The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-09-13
EVANSVILLE md TUES DAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 49, 1859

Claimed by others, our private Information
may be warrant to us of the truth Of the
public report. Uponlthis sort ofwarrant the
statement above contradicted was predicted.
The denial does not help Shoemaker;-for
no one believes that man proven to be in
Capable of drawing up decent address to
his fellow citizens as a candidate for coun-
ty ofiice;-who was obliged to 60 to print
ing office to get champion to defend him
from a personal attack of an opponent and
when the service was done that saved his
character and election, too dishonora-
BILE and penurious TO make pecuniary conf
pensation for the labor,--could have been the
author OF so complicated bill.
If Judge Smith did not digest and draw
up the bill, there is a moral certainty that
ssme other did it than Shoemaker, who
could not, in the canvass, utter single sem
tence upon the stump, but skulked from his
opponent on every occasion, like whipped
dog, and took to the bushes, and by private
falsellood and low arts missed the people to
vote for him.
If Judge Smith authorized the above de-
nial, he has placed himself in dilemma,
one or the other horns Of which will hang
him up in very unenviable position
before the public gaze. IF he did not draw
up the township bill, he has committed a
great mistake in his former declarations for
it can be proyen--if men will swear to what
they have repeatedly asseversted-that he
has said to his friends, that he did draw up
the bill for Shoemaker; We have been told
so, by men whose word with the public is
as good as Judge Smiths If he denies that
be ever said so, we viii endeayor TO prove
it. Our purpose is simply to vindicate our
own statements. We leave the cabal to
founder in theirown self-contradictions and
Inconsistencies and to get out of them AS
they can.
Upon Il review of all the circumstances,
we cannot believe that Judge Smith ever
authorized the above contradiction. Like
the pretended denial of Mr.. Beaty,-which
we refuted last week-it is, in our opinion,
an unauthorized coinage Of some of the
clique, who have published it through the
unscrupulOus, Ignorant pig-headed, osten-
sible editor, HON the cabal have taken from
keeping of dirty tavern and selling lager
beer, TO blow the bellows, while they sound
the keys of their party organ. The para
graph is, evidently, not his, for he, like
Shoemaker, cannot make remote approach
TO "a correct sentence in English.
Instead Of these anonymous and irrespon-
sible contradictions, why don't the parties
SO agrieyed by our statements, and who are
so anxious for the reputation OF Mr.. Shoe
maker, call upon Mr.. ]. b. Maynard-who
is one of the subjects in this discussion-to
contradict our assertions and those Of our
correspondent. He is living among them !;
he Was participant in all the acts that
elected dShoemaker;-did more to secure the
result than any one else was privy to all
the schemes 10y which it was accomplished /;
wrote aud .prluted Shoemakers address
and is the chief sufferer by the contenpti-
bile meanness, that withhods the pay. Let
him answer whether all the statements we
have made in regard 10 the transaction are
true OF false.
That is the short aud simple way TO
settle the case. We will abide the refer
ence. If they will not make the call for
the testimony, We appeal 10 Mr.. Maynard, AS
an honorable and truthful man, to come
forward "A duty he owes TO the voters OF
the Senatorial District-and say publicly il
the assertions We have made in regard to
Jno. c. Shoemaker, and his election AS SEN
ator, are not true? And we viii PROFOUND
shall, on another occasion, putio some other
respectable and truthful men-whether he
had not heard Judge Smith say that he Bal
lard Smith, prepared the township bill in.
4 troduced by Jno. c. Shoemaker into the
Senate of Indiana, and which has become q
law? We shall want his answer.
/ We are tired of this wretched discussion
of "a contemplate subject. But il the par
ties persist in il, we shall resort TO some doc
uments, prepared and laid aside for future
necessities, that will, in our opinion, silence
or extinguish the whole cabal OF petty
county demagogues who have 50 long mis-.
led and eajoled and swindled the homes,
Democratic masses Of Perry county.
NEWS PROM SALT LAKE--Dates from Sal
:. Lake have been received at ST. Louis to the
! sth OF August. The election returns hat
y not all been received when the mail left
but a sufficient number had been received I,
show the election OF W. II. Hooper as dele
gate To Congress.
Lieutenant Gray, with party Of forty
two L. 5. Dragons, had surprised force o
Indians one hundred and fifty in number
who were concerned in the late massacre O
emigration on the California road. Th
combat lasted two hours. At the end O