The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-03-19

Up. Chapman's Last.
We find the following card IN the Indian
apolis Journal:
MARCH IA, 1855.
To the Editors ofthe State Journal:
GEsrLEMEN: As / have been the subject
of much suspicion, Misunderstanding and
misre presentation, during and since the re-
cent session of the General Assembly, on
account of supposed desire on my own part
personally, to obtain the contract for State
Printing,-will you permit me to discldim
positively, any such desire or design.
Had received such nomination by those
having right to make it, should have per.
emptorily declined the same. and would have
given the reasons why, which think would
have been satisfactory to my fellow citizens.
never have and never will seek office for
my own benefit exclusively, and am too old
in years, and too skilfnl in business to desire,
for an instant, so poor place as / know the
"ofics" Of State Printer would be to me, or
to any body connected nearest to me.
Very Respectfully,
Chapman feels sore on the subject of this
State Printing pursuit, and the comments OF
the press on his course. Although he has
had his name at the head of paper for
months, and every paper in the State COM
menting on the nomination Of the younger
Chapman for State Printer, has conceived
and spoken of its being the same as the ell
der Chapman's nomination, the younger hav-
ing not the slightest claims for the nomina-
ton, yet ]. P. Chapman has kept silence un.
til he has been dashed into spirit enough to
defend himself. He now denies having had
any aspirations for the Office, and says he
never has sought ofice(D and that this Office
is a poor place anyhow Sour grapes, old
fox. Chapman has been fishing for nothing
else every since he left his old party. He
got the nomination of Republican caucus
atlast, by using the name of the younger
Chapman as a cats paw to rake the ches-
nuts out of the fire. But finding what fuss
his nomination ultimately created, he system.
atically commenced counting up old line
votes at the expense of the interests of his
newly adopted friends. Every member Of
the Legislature was probably witness to
Chapman's ludicrous rage at the close of the
session when the election of State Printer
was postponed. Yet he didn't want the Of.
fee! Oh no. Well. if he didn't, he should
have been more philosopher when he found
he couldn't get il.
The Sentinel predicts that ]. P. Chapman
will be found the next great political contes,
"alied with his first love (Oid Line Demo-
cracy) battling with the party to which he
does, in reality, and of right ought to be-
long," We presume the Sentinel has Q
right to know and will be found correct
Chapman's motive for leaving his old party
were suspected from the first. The OLD
Line Press boldly charged him with being ar
Office seeker. Well, he has failed in his OBJ
ject. Now, the leading Old Line paper il
the State is already welcoming him back te
his "irst love" in anticipation. We pre-
sumo he will 60 there, and earnestly trust he
may do so. We have charged him will
secretly working for that party, or at leas
Withholding everything from the columns o
his paper which might in the slightest man
ner give offence to Old Line Democr ats
H deried this, but our readers may now per
ceive we knew the man better than he knew
himself! Our charges have been proved tru'
by his own conduct. Let him 60. Hereaf-
ter, when we may strike a lance with him
we trust he shall be an open foe in the rank
of the enemy, not a secret enemy disguised
{ in the colors of our own friends.