Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-06-12

the election of 10. A. Wright, seems to be very good.
For our own part, we do not know Of any reason why
the people should reverse their decision as to the rel
alive merits of these men, which they made two
years ago. McGaughey stands no fairer than he did
then, as to personal merits but Jo. Wright does.
Mr.. Wright performed his duties in the last Con-
gress, with great efficiency, zeal and success; the
people of his district know this, and if they are wise,
they will not now exchange a certainty for an uncer-
tainty, by preferring his competitor. They will give
Jo. one trial more, we hope and after that, if they
think they can do better with a Wing, they have ma
ny able and gcntlemanly men to choose among, with
out being compelled to take little Mr.. McGaughey.
BY the wayne noticed an article in the Indiana
Patriot of May 81, which made a brief review of Mr..
Wright's course in Congress, and which we copy be-
low for the qualification Of such of our readers in the
nth district, as do not see the Patriot:
II the interchangeable labor, and constant and unremit-
ting attention to the various and diversified duties deyoly-
ing upon a representative from SO large and popuIous a
district, can give any claims upon a people, then has Mr..
Wright these claims, for we hazard nothing in asserting,
and we appeal To the whole district for the proof, that no
man in the last Congress was more prompt or more in-
duslrious and we believe we only express the general sem
timent of all parties when we say that no man could have
attended with more zeal TO the local bushes OF his dis
trict. No citizen entrusted TO his care, a claim Of any
character on the government that was not promptly at
tended TO.
But while he was thus attentive to the private affairs of
his constituents IL would be doing him great wrong 10
omit mention of his course on subjects Of a more general
nature. His zeal in supporting the bill called the Gene
raj Presidential Election Bill, which provides that the
people shall vote for President on the same day through
out the Union, must merit the commentator of every
good citizen who wishes to preserve the purity Of The
elective franchise and we rejoice that il is now the law
of the land.
To the Cumberland Road, and Wabash and Erie canal
Bills, MIR. Wright devoted himself, with an energy and
perseverance,, deserving The hearty applause Of every cit
izen Of Indiana. The former, making an appropriation
for carrying on the road, was vetoed by President Tyler.
The latter giving 10 this State near a million acres of
land for the completion of this great thoroughfare to the
Ohio river, is now the law of the land.
We ask the citizens of this district, diSPGSSionGteIy, to
look at his efforts for the success Of these two great mea-
sures, of vital importance 10 Indiana, and 10 this District
especially, always at his post, never losing a vote, and
ID the language OF a gentleman who was at Washington
at the close of the session, "lOsing has sleep Ill his ami
ETY. for the passage Of these Bills"
There is a tribute of gratitude due the whole Indiana
in the last Congress, for their united and IN
tirIng exertions in the passage Of the Cumberlnnd Road
aud Canal Bills. The people OF this State should not
forget that Illinois and Michigan bad Canal Bills before
Congress similar TO our Canal Bill, presenting the same
claims for a donation and urged with no little zeal, and
yet, Indiana alone succeeded in procuring the a~pprOpria-
ton.
But what say the friends Of this great work, to the hill
Mr.. Wright has pending in the House of Representatives,
claiming some seventy-fve thousand acres for the sinuos-
ites of The Wabash and Erie Canal, and upon which
principle, some sixty thousand acres of land of great val
ne, have been selected in the Miami Reserve. The mo-
ment the Bill shall pass, the present land scrip, that is
now at 40 or 80 per cent discount, will be worth its face
the Canal will be completed 10 Terre Haute, in less than
a year-and TO the Ohio River in a comparatively short
period. This Is his own measure, and we know he cher
ishes a most lively interest in its success; and we think
we but express the feeling of every candid man when we
assert, that To no better or safer hands can the fate of this
bill be trusted, than in those of It's author and we might
add, That the friends Of the Cumberland Road can place
that great measure in no better hands han those of the
indsfatigGue rOrking man, Joseph A Wright.
We have hot space now to refer at length TO Mr..
Wrights course on the Texas and Oregon questions. 1t
is well known that he has been the warm and uniform
friend and supporter of both these great American ques-
lions. But we will take this occasion to say TO those gen.
tie men that talk So long and loud about slavery in con-
nection with Texas, that Nj. Clay said, last summer, that
the subject Of sLarery had nothing to do acith the Gnnera-
ton Of Teras. With what grace can those gentlemen who
voted for Mr.. Clay for President, talk about Texas and
slavery
But, we ask, how did it happen that these same men,
who detained so much in the last Congress against
slavery, all voted, with two or three exceptions, against
the bull for the protection of our citizens in Oregon-em-
braciug a territory sufficient to make six or eight States,
and which, by the terms of the bill, must be free States
Yet these same men voted against the proposition not.
withstanding the years notice contemplated by the trea-
ty, was required to be given to England.
We call on Mr.. virgins competitor to say, will you
sustain the course taken last winter on this great ques-
ton. We make the interrogation more to the point
would you have voted last winter tor the Oregon Bill, as
Joseph A. Wright did, or would you have voted as did
d. 1870
passed the House Of representatives by a decided major
ity, but failed in the Senate. The next Congress viii
have TO act on 1t at an early period, and the people have
a right to know what course their candidates will pursue
MIR. Wright's views are known-the fast friend of Or
egon and one who will not by his votes, sanction the
yielding up of one foot Of the Territory to Great Britain
Mr.. Wright adopts the language of our excellent Pres
Ident IN his inaugural that our title TO Oregon as clear ana
indiSputable, and that our citizens aohO go there TO settle on
our 0lon soil, must and shall be protected. If the Tern
tory is ours, our people have a right to occupy il as free
men; and il is the duty of our government to protect them
Those who would refuse them such protection in effect
admit either that we have no right to the soil, or that WI
are not able TO protect them against The encTohchments o
England. What says Mf. Wrght's competitor on thin
subject
We have not the time to pursue these subjects fHrthe
at present but we appeal TO the whole people of Thu
District to say, whether they have ever had a representa-
tive in Congress who served them more faithfully thar
Joseph A. Wright.
This is not the time for party excitement Mr.. Polk ii
President He has a decided majority of his politica
friends both in the Senate and House of Representatives
already, aud surely it is not the interest of Indiana to senC
tate those who have it in their power 10 grant or with
hold the appropriations she so much needs.
We might on this occasion allude TO the sentiments ex
pressed by leading political papers, in different States, il
favor of the industry, ability aud zeal with which Mr.
Wright represented US in the last Congress: but we refe
to every neighborbood in the District, and we would ash
each man, If he believes by a change we should secure
more attentive, a more industrious, OF a more jealous re
preventative. We are confident the people will RESPOND
f in the negative, and we are equally confident that on thu
first Monday of August, the people will respond swell
done good and faithful servant, 60 back and do likewise
once again.
Third District.
Jos. c. Eggleston has been nominated in Conven
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