The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-04-24
Messrs. Lane and Hendricks.

Messrs. Lane and Hendricks. -
The Enquirer on the goth charged that
we falsifed facts when we stated that Col.
Hendricks had been " bushwhackine" around
over the State since the Democratic State
Convention. That paper confesses that he
has been making speeches, but says he only
went where he was limited to address Dem
ocratic meetings. That is weak dodge
How easy would it be for him or some one
for him, to privately desire a friend in a
certain locality to get up an inUitation.-
Any gentleman who has been SO hotly on
the track for the Governorship for nearly a
year as Mr.. Hendricks, would find no diff
ficulty in being limited to speak, The truth
is, he has been eLectOneeTing industriously
for that dignihed Office for nearly year,
and thus has detracted from the dignity of
the position. Having got the nomination
by processing to be stronger popular SOW
ereignty man than Mr.. Durham (although
be held Office under the Lecomptonites for
two years and endorsed their measures), he
commenced bushwhacking around the
State and has been at it ever since. At
Lawrenceburgh, for instance, he made a
speech in the absence of his competitor, and
there landed himself and attempted to
belittle Col. Lane, when the latter was not
present to reply.
Col. Lane then planned series of speeches
in Southern Indiana on his own hook. But
we let the regular Indiana correspondent of
he Ga-offo toll tho
The appointments for the canvass were
first made by Col. Lane alone, under an ar
rangement with Mr.. Hendricks that after
the Chicago Convention there should be Il
joint canvass of twenty Speeches, before and
after which each was to speak as he chose
Mr.. Hendricks, under this arrangement, had
made several speeches, among others the
one at Lawrenceburgh which we published,
without inviting Col, Lane to be present, or
even notifying him of the appointment.
Col. Lane acting for himself made the list
of appointments now being filed, without
notifying Mr.. Hendricks. But Mr.. Hen
bricks did not like to let Col. Lane traverse
the stronghold of Democracy alone, so he
demanded Of Col. Lane share of these ap-
pOintments. 1t was rather cool proceed
lug, considering the agreement and his own
action; but Col Lane conceded the demand,
partly because he could claim this canvass
as so much of the "twenty-speech canvass
which had been agreed upon, aud partly
because he did not care a straw whether Mr.
Hendricks spoke against him or not; So the
canvass becomes joint one, and the
"Pocket" will have a little season of ex-
citement in advance of the nominations and
the general canvass. 1- Htf
A correspondent of the Gazette from JEFF
fersonvilIe also confirms our assertion that
Col. Hendricks showed himself in, where
modesty should have forbid him to enter:
The appointments, of which this was the
first, extend along the southern borders of the
State They were not originally designed
as meetings for discussion, but were selected
as points at which MIR. Lane should ad-
dress the citizens. Alter the announcement,
Mr.. Hendricks requested OF his competitors
to be counted in, which that gentleman as
scented to, although there was q specific
agreement that there should be twenty
Joint debates after the Conventions, the re-
mainder of the canvass TO BIO conducted
cording TO the views of expediehcy enter
tanned by the respective candidates.
We have now sh0wn that we have not
falsifed in these matters. ti.s
The Inquirer thinks that by the time Mr..
Hendricks arrives here we will admit that
bad character. We have never given Mr.
H. a bad character attempted to do SO.
We merely argued that he ought to live up
to his agreement and allow Col Lane to do
as he had done--canvass where he pleased
without molestation until after the Con-
ventions. Mr.. Hendricks is an honorable
gentleman, a courteous debater, and an able
man. But he is in political matters, very
unfair
We are perfectly satisfied that the matter
has turned out as it now stands. In Ger
man and other such confirmed Democratic
townships, Col. Lane will come face TO face
with men who have not lately had an OPP
portunity to bear of much besides De-
lnocracy. Hundreds of them will thus be
rescued from the horrors of Buchanan De-
mocracy, who otherwise might have perish
ed in their political sins.
Col Lane would have damaged the Demo
crazy, as they feared by traversing South
ern Indiana alone, but his good Offices would
have been limited by the number of Demo-
Gratis he could have reached with his argu-
ments. Now he can preach to more of them,
and hence the damage TO that heresy will )
be greater than if Col. Lane We're alone |
Thus will this game, which was intended /
by the De mocraey to be particularly Shdrp,
be overruled to their discontinue, and the
benefit of the Cause of the People.
B9y~ The Washington Star says; Col /
Lauder is a native and citizen of MasSachu !
setts, but has spent some years on the ex- /
treme Western frontier, where he has been
professionally engaged rs a civil engineer. i
Politically he is a very emphatic Pro Slave
ry Democrat, and the fact that he is the /
cousin of Mr. Potters wife, we take il for .
granted is the reason why lac found