The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-03-09


The Old Line Leaders and their Re.
spOnsibilities.
y The failure to elect Senator must be
charged on the Fusion party.
State Sentinel.
The Old Line Democratic party leaders IN
this State, have always exercised a certain
policy in their comments upon State affairs
when before the people-assuming The en-
tire credit of every act of legislation which
time and experiment may have proven good,
and throwing the entire blame of every ILL
advised act upon their opponents. By doing
this, and fighting with as much zeal and fer
vor as iftheirs were the cause of truth and JUS
tice, against vice and iniquity, and by keep
ing united, whether in swearing to the same
lie or supporting the same political piece of
rascality, this party again and again won the
victory. But the People finally opened their
eyes, and saw the infamy these party leaders
had been SO long practicing upon them, and
that instead Of Old Line Democracy being
the party of all the virtue, honesty and de-
cency, it was party which blndly followed
the dictates of certain men, who were no.
thing but set of political demagogues with.
out any of the attributes they claimed for
their party. The People gave these men
severe rebuke at the last election, and by
fifteen thousand majority proclaimed they no
longer had any confidence IN these Old Line
leaders.
But not satisfied. with this rebuke, these
leaders are again pursuing their old course.
They are already claiming for themselves all
the good of the late Legislature, and en-.
deayoring to throw the responsibility of the
bad upon the Republicans, even to the nom
election of U. s. Senator. Read the above
brief paragraph-"The failure to elect Sena-
tor must be charged on the Fusion party"
Then read the proceedings of the last day
A resolution was offered agreeing even to try
proposed by the Old Line Senators, concur.
rent vote, although opposed to all precedent
from the very first organization of the State
-and then, if that failed, to elect by joint
bolted, and destroyed the quorum. SO that the
resolution could not pass. And now, how
absurd, how hypocritical, how contemplate,
and how basely dishonorable, the attempt of
these Old Liners. to throw the responsibility
upon the Republicans! But we have no
fears on this subject. The people are not SO
grossly ignorant nor SO miserably verdant as
these Old Liners seem to think.
But the Sentinel continues:
Why were not the other officers elected!
The responsibility rests with the majority oil
the House.
Does il! Now hear what an Old Liner in
the House remarked, as reported in the col
umns of the Sentinel Of that very day in
which the editorial appeared from which We
make the above extracts. Last Monday /,
motion was made in the House inviting the
Senate to go into election with the House, or
State Printer and all the other officers to b
elected. This produced confusion, and thu
report or the Sentinel says:
"Mr. Humphreys declared that it had beer
the studious effort of the democratic part,
here, TO lrhich he belonged, to put off all thes
elections, because when once in joint con
vention, the Fusonists would proceed t
elect United States Senator"
EHere it is admitted by an Old Liner, tina
it had been "the studious effort" of his part
to put off all these elections, for fear tina
when once in joint convention, the Fusion
lists would proceed to elect u. s. Senator
Thus is the responsibility admitted. TIL
Old Liners would not permit the election {
other officers, because they feared a Senate
might be elected at the same time! Ho,
hypocritcal in them now to charge the re
sponsibility upon the Republicans.
1t was predicted from the commencement
of the session, that the Old Liners would nc
permit Senator nor probably other officer
to be elected. They went to the Capt.,
with that intention. They proclaimed
abroad, so far as Senator was concerned, o
every occasion. Their organs at home sa
the same thing. In every possible manns
these Senators declared that they would thu
foreswear themselves, because they hs
taken an oath to faithfully perform all II
duties of their Office, and this was par
mount duty. A large majority of the peop
had declared their desire to have an anti-N
braska Senator, yet these men declared Il
majority should not govern. And after q
this, now these Senators are returning hon
with the lying words upon their lips, that Il
Republicans are responsible for the non-ele
ton of Senator! That the very men are r
sponsible whose ardent wish it was to secu