The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-09-15

the coming election. He compares
Kentucky to Indiana in order to draw |
solemn differences. Now. we would |
In our hearts take joy if the COMPARE |
son would be in our favor. The |
Democrat says it is, but we cannot see |
it with the same eyes. The Democrat |
says Kentucky is Democratic and |
therefore prosperous aud happy and |
peaceful; and that Indiana is Repub- |
lean and therefore in a bad way.
| Let US see.
| The Democrat declares that Ken
| lucky has in her treasury g. 600, 900. |
She is out of debt" Well, we grant
the truth. But who is entitled to
credit for this? Not the Democratic
administration, but the Union admin
/ istration that preceded it, When the
Democracy obtained control of our
State administration, the Union party
turned over to it a sinking fund OF
| $2000,000, and a treasury free of
/ debt. 1t was not a year before the
! Democracy had to borrow money
| from the sinking fund to pay the
/ regular expenses of the government.
| The comparison fails here then, be-
! cause no credit attaches to Democracy.
The Democrat says the laws of Ken
lucky are enforced by the courts, life
| and property are safe" Easy to say;
hard to prove. From fifteen to TWEEN
ty men have been hung by the Regu-
lators in year past, larger number
whipped, others shot, others driven
i from their homes by the same band,
and no court, State or local, has ar
rested or sought to bring to trial
single one of the offenders. One ne
4 gro was killed, others shot and beaten
| in open daylight at Keene, Jessamine
County, and no court or officer sought
to punish the offenders. Two Union
men have been, driven from Ander-
, son County, one of them being whip
ped by the Ku Klux Khan; others
have been ordered to leave, and no
court or officer has interfered. We
might go on and enumerate other
cases of like nature. But we need
no further support than the following
from the Democrat of Sunday last:
Murder appears still rampant in
Kentucky. The old Commonwealth
will soon properly regain the epithet
) of the dark and bloody ground
From all sections we have intelligence
of crime. This should not be. 1t is
foul stigma upon the fair escutcheon
of the State, and the strictest meas
ures ought to be taken to prevent
this great lawlessness."
Il Life and property are not safe in
many parts of Kentucky to Union
men-they are to Democrats. Ii costs
a man frequently his daily subsistence
to vote the Union ticket, aud he has
the alternative to vote and act De-
moeracy, or stdrUe, or leave the coun-
try. Is it so in Indiana? In a strong
Democratic county in that State sew
eral robbers were hung by a posse of
men, but others who were threatened
were protected by arms furnished by
, Union Governor With that excep.
ton Indiana is quiet, and the laws are
enforced. Men are not c0erced to vote
ticket they inwardly abhor, nor
prescribed if they vote otherwise.
The Democrat says Kentucky is
much better off in regard to her
school fund than Indiana" Let us
see. In 1860, according to the GEN.
sus, the population Of Indiana was
/ ,350, 428, and of Kentucky ], 155, 6S4
= not great difference. We sup
pose both have increased according
to the same ratio since. The total
school fund of Indiana in 1866 was
81, 613, 400 Sc; that of Kentucky. one
4 year laIer, was pI ,fOU,AtO UI-Only
difference of six million dollars. The
number of children attending the
common schools of Indiana was
254539; in Kentucky, 112, 508-only
; two to one in favor of Indiana. The
) number of districts in which schools
were taught in Indiana was 8,166; in
Kentucky, 4,401--or nearly two to
e one in favor of Indiana. The amount
expended in common school instruc-
! ton in Indiana was 81, 020, 440 10; in
) Kentucky, S271, 730 A or four to
one in favor of Indiana. These are
the facts, as proved by the reports.
: Does not these things prove that
: Indiana, with her Republican govern
. ment. is more prosperous, peaceful,
and attentive to educational interests
than Kentucky with her Democratic
7 administration?