The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-10-04
The Truth Fully INDICATED.


banded clan of demagogues of the dominant
party who hold and parcel out, by the tricks |
and shams of party caucuses, the pubic |
offices and honors among themselves, as II
they belonged to them by the right of con-
quest The honest Democracy of Perry
county has been oppressed by one of the most
INSCRIPTIONS and imperious of these petty
county cliques. We have been endeavoring
to help the honest portion of the party in
that county, to get rid of the rule of few
petty intriguers at Rome, who have held or
disposed of all Of the Offices of the county |
for fifteen years; and the effort promises to |
be signally successful.
This clique last year foisted upon the 4
Senatorial District of Warrick, Spencer, and
Perry, stupid, ignorant member of their
cabal for Senator Not content with the
imposition practiced in putting him into a
place of honor, they attempted, for some
Interior purpose, to make fictitious repu-
tation for their bogus statesman, by claim
ing for him the paternity and authorship of
the Township Bill, one of the most impor-
tant laws of the last session. To expose
the impudence ofthis claim, we showed that
the man was incapable of connecting the
humblest address upon the stump or in print
to his constituents; that he had been obliged
to employ some one to write for him, every
thing that had ever appeared under his
name before the public; and what was still
more infamous than the cheat oil palming
OFF the ideas of others as his own, he was so
sordidly mean, that he had defrauded those
who had made his bogus reputation for him,
out of the just pay for their labor. We
asserted that the Township Bill, we believed,
was prepared by Judge Smith, who confer
red upon Shoemaker the honor of sending
it to the clerks desk in the Senate to be
read as his bill.
The effect of shot at long range can
be guessed by the confusion and consterna-
ton visible among the enemy. Our state
ments were most vociferously denied, and
vituperation and the vilest personal calumnies
of the whole clique, through all the news
papers in which they could get expression.
We never went into any contest, however
formidable the numbers and combinations
against us, with truth on our side, that we
did not win triumphant victory. This
case is not an exception. The following
correspondence between some of the staunch-
est Democrats in the county, fully confirms
every statement we have made, and buries
up those who have maliciously traduced and
villifed our motives and conduct in heap
of infamy, from which no amount of bold
falsehood can ever extricate them. The dis
closures will, we trust, break up the band
and relieve the honest members of the party
from their infamous rule. Jno. G. Shoe
maker, at least, will hereafterbe appreciated
at his true value. The correspondence ap-
peared in the Cannelton Reporter of last
Thursday, which has been, with the New
Albany Ledger, the vehicle Of Shoemaker's
denials and abuse We ask the Ledger, as
a simple act of fair dealing, to copy the
letters.
OFFICE OF THE REPORTER,
Cannelton, Sept. 90, 1859.
TOT. B. MAYNARD, ESQ:
Dear Sir In private and in public, your
name is frequently mentioned in connection
with statements affecting the political and
official standing of the Hon. j. G. Shoe
maker, the distinguished gentleman who
represents the counties of Perry, Spencer,
and Warrick, in the Senate of the State
these statements being calculated to impair
Mr.. SIS reputation as a man of talent leg
islative ability, and honorable dealing, and
lower him in the estimation of all honora-
BILE men.
AS you are presumed to know the facts
upon which these statements rest, we re-
spectfully request you to make such state
ments through the RsDoTteT az will aid the
public in arriving at correct conclusions in
The matter, and Of forming just opinions of
the political integrity Legislative ability,
and sense of honor Of the Hon. J. G. Shoe
maker.
In making this request, we feel assured
we are taking a step which will advance the
true interests Of the Democratic party i'm the
county Of Perry.
Yours With due respect H..
Jxo. e. WADE,
W. q. SAMSON,
r. DUSca.
JONH r.. KOLs,
JOsEPH VI. GESF
GeHtLemen:-The statements IN circulation
in this community, and which have found
their way into the columns OF several news-
papers, "affecling the political and official
standing of the Hon. Jno. &. Shoemaker,
the distinguished gentleman who represents
the counties of Perry, Spencer and Warrick
i'm the Senate of the State, have been
brought to my notice previous to the date OF
your note.
fully agree with you in the opinion
that the statements are well calculated TO
damage this " distinguished gentleman in
all claims which he or his friends set upto his
being gentleman of talents, legislative
ability and honorable dealing, and lower