The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-01-12
some Original Positions.

The Enquirer still upholds the disgraceiu'
policy, fit only for the advocacy OF Old Line
Machine Democracy, that the Democratic
Senate of our Legislature shall prevent the
election of u. s. Senator this session, aud
thus permit the State of Ind ma to have
only one Senator in Congress the next two
years. II sus,ains this policy, (and precious
policy will il prove to its party if carried ouD
because merit election it thinks the State will
show itself decidedly Democratic, and in
that case the State will be misrepresented by
having a "Fusionist" Senator. Now there
is something very novel and original in this
idea. according admirably with the political
sagacity marking our neighbours articles gen.
orally. 1t is rather new thing in politics,
that after the entire defeat of State party,
and that party thus made the minori'y,it
should claim the advantages of the majority
on the strength of being possibly inthe major
ity.at the nert election! We give our neigh
Dor great credit for this, the first speck OF
originality we ever knew on the brilliant
dryness and second handedness OF his ideas
But he charges that the Fusion or RePuo-
lcan members of the Legislature, were all
elected on different hobbies, and therefore
they cannot claim the unity of party, ana
the advantages of party triumph, over poor
defeated Old Line Popular Sovereignty
Democracy-and that this precious party re-
ally has the majority! There is more origin
atty. Our neighbor is really refreshing
these dull times. We had hoped he was
pretty well aware by this time, that the Flu
sionists or Republicans, or whatever he may
choose to call them, are very united IN their
opposition to the spols loving, office seeking,
Old Line Democratic party. We thought
that at the late election, they showed them
selves a very decided unit in their opposition
to this detested set of office holders. We
thought the people had united very effectually
in declaring themselves sick of the part.
which had rode them so long, and that they
had declared in the election of Congressman
State Senators and Representatives, by
great m-jorities, that it was not their will the
Old Line Democracy should longer have any
important office intheir gift, or in the gift
of their representatives in the Legislature
But the Enquirer has seen nothing but mel
running for Office, each on his own hook ant
on his own hobby, entirely dsconnecte'
from any organized movement, but some
----.-e az I;--~ nan,ac-. ay al
over the State. Now let it co lect theT,
was an organization, and that this organiza
ton elected, in old Democratic Indiana, an
in spite Of all the efforts of the office holder
and all Oil Line organs like itself, nine Con
gressmen out of eleven, fifteen Senators on
of twenty-four. and 6fty-sev Representa-
tives out OF one hundred, and carried tn
State by over $4,000 majority. And recol
lectine this let our neghbor endeauor to ap
preciate the ludicrous position he occupies
in claiming this successful party shall nc
have the u. 8. Senator, because at the ne,
election they may be defeated!
The Democrats have a majority in tn
Senate only by aceident-merely becaus
the people had not an opportunity of votin
at the last election but for only huff the Sen
atorial delegation. Eiecung as they did, Fl
teen Senators to nine opposition, there
evidence enough in that fact to prove il the
had an opportunity, Trey would have secure
far larger majority in the Senate than the
now have in the House. Yet the Enquire
claims the Democracy should take advantag
of the majority they possess by accident
the Senate, and prevent the election Of I
=. Senator this session, unless they ca
elects Democrat.
What do the people think of tbs kind
popular Sovereignty" Does it not prov
what we have often charged, that the o
Line Democracy recognize no popular soy,
reignty but in graspng and keeping all ii
Offices upon which they can lay their hand
Give them but the power to defeat the m
jority bv some technicali,y. unfair as it m,
be, and they will always prove how peculit
is their love of popular sovereignty. L
them defy the people in this case, and tn.
come before this people again with their ca
cidates for office, and they will meet wi
such buke as may teach them the lesso
apparently go difficult for them to learn, tn
the people, not the Democratic party, are or
niPotent.
dWe Understand some Of our good frsn
at Cairo have the impression that in our n
tics of ;he Joe Spencer affair, we intend