The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-07-25
NEW HARMONY, july Is, 1914.
CHANDLER:-

You will see by the last Statesman of
Saturday, that our little editor is endeayor-
ing TO create prejudice against Mr.. Pelham,
on account of Mr.. Pitchers having made a
speech here on Saturday, the 9th ult, in an
swer to a general call made upon him by
the meeting. Mr.. Pelham was not present
on that occasion, whereupon, our little guar
dian of modern progressive Polk Democra-
cy, seizes upon that Circumstance to endeav-
or to create the false impression, that Mr..
Pelham was afraid to meet his opponent,
Col. Lane, before the people, and with his
usual regard for truth, he unblushingly as
serts the falsehood that Mr.. Pitcher had
been "employed by the Wings TO plead Mr..
Pelham's Jefersonian Democracy" Now
the simple truth is, that this is a most pitiful
attempt of MIR. Owens "organ" 10 divert pub
lie attention from the shameful conduci
of the Harmony locofoco clique, who
under the name of a Democratic asso-
Citations seek to control the politics of the
county. The first speaker ON this occasion
was the Hon. Bobert Dale Owen, who occu-
pied his hour in telling the people what the
late Democratic Congress had not done
The Democratic house (he sadly had not
passed the bill to reduce the tariff, because
the Democratic members from Pennsylva-
MIA and New York would not consent to a
measure which they considered so destruc-
tive 10 the interests of their constituents, and
because ifthe Democrats house had pass
ed the bill the Wing Senate would not have
done so. That the Democratic house did
not pass the Wig Senate bill for a general
reduction of hostages, so that poor men
could afford 10 write and receive letters, be-
cause they did not reachi 1t. That the Dem
%ocratic house did not pass thd Wing Sen
ate's bill appropriating lands for the compile
ton of the Indiana Central Canal, because
1t acas not reached. And why were these
and other important measures not reached,
(as Mr.. Owen says,) by the Democratic house
of Representatives? Because, says Mr.. O.,
the members were engaged in making
stump speeches up to.the very last days of the
Session, to the total exclusion of all bust
ness. Thus, according to Mr.. O's account
the ~locoioco members Of the late House oil
Representatives instead of attending TO the
legitimate business of Congress, and the in
~terests of their constituents have been re-
celving their eight dollars per diem for the
important service of persuading the people
tibet they ought to vote for Messrs Polk and
! Dallas, and yet, these gentlemen are con-
stantly preaching economy TO the people,
dollars per day, of their money, for no Other
service than making electioneering speeches
Mr.. Owen concluded with a considerable
sprinkling of selfglorifcation, and by declar-
ing himself in favor ofthe S~ub-reasury and
= the annexation of Texas, and of course op
posed to all protection to American labor
He was followed by DR.. Lee, in a plain ant
: lucid argument in favor of protecting oul
e Farmers, Mechanics, and manufacturer:
against British competition. Next came Col
! Joseph Lane, with a tremendous pile o
=, books and documents 10 prove himselfa rea
e simon pure Jeffersonian Democrat "dyed il
the wool" and this was the sum total of his
very "Corcible Speech" to prove himself ;
democrat,and that his opponent (Mr. Pelham,
could never possibly be so. Because Mr.
d P, his competitor was in favor ola "~uAiforn
National Currency, regulated by the vii
! and authority of the Nation," and for pro
tecting American industry against foreign
pauper labor, to both of which measures HI
u (Col. Lane) was uncompromisingly opposed
: Ergo, he the said Col. (aecording to his owl
e reasoning, at least,) is real Jeffersonial
Democrat, and his opponent, (Mr. Pelham,
is not. The Col. declared himself in favo
ofthe existing relief laws, but omitted tt
tell the people that whilst he was in thu
State Senate, when the first relief measure
were introduced, he opposed them at ever.
stane. The Col. very ~prudenlly forgot Il
y mention this little matter, no doubt conclud
ing it might not be very popular for him t
do so, but that he was a real Democrat h
was quite certain. After Mr.. Endicott ha
/. appeared upon the stump, and made som