The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-06-20
Old Democratic Opinions.

Several times have we published the opln-
ions of leading Democrats in this State on the
subject of the extension of Slavery, opinions
from judges and lawyersas well as demagogues
of other professions, who were aspiring to the
IT. s. Senate in 1849-5O-and all these opin-
ions directly in favor of the principle now
maintained by men whom these tricky politi-
clans call abolitionists. Some Old Line edi-
tors have denied that these leaders expressed
the voice of the Democracy at that time. while
the reverend editor of the State Sentinel says
they were merely drawing the wool over the
eyes of two or three abolitionists to get their
yotesi A very honorable position for dozen
of the head and front Of the Democratic party
to occupy.sB But we will see how far they went
to get the votes of abolitionists and if the posi-
ton of the party in this State at that time
was not just as good for Free Soil as abolition
ism itself
The Legislature of this State in 1849-5O
passed the following joint resolution: (see page
246 acts of that SESSION.
:aSEcTIoN 1. Be it resolved by the General
Assembly of The State of Indiana: That our
Senators be instructed and our Representatives
in Congress be requested so to cast their votes
and extend their influence, to have engrated
upon any law that may be passed for the or
ganization of the territory recently acquired
from Mexico, provision forever excluding
from such territory slavery and involuntary
servitude, otherwise than in the punishment Of
crimes whereof the party has been duly con-
victed.'
1t will be recollected that this was passed
by Legislature in which the Old Liners had
a large majority. The resolution was recon-
mended by an Old Line Governor, received
the vote of nearly every Old Liner in the Leg
islature, and the oficiabapproyal of that model
Old Line Governor, who has just been max
ing aspeech in favor of the Cincinnati platform
and candidate who defends the Administra-
ton Of Pierce, the Kansas Nebraska bill and
Kansas outrages, Jos. A. Wright Those who
now advocate the principle contained in the
above resolution are denounced as aboIitionists
by the same men who passed the resolution.
1t is in the face of thousand such gross in
consistencies as this, that the so-called Demo
cratic party are asking the people to again
place confidence in them. We shall have
Judge Lockhart FORMULATING this District
spouting about the immutable principles Of
Democracy, and abusing all other parties, and
all men who will not uphold him as the rep
resentative Of immaculate political purity We
shall hear him talking about aboliti0niSts, right
in the face of the above resolution and of the
published opinions of the leaders of his party
ciy fba oN-tap OfG Iav-
cry When he does, let him explain how the
Democratic party has been placed in precisely
an opposite position to what it occupied few
years previous on the Slavery question-for
that the two are precisely opposite, he cannot
deny. If he gives the true explanation he will
say-"We placed Pierce in power, and were
expected to stand by him. He got ambitious
for reelection, as the Office suited him and he
suited the Office admirable. To court up the
Southern vote, he took hold Of Douglas Kan
sas-Nebraska Bill made it an administration
measure and then held it out to us as test of
our Democracy. Those who wouldn't swal-
low the infamy were declared no longer Dem
ocrats but abolitionists. Those who hung on
to Mr. Pierce's coat-tails, and swore by him
and for him, and gulped down the Nebraska
bill, we're simon-pure Democrats. The only
difference is, that it has left US occupying an
exactly opposite position to what we formerly
occup led on the slavery extension question:
That is the the way he a0ould talk if he
should speak as an honest, truthful man. AS
it is, we hold up before him the above resolu-
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pie as a part of the history of the past with
the Democracy.
"Figures won't Lie"
The Enquirer made terrible botch Of it in
pivinq the halIotinrs of the OldT inc Convention