The Evening Argus

The character and feelings of the editor of the Argus may be known from the fact that on last Saturday he told a gentleman that his abuse of Mr. Griswold was not owing to any objections he had to Mr. Griswold, but "because he wanted to break up the library association."—Union.

The editor of the Argus, neither last Saturday, or any other time, told a gentleman, or any other person, any such thing; nor did he ever wish to accomplish any such thing. He does remember, however, to have told one of Mr. Griswold's admirers, the day after his lecture, who thought he was severe on the Fat Contributor, that "he presumed any one could see that he was not so much after Indian Meal as certain persons connected with the Library Association."

The Union says "the only interest the management of the Library Association has is the public good." We say it is not. We say that if the Library Association proves a failure it will be the Union's political friends who cause its failure. We say that certain radicals in this city attended a caucus of the Library Association last spring and nominated a regular ticket for officers, and, as honorable men, were bound to sustain it. We say that they bolted a portion of that ticket because the men were not members of the radical jacobian party, and then went around town soliciting their radical friends to join the association and help defeat enough of the conservatives so that they could control the character of the lectures and get creatures of their party into the course. We say that, by this dishonorable course, they succeeded in defeating Edward Burrall, Jr., Dr. James Brackett, and Maj. H. C. Connelly, neither of whom made any effort to be elected, simply because they supposed they were associated with honorable men who, having nominated a ticket, would stand by it. We say that, having, by such means, secured a jacobian majority of officers and directors, they so disgusted many of the better portion of our community that they would neither purchase season tickets or, except occasionally, attend the lectures. We say that "the managers," having got possession of a little money for season tickets, have been the cause of the failure of this winter's course of lectures, and canceled the engagements of nearly all of the lecturers, are now putting in such strolling mountebanks as Indian Meal in order to hold on to the money obtained for season tickets, instead of paying it back to those from whom they obtained it, as honesty and fair dealing would require.