne
her back upon the trade of that az,
ton of country through which It vi
run, should it ever be built3 s
far from desiring the failure of tn
enterprise, we will rejoice in its SUI
cess, for il viii open up to our bus
ness men sections of country wit