The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-10-05
Judge Laws Meeting.

draw together a crowd of his friends at
Apollo Hall on Saturday night. To pre-
serve, if possible, a lingering respect they
had for him, and to spare themselves the
pain of witnessing the self-immolation of
neighbor, few came, and the Judge enacted
the deed of folly, fortunately for himself, be-
fore half filled seats. Many went to listen
to an ingenious justification of an apparently
inconsistent course-to witness a display of
an old lawyers ability to make the "worst
appear the better reason" But such turned
away in disgust, after a few sentences and
left the house. From the imbecility of
bad cause-from the rust of Incidence upon
a once polished mind-or from the ruin
which arrangement of the moral ma
chinery brings upon every intellect, there
was neither logical consistency ability
nor the spirit which sincerity imparts to
honest error and native mediocrity. 1t was
the saddest spectacle of the season, to behold
one whom all parties of this section would
have delighted to honor as U. 8. Senator,
had he maintained his dignity and self
respect degrading himself by an act of the
most palpable standardization, and becom-
ing subservient agent to accomplish the
corrupt designs of the Post office clique,
who, after use, will cast him aside
as a debauched and dishonored victim of
their of seduction.
The Judge said the associations of that
old Hall awakened all his Democratic en-
thusiasm. 1t was there they had met and
counselled in 1856, and perfected the meas
ures that had secured the Democratic tri-
umph in the Pocket; and that glorious VIC
tory carried the Democratic State ticket in
October, of that year; and the result of the
October election in Indiana had, by its
moral influence, gained the votes of at least
two other Western States for Mr. Buchan-
an, and had made him President. 1t was
therefore, the Democracy of Vanderburgh-
the few noble and patriotic Democrats that
had assembled in 1856 under that root, who
had made James Buchanan President of the
Tnitcd States. There was for that service
a deep and everlasting debt of gratitude
due somewhere to somebody. There were
now traitors and renegades in the camp
who would rend ard destroy the noble
phalanx Of patriots in this district, who had
done this grcatservice to the country, Fol
his own part, he was resolved to live and
die faithful TO the principles "and usage;
of the party" For his devotion to the par
ty usages he had received columns OF
abuse; few short sentences of which he
read; one from his Leeompton organ in
Warrick county, which said, he deserved
and would receive, his reward for coming
out from among the boilers To silenc
such assertions, he declared he had no ex
pectations of an Office, and declared hi
firm determination not to accept of any OF
flee from Mr.. Buchanan, if rendered. II
hopes there would be no further impeach
ment of his motives. --E1 9sT E.J 7-
1t has been charged that he pledged him
self to support Judge Hovey; he had mad
no such pledge; Judge Hovey, if presen
would not say it. Last spring, when abol
leaving for the East, he met Judge Hove
on the wharf-boat, as he was going on boar
a steamer, who declared to him his intentio
to become an independent candidate ft
Congress; but proposed to withdraw hi
own claims and support Judge Law, if /
would rum The latter replied lie was goin
East, and would be absent for three month
and could not, therefore, run. But to Hove
he said, go ahead" This conversation w;
hurried, and cut short by the arrival of tt
steamer. But, before entering on board tt
steamer, he told Mr. DENLY that Hovey w
to be an Independent candidate but that
(Law) should not support him. The spcal
er called upon Mr.. DENLY, if present, to col
firm this statement; but Mr.. D. did not I
spond to the appeal.
IF the Judge had appealed to US, V
could have assisted his memory, for we we
present and went up on the same boat wi
him, and on the trip he made his intervit
with Hovey the subject of conversation.
DOIQ BenIlelneu were Waiting Inc dIrlfdl
steamers one to go up and the other do7
the river, nearly all day, from breakfi
time tilf late in the afternoon. Their &C
versations were repeated if not continuo
upon the subject Of Judge Hovey's cam
dacy. In the morning Judge Hovey "
undetermined what course to pursue, a
requested US not to use his name but, af
his consultations with Judge Law, he
formed us he had resolved to announce hi
self candidate at Mt. Vernon, and wo,
send copy of his address to the people,
insertion in the Evansville papers.
II is apparent that the interviews betwe
them, whatever might have been said, h
the effect to induce Judge Hoyey toprocla
himself candidate Judge Law, ON Il
day, rs before and after it, openly and FREE
rreprobated the course of Judge Niblack;
clared that nineteen-twentieths of the p
pie We're against him, and that he could
be re elected by the Democracy. w
more ne said to Judge Hoyey is known
ly to the gentlemen themselves. But 81
words as he spoke to others u.ere eno,,