The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-06-14
Hendricks on Lecomptonism,


The Auti-Lecompton Democrats, some of
them, have protested to be- well satisfied
with Thomas A. Hendricks nomination for
the Office of Governor, and that gentleman
! has tried to produce the impression that he
| has not been identified with the Lecompton
policy of the Administration. Besides the
fact that Mr., Hendricks held Office under
Mr. Buchanan during the time that the lat
ter was waging so unrelentless n war upon
the Anti-Lecompton men, we present the
| following evidence of Mr.. Hendricks's en-
dorsement of the odious Lecompton policy of
the Administration.
The following was recently read at the
Clerks desk of the House of Representa-
tives at Washington, by the Clerk, at the
request of MEMBERSHIP member having
found the interesting record in the Wash
| ington Union, which he obtained from the
Congressional Library. The Washington
Union was the official Democratic organ
| 1t will be observed particularly, that the
Presidents " late special message concern
ing Kansas affairs" spoken of in the frst
resolution, is that despotic message, wherein
the President insisted on the admission of
| Kansas under the villainous Lecompton
! Constitution. Honest Anti LecomptonDem-
ocrats, read the record, and say what you
think of it,
The Clerk read as follows:
'INDIANA DEMOCRATIC CLUB.-The citi-
| zens of Indiana, temporarily residing in the
city of Washington, have revived the or
! ganiZation which was in existence during
! the presidential contest of 1856, and which
! did so much efficient service for the Demo-
cratic cause in that campaign. The re-or-
! ganization now is, to promote the same gen.
eraI objects, and we have no doubt that like
/ good results will be accomplished The
following is a list of the members:
"Hon. Finley Bigger, president; Hon. T.
A. HENDRICKS, Chauncey Adams, r. II. Big
ger, DR.. A. G. Browning, John NJ. Caldwell,
/ r. S. Davis, Jesse l.. Davis, Alexander
Dodge, S. G. Dodge, John Bowling, F. D
4 Bowling, Oliver Dufour, Crotez Ewing,
Carey Guinne, Peter II. Hale, S. R. Howell,
Samuel J. Johnson, Chas. T. Jones, Daniel
Radebaugh, Theodore Read, Jas. H. Robin
son, DR.. VIM. F. Sherrod, George l.. Sites,
R. H. Slater, B. F. Slocumb, Thomas NJ;
/
w. G. Whttlesey.
"The following resolutions on the politi-
cal questions of the day have been adopted
! by the association:
"ResoIUed, That we cordially indorse and
approve the Presidents inaugural address
his letter to Professor Silliman; his annual
message to Congress, and his late special
message concerning Kansas affairs; and dis
approve and condemn the assaults which
have been made upon his Administration
touching his Kansas policy, as ill-timed,
unwise, and mischevous.
Z" ReSoLUed That, as Indianians and Dem
ocrats, we repudiate the new doctrine, that
the submission of constitution to the direct
vote of the people at the ballot box is vital
to the admission of Territory as u State
! into this Union. On the contrary, we con-
tend that Indiana, which came into the
| Union with a constitution not submitted to
the people, is a State as fully and legally
as those few States which submitted their
constitutions to the people preparatory to
their admission and what we claim for In
DIANA we are willing to concede to Kansas.
" Resogved, That while we regret that the
constitutional convention which met at Lee
| compton, and there framed a constitution
for Kansas, did not submit that instrument
to direct vote of the people; yet us neither
the Constitution of the United States, the
Kansas Nebraska act, nor the precedents in
our history as a nation, require such a sub
mission as prerequisite to the admission
of new States, it would be an unwarrantable
assumption of power on the part of Con-
gress, and violation of the Kansas Nebras-
ka act, to deny admission to the State OF
Kansas on this ground. = Washington Union,
Febr uory Is, 1858.
Conference.-The letter of acceptance