The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-15
The Mt. Vernon Umpire and tn
Douglas Platform.


On the Sd instant, we took occasion to
call attention to the fact, that the Douglas
men were secretly circulating, as an election
eering document, in POsey county, an En-
ira from the Office of the Mt. Vernon UNI
pire Ia protested Bell and Everett paper,
which Extra contained that which purport-
ed to be the Platforms Of the various pOliti-
cal parties. These platforms were accom-
panied by some editorial remarks " explain
atory" of the platforms, which remarks
were particularly Mandatory of the Douglas
platform over the others.
We charged in our editorial that this En-
ira with its garbled contents was printed
for "a consideration" The Umpire has
replied to our article, and seems grievously
sore over our exposure of the unfair trick
of its manager in issuing the Extra in the
manner he did. The Umpire hopes, indeed,
that we will revoke what we have said
about it and its Extra"
Now we do not feel inclined to do the
Umpire the least injustice; but really we
must persist in our censures on that paper
for its conduct in the matter under consid-
eration-the more especially since we have
read its lame and overdone defense.
We present to the public some of the points
of the said defense, in order that they may
:" s5ge for themselves of the unfair and dis
Preputable conduct OF the Umpire in this
matter and so they may say whether, if
there was any doubt at first of a wilful de-
sign 20 give Douglas an undue advantage,
the defense of the Umpire has not removed
that doubt. The defense is lengthy. We
cannot copy it entire, but give all that is
essential in the controversy
y
THE Journal charges us with being will
ing to issue an extra for the benefit of Doug
las for consideration. 1t is true, we did
issue the Extra just as we would print any
other circular when paid for so doing. We
deny the charge that we issued it as secret,
4 or even a public electioneering agent for
/ Mr.. Douglas. But we make the statement,
I, boldly, for the benefit of the Journal and all
/ others interested-we insert it as an adver-
tisement-that we viii execute all kinds of
circulars and electioneering documents for
f: all parties-be they Democratic, Republican
or Union documents-we will print for all
! on the most liberal terms possible. We So
/. licit printing of this kind
+.
: "Tbe Journal charges the Extra with
garbling the Platforms. 1t did not pretend
+. to give any thing except the slavery clause,
/ and all that was essential to an understand
t ing of this was presented. The resolution
of which it speaks was not omitted through
+; any intention of the writer; but as it was
j not in the Cincinnati Code, from which the
said clause was taken, and as the object was
not to make the quotations 100 long, it hap
: pened not to be inserted. Moreover the res
! olution of which the journal speaks in no
: way invalidates alters the slavery clause,
: as contained in the Cincinnati Code"
The Umpire. like all apologists in bad
cause, proves entirely too much it runs on
in its garrulous way, and says all we could
wish it to say in order to see it entangled
in absurdities. The first paragraph that we
copy from its defense gives all the excuse
necessary, if, as stated in that paragraph,
}. the Extra bad been printed as a typograph-
Br cal job for other parties. If the Umpire of
3rt, ice had been employed by the Douglas men
= TO print certain number of copies. to be
:. printed and handed over to them for their
own purposes, there would have been moth
= ing very di5honorable about the transaction;
~ but the case is different The editor of that