The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-01-31
Correspond encc OF the Journal
FROM INDIANAPOLIS.
INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. &c, Is

ate 90 into an election!"-is by no means so
frequent as it has been; indeed it has got to
be fixed fact that the Old Liners in that
body are Sc. of hardened sinners, profess
edly warm friends of popular sovereignty"
yet violating every principle of political hon. !
esiy by refusing to go into joint convention
to elect officers accessory in the administra-
ton Of the affairs Of State. They stand now
in the position of factionists, attempting to
defeat the will of the majority of the people |
Of the State, and in this position they stand
conspicuously before the public, with each
mans course marked and noted down in the
book of political remembrance. How long
they will thus act is a matter Of extreme
doubt. That their intention is to postpone
the election until another session, with the
vain hope of gaining something by delay, is
certain. In the humble opinion Of the wri-
ter, they have everything TO lose and nothing
to gain by such a course of policy. The
times are big with embryo events of great
moment and deep solemnity. Everything
relating to business transactions is deranged
and consequently all the machinery of soci-
ETY. is out of order. The question is, "what
is the matter!'' The answer is plain. The
withdrawal of protection from our manufac-
turers has brought in food of foreign i'm
portations for the past five or six years.
more particularly has railroad iron been
man featured for us abroad by foreign work.
men, when the ore and the coal to work it
with lie almost along every railroad route,
while thousands of willing hands are ready
to lay hold of our hidden treasures and trans
form them into the materials of progress,
whsnever the government lends her sid 10 her orrn
people instead Of foreigners. say these i'm
portasions have been going on year after year
siace the adoption of the present tariff, and
large debts have been contracted, for many
of which pay day has come, and found US, in
consequence of short crops, lily prepared to
meet our obligations. Is not this large in
debtedness abroad chargeable to the social
ed Democratic party! Most undoubtedly -
Add to this, in our own State, the present
Locofoco system of free banking, with its
many irresponsible issues Its inadequate
securities taken by Auditor Of
free bank interests himself-its gross abuses
ard inherent defects; and il is plain as the
MONDAY sun that "there is something rot
ten in"-Indiana. A course of Locofoco
policy, both State and National, has been
tried with little or no intermssion since the
administration of Tyler, and now, after kuGi-
cient time has elapsed for its fruits to ripen,
a csedulous people grasp them to enjoy its
tempting substance, when, like the apples OF
Pandemonium, they turn to ashes on their
lips, and prove not only worthless but poi
sonous.
Where is the remedy for all this distress!
lis now the question of the suffering mass
es; and reply rises in every mind with the
ideas Of the much villifed national bank and
Locofoco-hated protective tariff. Bold as is
the expression, freely utter it, that the SOU
ereign people are Beginning to look to these
measures for relief. The feeling is not con-
fined to Wings, but pervades men of every
party-Democrat Freesoilers and all. A nd
mark it--these principles, with that one vital
to every true American, pure nationality
and independence from foreign influences.
are destined to form the staple Of the next
Presidential canvass. Let Locofoco dema-
gogues rave and rant as they may against
Republican--or if they will have it, Wing
measures. they will learn to their sorrow that
there is in them perennial life and virtue,
which cannot be crushed out by abuse or de-
feat, and that are ever blooming and always
aourishing, even amidst the temporary de-
feats of the party that entertains and cher
ishes them.
In the Senate on Monday, Mr.. Drew in
troduced a bill TO tax the premiums issued in
this State by foreign insurance companies =
In the House, committee reported in favor
Of Mr.. Smith, of Perry, retaining his seat,
which report was concurred in. Mr. Hester,
from a committee, reported that the school
law does not grant persons over 81 years OF
age, the right of common schools, but that
the constitution does grant them said right.
Mr. Humphreys, rabid Old Liner, offered
preamble and resolution setting forth tn at
"the pulpit is frequently converted into e
political stump, from which fanatical dema-
gogues vent fustian and falsehcod for the
promotion of partizan purposes" and resolv-
ing, with ''grand flourish" that the judi.
cary committee be instructed, in eGfect,to so
amend the Statutes that any "Whisky DEM