The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-08-10
Once morein the Field.

the following letter from Major Robinson or
IL should not be published. As he wants
Justice, 1--WE are very willing that he should
have the full benefit OF assertions over his
own name. leaving it TO the public, who GER
tainly know him, as to how far the Majors
word may extend in matter so deeply inter-
esting himself:
EVANSVILLE, Ind, August 9th, 1850.
Mr.. SANDERs-.Sfr: Its due TO my friends
and TO myself that | should allude TO the
publication of certain haDdbilis which were
circulated in Posey county on the eve Of the
late election, apparently intended to defeat
Judge Lockhart's election. In a late edto-
rial article. IN reference to those handbiIls,
you ask the question, whether had not some
agency in that affair. In reply TO that ques-
ton and in answer to the charge to that eff
feet, made by my personal enemies, will
state in the most positive terms that | had
no connection whatever with the writing or
publication Of those handbills. and that 1
neither prompted. aided nor assisted therein,
In any form whatever. did not know that
any such handful had been issued or put in
circulation until one was Brought from Posey
County TO this place.
will avail myself Of this opportunity TO
state that have no connection with the Van
derburgh Democrat, neither as owner nor ed
itor. / have not written or dictated word
for publication in that print since the close Of
the Presidential canvass of lS4S. If you
have any proof to substantiate either Of the
above allegations, you will confer a favor
upon me by giving il to the community in
some tangible form. All ask is justice.
Please publish the above and oblige
A l., ROBINSON
AS TO the proof Of the first, we do not pre-
tend 10 have any. If Major r. were guilty,
he is entirely too shrewd a man TO let proof
get out in so important matter. But men
have been hung on slighter circumstantial
evidence" than that which has made nine
tenths Of this community believe he was at
the bottom of those handbills We have
made no charge relative to Major r. beng
connected with those handb;lls, further than
TO ask the following question, at the close of
an article:
snow we soberly ask our fellow citizens,
if such handful as this, got up to secure the
election Of Maj. Robinson over fellow dem
ocrat, and printed at the office which supports
him, and to whose columns he has been in
the habit OF contributing-we ask could this
handbill have been gotten up and issued with
out his knowedge2 We merely ask the ques-
ton. 4"
The whole community SO far as we could
become acquainted with it, answered in the
negative. When any man affirms with the
solemnity the Major has done to certain
thing, we do not like to argue against his
word. We do not now against his word in
this matter. But it does seem strange to US,
that Huntington should of his own accord,
and 10 assist in the election Of man whose
success-if the Majors words be true as to
having nothing 10 do with the Democrat
would avail him no good, set up and person
ally distribute handbills, the detection OF which
d. would bring serious results. We say this
seems strange although we have heard that
IN former times there was a strong connection
Of interests between the Major and Hunting
toms family. These bills were to benefit no
enc but Robinson, and we're of such a nature
that no man would run the risk of their issue,
unless it were for himself or for reward
Even if Huntington chose to take it upon
himself to do ell this, he has not the ability
10 write such bill. These and other mat
tiers perfectly justified us in asking the ques-
ton, and the public i'll believing that Robin
son was engaged in putting out these bills
aud the fact that so large portion OF the
public did and do believe thus, is conclusive
evidence that from the first they thought him
none to- good to be engaged in such an affair
Ii the Majors next door neighbcr were to be
robbed, and from the Majors character alone
he should be suspected of the theft it would
be pretty sure sign that if he did not actu-
ally commit that act he had donc equally
bad things, and his neighbors regarded him
as none too good for this robbery.
In respect to the Majors denial Of having
written anything for the Democrat of late
days, we have but little to say. The mau
who is so much a knave as 10 write for that
paper could not get US or the public to take
his word for anything. If Robinson had SC
little respect for his own character as to write
for the Democrat, we believe he would have
just as little scruples in denying over his OWL
name the fact. Now, we have had certain
articles in that paper pointed out to us by re
sponsib,e men, whom we believed at the tim,
knew wha; they spake,as productions eli A. L
Robinson; and one article in particular wa:
thus pointed out. and he generally believed Il
be the author, containing such language n
he, nor any other man making the preten
sions of gentleman. dare utter TO our face