The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-07-23
A Conspiracy Traitors in the Camp, or else
~ aatf Very Unwise men.

Very Unwise men.
We regard it as our duty to warn the friends
of Veatch and foes of Lockhart; of an attempt
now being made to betray them-and the
more dangerous from its emanating from
some Of those who call themselves Fillmore
men and Americans, and yet who, in pretended
horror at political sentiment contained in
batch of resolutions passed by a small minority
of the late ma IS meeting which nominated
Veatch, are indirectly lending their strongest
aid to elect Lockhart to Congress, the dirtiest
and most INSCRIPTIONS and most UNANIMOUSLY
slanderous foe by which Fillmore and the
American party, and the Fremont party too,
are opposed in this District. With Mr. Veatch's
name at the head Of our paper, and opposed as
he is to Judge .Lockhart, no attacks Of his open
enemies shall claim from us one-half of that
indignant reply with which we shall rebukc
the efforts OF men claiming to be Americans or
Fillmore men, who seek his injury in this
campaign, though they be the warmest friends
we have on earth, and political sympathlaers
with us in every other object. We believe
there is now systematic effort being made
by some pretended opponents Of Lockhart yet
real friends, in our own party. to secure his
election-and that men are operating upon
Fillmore men, or endeavoring to do so, to
make them betray the man they helped nomi-
nate for Congress, in pretended horror at
mere abstract principle which he may or may
not endorse-and to elect man who is the
open endorser of principles thousand fold
more opposed to the principles, which these
very men support, a most INSCRIPTIONS enemy
of every man and measure they advocate, and
the dirtiest representative in our midst of the
most corrupt features of Old Lineism. 1t was
Just such men as these, known at the time as
Locksart Wings, who elected Lockhart over De
Bruler few years ago-men, who while they
pretended to be Wings. labored earnestly to
defeat true Wing by the election of a most
ultra Locofoco We are not sure but that
some of these same Lockhart Wings are now
Lockhart Americans.
It being found impossible to get out can
didatc for Congress to run against Lockhart,
ss an independent candidate, from the differ
enccs of opinion as to who the man should be,
after mature consultation, mass meeting of
the people of the Districtopposed to Lockhart
was called at Princeton for the 18th. 1t was
we'll attended, and every county in the Dis
trict was represented. With an unanimity Of
feeling never before excelled in a nominating
convention in this District, Jas. G. Veatch, Of
Spencer county, was on the second ballot UNAN1-
MousLY nominated for Congress-and this
without consultation among the delegates of
the different counties, but each delegation en-
tering the Convention not knowing the intend
ed action Of the others, and casting It's separate
vote. Several friends of Mr. Jones in the
Vanderburgh delegation, were the only per-
sons who found fault with the nomination. and
this from misunderstanding among Them
selves as q delegation, which difference was
apparently reconced before their vote was
cast for Veatch. A few resolutions were pass
ed, and as we are informed, by small minor
ity of the Convention, while the delegations
were out consulting However this may be,
last Friday we published the full proceedings
of the Convention including these resolutions
1t is a little singular that Friday, Saturday
and Sunday, passed without the resolutions
claiming any particular attention, and so far as
we could learn by free intercourse with Fill
more men, without any objections being urged
to these resolutions or to Veatch because he
was nominated by the meeting which passed
them, excepting by single person. Sudden
", on Monday, we found several so-called
Fillmore men, very much horror-stricken, and
busily engaged in endeavoring to spread the
terrible panic among their fellows-and all
about one reSolution-one or two persons TAX
ing the ground, that no Fillmore man should,
would or could vote for Mr. Veatch, ifhe en-
dorsed this resolution, as though it were per-
feet consistency and an exhibition of most ad-
mirable devotion to the American party. to
refuse to vote for Mr.. Veatch for this one rea-
son, and give their support to Judge Lockhart,
their most particular political enemy, against
whom there are thousand stronger obiec-
tions.
Well now what is that terrible resolution ?
First. there came Kansas resolution, declar-
ing opposition to " admitting into the Union
Of States any State recognizing slavery, form
cd out of territory once consecrated to freedom
In other words, opposing the admission of any
slave State into the Union, formed from terri
tory declared by the Missouri Compromise