The Evansville daily journal., 1855-04-27
FRIDAY MoRNING:::::::::::ApRIL q
ssPcrpiexing Predicamen,.n

ABOUT the condition which our State govern
ment was thrown into by ,hs failure of the
iateLegislature to pass an App ortionment
Bill. The Republican a, Indianapolis, thinks
the press of the State is acting very dishon-
orably in keeping silence on such "per-
picking subject" 1t may be unfortunate that
the entire press of the State do not view the
matter jus. as the Republican does. but we
can't for our life see anything perpla king in
the matter at all, providing that "the pow
ers that be" do their duty. Certainly, no
danger has yet arisen from the failure to
pass law to apportion the State, at the
last session Of the Legislature, and it is quite
a. certain that none will ensue before the
legal and proper remedies can be ap Piled
The Republican "pitches in" to the press of
the State because it don't agitatc the sub
ject. What subject, Mr. Chapman! What
isihe "perplexing predicament" which it 10
so dishonorable to keep "mum" about! Give
Us your views in plain English, and if the
State is really in "bad fix" we will lend a
helping hand to extrcate it with the utmost
cheerfulness. Our neighbor of the f nqui-
rer raps Mr.. Chapman's fusion knuckles for
not suggesting some remedy himself for The
difficulty complained of, before charging the
entire press of the State, with "extreme
dishonesty" for keeping "mum." lie, the
Republican come out with its oun plan of
relief, and if it is pertinent and practicable,
we doubt not the press of the State will
promptly come to its aid in enforcing it's
claims. The Enquirer, however, declines
to have anything to do in the matter until
the Democratic party in the State ge, On its
feet again-it says:
Democratic counsel can DO 70 good until
We have Democratic Legislature, therefore
our neighbors OF the Republican must con-
tent themselves with "hst they have got un.
I'll alter the next election, ard should the
fsuion party again succeed, no one even can
guess where we will find ourselves.
We are sorry to see our neighbor thus
"back down." at SO important crisis and
withhold his valuable counsel from the coun-
ty at SO critical moment. He has once
declared the State "dsorganized" and that
we should have to 90 back to our former con.
dition as territory and start anew. But he
says the Democracy can" do nothing without
Legislature" That is true enough, and it
would have been infinitely better for the
State il it had done nothing many times
when it had Legislatures. We can't exact.
ly imagine how Hall and Chapman will sur.
we the state of anarchy they have got In.
diana into. The one has declared it "reyo.
lutionized" and the other in "perplexing
Predicamen;," and it isn't fair for either ol
them to now abandon it in its hour OF peril
10 the reckless destinies of chance. Better
hold on while longer and try to fix up
some way by which we can have another
election, and we can assure our troubled
contemporaries that the people will take
due care not to let the State get in another
such a"PerPlrxing predico oment." But oul
friend Of the Enquirer says "that il is impos
sible even to guess where he will be n ,h e
event that the Fusonists should succeed Al
the next election" We are glad to see him
conscious OF the danger of approaching dis
solution, and if he psts the day ofrepentancs
on Till after the next election, we fear hs
will find it not SO impossible to"guess" whers
he will be found. There is place long since
"PrePared", &C., where there will be "wei
ing and gnashing Of teeth" and if some o
the Old Line whisky demagogues don't fird il
after the next election, there's no use o
having any such place. The idea tha
our Estate organization is revolutionized,' >
or that our State organization is really in ,
."Perplexing Predicament" is the profoundes,
demagoguery ever uttered. Mr. Hall never
seriously thought ANY such thing IS "rev
elution" and only employed the expression
a. weapon with which he might the NOR.
hercely malgn the American party. Heal
him:
Immediately after the adjournment of tn,
Legislature We wrote several articles upor
tnis subject, giving it as our opinion tha
the State organization had been reyou
tionized and destroyed by the Know No
thing cabal which had met in the capacity
OF Legislature, at the capitol; and W.
asked the fusion press to show US how an
other Legislature was to be chosen; bu
we received no answer from that press.
We were aware that The Several articles
above referred to were written at the tim
specified, but were not aware that they pro
pounded the closing interrogatory in tn,
aoove extract, to the fusion press. Tha
being now understood, Dir. Hall shall no
pause Tor an answer. Indeed, We nigh
answer his interrOgaiory by an extrac
from one Of the several articles"