Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-09-08

ace EXCLAMATION.
Ma. HuBBARp, the Democratic nom
iuee Cor Surveyor. thinks we wronyed
him Ia saving that he belongs TO the
fighting portion Of the party. and de-
sires us TO say that the assault upon
Mr.. Swift, for which he was 6ned one
dollar. ought not to be SO construed;
for he did not intend to strike him
with the stone. but designed r-erely
to Brighten him by holding il in n
menscing attitude. as IL he intended
To throw il. Very we'll. We are quite
willing to give Mr.. Hubbard the adj
vantage Of his own explanation Of the
matter. II 1t will do him any good
Yet. we do not see that he gains any
thing by 1t. The assault is admitted.
and there Is much more TO confirm the
position We took in our first notice Of
il than we then supposed. We then
called it another application Of The ar
gumenf. We bad seen so many DEM
onstrations Of determination on the
part Of the candidates to net the bully.
and compel men. IL not to support the
ticket, to nj least cease to oppose it By
the narration Of plain and palpable
facts. IN ,t we began to infer that il
was to be q considerable part Of the
system Of elec,ioneering for this cam
paigu; we believe it would have been.
had not the experiments that have
been tried proved rather unpopular.
In other times fair proportion Of the
mcn of moral worth affiliated with the
Democratic party. There was no
reason why they should not. The
questions then at stake were OF such
q character as to allow IL. II is de-
sirable now to retain rs many Of thee
men as possible. but it was discovered
that their hold on the part, was not
] 80 strong as not TO be loosed by this
kind Of argument. Hence. the as
saulss that have already been made
and the standing threats that are yet
unfulfilled. have driven scores and
hundreds from the support OF tickel
which they have favored in all pas
time.
IL turns out that the cause Of The
assault upon Mr.. Swift was purely
political. He had called In question
Mr.. Hubbsrd's qualifications for The
Office Of Surveyor. After alluding i'
afailure Of bis to solve very simple
arithme,ical question a short time ago
he told the young man that. in hi
opinion. he could not perform the du
ties Of surveyor. On account Of thii
the stone was drawn. Now. to Us
the mental reservation that II shoult
not be thrown. amounts to just moth
Ing. The principle Is the same. |
was to frigh en- Mr.. Swift by the fes
Of personal violence. II WAS to stcI
the investigation Of his qualification
By fear Of an assault. But Mr.. Swii
Is not one Of the scarv kind. nc tn
way be he walked up to the stone dc
monstratei. But be Is old enough L
have known better than to talk Ms h
did. Mr.. Hubbard's opinion of hi
qualifications should be taken as PIE
sumpsive evidence. and the endorse
ment Of ",he party" ought to be re
gsrded as conclusive. Don't do $
again. friend Swift. or the mental res
ervsiion may not be made. particular
" il 1t is announcement for you To tai
right up TO the young man.
We thus give Mr.. Hubbard the ben
eft OF his own explanation. withou
taking back a word as TO the eharg
that il was an assault in defense of hi
claims for surveyor. We d. II. NO
70 prevent his election. for Of that W
have no fear. Very iew. il any. VIII
know his qualifications will vote f
him; and the time has come. We NJ
glad to say. that something more
necessary than the mere endorsemer
Of party to make f.eemen vote. W
have been told that Mr.. Hubbard ne'
err surveyed piece of ground in h
life.
EEThe Washington Union sa.
that the Administration party Ia