The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-09-19
Should Soldiers Vote for Niblack?---
AfeW Leaves from his War Record.

emf canvass 1Or. congress, Is appearing
toathe soldiers of the late war for the
Union, to cast their vote for him.
He is now claiming to be their
friend and the ardent admirer of
their heroic services to save the
nation from destruction at the hands
of rebels, with whom he is now in
intimate political fellowship. Let us
examine the record which he has
made during the four years of war,
and see whether he is worthy of the
support of the soldiers of the Repub-
lie.
During the whole period of the war
from its very beginning NIBLACK was
arrayed in opposition to the admins
tration of Mr.. LINCOLN, and opposed
every one of the distinctive war meas
ures of the Government, from the first
call for troops, the levying of taxes
and the issuing Of Bonds to pay the
war expenses, the Draft, the Pro-
clamation of Emancipation, and all
other like measures adopted to sup
press the rebellion We will not stop
now to give his record on the War.
except so far as it relates specially to
the interests of the soldiers, reserv-
ing that for a subsequent article. -"
,.NIBLAcK was al member of lthesI In
diana Legislature of 1863. and was
the, acknowledged leader of the De-
mocracy, which were decidedly in the
majority in that body. He held the
important position of Chairman of the
Committee on Ways and Means, and
was probably the-mostinfuential mem
Der on the Democratic side. He was in
position to do much for the soldiers,
who were then in the field contending
against the armed traitors. In this
Legislature a proposition was made
by the Union members Of that body
to extend to the soldiers the right to
vote. while IL the field. We make
! the following extract from the Legis-
lative Journal: ee. -.'.f - ~
On the Sth of January, first day of the
session. Francis p Griffith, Esq (Union)
of Lagrange, introduced in the House of
Representatives the following resolution:
WHEREAS, The election law of Indiana
requires that every voter shall cast his ball
lot in the township or precinct in which he
may, reside, and Consequently those brave
THfa int Sol
supremacy of the law and the integrity of
the atsnion, are thereby disfranchised;
therefore, $3.50 500 "tf-1t
Be it i1'esotced, That the Judiciary Com
mittee be directed to inquire into the ex-
pedlency of reporting a bill amending
said lar, as to confer upon Ete Indiana Vol1n-
teeTs. nOl0 an the service Of the United States,
the o1fUitege of Uotir1g for State and COUNTY
officers at all elections held therefor and that
they report at the earliest practicable mo-
ment. e
The resolution was referred to the Com.
mittee on the. Judiciary, =
Pr Onbtlfe 4th of February the Judiciary
Committee submitted the following report:
Mr.. SPEAKER: am directed by the Com
mittee on the Judiciary, to whom was re-
ferred joint resolutions of the House No. 8,
proposing anne ndments to the Gonstitution,
so as to allow soldiers in the field to vote at
all annual State and county elections:
- To respectfully report that they have had
The same under reconsideration, and they are
Of The opinion that such an amendment lOOuLd
be illexpedteTlt. They further submit that it
would be unconstitutional to propose an
amendmentto the Constitution while there
Is proposed amendment to the same pend
Ing and undiSpOSed of; they, therefore, rec
ommend that said resolution be laid upon
the table. 4 S n
The question being on the concurrence
in the report of the Committee, 80
Messrs. CasOn and Roberts demanded the
ayes and noes. II
y Those who voted in the affirmative were
Messrs. Aobett, Bird, Blocfer, Co.'s, Cook,
Donaldson, Ferris, Garvin, Given; Grifith,
Hall, Harden, of W., Hardin, of Perry,
Harvey, Hatfield, Hon, Howell Howk,
Humphreys, Kemp, of Vigo, Lake, Las
selle, Lee, Lennon, of H., Lennon, of s.,
McGaughey, Miller, MUTT NIBLACK, o.
Brien, of H, O'Brien, of NJ, Osborne, PEN
dleton, Ryan, Shaffer, Shoaf, of Allen,
Shoaf, of Jay, Spencer, Veatch, Wolfe,
Woollen, Buskirk-42-all Democrats.
I Those who voted in the negative were
Messrs. Anderson, Atlkison, Baker, Bran
ham, Budd, Cason, Chambers, Davis, For
roster, Gregg, Gregory, Hershey. Hostetter,
Hutchings, James, Johnson, Jones, Ken
drick, Lamb, Leeds, Mason, Norman,
Mustard, Newman, Noyes, Perry, Petit
bone, Richardson, Roberts, Robinson,
stone, harrington, waterman, Van Bus
kirk, and Woodruff 3d. Union
And so it was decided by strictly
party vote, that it was inexpedient to
give to the soldiers in the field the
right to vote, every Union member
voting in favor of giving the right to.
vote, and all the Democrats following
the lead of NIBLAcK, voting in solid
body against giving them that right.
HE PUTS A THIEF INTO THE ARMY AS
1gf &c. HIS SUBSTITUTE. 10 e..a 6
NIBLACK repeatedly, in his canvass
with Colonel ALLEN, in 1864, declared
that he would not put egrointo the
army as his substitute, but that he
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