The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1873-04-04
.WORDS IN SEASON.


Journal first conceived that the fate ofre-
publics hung on the immigration bill and
the Vienna exposition; and forthwith all
its second 6ddles joined in the chorus,
Immigration and Exposition, while the
Courier-Jownars Hessiain, calling him
self "Yow Correspondent" and who
commences every letter deprecating the
scarcity Of material to make letter out
of, comes in on the bass, Immigration
and Exposition. All these, the Courier
Journal, the second fddles and the Hes
sian, exhaust themselves threatening the
members with the revenge their out
ragged constituents" will be sure to take
when they present themselves for re-
election, and all because the Legislature
refuses to appoint q set Of third-rate
Chesterfield gentry to part their hair in
the middle, and, at the expense of the
Outraged constituency" to 60 over to
Vienna and buck scrape around the tail
end of some played-out family Of fourth
rate nobility. In truth the Courier
journal started out in its present TRADE,
either with motive it would not like
very well for the people, whose servant
and exponent it claims to be, to know,
or with no motive at all except to stir
up little sensation. But its Hessian at
Frankfort, knew very well which side Of
his bread was buttered. His master re-
minded him Of that little salary he was
paid to write letters, and told him he
might write whatever he pleased to
write, but that he must please to write
what would please the Courier-Jownal.
So the path was chalked for the Hessian,
and he was bound to walk in it, else he
would not be a good Hessian. If his
master had personal grudge at any one.
it was his duty to eavedrop, pry around
and nose about until he found out some Of
the moral dclinquences and short cem-
ings of his masters enemy, and then
publish them in his masters paper. As
to the second 6ddles. they wanted to see
their peices copied in the Courier-Jour-
nal, and had sense enough-just enough
to know that If they did MT play the
right kind of music the Cou'ier-Journai
weuld take no notice Of them; and this
is the truth, the whole meaning. founda-
ton and origin of the tremendous fuss
the Courier-Journal says that the people
are making about the present Legisla-
ture. 1t has its satellites who are COZ
te,t to live and die in the light Of it,
favor, or, to use palmer speech, it has
put its collar around the necks of about
half dozen country editors and marked
them as its own. When it shows its
teeth they growl. 1t matters not ,0hat
the Legislature may do, ho,c ,reu it may
do what it undertakes, what amount of
energy it may bring to bear in the dis
patch Of business, the Co,Tier-Journai,
the Hessian and the satellites abuse it as
never a respectable collection Of gentle
men was abused before. If it devotes
night sessions to the revision Of the Stat
utes, they say that men who work at
night are not fit to work in the daytime,
and night sessions should be stopped.
If night sessions are not held, they com.
plain that the per diem is five dollars,
and that the Legislature is too lazy to
earn its wages. If it takes up the con-
sideration of any local or general bill,
they complain that the revision is being
neglected. If it drops every thing and
takes up the revision, they growl about
the Exposition business beirg neglected.
If it takes any reasonable time to discuss
and consider chapter Of the revision,
they say it is too slow, and the peoples
money is being wasted. If it passes \
chapter without discussion, they say it is
going too fast, and that is worse than
too slow. If it proposes to adjourn
without completing the revision, they
say this is suicidal and the object of the
session is lost. If it proposes to finish
before adjournment, they set up regu-
lar African-camp-meeting howl. about
the amount of money it will take to do
the work. In brief, they are determined
not to be pleased; they would rather be
at the devil at once than for any body
even to think they can be pleased; and
what it wouid take to please them is
one of the things that God never fore
knew. The greatest complaint that could
be made of the Legislature is that half
of its members have suffered themselves
to be scared into fit by the whacking
the C1urier-J Journal has
given them. The Louisville delegation
stands as dumb as sheep before the shear
err, and would rather loose their per diem
than to oppose word. They come in
for share of the abuse from the Cour-
ier-Joarnal proper. but the Hessian pufis
up the doughty warrior, Major Wright,
who stands three feet in his socks and
parts his hair plumb in the middle. To
please the Courier Journal, Wright
champions the Kuklux bill. Pope dad
dies the Immigration bill and the balance
Of them ride into its favor on the back
Of the Vienna Exposition. They suffer
all the abuse now, hoping by favOring
these pet schemes. that. during the next
political canvass. the Courier-Journat
will talk about the s'clarion voices of