The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-08-22
The Exhibition of RObinsOn-continued.

The Exhibition Of Robinson
John L. Robinson, whom Lockhart is lead
ing around this District to help deceive the
people into voting for himself was exhibited
in Lamasco last Wednesday evening. We had
not the happiness of witnessing the exhibition,
but we heard enough to satisfy us that in this
case the leopard has not charged his spots,
We understand that he raked over the Fill
more party, and ridculed their efforts in this
State. He said they would not cast 5000
votes in Indiana. He was very DESTROYS that
they should vote for Buchanan and Willard.
We have no doubt of it-but when they do,
they will be neither Fillmore men nor Ameri-
cans-nothing else than Old Line Democrats
hurrahing for the Pierce administration. Let
Fillmore men recollect the abuse and sneers Of
John L. Robinson. They may find in them
excessive great encouragement to vote for
Lockhart. In our opinion, Mr.. Robinson had
probably heard the dissatisfaction here with
Veatch among the Fillmore men so much ex-
aggerated, that he thought these dissatisfied
gentlemen were all ready to turn over to Old
!
ment, or encouragement, to do so. He prob
ably thinks these Americans" can't be any
thing else in reality but Old Liners, if they sus-
tain Judge Lockhart. Perhaps not.
But this man Robinson is advocating the
pro slavery doctrine He is for the Nebraska
| Bill. He is an endorser Of the Pierce admin
istration. He is dong what he can for the
slavery -extensoniSts. lie calls all men who
don't agree with him a5olitoniSts. He thinks,
or says in substance, that all men VINO don't
go the Old Line Ticket are abolitonists, in
Guiding Fillmore men. Now could it possibly
be supposed that only few years ago this
political harlequin who is traversing our Dis
trict mouthng the word abolitionist, and de-
ceirng the people with ialsehood piled upon
falsehood relative to the aJolitiolHsm Of his OPP
ponents, was just such an "abolitionist" him
self?
In 1849, the National Era, the national
abolition" organ, enormously ranked this
same John L. Robinson in the class of nom
interventionists whereupon Mr. r addressed
a note to the editor of the Era, which called
forth the following apology, to be found in the
Era of Dec. 81, 1919:
"MR. RoB1NsoN OF INDIANA-From a note
addressed to us from this gentleman, and from
the corrected OF his speech in the Congressional
Globe, we learn that we did injustice to him
in representing him as a nOn-interventioniSt.
| We regret this error the more because our pa
per has an extensive circulation in the District.
We are assured that he was elected as HTina0t
Provjso m7n continues Unchanged, and wW sup
port, without aOaUe1ing, that policy"
Now Wilmot ProviSo John is abusing as
abolitionists those who sustain policy precise
ly similar to that he advocated at the com
mencement Of 1885, and upon which he was
elected. But why show up the inconsiete.
cieS OF such men as Robinson and Willard
Their own political friends give them no credit
for honesty. None better know the arrant
demagogueism Of these men than those who
support them. If they were a thousand times
more obnoxious in their inconsistency and
demagOgueism, the lash OF party would drive
men to their support. But there is public
feeling which will lash such political knaves
out of power, or keep them out Of power
That public feeling is beyond the control oil
party hacks, but we earnestly trust it will con-
troll such party hacks as these.