Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-08-11

contributed to me belonged 10 the ma
d tles' and they had right to bestoE
: as they saw proper; bus the none
: tnat Ar. Jones paid out was ia violati0
= OF the constitution, and herein lies N
broad distinction between Mcdonald
/ action and mine.
: In view of this remarkable record
Mr. MeDonald's charge against m,
, would be regarded as unmitigated pre
sumption If IT did not degenerate In,
broad farce. For one in his position I,
sssall me on such pretenee can onl,
be considered a Joke, which become
really funny IN view of another fac,
which I viii mention.
Shortly after the adjournment of the
Legislature, l vas notified by Mr.. Rugy
The Superintendent of Public Instrse'
ton, that be could not carry on b;s asssa
aha perform IFS duties wiiho At | ad
ysneed the money to pay expenses
mere beng no appropriation. Being
unwilling TO have the functions of sue6
an important Office suspended. | All.
vaneed the money required. which ba
very sensibly accepted
I Now, Mr. Rugg is State officer 6ka
myself, sworn ike myself 10 support the
constitution and obey The laws. and II j,
was illegal aAd uneonstitational for me
70 offer the money, il was equally 40 for
him to accept Il, and be must be regard.
&c IN every way as particeps crimiais
ana yet the same convention which nom.
mated Mr.. Mcdonald re-nominated M
hagg, and he stands by the side of NJ
Mcdonald on the ticket. Nv houorahl. |
compeiitor 10 IN the unfortunate posit;on 4
OF being unable 10 hit me without him.
self and bis friends being knocked down
by the recoil of his own blnw, a. i ia
him, Lay on, MseduHl"
must not omit TO state that an ~.
tempt has been made TO break .be force
oil McDonald's, Jones, aud Willard
action, by alleging that at that ,imc
Ihere was no embezzlement bill, or, in
other words, no Law attaching penalty
Tor paying money from the treamry
without az appropriation, aud in viola
'ion OF the eonstitution. Now this i
going from bad TO worse IA assume
'nat the constitutional obligation is no,
% be regarded, unless penalty for H.
,lolation has beea prescribed by l.w {
nat u Is the fear of punishment and
iot the constitutional obligaiioas-tbe
and not the oath Of ofice
which should control political action
ne mere statement OF this defence ,v;Il
eeure II universal dsrisiou, and leave
" public ''N'"' p
highi here wish il distinctly under.
'ood taAt do not consider nv position n
'stihed or strengthened from the prece'
en- have cited in the record of Q
cDohAid and willard, aud the en-.
y ,rsement OF the Democratic party: bnt Il
nen my competitor assaiIs me II i
x s'Amale 70 present ia answer his own u
story and that Of his friends. and the
'r'y ne represents, and 10 say 10 MN,
at, aiias h. z-s5isseked the beam from b
'awing from that body and leaving It
ithont quorum, and upon this subject
becomes eloquent and severe. will d
yree with him that il is an extreme :
easure, and one that should not be re
,rted to lightly, and only in cases where =
mar avert gross violations Of the Con
tuition or danger TO the public peace. r
at here, again, the gentleman IS con
onted By his own history, and that Of
IS party Tne history Of boiling IS
lieay the history OF Democratic politi-
ans, and, as prominent leader and G.
lvlser Of bis party for many years, he A
lust bear witness with me that bis Po- L
tical friends have never failed TO break
le quorum in any case where their in =
rests could, in the smallest degree, be %
observed A few modern instances to u
hich have time to refer, will answer :, !,
" purpose. In 1855, his political "a
-iends being in the minority in the low
r House, repeatedly broke the quorum : :.
, prevent the passage of measures that Of
-ere obnoxious to them IS party. In as
S57, his friends being in minority in Il
be Senate, broke the quorum, and con
Inued to do so until the end Of the ses-
ion, to prevent the rejection of Hugh
filler from q seat TO which be was not
utiiled, and the induction of Kline G.
'hryock, who was clearly entitled, thus 7
the passage Of the sppropria-
ion bill, above referred TO. This is
me Of the most outrageous cases in I
egislative history-where the wheels of
egislation we're kept locked Hntil the
nd of the session, appropriations de
eated, and the public business Of the
state greatly derauged, for no other pur
,os4 than TO keep partizan friend ia
IN official position TO which be had not
lhado~ Of title Again, in 1861, his
-riends being in q minority in both
OF the Legislature, broke the
quorum to prevent the passage Of a :
-. |
1iherwise than il gave the Governor the .
power to organize the militia for the de-
Ieuce OF the state against T-U-Invn rroH
within or without Again, during the
same session, they broke the quorum to :
prevent the passage of the Congression- {
al and Legislative aPportionment bills.
This time they retired from the capitol
not to Madison, Dut to the Bates
House, where they dispatched messen-
gers hack to the majority saying that
they woald not return during the session
uuless the obnoxious bills we're abandon
ed In these proceedings my honorable
competisor was one Of the chief advisers,
anon whose counsel his friends greatly
relied and when be comes before the
country. the representative and candi-
date Of the Democratic party, as a lee
turer. delivering grave bomilies upon the
improperly Of breaking quorum, We
NAV smile at the imperfection Of human
memory, and exelaim Consistency, thou
art jewell
Ny competitor, in his speech, gave you
repeated assurances that he would not
violate the Constitution, protesting the
most distinguished regard for that in
strument, declaring that the State Gov
ernment consists of three coordinate
branches, and pledging himself to per
form the dates and exercise the tunc-
tions of only one. Professions are cheap
and easily made, but unless his regard
for the Constitution has greatly increAS-
ed since he was Attorney General,
would politely and kindly suggest tna'
the less he says upon that subject the oel-