The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-09-17
Die. WhittIesey,s Reasons.

Mr.. Whittlesey's Reasons.
Mr.. Whittlesey said he had the meet
ing called to talk to his friends in his own
particular way, not for the purpose of
making set speech, to win votes or to
to acquire popularity. Had he purposed
to make etspeech be would.have made
some effort to get a crowd He had
simply sent note to the Journal request
ing the withdrawal Of his name from the
list of candidates, and to announce that
he would that night give his reasons for
his declensionl He said that some two
weeks agoia Democratic Conventionoin
Vaudeville had nominated him for the
State Senate TWAS matter in which
he feltas little interest as any one else.
1t was matter of indifference to him
whether he was nominated or not. He
went to Vaudeville not caring whether
he received the nomination or not, but
thinking that his friends chose to put him
on the track he would make the race. He
had since changed his mind. He desir-
ed to disabuse the mind of Brother
Thayer, who had said that he had nomi-
mated himself This was mistake. His
name had been announced by friend
while he was absent attending the Unit
ed States Court at Indianapolis. Had it
not been for proceedings at the Wades-
vile convention and certain occurrences
since. he would have been candidate
on his own merits. The efforts made to
satisfy him and his friends that he could
not be elected had led him to take the
course he now did The reasons why he
could not be elected were:
1st Because he, as deputy to Ellis
Lewis, District Prosecutor, had found it
his duty to prosecute great many men
for violtting' the liquor law; therefore
they would not vote for him. 1875
g(This we thought a rather doubtful
complaint to the Democratic voters of
the district, that they would not vote
for man, because he had performed the
duty he had sworn to perform as civil
oficer) E bne CageC COT
Mr.. Whlttlesey dwelt long and ably on
this point, and proved to the satisfaction
of every candid mind that it was the duty
of every man who had taken an oath to
perform certain official duties, to fulfill
that oath, and that this faithful discharge
of duty was no Just cause why Democrats
should refuse to vote for him.
I'd. He had, he was told, been accused
by the Stats Zeitung, as being the
abuser of liquor sellers. He then pro-
ceeded to pay his compliments to the
editor of the Zeitung, and to vindicate
himself from the charge.
He thought the license law not good
one; was not Just and equitable in its
application, and if he had been elected to
the Legislature, he would have made an
effort for its appeal He had taken this
position two years ago when candidate,
and had he been elected he would have
brought in bill for its repeal.
His Opposition to the License law
arose from the fact that it required the
lowest and vilest doggery in the perlieus
of the city, where they sell nothing but
chain gang and 40 rod whisky, to pay
the same license as the fashionable, arts
tocratic, finely furnished and WELDON
Quoted saloon down town, where gentle
men call to take their oath and their
oysters.
because Jne llCeHSe WAS pau IA int
general Treasury and was divided for
school purposes among the counties, pro
rata, with the number of children IN the
counties. sTyk -.-a.aIz
THe overlooked the benefit derived
from this provision of the law in its en-
enlargement to marriage and the mul.
tiplying Of the human species Br-
Because it became his duty as deputy
to Ellis Lewis to execute the law by pros
ecuting offenders while the law remain
ed on the statute books.
(He couldn't resign Of course. That
wouldn't be Democratic.) E
And lastly because under the war tax
an additional $40 was imposed on liquor
sellers and the people could not bear the
burden. q TE.h H8HgE ICEW
(He didn't say what was to become O
the free schools when the law was repeal
He did not understand that his friend
had treasured up anything else agains
bim.-or that they refused to vote for hin
for anv other reason And he Shouts
feel proud if no other charge could b
brought against him than that he ma
done his duty. ~ .fEce-
Mr.. Thayer, in the kindness OF hi
heart, he said had expressed the hop
that the earse Of his defamation, wa
that he had become convinced that th
time had arrived when party should )
laid aside and all should unite tor th