The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-03-09
USWe invite the attention of our readers
to the following article from the State Jour.
nal Of Tuesday:

pTWe invite the attention OF our readers
to the following article from the State Jour.
nal Of Tuesday:
No Election
The Legislature has adjourned; and as we
steadily maintained from the first, the sold
line' refused to permit the election of q single
officer. We have no United States Senator,
for the Governor can't appoint in this case.
We have no State Agent, no State Printer,
and no officer of any kind whose election
was enjoined upon the Legislature. The sold
line" resolltely refused to elect even those
officers for whom the law has provided,
which law they have sworn to support. And
this result is the CONSEQUENCE not OF a doubt
as to their duty, or obligations, but deter
mination to sacrifice both to their party
The shameful admission stand out in every
vote to postpone these elections that sold
line" democrats were willing to disregard
their duty, their professions, the will OF the
people, their very oaths, to give their party
another chance at the Senatorship. That lie
the whole story, and what disgraceful story
it is!
But il the end is disgraceful, the means are
no less SO. In the House, the Republicans
tried repeatedly to bring on the election, and
they were defeated, how think you reader! by
the sold liners" breaking quorum Mr..
Frazer, of Kosciusko, offered resolution to
90 into the elections, and the Republicans
to a man voted for it, and not a single man
against it. A call Of the House showed that
there were sxty-seven members present, q
quorum. Anew resolution was offered, and
again there was no quorum, the Republicans
alone voting upon it. This convinced the
Republicans that the sold liners" were pre-.
pared at all hazards to prevent an election
and the effort was abandoned. There was
no attempt at crawling out, under the pre-.
text of a concurrent" vote. That dodge
was too silly for serious work like that they
were engaged in. and was boldly thrown
aside. Mr.. Humphreys, an old liner, declar.
ed that it had been the studious care of hi:
party to put off all these elections, because
when once in joint convention, the Republi
cans would proceed to elect u. s. Senator
Candid Mr.. Humphreys! Honest, oath lob.
serving Democrats! For fear the Republi.
cans might elect Senator, you studiously
refused to elect even thvse you have scoTr
to elect. If history can produce parallel tc
this act Of party depravity for the credit o.
1.-THE State let US see it.
Mr.. Hester avowed his willingness to
shoulder the responsibility of the postpone.
ment. He made no hypocritical effort to lay
the responsibility on the Republicans. He
secuted the absurd excuse the Sentinel labor
ed so hard to cOncoct few days ago. By
the confession, not only of their acts ant
votes, but of their leading speakers, the "Olt
line" Democrats 60 before the people witt
the responsibility Of this great wrong.
In the Senate the matter was disposed o
more quietly. A resolution to elect u s
Senator, offered by Mr.. Freelsnd was tabled
by % to 10, and resolution to elect Stat,
Agent was tabled also by about the sam.
vote. It's due to Mr.. Richardson, "old line
of st. Joseph, to say that on the 22d o
February, he voted steadily to bring on al
these elections, and on yesterday voted to g,
into convention to elect State Agent.
:. The matter is ended now. The Governo
viii fill all the vacancies he is allowed to fiji
and Indiana after giving fifteen thousan
majority against Nebraska, is cheated out o
her just right to put an anti-Nebraska vote il
The u. s. Senate. The sold liners" hav
done the deed, and are proud of it now Wei
! see at the next elections whether pride"wan'
, 90 before fall -