The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-07-17
Mr.. Shanklin's Card.

contains much thai . irr .s'T9 and
ihhtei'inen :, because, in a private
No~e accompanying the communIca-
ton, he appeals to us to print the
document entire, on the ground
that we have done him injustice in
noticing previous letter of his adVo
eating the election of Gen. HoBsoN as
Clerk of the Court of Appeals of
Kentucky. We think most of our
readers will come to the conclusion.
after reading his communication this
morning, that Mr.. SHANKLIN is not
so anxious to correct "misrepresen-
tation" as he is to gain little addi-
tional notoriety. We have no objec-
ton to his ambition in this particu-
lar. Much greater men have labored
hard in the same direction.
We shall not attempt just now to
reply to all that seems to deserve no.
tice in Mr.. SHANKLIN's letter. We
shall confine our attention to the sin
gle point of " Misrepresentation, !"
which he charges against us. At our
leisure we may pay some attention to
other points in his communication.
Our readers will remember that Mr..
SHANKLIN, while on visit to his
brother-in-law, Hon. John M. Har-
Ian, of Frankfort, KY, was invited to
address the Union men of that city.
In letter declining to speak, he an
nounced that he sympathized "acholly
and entirely nth the Union men of
Kentucky IN their struggle aoith the Sc
cession Democracy of that State, " and
that he did so in common with the
Democracy of Indiana" In publish
ing Mr.. SHANKLIN's letter ON that oc-
casion, we appended the following re-
marks: eg9
We think most of our citizens, acquaint-
ed with the young gentleman whose name
is attached to the above letter, will agree
with us that under all the circumstances,
it is rich piece of literature. Mr.. George
w. shanklin may sympathize with the
Union party of Kentucky in their struggle
with the Secession Democracy, but when he
declares that the mass of the Democratic
party of Indiana agree with him in that
sentiment, he says what he has no author
1ty for saying. The Democratic paper of
his own city-the only one in the State
over which he has or could exert any in
nuence-has had for weeks the name of
Duvall, the candidate of the "SeceSsfora
Oenaocr0cy,' at the head of its editorial |
columns. Nearly every other Democratic
paper in the State, so far as they have ex-
pressed themselves ON the subject at all. |
have indicated preference for DuvaII. i
The First of May Convention held at Lou
1sVille, has always been spoken of as the
Democratic Convention, and leading
Democrats from Indiana were invited to /
speak in COMMUNICATION of its platform
and candidates. OAf#0fEp ID G-l'
So then Mr.. George w. ShankIin denounc-
es Messrs. Wiclxliffe, Lazarus w. Powell
and other distinguished gentlemen who
have often been invited to our State to adj
dress Democratic Conventions and mass
meetings, as belonging to the " Secession
Democracy Phew! The thing almost
takes away our BREATH We never antici-
pated so hearty an Endorsement of our
sentiments, with regard to the leaders of
the Kentucky Dem ocracy, from Mr.. shank
50 early in the campaign. s,.a5 aa
Mr.. SHANKLIN fails to point out
wherein we have q misrepresented =
him, in his communication this morn.
ing. He claimed in his letter to Gov.
BRAMLETTE, and others, that the ]
mass of the Democracy of Indiana .
with General HoBsoN
the Union candidate in Kentucky as
against Mr.. DUvALL, the candidate of
the Secession Democracy. We af- ,
firmed that he had no authority for
making such statement. In addi- {
ton, we gave reasons that indicated \
that he was misrepresenting the De- !
nocracy of the State, in pledging >
hem for General HoBsoN. In com
batting our statement Mr.. SHANKLIN }
says; When | made use of that :
expression, lin common with the mass
'f the Indiana Democracy I did not :
intend to speak for the Democratic >
newspapers or the accredited leaders of {
The party. | simply said, accordingly 6
IS | believed, that the mass of the \
Democracy were in sympathy, y &c. A ;
modest young solomon, to be sure! /
The Democratic newspapers, and the :
tccr edited leaders of the party can not :,
peak for the masses-are unacquaint q
ID with their views and sympathies r
nd have no control over their opin- :
ons-in all of which Mr.. SHANKLIN J.
a promising Democratic lawyer" is a
thoroughly posted, and of which he !
lone can speak intelligentlyl Sncb :