The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-08-03
"a The Esaquax, some months since,

snti-Lecompton letter was the cause Of
Judge Hovey's removal and that that epistle
was good and sufficient reason for the act.
subsequently, when the State Sentinel dis
covered that this proscriptive deed initiated
against the scheme to harmonize the anti
Lecompton men, and invented the SANDER
that Judge Hovey was removed for neglect
of duty and incapacity, the Enquirer forgot
its former declarations and, as itsmercenary
service required it to do, repeated the false
charge, and endorsed it with the boldest as
sertiors of its knowledge Of its truth.
On Saturday it published Judge Hunting
tons testimonial to the fidelity of Judge
Hovey's discharge of his official duties as
United States District Attorney, and APP
pended the following r-lsSertions of the
charge The Sheriff of yanderburg county
knows more Of the manner in which the
United States District Attorney performed
his duties than does the United States Dis
trict Judge.
The following is the piece Of ridiculous
assurance and presumption, and blunder-
ing egotism of the Lecompton organ:
We viii not retract word of it. We
were present at the United States District
Court in November last, when and where it
was agreed upon to demand his removal
We begged of the parties interested to let
the matter rest at least until our Congress
ional nomination was made. We did not
want him removed till the Convention was
over, if it must be done. We were over
ruied-the letter was agreed upon and writ
ten, and is now on file in the proper Depart
ment at Washington, dated December 4th
or 9TH 1--WE do not recollect which,. The
letter is in the handwriting of Joseph E.
Mcdonald, and is signed by some prominent
Democrats, Lecompton and anti-L ecompton)
and can be seen at any time when called for.
We retract nothing about 1.-THE charge
wc made was true to the letter, and the GER
tifcate of Judge Huntington disproves moth
ing and denies not one charge made by US.
The letter demanding his removal was
written and placed on file two or three
months before the celebrated "turkey-buz-
zard" letter was written by Hovey.
If tho Enquirer had retracted, it would
have surprised the community, and invalida-
ted perhaps, in some degree, even Judge
Huntington's testimony. 1t meets every
convincing and well attested statement
against its assertions and assumptions, with
the replies and logic that is heard from row.
dies in their disputes in the lowest dogger-
les, and vilest associations-"it's lie'-''it
is a id lie" and he men who say so, are
"liars, scoundrels and FOOLS" This way of
meeting unpleasant facts and truths is in
conformity with the lasts and capacity of
those who use it, and may be thought smart
with few Of their congenial readers; but
with decent men it is fulfilling the desire OF
the German meeting which requested the
Enquirer to continue its usual mode Of dis
cussion.
But Judge Hovey, according to this state
ment, did not have the honor of being re-
moved upon The complaint of Mr.. Bright, q
person respectable, at least from his position
but was decapitated upon the demand Of d
tligate State office holders, conspired in Sc
cret TO demand theremoval an L. s. officer
too honorable and unbending perhaps tc
comply with their views, and the presiden
of the IT, S. obeys, and the victim falls-aS
if struck by a midnight assassination
knowing whence the blow comes. Here i
revealed, by the confession of one of th'
actors, a picture of the Administration anC
its mode of administering the Government
that should arouse the indignation of every
honest man against it. It's acts and meas
ures are directcd-it appears-by secret, ir
responsible midnight cabals of denagogue
and MISUNDERSTANDING such men as tn
Sheriff of Vander,urg-who dictate to tn
Chief Executive Of the country whom h
shall remove and appoint. Have Democrat
before suspected that the direction of publ
affairs had been transferred to such hands
that the Government had fallen to SO low
point of degradation Can any homes
Democrat endure the reflection which thi
disclosure suggests, without an effort I
break up this gang of political conspirators
Are the honors, the emoluments and thepow
CT vested in the executive officers of tn
country to be dispensed at the dictation {
such men, in secret conclave, as the Sheri
of Marlborough? Is there not an impera
tive demand for reform?
In this caucus of memorable Office hucb
sters, the Sheriff of Vanderburgh was tn
only propitiator for mercy; he begged ft
delay. If the charges were true, why as
Indulgence If the public interest suffere,
why tolerate the neglect of duty for a day
If they had any right, more than any loafe
in the street. to speak at all, it was du'
not to be compromised, to speak openly an
boldly the voice of the people and demar
the removal of an unworthy public servan
Such revealmeuts as the Enquirer is makir
of itself and its party is doing much
awaken honest men to 4 sense of thc d
Plorable state Of public affairs, and the d
graded politics of the day. We have Il