The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-09-03
A New Fillmore Organ-Ths Rockport Demo-
crat and Judge Baker.

crat and Judge Baker.
The last number of the Rockport Democrat
is quite refreshing. 1t very mOdestly speaks
for the Fillmore men, and pretends to know
precisely how they are going to vote, why they
will vote thus and SO, &c, &c. We should
be sorry indeed to believe that the Rockport
Democrat in its violent and utterly unpardon-
able course against Mr.. Veatch, has the SYM
patty of a single Fillmore man in Spencer
county. We cannot believe it has the appro-
val of any honest Democrat in that county,
who can understand rascality in politics as he
may love fairness. We can assure the Fill
more men Of Spencer county, and the Fill
more men of all parts Of the District, that the
late bitter feelings INDUCED in by some Amer
leans in this city, in view of the fact that the
nomination of the Princeton Congressional
Convention did not fall on a Fillmore man,
and their consequent indirect opposition to
Veatch exists no longer, or no longer in
any manner openly expressed. The Ameri-
can party hereabouts Will throw no further
impediment in the way of Mr. Yeatch, and we
believe he will be triumphantly elected. We
have not the slightest faith in the impressions
the Democrat seeks to cast abroad, that the
Americans Of Mr.. Veatch's own county are
dissatisfied, and will refuse him their support.
We should prefer having little better author
ity than this, before we can believe that the
Americans Of Spencer will lend aid and com
fort to their bitterest and yilest enemy, Judge
Leckhart. -. af
But, speaking of the Roekport Democrat
we make the following extract from the last
number of that paper, just to illustrate what
manner of paper it is, and just how much con-
fidence may be reposed in any of its state
ments:
MORE ABoLITIoNIsM-HIGHER LAW Doc
TRINE-lt seems that Massachusetts is not
alone the abode of higher law advocates
and despisers of the National Constitution. Il
appears that one CONRAD BAKER, the Alb
clifton candidate for 1t Governor, in a speech
at Newburgh, last week declared to Indianians
the disgusting and traitorous doctrine, that
there is "HIGHER LAW THAN TIE CoNsTIrU-
TON" When reminded of this infamous sen
timent by Willard, in reply, Baker, denied ut
terng such a sentiment, but the Abolition
thing who would be 1t. Governor, had to face
the music. Witnesses were called upon the
spot who testiSfied that Baker had uttered
such damnable treason.
In the first place it was never even charged
upon Judge Baker that he had made such re-
mark at Newburg-and the Democrat exhib-
its very condemnable ignorance at the very
start. 1t was charged that he had used the
expression in certain trial in this city, vii
lard called on only one witness to prove this
and that witness was our Sheriff, who no
through ignorance or misconception of Judge
Bakers remark, made himself tool enough o
Willard to verify by his word Wizards state
ment. Judge Baker in a recent speech, tool
up this matter in detail. He proved by Ger
tifcates from the Judge of the Court, Judge
Iglehart, and Jas. L. Blythe, Esq, that h
made no such remark, nor anything similar t.
it. We have published those certificates. w
now call upon the Rockpor Democrat to d.
Judge Baker the justice to re-publish thes
certificates. 1t has given publication to bas
SANDER upon this gentleman. If it uttered
this Islander in honest ignorance, it has nov
the proper information to correct it, and Sc
Judge Baker right before its readers w
shall see whether or not it will do this