The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-07-15

OF The Evansville Journal has been labor
ing for some weeks to induce some one to
volunteer as Fusion candidate for Congress.
in the First District, but as no person seems
willing to offer himself as a victim of his own
accord, it now calls for mass meeting to
force some one to come On the track.
IN. d. Ledger.
We beg leave to inform the Ledger that it
is not probable that there will be candidate
of the opposition in the field. We see no
signs of one at all events. The reason is quite
apparent to the democrats this way. 1t is
useless to nominate when there is no prospects
Of an election Pike co Neeos.
We have not hit upon better text for a
few reflections, than the above for some time.
Although the outset is stamped with falsehood,
yet we are not disposed to find fault with it on
that account. We have an abundance of char
ity for those whose natural proclivity or ed
ucation leads them into the commission Of
folly. Habit is an arbitrary ruler. In the
first place, the Evansville Journal has not
been laboring at all to induce any person to
come out as candidate for Representative Of
the First Congressional District. 1t is not the
province OF this or any other journal to bring
candidates into the field. The PEOPLE Of the
First District know their own interests, and
we have sufficient confidence in their discrim-
ination to leave the matter entirely to them.
But, 10 the New Albany Ledger has an
oracle and modest one too-the "Pike Coun-
ty News" fedgling whose early pinions are
the protecting wingof Old Lineism at Peters
burgh-"begs leave to inform the Ledger that
it is not probable that there will be candi
date of the opposition in the feld,'' &c. &C.,
for all Of which information the Ledger should
be truly thankful. There is one fact, however,
to which we wish to call tho attention Of the
Ledger, Gas we infer from tie evidences, that
our Petersburgh cotemporary is blind, we of
course deem it useless to attempt to point out
objects to him lit is this that the PEOPLE of
the First District have of their own deter
mination appointed meeting to he held at
Princeton on the 18thinst., of which meeting
we in common with other opposition" jour
nails in the District have given Retice. And
that, at that time and place man will be
chosen-aye, chosen" that's the worldly
the people, to be candidate to represent their
interests in Congress. This occurrence the
editor of TIE Ledger will have an opportunity
Of witnessing-if he desires to be present
without any artificial opticals, aids the in
formation" of the knowing 'News'-man not
withstanding.
The editor Of the News says, we see no
signs Of one," Il. e. "a candidate of the oppo-
sftiou,") "at ell events" Blind as bat the
finn, however will soon be renewed, and if he
will then just run his eye along the political
zodiac, he will find signs of one,'' in the sign
of "Scorpio"-or probably Princeton Aries,
in the act of butting an Old Line Taurus of
the bridge. The editor of the "News" takes
p it for granted, that the ''the reason Why
(there is yet no opposition candidate in the
tield) lis quite apparent to Democrats this
way;'' but lest it should not be so apparent to
those at greater distance, We will explain
In the Democratic party nearly every man
is an offlce-seeker and with them each cam
paign is helter-skelter scrub-race, for the
nomination. Whoever first gets his schemes
all laid, and his plans all matured, calls a
Democratic C0nEention." The Harmonious
must Of course respond. The tagging candi
dates rally all their forces, but the fast man
has the Convention packed, after the most ap.
proved plan, and of course, he is unanimously
aomnated-not chosen. This rushing and
crowding for this Office Unsuitable desire after
place, accounts for the early formation of the
the names of a number of individuals will be
presented, from which to make choice among
which will be those of Jas. G. Jones, Esq, @
De Bruler, Esq, Mr.. Veatch, Of Rockport
j uige Pitcher, and several others, all high
minded competent men, but not one of whom
has solicited the Office or pandered, truckled
or bid for popularity. The nominee of the
Princetnn meeting will be selected as mucl
for his competency, as for his availability
There will be no caucussing, no packing, nj
bidding for votes by candidates. The PEOPLE
will canvass the qualifications of the mer
whose names will be entered for the nomina
ton and choose the best. And if the editors
of the New Albany Ledger and Pike County
News, will in the course of week or two
look abroad over the first district, they vii
see some very alarming 'signs"
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