The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-08-21
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The present state Of Democratic politics
in Indiana, is anything but comfortable to its
Douglas dough-face leaders. The party or.
gans and the party orators, have opened the
campaign under circumstances of the most
perPlexing character. They have tried
every means in their power, and attempted
appliances entirely out of their power, to the
end that they might make their refractory
party cohere long enough to make respect
able fsint at supporting the Administration
in the coming canvass. In numberless cases
their efforts to unite the party, have signally
failed, while in other instances where their
greatest unanimity has been displayed, the
results have been far from satisfactory.
The attempt to coerce, csjole, or "whip in"
the party to the support of the Administra.
ton with its multitude of raw. boned sins, has
sown wide the seeds of discord, and the once
faithful but blind followers Of dictatiorial
demsgogues refuse to obey the behests of
party discipline longer. Scarcely conven-
ton has been called by Administration
agents, that has not broken up in row, or
resulted in the boiling of large and respect
able numbers to organize under other and
more independent Democratic colors.
The Pierce and Douglas Democracy has
proven too bitter q chalce for the honest
thinking Democrats of Indiana to swallow,
and the administration quack nurses have
found the young but full-grown child too
strong TO be able to hold its nose while they
put it down its throat. Many ofthe ablest
Democratic editors of the State who have
competency Of their own, and whose bread
does not depend upon subservient trucking
to any master, have come out from the foul
cabal, and denounce their former associa-
tons with an air OF independence, which
strikes terror to the very souls of the des-
potic rotten league. Honest Democrats
will not endorse the per6dy, the blunders
and the corruptions of the administration,
and there is no use in trying to force them
into the measure. They have repeatedly re-.
fused to sit in convention and assent to the
adoption of the machine resolutions of en-.
dorsement. of the sickly "powers that be" at
Washington with the infamous train Of
schemes that have been concocted during its
brief reign.
The Nebraska fraud-the veto of the Riv.
or and Harbor bill-the veto of the INDECENT
Insane bill-and last but not least the wan
ton and infamous Greytown MURDER AND
ARSON, have sunk the Pierce and Douglas
administration 90 low in the estimation OF
the independent Democracy Of Indiana, tina,
il will shun them asit would den Of thieves.
This is no idle talk; il 10 series of acts
which even the most shameless newspaper
editor in the State does not dare to defend
a. q whole. ~
Our plent neighbor of the Enquirer
while he endorses some Of them to the ful
extent Of his moderate abilities, touches 9th
ers off lightly under the mild title Of "mis.
taxes"
The mistakes Of Pierce & Co. require more
charity to overlook than many Hoosisr Dem
oerats possess, even throwing the justice o
their condemnation out Of the case.
The Enquirer and some other Pierce &
Douglas organs have pretty much ceased Il
discuss party politics at all. They have
abandoned old issues mostly and seen
DESTROYS to fight the approaching struggl.
with an invisible end intangible adversary
the Know NoTHrNGs.
We admire their judgment in the tack the,
have taken, and believe there s more gIor,
to be gained to themselves, in a warfar,
against IN invisible foe, Of whom they know
nothing, than in the support Of the presen
administrst ton whose history is blackene
with unpardonable mistakes and crime
which no law can extenuate.