Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-08-22

suit TO be brought in the name Of the State [
OF Indiana, upon their relation against any
officer, person or persons, Te0perati0n OF com
pany. for The recovery Of any lands or moneys
Ti9hJaiiy belonging 10 The Spamp Land Fund
or for The setting aside Of any fraudulent title
70 any Scamp Land or for The enforcement Of
any contract for the daeling GNd draining
such lands"
Now let us see how the Democrats acted
" hen put TO the test, and see whether they
were in favor of having all these fraudu-
lent cOnueyances of Swamp Lands invssti
gated and set aside, and the persons con-
nected with them exposed. and the lands
regained To the State
Mr.. Turpie, the present Democratic candi
date for Lieutenant Governor, and who was
the leader of his party IN the House, moved
! to lay the bill and report on the table the
ayes and nays being demanded, the vote
stood 45 for laying on the table and 80
against it, every Democrat that was then in
the House, but Mr.. Row, voted with the 40,
to lay the bill on the table, and every Re
publican voted against it but Mr.. Colgrove
(see House Journal, page eSl.) Mr. Col
grove then moved to reconsider the vote on
laying the report on the table Mr.. Pros
ser was Democrat, then moved to lay that
motion Oh the table. The ayes and hayes
being demanded the vote stood AZ in favor
of laying Mr.. Colgrove's motion on the ia
bic, and Al against it, every Democrat then
in the House voting with the AZ except Mr..
Row, and every Republican but one. voted
with the Al, (see House Journal, page $50
|. b
SO il will be seen that that il was strict
. ly a party vote, the Republicans all, with
one exception, in favor of bursting up the
whole of the Swamp Land frauds and ex-
posing every body connected with them
while every Democrat but one opposed it
; thereby saying to the world that they wer'
oppose to the exposure of these frauds
! and the men who were connected with them
: The people will Judge who were tbei
} friends in this matter, and upon what par
r ty the responsibility of this great iniquit,
t rests But this is not ALL Some DAYS af.
\ forwards, when the question again came al
r on the same bill substantially offered b.
;. Mr.. Griffin, Republican from Lake county
4 as an amendment to Senate bill No Is, Use
j., House Journal l069-70.) The quastio
= being on coneurring in the report, the aye
e and noes being demanded, every Republi
d can then in the House, together with fou
: Democrats, voted aye, which was to sustai
}. in the bill, and every other Democrat the
in the House bnt nine, left their seats an
y broke quorum, thereby again defeating tn
h bill. Another vote being taken there wer
IT just enough Democrats who remained j
IF their seats, although some refused to vott
lie to make a quorun, and the report wa
y adopted. But at no time were there enoug
is Democrats who were willing to vote wit
Or the Republicans to pass the bill. After a
- these acts no man who is a friend to iustiC
l. aud right, and who is opposed to thes
10 Swamp Land frauds, aud the persons vii
3 committed them, will longer uphold th
d acts of the Democratic party, in thus dc
ID feating the will of the people, but will hu
at them from power. 1t won't do for the to-
ID ernor and his allies, after these outrag,
ID upon the rights of the people, to hold Il
he Republicans responsible fer any of the
l. frauds, when they were willing and an
i ious to go behind the frauds of Talbot an
in Collins. as well as the frauds of all Demo
n Gratis who acted and conspired with then
Is and give back to the State all that had bee
ID thus taken from the people by fraud.
won't do for the DemOcrtic party to say the
,e opposed the bill because it would take ava
is the lands belonging to innocent purchaser
3. The law protects them, and the provision
= of the bill do not apply tie them, but
e fraudulent titles.