The Evansville daily journal., 1856-08-13
FILLMORE ELECTORAL TICKE
GEORGE P. DUNN, of Lawrence.
ANDREW w. OSBORNE, Of Laport'
The Refutation Of a Base Charge.

Hon. r. w. Thompson, the best stump
speaker in this State, has for some time been
advocating the claims of Mllard Fillmore, and
rendering effective service to the American
party. His motives for this course have been
basely belied by at least one paper in this
State, which lately changed from Fillmore
TO Fremont paper. This paper charged that
Col. Thompson had Joined the Fillmore party,
and was now fighting it's battle, with the OBJ
ject of preventing any union between the
American and Republican parties to elect the
Peoples State Ticket, or to create division
where all is now unity, and by thus dividing
the votes in the counties, to return to the
Legislature q majority of Democratic Repre-
sentatives, who would thus be enabled to re-
elect Bright to the Senate, and elect Wright to
the same ofice-and that these gentleman
were pledged in this contingency to procure
the passage through the Senate of bill for the
relief of Col. R. w. Thompson, on account of
some old Indian claims. That is, that Col.
Thompson had made a regular bargain with
Bright and Wright in which he on his part
was to advocate the cause Of Fillmore, and use
every influence in his power to secure Dem
ocratic majority in our Legislature, and thus
obtain the election of Bright and Wright to
the U. S. Senate, while they, as their part of
the contract, were to reward him by securing
the passage of bill for his relief, through the
u. S. Senate, to the extent of his old and we'll
established claim, some forty thousand dollars
This was a serious charge-too serious to be
made on any idle rumor-yet made with as
much earnestness and assurance of correctness
as though backed by dozen respectable per-
sons who had been witnesses to such con-
tract 1t has been copied in almost every
Fremont paper in the State, and stigmatized
as regular bargain and sale of the American
party Indeed, the paper which made the
charge, offered it as one reason why 1T had de-
serted the Fillmore colors-it would be par
ty to no such fraud as this.
Now it is a singular fact that mere tele-
graph dispatch of six lines refutes this charge
in its whole length and breadth. A couple
days ago we published the following dispatch
in the regular Congressional proceedings:
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.
SENATE.-The Senate passed several private
bills and discussed for nearly five hours and
adopted the report of the Committee On Indian
Affairs. No further legislation is necessary to
enable R. w. Thompson to receive $42Ooo Tor
services rendered the Menonomee Indians.
Thus it appears the bill for the relief Of Col
Thompson has been passed, and just as ne and
his friends anticipated it must do this session.
He had no possible motive-for buying up Bright
and Wright. He never anticipated for mo-
ment that his petition would be a subject for
the legislation of next Congress No further
legislation is necessary TO enable him to re-
cover his Just dues Thus is this dispatch a
refutation of the slanderous charge, founded
upon a mere idle rumor, and seized as feeble
apology to aid other feeble reasons for desert
ing the Fillmore flag. Will the Vincennes
Gazette and other Fremont papers please call
attention to this dispatch and render justice to
Col Thompson? If they cannot advocate
Fillmore's claims with perfect ease to their
own delicate consciences, will they be so can
did as to admit that Col Thompson and some
Of those acting with him may possibly be gov
erned by honest motives?