The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-09-29
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The New Albany Tribune in reviving a
speech Of Gov. Wrights uses the following
emphatic language:
We dislike to speak disrespectfully of those
in authority. But our readers must pardon
us, when we say, that in denouncng the
American party as plotters against the free
institutions of cur country, the Governor com
promises his high position, and acts the part
OF vile and untruthful calumniator There
are thousands of men in that order who are
infinitely his superior, in point of honor, moral
rectitude, and answering fidelity to the Con-
Etitutlon Of their country. And when he I'M
dertakes to denounce them as dsunionists,
revokutionists, burners, midnight assas-
Sins, murderers of innocent women and chill
dren or the abettors of such crimes, he forfeits
the respect due to his office, and gives us a
right to say, that in his foul throat-HE LIES
1t is no use to sugar-coat our words in dea ing
with the creature who could stand up before
the young men OF our country, and tell them
that if they joined this order at tsUentg-one.
they would steal at Twenty-Five. 1t rs no use to
nnince our words in drrsIlirrs5 with IlalI--sl,,
cousea 0enoerately advise foreigners to 20 to the
polls and vote, If they had to made tsronq7s 67d.
With such an Executive, we are apt to lose all
respect fer the Office, in our contempt for the
man.
Gov Wright is disgraeing his position-he
is doing more than this, he is disgracing his
Btate. That the Governor of Indiana should
be travelling around the State making political
speeches is bad enough, but that the Governor
Of great State should condescend in these
speeches to denounce and SANDER and abuse
in the most rufianly manner, portion of his
constituents who are just as respectable as
any other portion of the people of Indiana,
and who, as the Tribune says are infinitely
Gov. Wrght's superior in point of honor
moral rectitude, and answering fidelity to the
constitution of their country-is disgrace to
the man, to the State and to the people
Gov. Wright visited Evansville several years
ago. lie made speech here, and after hear
ing that speech, We pronounced him from it
an oily, unprinc.pled demagogue. For this We
were blamed in harsh terms by the opposition,
and even rebukcd by several of our friends
Since that time, we have had an eye on the
man, to ascertain whether our first impressions
could have been wrong. Now, it is a matter
of astonishment to us that so open and arrant
and rascaly demagogue, should ever have
attained to the position he is now disgracing-
that so precious a political scamp, even with
his oily smoothness and wiley twaddle, should
impose on any community as even decent
politician, much less cons steret Christian. Half
Of his speech here was made UP of gross flat
terry Of our people and city; and of professions
of exceeding partiality to Evansville and of ex-
ceeding great love for its people. The soft
sawder'' was swallowed even by many of his
opponents. The only open chance he has had
since to benefit our place and people, was by
giving us what in all justice we should have
had--the Canal Trustee. But instead of do
ing this he gave the Office to his own brother
in-law, and to a man whom previous trial had
Shown utterly unfit for the office. Gov. Wright
has shown himself even since he occupied his
present position, low partisan, STOPPING to
the most degrading actions to maintain favor
With his party and apparently forgetting that
there is any portion Of his constituency en-
titled to decent respect except the Old Line
Democracy. He has even failed to secure the
united respect and approval of his own party,
while every man out of his party must regard
him as most INSCRIPTIONS politician and a
most unprincipled demagogue.
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