The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-01-09
OUTSIDE ENLARGEMENTs.
THE INDIANA SENATORS.

The Washington correspondence OF tho
New York Herald, in recent letter says:
The next item on the programme in the
Senate will be- to dispose OF Messrs. Bright
and Fitch, of Indiana. neither OF whom, it is
eonten led, has any right TO seat in that
body. Their case Is a much stronger one
than that OF Mr.. Harlan, OF Iowa, in the last
Congress, and yet every Democratic Senator,
except Pugh, Toombs, and Slidell, voted to
turn him out. The question among the Re-
publcans now seems to be whether the two
speeches recently made by Fitch in The SEN
ate and Bright ut Philadelphia, both against
the policy OF Douglas, are to purchase them
their places yet longer against the lswa pre-
cedent, To which all the Democratic Senators,
except the three named, are committed. II
So the predictions that the Douglas cup
d'etat has disjointed, the Democratic party ].
not only true, but signs OF present weakness
are mai,ifesting themselves, which are alto
gether too notifying. Will the admins
tration side Of the Senae, by their public
acts, say to Mr.. Douglas, 1--WE can't do with
! out the votes of these men from lndIana.-
| They are necessary to our existence"
| No doubt the opposition would propose L
| turn out Messss. Bright and Fitch, and de-
mand that the Democrats should put them
selves on the record consistently. 1t is though
that Gov. Willard. OF Indiana, who is under
stood to be the right bower" Of Mr.. Bright
will give them certificates of appointment
before they get ont ofthe Senate chamber, j
| Bright says So; and OF course he will say SO
Then will come the tug of war, and u battl'
worth fighting.
The question will arise as to the Cover
nor's right to make such an appointment
| lie will hdoubtedly do it, on the grounS
that there is a vacancy within the meaning
Of the Constitution of the United States
which the Governor can fill by appointment
But the question is, is it such vacancy
1t was first decided in the Lanman ease, from
| Connecticut, and has always since been rec
ognized as q settled rule that the Governo
of State cannot make an. original appoint
ment which has not been once filled by al
election. 1t is claimed that the Indiana Sen
ators were never elected. and should be turn
ed out, upon tho ground that the pretended
election was no election. and hence void
Tie Senate having decided that the proceed
ings by which they pretended to be electe'
were void, it follows, necessarily, that tn
case stands in the same position 1t would
no election had been atom ptsd. In such
case 1t is admitted on all hands that til
Governor could not make an appointment
In fact, Indiana has remained for two year
with but one Senator, TOR the reason that tn
Legislature foiled to elect, and the Govorno
could not make any appointment; and Of
was void. the Governor could make no ap
pointment in either case.
Under these circumstances, it il prcsume'
here that. if Governor Willard should hav
the hardihood TO appoint these men Their
will be found Senator'S who will object :
aheir being sworn in. and thus prevent thei
admission into the Senate the second time.