The Evansville daily journal., 1854-11-10
FRIDAY MORNING G:::::::::::::::::Nov. 10
The Next q. 8. senator.

The Next U. 3. Senator.
1t is unhappily known to many OF our rea
ders that one Of the Senators from Indiana
in Congress, is that u ost notorious OF all no.
torious political blaekguards, j. hn Petit
but it is happily known, too, that the next
legislature which will convene at our State
capitol. has as part Of its duties, the election
Of some individual to Gil the place OF MIR.
Petit. In view Of this fact, we notice tnat
some of our cotem ovraries are already De-
ginning to agitate the question oi-'who shaiI
this man bel We should have been pleased
had perfect silence been kept on this sub
jec,, ill the Legislature had convened; and
as il is, we hope no names viii! be mentioned
in connection with the office yet awhile As
the majority in the next Legislature will be
what are called Fusionists, but what re call
opponents OF the present administration, es-
pecially in its endorsement of the Nebraska
Kansas bill, there can be no other Iresump-
tion, than the u. 3 Senator this Legislat, re
elects. will be al able and honest and proper
representative in every respect Of those who
will form the majority in the Legislature
1t nav readi. be surmised that the oppo-
nents of this maj ,rity, nre wishing and hop
ing with all he hearts leii them, that this
election will prove source Of bitter dissen
siun with the Fusionsts. We wish 10 dis
appoint THIN in these Iond hopes, and to
teach them the lesson, that ms we, the peo-
pie, have secured q glorious victory over the
combined forces Of office holders and office
seekers-In apportionng cut the few Offices
this victory has secured US, we can be just
and generous and true To the principle for
which we have fought, without engendering
among ourselves personal animosities, and
dissensons calculated to weaken the effect
of our triumph We therefore trust that
before the convention Of the Legislature, all
discussions and sectional claims relati, e to
the next u. s. Senator, will be conducted
and presented with dignity and in the mos,
compromising spirit.
In the very fuliness of this spirit, yet firm
in our convictions, We take the liberty OF
suggesting to those who will have the power
of settling this question, that "the Pocket
to any other section of the State, TOR the
next u. s. Senator. We have men among
US abundantly qualified for the position, and
who at the late election, did their utmost to
secure the triumph OF the Peoples ticket
We abstain from mentioning names al this
time, but enc at least has been suggested tO
US from dozen prominent sources. to which
We may call the attention oil our representa-.
tives at tne proper time. We cannot recal
the name OF a single u. s. Senator from In.
diana, who in any manner might have been
considered identified in interests or feelings
with this se ciion Of the State. Even on the
late Peoples ticket, supported most warmly
in Southern Indiana, there was not a nam,
we could claim or support as belonging IL
fellowship to the people Of 1.-THE Pocket" o
Indiana Yet we did our duty in electinl
that ticket. Almost every township in TIT
First District, came up to the work, and as
sisted in reducing the old Democratic msjor
pellation of the "f3anner District" of India
ma. That we were not entirely successfu
in defeating tur opponents, may be, asid
from having a majority Of nearly three thou
sand tc overcome, laid to the fact, that in D.
other District in tie State was probably one
half the effort made BY the "Old Line Dem
ocrats" to secure success as right here. Un
der these circumstances, snc this being be
sides the most Southern district in the State
with no ree.soil vote TO rely upon, We bold
ly say, better e ht against the opposition
was made ia this district than ia any othe
in the State.
Have we not a claim thrn for the mex
Senator! Has any section better cla,ms J.
II so, let them be presented, and we wi
cheeriully withdrew those we have been urg
ing.
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