The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-10-03
Fuss and Feathers IN q Letter.


a public dinner was given to Gov. Powell :
week before last by his friends at Henderson. =
The compliment was rendered by his friends :,
spithoat distinction of party, and of course it :
was understood that no one would be so far
fOrgetful of all sense of propriety and courtesy
ms to bring partyism into sociable festivity
of this nature. Invitations were extended by
letter to persons at a distance to be present at
the dinner, and among others to Judge Law,
of this city. Being unable to attend, Judge
Law sent an answer, in the form Of letter,
closing with complimentary sentiment to
Gov. Powell-all of which he knew would,
according to usual custom, be read to the crowd
assembled without distinction of party, to do i
honor to the late Governor. From the letter
as published in the Henderson Reporter, we
make the following extract:
would say to my Kentucky friends, as one
having deep and abiding interest in the well
fare and prosperity of your great and gallant
State, our nearest neighbor connected to us
by so many relations, political and social,
"whose people are our people and whose
God is our God," that whatever your present
opinions may be, that however much other
issues may for the present have distracted
you, that the great battle OF 1856, IS to-
be fought, whatever others may say to the
contrary, solely and entirely on the ques-
ton involved, in your rights, privileges and in
stitions, and that in the battle you will find the
sc1ole democratic party Of Indiana, and many
of our national wings, shoulder to shoulder
with you in the battle field.
Judge Law throws aside the courtesy and
decency claimed by the occasion, and which
all present seemed to respect, to tell the peo-
pie of Henderson, assembled on social not
political occasion, how the Democratic party
of Indiana" stand on the Slavery question!-to
tell these gentlemen that question would be
before the people in the election of 1856, and
it was to be the question, involving their rights,
privileges and institutions and that the Dem
ocratic party of Indiana would be found
shoulder to shoulder with Kentuckians in the
great battlei We pass over the actual insult
offered to many present, who as heartily des-
pise the Democratic party in Indiana as they
are Indifferent to the contemplated action of
that party as specified by broken down leader
to refer to the remark itself The writer
leaves the inference that there is party in In
diana who intends opposing the rights, privileges
and institutions of Kentucky, or of the South
rs represented by her, while the Democratic
party will support these rights and institu-
tons. Point US out that party in this State
which has any object or intention Of interior
ing with the rights of the South, or with the
institution of slavery where it now exists.
1t is SANDER on the people of Indiana to even
insinuate any considerable portion of them
have such intentions. There is question in
connection with slavery which will no doubt
the simple question of the extension Of
slavery into free territory. The Democratic
party in this State are now occupying
precisely an opposite position to what they
did a few years ago. They were then
bitterly opposed to the extension of slavery
into free territory, and so declared themselves
in their platform of 1849. Now, they are
abusing the Republican party, and those of the
American party who have united with the Re-
publicans in their position for opposing the
extension of slavery into free territory! Judge
Law is bitterly warning against the Republican
party. Well, what did the Judge say in 1s49
As Judge Law appears to think his friends
take great satisfaction in this letters, we pub.
lish one below. 1t was written in answer tc
questions propounded by the members of the
Democratic Legislature in Indiana, to gentle
men whose names were prominently up as
candidates for election by this Legislature tc
the q. S. Senate. Judge Law took great de-
light in making bid for the Senatorship by
the following letter, which we hope his Ken.
lucky friends will read:
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. IL, 1948.
DEAR SIR: Your note was duly received,
have in reply to say that / received a SINH
lar note, some days since from Judge Beard
of the Senate, to which / replied at length
and to which would refer you.
feel no reluctance, however, in answering
both your questions in the affirmative.
Were in the Congress of the United States
should most assuredly give my vote and in
terest in favor of every proposition for exclud
ing slavery from any Territory acquired o.
hereafter to be acquired by the United States
/ should deem any prospective action o
Congress on the subject "both legal and con
stitutional." Yours Truly,
JOHN LAW.
To Hon. R. FL. ROUSSEAU.
House of Representatives.
BY comparing together the two letters, those
to whom the last was addressed may decide fol
themselves how sincere are his slavery senti
ments nosc, or how much they would be worth