The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-09-14

foreigners, totally at variance with my SEN
timents, and repugnant to my feelings. The
statements attributed to me by this father
less production would, if carried out, have
resulted in my own disfranchisement, for
am one who had the misfortune to be rocked
in the cradle of poverty, and educated in the
school Of adversely. and all who know me
personally will laugh at the idea ofproscrib-
ing poor men. Wee the poor DISTINGUISHED,
my nearest kindred would share their fate.
Il is, probably, enough to say that in:the
county (Posey) where those certificates were
obtained no man seriously believes that L
entertain such opinions. Since they were
first used, more than nine years ago, | have
been elected by overwhelming majorities to
some of the highest offices in the gift of the
people My own county has never failed TO
give me more than my party vote.
In regard to foreigners have only to say,
that my friendship for them has no doubt
been the cause of this malicious production.
| have dared to stem the torrent of intoler-
ance and persecution which is being waget
against them Ihave dared TO tell their
enemies that their secret midnight political
caucuses were at war with the peace of so
ciety and the perpetuity of our republican
institutions. In word, have dared to
condemn the principles avowed by the Know
Nothing party, as unholy and unjust and
this no doubt, is the whole cause of my Of
Tending.
Nv public recorded acts prove my asSer-
tions. In 1850, when a member of the con-
stitutional convention, voted and spoke in
favor of the section allowing universal sut-
trase, and for the section now in our consti-
tuition which permits foreigners to vote after
having been in the United States one year
In the I'd volume of the Constitutional De-
bates, pages 1901, 1902, used the following
language in regard to that section:
81 shall not attempt to eulogise our for
eign population, but will merely say, that by
a compliance with the section under debate
am willing to hail them as freemen. In
diana has population of scarcely million
while her commercial, agricultural, and man
utacturing resources are capable OF sustain
| ing at least ten millions of souls. i hold i
sir, to be the duty of this convention, anC
that it should be the policy of our legisla
tors, to increase our numbers by every hon
orable means; and | regard the offer o
equality to those who fee from the oppreS
4 SION Oh OlItT 10 nc OhC Vi lic SUITS
means that can be used to bring about tina
desirable result. We need not fear them
they hare tcft the yoke Of the tyrGnt behind
and riit not rittingty ,cear a. here"
On the very eve of the election | hav
been taken by surprise by this infamous at
tempt to injure me, but feel assured tina
no good man will be influenced by an at
tack so secret mean and cOrwardly.
| ALVIN Z. iIOVEY.
September 10Th, 1854.
To the Public.
{" We have lately seen with surprise, on
names connected with a secret hand-bill,
which we are informed is now widely circu
lating throughout the State. We have ha'
nothing TO do directly or Indirectly wit
this coracardty and mean act. Every ma
who knows Judge Hoveys private and pub
lie character, can safely say that he Is .frml
opposed to the principles imputed TO Inn 4
that hand bill and we intend in the comm
election as we have done on former occs
sions, to give him our warm support. SEP
tcmber 26, 1884.
TURNER NELSON,
JOSIAH FORTH,
ELI ALBRIDGE,
NORRIS FEEHRER,
| CHARLES +. LEONARD.