The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-07-31
Giving up the Battle-willard Badly Scared.


Giving up the Battle-willard Badly Scared.
There is every prospect that the Old Liners
will in their State ticket, be as badly if not
worse whipped this year as they were two
years ago. They are now discouraged, and
their leaders are fighting a weak battle. There
will probably be a warmer strife in this Dis
trict than in any other in the State. As they
did two years ago so will the Old Liners now,
devote their strongest energies to preserve the
First District. A defeat in this Gibralter of
their strength, will be the only blow needed,
with their certain prostration in nearly every
other District, to destroy them as party in
Indiana. They know that and every effort
in their favor will be used to prevent defeat
here Willard has given up the State private
ly, though publicly he carries bold face. We
have understood that while gentleman was
sitting in the State Library room ct the Capt.
tol, concealed from view while reading by in
terposing objects, Willard came in and ad-
dressed Gorden Tanner, the Librarian, who
had been laboring zealously for him. He de-
clared he was beaten 25, 900 votes, and Tanner
agreed with him, declaring that he was not
going to waste any more time and money in
so useless struggle. Both were indignant,
as new and bad news had evidently just broken
senses.
4 correspondent of the State Journal, sign
ing his own name, says:
I.
versation, about political affairs, with two 9TH
er gentlemen (who they were do not know
in the State House yard, and was near enough
to them to hear distinctly what passed be
tween them:
First gentleman asked Willard. allow is it
going?'' (referring to the coming election 20,
we are licked-we are licked" answered Mr..
w. Second gentlemen added, "We are that
the damnedist."
The same writes in another part of his COM
munication says:
But why does Mr.. W., and why do his pets
get so waspish and "venomous' at me? A
gentleman of unimpeachable character, from
another county, has published that he heard
Willard tell Mr.. Culley that the State was
lost-and that he (WiIlard) would not spend
another dollar of his own money in the can
vassi
am told, also, that another gentleman of
equal veracity, from johnson county, heard
Mr.. Willard say, that the Old Line party in
Indiana were ''going to hellE'
Willard is doubtless more candid than poll
tic. There is determination among all men
opposed to Old Lineism, to sweep it from this
State the ensuing election. We all remember
their acts in the last Legislature, when in a
decided minority, yet holding the power in
the Senate, they clogged the wheels of legisla-
ton, and basely used their ad vantage for the
most rascally purposes-eyen preventing the
election of U. S. Senator, because they, the
minority, and representing minority of the
people, could not get Democratic Senator
and thus compelled Indiana to be represented
for two years in the q. S. Senate by only one
Senator, when the smallest State in the Union
had two. The people have not forgotten the
infamous conduct Of the Old Liners in that
Legislature, nor the iniquitous acts of the
Pierce Administration which the Old Line
party of Indiana endorses. Willard supposed
they l0ou1d forget, or that not forgetting they
would prove themselves filled with christian
spirit of forgiveness. Butchristian charity has
no mantle large enough in politics to cover
Willard himself, who the leader of the Old
Liners in this Legislature, and the prime
mover in all their raseality, has been thrust
before the people of Indiana by his party to
ask their suffrages for the highest office in
their gift. He has discovered this, and he has
no doubt the very best reasons for his belief
that he and his ticket will be defeated by
large majority.