Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-04-01
10 the Democratic Electors Of the Fifth
Congressional District.

/ FELLOW CITIZENS Your delegates will before
long meet in convention TO nominate a candidate 10
represent the fifth Congressional district in the ma
tional legislature; and since it is already known to
many among you, that DR.. Cook of Madison county,
Judge Wick and myself are spoken of in connection
with that nomination. have thought proper to address
to You few words through the medium of the press
feel myself called upon take this step by allu-
sion contained in Judge Wck's circular lately pub
lished and circulated among you. which aluson some
of my friends think, refers and my present po-
siiion as circuit judge.
Coincding with this opinion Of my friends | may
be permitted to remark, that, had the Judge been will
ling TO rely upon your action and the action of your del
egates alone without attempting impress upon your
minds that 1t was highly improper my part to seek
the nomination before resigning the Office which
now hold, | would have been content to leave this
matter altogether open for your decision. We are
both known TO most OF you, having resided amongst
you for a considerable number of years. We might
therefore quietly have waited for the action of dis
trlct convention.
But the Judge thought differently and in the por-
ton OF his circular mentioned above he observes tha
he does not "think that a gentleman, holding one
Office, ought to be permitted seek nomination for
another until he shall first resign that which he holds,
except in very peculiar cases."
1t must appear rather strange that objection like
the foregoing in relation to myself should be brought
forward by Judge Wick, il being known to almost
I
been candidate under like circumstances that when
running the first time against Mr. Herod he held on
to the Office filled by me during the canvass and
for several years after his defeat, and that on the Sc
cond time lie resigned but few days previous to the
election.
Certainly Statesman" who Is capable of repre-
sentng you "wisely and well" would not expect to
gain much by raising this objection; since if it was
right for him 10 be candidate for Congress, whilst
holding judgeship, it cannot possibly be considered
to be very wrong my part if am now solicitous
of obtaining your suffrages for Office, the honor
and emoluments of which my Hon. competitor has
been already enjoying for four years
There are other passages in the circular with re-
spect to wire pulling" which may seem to deserve
notice, but pass them by for the present. merely OBJ
serving that my competitor appears to have hit upon
the happy expedent Of the thief who 10 ape being
caught, joined in the cry, stop theft stop thief!
After saying this much in reply TO the Judge rela-
ting to the position hold before you, suffer to
state to you that shall resign the Office of Judge
previous to the August election, in receive the
nomination. If, however, your delegates see proper
to select another individual as the democratic candl-
date for Congress, pledge myself to abide by their
decision, and in event will become a candidate
against the will and wishes of my democratic fellow
citizens. WILLIAM J. PEASLEE.