The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-06-06
Communicated.
The Enquirer and Judge Law.

The Enquirer and Judge Law.
The official organ of Mr.. Smith Gayitt-
the ruler and autocrat OF Fanderburph
/ county--the Enquirer of this city; the pa
per " ich usually is forty-eight hours be-
hind time; the same paper which never re-
gales its readers with such news as trans
pres under its immediate observation until
such news is at least one week old-this
paper, in fl of alteration of Judge Law,
accused the Votks6ote of perpetrating a
falsehood.
The two gentlemen lately imported from
Southern Illinois Egypt, who have I'M
dertaken the by no means agreeable job of
editing and conducting the Inquirer, have
repeatedly heretofore given evidence that in
the local affairs and politics of the State of
Indiana they are eminently green. We
could prove our assertion in numerous in
stances, but will content ourselves to-day
! by giving below few extracts from the
! VotksbOte of an earlier date-extracts
which were written by the then Editor
Mr.. ToMHEMELT, upon verbal communica-
tons and direct consultations with Mr..
| Hovey, and with the special approval and
Endorsement of that gentleman.
! In article of the 22d of September,
\ 1858. on Judge Law, we read as follows:
"What yesterday was deemed impossible
and absurd we must acknowledged course
/ with surprise and with O shake of the head
] AS fact. The Lecompton swindlers sue
ceeded at the very moment of the crisis in
| gaining for their cause Al man whose influ-
ence we are not willing to underrate if de-
voted to better cause This man is Judge
| Law.
whenever the soldier deserts his stand
ard, and makes common cause with the
enemy of his country, and the murderers of
his brethren when on the eve of battle he
leaves his post of honor to cover his name
with disgrace, then he is called a fiithless,
cowardly traitor.
To apply that appellation however, to
! Judge Law-to do that would he intensely
| painful to US, but we ask ourselves in vain
how to excuse Judge Laws behavior and
! actions.
"BY the above we refer to fact probably
not known to everybody. Previous to the
Princeton Convention and before Judge
| Hovey offered himself as a candidate for
Congress, the said Hovey had conference
with Judge Law, in which Hovey assured
Law that he would not run for Congress,
should the Convention nominate Law in
stead of Niblack. Hovey declared himself
perfectly willing to make way and relin-
quish all personal claims in favor of Judge
Law, acknowledging Laws CLAIMS to a seat
in Congress az of older standing. Upon
! which Law gave him the assurance that be
would by no acts of his oppose his election.
! "Since the occurrence of the above Con-
vention, however, Judge Law has mounted
the stump against Hoyey. We sincerely
regret having to expose his duplicity. The
man who was once universally admired
and respected by his fellow citizens, has
placed himself in so unenviahe II position
! that it makes our lace blush II think of it.
political opinions may be altered accord
ing,to eircuIas ahces, hut to sacrifce'the prin-
| ciples Of honor, taithtulness and honesty
! dOolns the perpetrator 10 shame and dis
| gvace."
We copy further from an article of lhe
! gath of the same month and year
"The Warrick Democrat assures KS, that
/ Law, when in Newburgh, did well and
would soon find his reward
eve here take occasion 10 add 10 our
former remarks on Law, that Hovey, in
presence of witnesses offered Law to stump
the District for him, in case he should run,
and Law i'll return matte the same offer to
HOvey, who waited two full weeks await
| ing Laws determination in the matter be-
fore he would aRRoRnce his name AS a can
didate for Congress.
"ThiS, however, does not seem to hinder
him at present to work against Hovey-
why saOuld he not be rewarded p
il general Indignation manifested itse
amongst the Germans, when, in consequence
of the foregoing revelations, the eyes of tn,
people were opened, and they bebeld Judge
Law working with all his might for the lie
compton swindle. Ia consequence of thi,
feeling Nj. Hovey in this county received
coo majority, as he will remember.
Now Mr.. Hovey either stated an untruth
when he at that time made these statements
TO the editor of the F0lks6ote, or else h4
commits one now, when, as the Enquire,
says =" He denies that Judge Law ever ask
ed him to become a candidate in 1853 o.
pledged himself to his (Hovey's support"
We would advise the Enquirer hencefortl
not TO charge Elsehood on others until i
has previously satisfied itself of the Beliabil
ity of its sources of Information.