The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-09-22
BILL Eu1llsll.


We have been present in the District and
witnessed three canvasses made by Bill Eng
lish for Congress. We have every reason to
believe from what we have seen, that there
is no exaggcration in the following state
ment from correspondent of the Indiana
polls Journal, of his infamous course. There
is not in the Union a more INSCRIPTIONS
trickster-a more daring and reckless liar
trying to gain the sufIrages of the people.
Refusing to meet his adversary face to face,
he is skulking about the district, re-iterating
his falSehoods unchecked and uncontradicted.
His vanity, too, is equaled only by his block
headcdness.
The writer, living in Harrison county, says
the little village of Laconia has received a
visit from Mr.. English, the veritable author
of the English-Compromise Measure.
He is now engaged in canvassing the Sec
ond District for Congress. For reasons,
which can he readily inferred, he has refused,
as you are probably aware, to enter into n
joint canvas with his competitor, Mr.. John
NJ. Wilson. AS might be expected under
these circumstances, his speech abounded in
lies and Misrepresentation without number;
in fact, | am confident that the meanest and
lowest political hack that the Democrats
have in this county would hardly have
stopped to such meanness.
But the English bill is his peculiar hobby
it was the SAVIOR of life unto life-thc sal
vatiOn of the Democratic party, and, through
it, of the country at large. This part of
his speech had more than Bentonian ego
tism in tit was the concentrated extract
of selfpraise-the quintessence Of the i'm
mortal ego. The country was on the eve of
dissolution. Four Southern States had
made preparations 10 form Southern Con-
federacy. The Administration was par
alyzed. The Democratic party was separ-
atcd into conflicting elements. A general
chaos existed-when lol the bill which
originated, which wrote, and which was
sharp enough to first think of, appears over
the troubled waters, and all is peace and
harmony; Wondrous changel Kansas,
! which had been the scene Of carnage and
bloodshcd, became a peaceful haven of rest,
and the happy people had beat their swords
into plow shares and pruning hooks. Bon
fires and rejolcings Of women and children
had hailed the passage of has Bill at the Ma
ional Capitol. Confidence was restored be-
! tween the two sections of the Union, and
( Che didn't say il, but thought il no doubt)- D
I the chances of Senator Toombs calling the
/ roll of his slaves from Bunker Hill Monu-
ment, increased a hundred fold.
But some people-though they were few,
he was happy to say-charged that there
was discrimination in that Bill in favor OF
! slavery. The imputation was false. There
was nothing of the kind in il, and he rather
thought he ought to know what was in that
Bill. Did it not provide That when there
was enough population i'm the Territory to
entitle her to one Representative in Con-
gress, that she could apply for admission
either with or without slavery? Was there
any discrimination here? As to the poin,
that she might have adapted the Lecomp,on
Constitution, and come in with slavery with
only 10000, you know ! knew that she
would never do it. That clause was inopc.
rative from the beginning" What did he
put in the Bill for, then?-ED.
What a rare explanation Of the meaning
of a great public measured!