The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-08-27
Something for Irishmen to read-A Will lard
-. Ealsehood Exposed. ~

70 IQCIcdSc tuS Nio6 iNA ViAAAho Va eANoS
who heard his late speech here. More shame
less falsehoods were never uttered in the pres
ence of portion of the people, than by this
man, who is aspiring to the Office of Governor
Of Indiana lie lied to please every class rep
Z resented in his audie nce--he lied to please
those calling themselvs Democrats-and he
: lied apparently for the mere love Of lying
Among his other false statements, he said that
Herbert, who murdered the Irish waiter at
Washington, was Knoio Nothing, elected in
California to Congress as a Know Nothing, &C..
AT this, squad of Irish in the audience set up
howl of delight and uproariously applauded.
Now, we want to give Irishmen few facts re-
Elating to this matter, not for the purpose Of.
proving Willard dirty falsifer, for that needs
no proof, but to satisfy them as to the political
character of the man who murdered an Irish
man in cold blood, and has been turned loose
upon the world through the influence and
money of his political friends, and who through
them still retains his seat in Congress.
= The Washington Union ought certainly to
be good authority with the Democracy. 1t is
the leading Democrtic paper in the country,
and the organ of the administration. In its
issue of the 9Th inst, it claims and endorses
Herbert as a Democrat. The Union Of that
day says:
Mr.. Herbert gets into distressing difficulty
with waiter at the hotel, which has since
been disposed of by jury of his countrymen
of opposite political opinions Mr.. HERBERT
is A MEMBER OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. The
unfortunate man who lost his life was an Irish
man by birth. These two facts are put to
gether by the New Y ork Tribune, to show the
murderous hatred borne by the Democratic
party to all our Irish citizens.
3 Thus the Union claims Herbert as mem
Der of the Democratic party, and after his
murder of Heating. Now until this murder, no
one had said Herbert was not Democrat
He was elected as a Democrat, and he attended
the Cincinnati Convention as Democrat,
seating himself with the California Delegates,
and in the place occupied by none but Delegates.
He thus was Delegate an the Convention
which nominated Buchanan to the Presidency.
That his election was claimed as Democratic
victory, we offer the following from the Gin
cinnati Enquirer, a leading and rabid Old Line
sheet. That paper in its issue of Oct. II.
1854, SAID:
DEMOCRATIC VICTORY IN CALIFoRNIA.-Not-
withstanding the division of the Democratic
party in California into two hostile divisions,
which everybody supposed would cause it to
lose the State, it has succeeded in preserving
its ascendancy by decided majority. The
Legislature is overwhelming Democratic. which
secures Democratic U. S. Senator, in place
of DR.. Gwin, whose term expires on the 4th
ofMarch next The Democrats hare also car
RED both of their candidates for Congress DENVER
and HERBER which will cause California
to vote for Democratic President if the cleo
ton goes, as many suppose it will, into the
House of representatives. They are both firm
Nebraska men, and will give the administra-
ton their cordial support. All hail the Gold
en- State, the gem of the Pacific, which shines
resplendently in behalf of Democratic princi-
pies.
Moreover, during this whole session of Con-
gress, Herbert has been voting and acting with
the Democratic party, and with no other. And
yet Willard says in the face of all these facts
that Herbert is Know Nothing, and was
elected as such!
But probably the Irish would ask little
evidence from one Of their oavn papers. Well,
we can give it to them. The Irish American,
good authority among the Catholic Irish, re-
views this Herbert case fully and severely
The American thus alludes to Herbert:
Herbert is a Democratic Member Of Congress
from the State of Calitornia-one of those foul
things vomited forth from the ruffianism of
rum-holes and the stufing Of ballot boxes
and he is, or appears to be, sustained by his
party. They sympathze with him, and re-
joice at his deliyerance from the vengeance of
the law.
Let it he recollected this Irish paper is q
warm sympathizer with the Democratic party
But hear the Irish American, Irismen, and
then decide whether you can feel as the Amer
lean FEELS or feel as Willard would have you
do:
For the Democratic party this is most Sc
rious case. The principles of that party have
always been, and still continue to be, our prin-
ciples--but if its members uphold the muir
deTer and halloo at his acquittal, with these
men-whateyer opinion may be of their ayOw-
ed principles-with them we go no longer
"You Cd id Irish Son of BIB
said the refined and Hon. Mr. Herbert, "get
me my breakfaste'-and then, wheR4he scuffe |
ensued, this Honorable Member OF Congress
this grave legislator pulls out his revolver, and
N..sc he, reeking from the stews Of an in l