The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-10-02
JUDGELAW'S CONGRES
SIONAL RECORD.
TO the T3ters Of the First Congress


Sionul District:
Fellow CITIZENs:-I am eandidat
to represent you in the next Congress O
the United States. / am Democrat
have always been Democrat-and We
find myself, at the solicitation of man,
Of you, of all the old political organiza
tions, consenting to enter the field agains
the nominees of so-cdiled Democrati,
Convention.
But it is precisely because deny tha
character either to the Convention or it.
nominee that have yielded to the wishe
OF my friends and assumed the position
| occupy. a-e -.--.-..-
/ hold, with hundreds of good Demo
Gratis who have joined in urging me t.
this course, that the attempt to reorgan
ize Party in opposition to the Govern
ment, fighting for the salvation of the
country, against more bloody, desper
ate and determined conspiracy for its
overthrow than the history of the world
furnishes a parallel to, is not in accord
ance with the teaching, principles Oh
practices of the Democratic Party: and
as love that proud old party, in which
was born and have been reared, and
desire that its future shallbe glorious as
its past, | have felt it double duty to il
and to my country, to exert what feeble
ability may possess, in whatever posi-
ton may be assigned me, to rescue ii
from the utter ruin that awaits it under
the leadership of the men of the Sth-of
January Convention, and of the signers
of the misnamed Congressional Demo
cratic Address
| hold further that the Congressional
Record of my opponent, the Hon. John
Law, would far better suit the Represen-
tatlye of the most traitorous and oil
garchic District of South Carolina than
the loyal and Democratic First District
OF Indiana; ana demonstrates him to be
neither a Democrat, nor a friend of his
country in this, the great crisis of its
fate.
In conformity with the custom which
has always prevailed in this District and
which know the people, more than ever,
expected to be observed now, on the day
first announced myself as a candidate.
spectful note to Judge Law, inviting him
to arrange with me for series of ap-
pointments for addressing the voters of
the District in joint discussion upon the
great questions now agitating the public
mind, Judge Law replied to my letter
without responding to my proposition !;
and twice afterwards evaded and refused
to accept it. The correspondence has
been published. The people will put
whatever construction upon it they think
proper. To me it seems, that he must
have been afraid of something. Could
it be that Record? don't pretend to say
But have discovered in my personal and
solitary canvass of the District, that
am falling to bring that Record Sufficient
ly to the knowledge of the voters.
think they are entitled to be informed of
it. | think, before they are called upon
TO re-elect a member of Congress, they
should know how he has performed the
great trust they previously confded to
him.
As my opponent has thus refused to
assist me, by his personal presence, in
bringing fairly before the people his
course as their Representative in Con-
gress, am compelled to resort to this
means of effecting that purpose.
In the following pages will be found
faithful record, from the House Journals
and the Congressional Globe, of the Hon.
John Laws votes and proceedings upon
all the most important measures that have
been before Congress while he has been
a member. call the attention of the
people to it. invite them to a candid
and earnest examination of it. If then
they shall decide that Judge Law is a
proper representative for them in Con-
gress, shall at least have the eonsola-
ton, in my defeat, of feeling that | have
done my duty
"THE RECORD" will show that ever
since he entered the Halls of Congress,
on the 4th of July, 1861,
Judge Law has persistently voted and
labored against every measure calculated
to strengthen the Government, and en-
able it to crush out this wicked and infa-
nous Rebellion.
That just as persistently he has op-
posed, by vote and speech, and Congress
sional management and trickery, every
measure intended to cripple the rebels,
and prevent them from overthrowing the
Government
A bill passed the Senate, and was
before the House, proposing to increase
the pay of the private soldiers and nom
commissioned officers " four dollars"
per month Judge Law voted to strike
out "four dollars y per month and insert
t,co, and even then refused to vote for the
bill.
And yet he himself introduced and Sc
cured the passage Of measure to in
crease the pay of commissioned officers,
already out of all proportion compared
with that of privates
He voted against abolishing the Frank
ing Privilege in every stage of the bill,
thus insisting upon retaining for himself
the right to send his letters and papers
; By The ton, free of postage We don't
hear of his offering to share that privi:
lege with the poor soldier, whose paw,
with his help, is only $l3 per month,
while his own is $4,000 per year and
mileage
A bill was introduced to abolish this
odious swindle-the Mileage System. He
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