The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-02-22
Tn. right In tho First District, &c.

one OF his turninss yesterday. The object OF
that trick was TO make the Republican members
of the Legislature believe the nomination Of
Chapman fr State Printer was very popular
with all the Republican party except Gregg of
the N. A. Tribune! And that the reason he
whole Republican press OF Indiana was speaking
out the indignation of The people, was because
Gregg wrote articles for all the papers,! That
was just about the substance Of Chapman's dodge.
But it being prc-iply exposed by Gregg himself,
in ca I'd, Chapman Low endeavors 10 spoil The
force of the attack upon himself, By saying that
the .hree most prominent papers wagne war
upon the nomination 81 his worthy >elf for State
Printer. are actually published in the only two
districts where the Republican candidates for
Congress were defeated! While we plainly per-
ceive the object of Chapman, which is to place
US on The defensive and TO thus make us talk OF
anything else rather than OF himself we shall
gratitv him enough 10 devote little space to
answering The following extract from the Repub-
lican, Ia justice TO ourselves and to the labors OF
the Republicans in the First District Of Indiana
The Republican says:
1t So happens and il is fact worthy of some
abused badly, by ,ch M? Chiefly by three edi-
tors in hose districts, fast and second the Anti
Nebraska candidates were defeated; while candi.
dates Of that description were everywhere else
elected.
In the first district, Judge Hall. formerly 1t
Governor. and member OF the Constitutional
Convention OF 1850, was as worthy IN all per-
s'nal respects as any other candidate in the field
vet he was defeated in spite of all that the Ell
ansriiIe Journal and the Vtnceane, Gazette, and
all the rest OF his friends could do. Perhaps he
was not good Wig enough for them, because
he was sort of fusion" Candidate. The real
Truth is however, that those papers had no hear,
no honesty They only spoke .or ihcmsetres-not
for the cause-which cause they could not ccm-
prehend anv more in their luke warm and inef-
hcirnt support OF him, than in their present gross
abuse of US.
Tie First District was the Democratic Banner
District If Indiana. 1t had ,iven The largest
Democratic majority of any district in the State.
What yer other district might at anv time be
doubted, this as regarded as Democratic all orer.
Daring the last fall campaign, the First District
was The battle field of the s ale, and we venture
the remark, that the Democracy would rather
have lest any other three districts in the Stale
than this one. 1t was their Banner District
and in this district he Democracy had nominated
for reelection Representative who had voted
for the infamous Nebraska Bill. To have been
beaten in this district would have ground De.
mocracy TO the dust
The First District early in the campaign be-
came the especial object of the interest, atten
ton and labors of the Old Line Democratic lead
ers in the State. The best SPEAKERS Of that par
ty in the State were sent here to traverse thi.
district thoroughly Even Old Line speaker,
from Illinois were called among us, and on,
fellow from Kentucky poker his head over here
got scalped, and put across the river again in ;
hurry. Gen. Lane came from Washington City
and used all the influence in his power, private
" and publicly, TO secure the election Of Miller
To these were added every Old Line speaker il
the district who could BLACKBOARD and lie tel
minues on stretch without growing black il
the face. 1hese foreign speakers, however, visi
ted nearly every township in the district. The.
lied from the word go, lodged the Republican
speakers, disseminated the g:ossesr falsehovd
everywhere, especially where heie was n
chance for denial, and spared no lab,r to escap
from defeat in district wherein the very ma
they ere then supporting had two years befor
been elected by nearly 5000 majority! 4
And what was there to combat this horde @
foreign emissares, comprising all the ''bi
guns" Of the Old Line party, and this swarm c
petty Old Line |, aders native TO The districil-
Why the Republican party had not singl
speaker during the whole campaign who did nc
belong 10 the district! Our own speakers wer
few in numrers though strong in zeal The
met the best speakers of the opposition who dare
show their faces in their neighborhood. The
did all that men could do, but Old Line speaker
were in almost every township promulgatin
their falsehoods, and making it their policy
AVOID these Republican speakers. Judge Hal
our candidate, did fficient work. The Republ
can press OF The district numbered but four or fl,
papers, against nearly double the number Cf D
Line papers. The Evansvi lie Journal, with j
Daily, Try-WeekIy and Weeesly issues, Ior
before The nomination of Congressional cand
dates was working for the Republican cause
During the campaign it never faltercd, al
never committed an error. We performed do
bic the editorial labor OF the two Charmans a
though they did their duty which since the ee
tion they iqre not done. To this day. not stoppi,
rith he election, tie Journal has labored foI q
good OF his parry and in doing our duty we ha
o ielt called upon 10 rebuse The Republican"
lending aid and comfort to the Old Liners,
s'eac OF fighting the great fight of the Repub
can party, and defending the party against I
outrageous attacks of its enemies We clai
the privilege OF speaking on, as we have do
against the Chapmaus or against any other m
who claiming TO be champions of this party.
grossly and disgracefully abuse their position.
Our past labors give US this right, and our pr,
emf attifude endorse. ,boso I,hor.