Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-05-27
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Copperhead Candidate for Congress.

county, signed Junius. 1nese iebSeiS
are not, as their signature would indi-
cate, very trenchsnt criticisms Of the
conduct of the "powers that be" but
try to be, and are principally consPicu-
Gus as vehicles Of commonplace gossip
partiz.n slang, and pufery for mediocre
Democratic" talent The writer is
supposed to be a young lawyer OF Rock
port, closely related BY the ties Of con-
sanguiuity to one Of the Congressional
aspirants whose praises are sounded in
these epistles ~
y The principal occupation Of "Junins
seems to be to prepare the way for the
nomination to Congress of Judge David
7. Laird, Of RockPort The FIVE Princi'
pal aspirants who, previous to the death
Of two Of them, figured for the position,
have all, we think, al one time and
another, been the recipients Of frstclass
puiTs from the pen Of the young scribe
who "does" the correspondence OF the
Times from Rockport. Eiblack, Par
rett, the lamentsd Crooks and Burke, and
last, though not least, in the estimation
Of "Junius," Judge Laird, have all had
frst-class notices, especially the latter.
We should, perhaps, mention Judge
Moore, OF Boonyille, as one Of the ia
vored, he having received fulsome puff
in the correspondence alluded TO. As
the Judge is not seriously thought Of for
Congress by bis party friends, but re-
eeiyes their attentions occasionally to
keep him in good working order, il is
we'll enough to mention him As sort Of
side-show TO the great Copperhead me
nagerie.
As for Judge Law, be will be laid on
the shelf after his term expires, and
there viii be none so poor as to do him
political reverence. He has had his day,
and must stand aside for younger men.
Notwithstanding the high bids he has
made during bis Congressional career,
BY voting right along for his party
and against his country; notwithstand-
ing the disgrace be has brought upon a
patriotic ancestry by the aid and com.
fort he has given to the enemy during
this internecine war, his disgracefuI
trucking to the low behests Of party
have all been IN vain. he is politically
dead a0d few win be the tears that pc.
triots will shed over his partizan re-
mains II we remember Alright, "Junius
wrote a memoir Of him that read like IN
epitaph.
Judge Moore being = mere article oI
convenience in the Copperhsad house
hold, and out Of the question as a can
didate for Congress; Judge Law being
politically dead; and Judge Burke and DIR
Crooks being in thsir graves by the re
cent dispensation of their Maker, the
field is left clear for the brilliant trio
Judge Niblaek, Judge Parrett, and judge
Laird
Were it not that the title of Judge
seems to be requisite qualification fol
Congress in this District, we might class
ify Col DENLY as possible candidate
but as such qualification is rendered
necessary by precedent, the Colonel mus
be counted OUT He viii 6rst have tC
pass through the probationary judgeshiT
before he becomes competen. to run, and
is therefore interested in seeing Judge
Parrett rotated out of the Circuit
Judgeship and himself "rotated" intC
that preparatory positisn. 1t is under
stood that the Colonel is not unmindfu
Of this fact, and is shaping hia cours,
accordingly
as for Smith Miller, he ia the wors
Tory of all, and, as such, is better 6,te'
! from principle for coppsrhsad Con
I gresham than any of the others bu
times are not as they used to was
: during the piping times Of peace
when Miller accidentally turned up
! in Congress. In these " troublous times
!. brains are required in that body, an
: therefore it is not every one Of th
"gerrate Dimnyeratic parety," be b
ever so hard shelled aud inveterate
member, who win do for that high pos
: ton.
Practically, therefore, the list Of avail
! able candidates before the Convention
T reduced te the aforesaid iliustrious tri,
: The strong point that viii be insiste
1 on in behalf of Judge Davy Laird wi
: be his iOcatioa. That is favorable
!. Spencer county has never enjoyed Il
n unspeakable luxury of sending one
!. her sons to the National Capitol as
representative of the people. Warric
:. has enjoyed the luxury for some fourtee
years through RstiiF Boon; yande
burgh for a term and half each throug
= Judges Lockhart and Law; Pose
!. through Robert Dale Owen; Gibso
i through Elisha Embree and Smith Mi
'a Ter; Martin through Judge Niblack whe
he was FRS. elected, and Knox duriu
a, the second serm of the same worth,
As and Pike through George a. Profit
:, But Spencer, along with Davies ar
a. Dubois, is not blessed wish COMPRESSION
Is progeny; and it is meet that they all, OF
after another, be rendered fortunate
', this regard when the signs are right
and that other counties that have bes
lucky should take back seats
rs. Judge Laird has strong point to ur,
in this respect, but his great claim is tn
i'll ne can say, 81 have belonged to all pa
re- ties, and there is not man in the ID
D. triet who cannot consistently vote f
:, me" If We are correctly informed. Il