The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-02-18

MEANLY and cowardly manufacture
PERSECUTION { in behalf of the
Mayor, we are determined to make
it the THINNEsT capital ever invest
ed in that line Of business.
While We are not disposed to !
charge all the lawless acts com
mitted in our midst, to the Mayor,
we state what every SENSIBLE citi-
zen knows to be true, when we say
that much, very much Of the law
lessness and irregularity that have
disgraced our city, for whose good
name and fair fame we, in common
with ell respectable citizens feel
lively interest, has drawn its inspi-
ration from that source.
But we are not done will. the
Mayor. We are entirely within
the bounds Of truth, in saying that,
for many months previous TO the
embroglio at the Police Headquar-
ters, our city was scandalized by
the report, not rare or occasional
or exceptional, but repeated and
very general, that the corpora
ton" in the person of it's Mayor,
was in the habit, not only of i'm
bibing the ardent, but of getting
drunk, and, by his habits, as well
in this as in other respects, giving
encouragement and license to nn-
ofiicia! sinners TO initiate his evil
example. The city press generally,
wss very forbearing to his rerni-
cious doings, and VIC are far from
sure that We did our whole duty
in this regard. We hoped, rather
than believed, that there had been
exaggerations, and we did not de-
sire to give unnecessary publicity
to the various scandals sfoat-we
bore aud forbore.
Then came his wanton attack
on Mr.. Petchell. We were still
silent, and we fear that he constru.
; ed our almost criminal neglect oil
duty, into a complete immunity fol
anything he might do. There i:
scarcely live citizen Of our place
who does not know that we are
, now naming facts j; or, at least, al
most universal and very generally
credited rumors; and yet, in thu
face of these accumulated villanies
the Mayor, it seems, proposes nov
!, to put US on the defensive, intima
ting, nay, charging. tina. from som
. base, sordid motive, he is persecu
4 ted! Impudence---brass, is NJ
name for this bold effrontery; ant
f we now serve notice on him, hi
e abettors and apologists that, SO ia
as our humble efforts can effect il
;. he goes on the "mourner's bench
: of public opinion. When we kno'
i, We are right, it is not in his powe
+ successfully to misrepresent GU
, motives with impunity. If, in GU
d fully settled purpose, we shall b
Q sustained and upheld by all on
a better citizens, tits well--we sha
be thankful and grateful for th
% encouragement. But, whether "
q shall be or not, we shall see to
4 that the guilty be made to appes
q in their true colors--stripped {
their masks. Are we aow unde
stood7 We hope 50.
if In all we have said, it has bee
9 more in sorrow than in anger. W
Is have stated our strong conviction
re forced upon us by the evident
) herein given, and by facts know
to to every citizen who is not wilfull
a. ignorant. Belief is not always
CHOICE. Nothing could more gra
t. ify us than TO have it in our pow
Or to look upon the Mayor as higl
p toned gentleman, conscientious
ia observant. Of all moral duties,
IN an unrelenting opponent Of tn
ne scourge of.tke human race, int !
he .perance-as exemplifying in h
or person model for the imitation
We the youth of the city-as a Chr:
re tan, in fact, with no bigot's car
- or hypocriticd pretense, wheth
lit protesting communion with
We church or not--aa infusing in
on the community, which has ma
ce him its honored representative
&c high moral influence for good. 3
he his own conduct, since he has be
u in office, has been the very reve1
r. of all this and as TRUTH, as W
70 as justice. is the backbone
ali charity, we have it not in our pc
r's er to throw the mantel of Il
cE Christian grace over him beca,
or we owe it to ourself individual
nix and as journalist, and to our
of spected and respectable fellow-c
olc liens, to do our humble part
law protect society from the blight
osa virus of immortality in high plae