The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-07-30
Gov wrights speech His Humbuggery and
Knavnrv.

We have space to notice but few Of the glar-
ing receptions practiced by Gov. Wright in
his speech here Saturday evening, to humhug
and blind his fellow citizens. His whole adj
dress was tissue of misrepresentation,
sophistry and deception. He used the sacred
names of the Constitution and Union to gild a
mass Of political rascality and demagogueism,
that it might be swallowed by men. who had
they seen it not thus beautifed must have been
Disguised to the nauseating of their political
stomachs. He did not dare appeal to the re-
cord, so far as giving documentary evidence is
concerned, but apparently relying upon the
fact of his being Governor to secure his asser-
tons the confidence Of hearers, he piled, as we
have said, falsity upon falsity mountain high.
This might do very well with those not &C
quainted with the political issues of the can
vass, and the facts of State and political histo-
ry bearing upon them, but his statements and
defamation to enforce them, were disgusting
to all others. tits bad enough for the Cover
nor of our State to be traversing the State
making political speeches, with the sole OBJ
ject of securing high office, and visiting this
section of the State at this time for the pur-
pose of attending various county meetings, to
secure candidates for Representative favorable
to Jos. A. Wright for the U. S. Senate-we
say this is bad enough and disgraceful enough;
but when he attempts in his speeches to
klsify history, to deceive the people on every
subject he touches to h1mbug and delude
them, and at the same time declaring and re-
declaring has great love for the Constitution
and the Union, and almost shedding tears over
the political weaknesses and vices of his fell
low men, he is doubly disgracing himself and
his Office, and insulting the people by his out
rage upon common decency and propriety.-
His very presence in this city is an insult to
our people, after his treatment to us-but we
have been doubly insulted by his making this
visit a political mission for his own elevation,
and using the vilest arts and trickery of the
demagogue to secure his own selfish ends.
We shall now notice a few portions of his
speech. Yesterday we alluded to his base
Misrepresentation of the New England States,
and his SANDER upon the yankees as he
called them, relative to extending the African
slave trade. We hope every man in Evans
vile from the New England States beard that
speech, and Wright's sneers at his orefathers.
THE PRoHIBIToRY LIQUOR LAW.
This demagogue in high place alluded to
the Journals publication Of his recommended
ton and approval ofthe late Prohibitory Liquor
Law He accused us of hypocricy, inasmuch
as after having supported that law, we are
now endeavoring to bring down public indig
nation on HIM for having done the same. We
did support that law, at least so far as to de-
mand for fair trial, promising if this trial
did not prove it such law as was demanded,
we should no longer support it. We and all
other supporters of the law, were prosecuted,
or at least heartily abused, for our course
To this we had no objections, but we were de-
termined Gov. Wright, who had recommend
ed such law, and in his recommendation said
no consideration of dollars and cents. or loss
to dealers and manufacturers, should interfere
with It's establishment, and who approved this
law, (and it only became law through his Of
fetal sanction, should be held to the proper
sponsibility. We do not say he did aCrong in
this, but we have said let those who abused US
SO heartily bring home the responsibility to
where it belongs and make him share with US
in their condemnation. There is no hypocrcy
in this. But his attempt to sneak out Of the
responsibility was simply contemplate. He
took the position that because he signed this
bill, and thus gave it his public approval that
was no reason he did approve it, Why has he
then vetoed bills because they contained fea-
lures of which he did not approve? He didn't
like the bill altogether, yet by his act he made
it a lawl He was temperance man. He
hadn't been inside of groggeryrfor seven
years, and if he were candidate for Congress-
he wouldn't 60 inside of one to get every vote
in Vanderburgh comfy. All righ,-but many
Of his Democratic admirers and supporters
were tnen inside of bar-room not twenty
sssps from him. His strong temperance prin-
ciples we do not object to- but we do object to
his endeavoring to sneak out of the response
bility of this Liquor Law while advocating
such principles. Whether he liked the meas
ure altogether or not he made it law.
KANSAS, sc.
Wright took an entirely original plan in
treating the Kansas question. He wanted to
know what business the people of Indiana