The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-02-01

mt UNI.
The "Democraiic Association" at India
napolis have been holding meeting. 1t
appears an address had been written which
had too many serious faults to meet with ap-
probation-probably it was too decent and
dignified, probably too generally candid and
respectable to suit Old Line leaders. 1t was
ruled out, and the little clique representing
the entire Democracy of Indiana by self
election, under the name Of ths Democratic
Association, appointed committee to pre-
pare an address; and to procure one low and
absurd and dirty enough to suit the ideas of
Old Line Democratic leaders, one DENLY,
who is now doing the dirty party work at the
NCapitol that honorable men scorn to lay
their hands upon, was placed upon the com
mittee as chairman. As such he reported'an
address, the only excellent virtue Of which is
Its shortness, but all the substance of which
might have been put in dozen lines. 1t
bears the ear marks Of its author in every
line, from its school-boy classic illusions
down to its "brass-knuckle" slang. Ii seems
to have been made up from the trash OF the
authors indianapolis corresponds put
together with just about as little regard to
facts, with as much contempt for ordinary
political decency, aud in the same spirit of
adulation of Old Line Democracy and ha-
tired of everything else, as characterizes
those precious epistolary carnations OF
sickly Imagination but strong stomach.
The substance Of the address is, and it is
very hard to find in such mass of nonsense
that organization is everything the
defeat of the Democratic party last election
taught them the necessity of organization
to properly organize let there be an associa-
ton in every township in the State-and
hold Democratic Convention at the Capt.
tol on the 22d of February, the day fixed up.
on for the consideration of election of U. s.
Senator, &c.! That is all. Now let US see
how this author gets through with his terri
BILE task.
He commences with an essay en- organi-
zation, and proves in halt dozen sentences
what we presume nobody would think of de-
nying, that organization is indispensable for
for success in action among bodies of men.
He thinks millions unborn had glorious ex-
ample of this in our own State when the
dark days of Whiggery were superseded by
the luminous days Of Locofocoism. A still
better example is afforded by the author,
when he alludes to the defeat of his party by
the opposing organization last fail. In 1856.
we vii! endeavor to afford,h him still more brill
liant illustration of the power of organiza-
ton. by annihilating the ugly remnant still
left of the Old Line parry. But thus goes on
the "address to the Democratic party"
Once again, Democrats of Indiana. you
are defeated. You had grown inactive by
success. Victory had made you careless
You had found like Hannibal an inglorous
Gamma. You were trusting too much to the
truth of your principles, fcrgetfnl that there
are men who would barter heaven for amb-
ton, forgetful that there are demagogues
who would trample on your constitution and
freedom itself for place.
Now isn't this beautiful talk from as ar
rant set of demagogues as ever sat in con-
clave to misrepresent party! Every fellow
of them an office holder; every fellow of
them anxious FOR an opportunity to trample
on the constitution and defeat the will of the
majority, by postponing the election of U. s.
Senator; every fellow of them willing to ba.
ter of his own decency and honor, for party
success; and the writer of the sentence him.
self, as petty a specimen of belittled dema.
goguism there is in the State. But here
are further extracts:
A defeat has come to rouse your energies,
to teach you that the Democrat, like the
Christian, must not grow weary in the good
cause. Ii the latter is "the soldier of the
Cross" the former is not less the soldier of
the Constitution.
Good lick! The Democrat like the Chris
'tian! Preachers amt such great scamps af-
ter all. Mr. Humphrey must have introduced
that clause. Where's Humphrey!
Your defeat has taught you much 1t has
shaken from your banner the parasite moths
that were fattening on it.
Not so-Denby is still hanging on, but we
don't think he has got very fat yet on that
one-horse clerkship mouthful. But hold
on. In Entomology, parasite insect is one
that eats the eggs or bodies of other insects
of the same family. But it appears Demo-
cratic "parasite moths" live Gu banners, and
even fatten thereof. We advise the other
moths to watch their eggs while this young
"parasite moths is about. If he can't seat
dirt" nobody can.
1t has purged your party Of its latent Ar
nolds. You are stronger to-day than you