The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-06-10

7hird-A sum sufficient to paw the
military claims which had been allowed
by the Auditing Committee, and about
which there was no dispute, some of
them having been standing for many
months
Fourth-A sum sufficient to paw spe.
cial surgeons for services and expenses,
rendered by order of the Governor, in
the field.
FJth.-A sum sufficient to advance
to Indiana soldiers their pay due and in
arrears from the General Government; it
having been shown by the Governor that
this could be done with very trihing loss
or sacrifice, if any, on the part Of the
State eT ---.r.
Sirth-A sum sufficient to sustain and
continue the operations in the State ar
senal; it having been shown that the in
an sss..>eA-A---
Government ,,sTfs fc~-@aff "a
SeCenth-A sum sufficient to pay the
officers and men of the Indiana Legion,
for their services rendered in protecting
the border. 7s-3
The passage of these measures, so
just, humane, and necessary, could only
be purchased by the previous adoption
of the Military Bill, and there is good
reason to believe that, even then, they
would have utterly failed. ii
sYMPATHIEs OF THE MAJORITY.
The sympathies of the majority were
not with the soldiers or their families,
and their purposes were not to sustain
the State government, but to overturn
and destroy it. . -.
ACTION OF THE MINORITY.
The Military Bill had come from the
midnight caucus to the House; had been
printed and forced to its engrossment
without the change of word or letter;
all amendments and substitutes had been
voted down; all references to committees
had been refused, although every other
bill OF a general character that had gone
to the second reading had been referred
to some committee; the previous ques-
tion had been sustained, the gag applied,
and all debate cut of, and the bin en-
crossed. Nothing was left for us but to
sit by and see this infamous measure
forced through, the revolution consuma-
ted, and civil war begun, or to quietly re-
tire and leave the House without quo
rum; there was no other peaceable and
constitutional remedy. If it had been
left to the courts to annul it, before the
question could have been determined,
the law woald have done its work. Il
The military power, once in the hands
of the conspirators, it wonld be a matter
of no importance what the courts might
i "A
aSSGas q Jand tset if the qgsstiqRRe pRe te0 the
Court, it might be months or years be-
fore the decision was made. The path
of duty was the path of safety, and we
L-J------ l. -a>,--.Ss t0~O'
We we're willing and anxious, and re-
peatedly PROPOSED to the majority to re-
turn and pass the appropriation bills,
with all other legitimate and lawful leg
islation but they replied to US contempt
uously that they intended to pass every
one of their ultra measures before they
took up the appropriation bills.
FORMER PRECEDENTs.
Were it necessary to justify our course
by precedents, we should find them re-
cent and abundant in the legislative his
tory of the Democratic party of this
State. When in the minority, they have
never failed TO break a quorum to pre-
vent the passage of measures obnoxious
to their party, although such measures
were neither unconstitutional or vital
At the regular session in 1861, but two
years ago, the Democratic members of
the House broke a quorum, to prevent
the passage of militia law, and refused
to return to their seats until the Repub-
licans agreed to abandon the bill. At
the same session, the Democratic men,
bers of the Senate broke quorum in
that body, to prevent the passage of ap-
portionment bills, and withdrew to the
Bates House, where they convened, and
thence dispatched messengers to the Re-
publican members, declaring that they
would not return to their seats without
the obnoxious bills were abandoned AL
though it was the year fixed by act of
Congress and the Constitution of the
State for making the Congressional and
Legislative apportionments, and the bolt
was not because of any vital question,
but merely to secure party interests, yet,
to procure the passage of their impor-
tant measures, the Republicans agreed
} to Withdraw the apportionment bills.
In 1857, the Democratic members OF
the Senate broke Il quorum and prevent
ed the p gassag ;s g 9 5hfssvsP 5hsv vasHPrea6a6aeP sh silly
ock from being admitted to his seat in
the Senate, to which the committee had
decided be was entitled, and about whose
| right there was no reasonable dispute;
vet, for a cause SO unjust and compare
lively unimportant, the Democratic
members STAYED off the appropriation
, bills and much other important legisla'
ton.
In the session of 1855, the Democrats
being in the minority in both Houses
: bolted, from time to time, on variou:
:; measures, as might suit the convenience
and interests of their party. But it II
: not necessary to multiply instances; oul
. conduct requires no such defense.
= COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY.
: We acted from solemn convictions o
e duty-from the profound belief that /
J. was the only way left to US to proven
d the consummation of revolution and tn
1t precipitation of civil war upon our hith
erto loyal, peaceful, and prosperou
IF State. True, we were told by some tn
a bill could not pass the Senate, and so
o. had been said of the House; but whe
,e the men who had privately assured u