The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-05-28


JOHN A. BEAL, of Miami.
OF We have received big handbill from
Fort Wayne, protesting to give detailed biog
raphy of John W. Dawson, the Fusion candi-
date for Secretary of State and the only repre-
sentatives of the Fillmore branch Of the party
on that ticket. The handful makes some ter
ribly severe charges against Dawson, which,
for the sake of human nature and the Fillmore
squad, we hope are not true. Still, there can
be no doubt of Dawson's great unpopularity
where he is best known.-[M a. Ledger.
We suppose this ''big handbill'' was got up
by that Reverend editor, Mr. Turner, who con-
ducts the Old Line organ at Fort Wayne
that model Old Line editor who recently ap-
himself a National American, occupying pre-
cisely the same position We do! We do not
wonder this reverend scoundrel hates Dawson.
Mr.. Dawson was his friend and his beneactor
he injured Mr.. Dawson-of course he now
hates him. But since discovering the charac-
ter of the miserable wretch he had befriended
Dawsonhas given Turner good cause for hat
ing him. He has exposed not only the polti-
cal, but the moral rascality of as great a knave
as the State of Indiana boasts, yet who is a
conspicuous Old Line editor! This man, this
vile wretch, whose home should be in the peni-
Tertiary, and his eyes never permitted to
look at Gods Heavens now attempting to
sting Mr. Dawson in return. Mr. Dawson is
we'll known over the State He is not only a
gentleman of ability, but of high moral princi-
Piles, and respected wherever known. He is a
candidate for Secretary of State on the Peoples
Ticket; and if elected, will discharge his duties
faithfully and with ability. Now, to illustrate
what kind of a man his traducer is, and what
kind of men are permitted to stand at the
head of Democratic papers in Indiana to in
struct the people, to inform and lead the rank
and file of the Democracy, and to propagate
and defend principles, and preserve a proper
tore to general morals-we will tell just what
Dawson prooed Turner to be-proUed him by
documents court records, private letters, &C.,
so that Turner has not dared dispute his own
rascalities.
Reuben D. Turner. is the name of the edi-
tor of the Fort Wayne Jeffersonian. Mr..
Dawson proves that he seduced young and
artless girl under his own roof, which girl was
eonfded to his care he being minister of the
gospel by her aged parent Turner stands a
seducer on the records of criminal court, and
under the most attrocious circumstances. He
showed the basest ingratitude to those who
had raised him from obscurity to position O
comfort and responsibility confidence
and swindled his best friends He is proved
to have basely neglected his aged mother
whom he knew to be dependent upon the
charity of others-even refusing to let her know
of his whereabouts for years-and he at tn
time minister! There are other moral crime
and delinquincies charged upon him, which ar
not needed to prove him monster in iniquity
His political rascalities and inconsistence
are on par with his crimes against moralit
and decency. Three years ago he was VI
holding freedom against slavery and temper
ance against nti-temperance, and bitterly op
Turner's opinions before the public in his ow
words. Afterwards, his real character bein
unknown, he became an American. He joine
council only last September. In October, h
applied to the Indianapolis Republican for a
editorship in that paper. Mr.. Dawson pul
fishes Turner's letter to the Republican,
which he "concurs in its teachings and objects
that is, he endorsed the Republicans view
which are now what he and his brother O
Line editors stigmatize as abolition doctrine
Failing to secure place there, he next apple
to the editor of the Evansville Journal for Il
situation of associate, declaring in favor of Il
platform adopted by the Republican State Co
vention, of July last. The first resolution
this platform utterly repudiates the platfor
of the Democratic Convention of the oath
May previous. We wrote back to him, tellil
him the Journal was National american. b
opposed to Old Line Democracy above
things-that it was for the Philadelphia PL
form, 18th section and all He replied that
cordially s,zsp1tkized with us in all our view
Mr.. Dawson publishes Turner's letter to
and also our letter to himself (Mr. Dawso
Shortly after all this, and when we WI
expecting Turner in person, we received ne
that he was about starting Democratic
per at Fort Waynel We then published
substance Of our correspondence, in brief