The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-06
THE COTRlER SECURELY FASTENED.
Democratic hypocrisy Clearly Ex-
posed.

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Finding itself trapped in its efforts to |
make political capital oat of the action
Of the Judge Of the Criminal Court
whose appointment to that position
Democrats we're unanimously in favor
of-the Courier gladly seizes upon
statement made By the Judge In his
card which appeared in Saturdays
Journal, as its last hope of escape.
The knot hole IS q very small one, and
We can easily plug IT. We doubt not
the editor realizes jast now that he
could crawl through small knot
hole, but We are not disposed to give
him the opportunity. The Courier
says:
We are glad to have the high authority
OF judge Robinson for our statements, as
radicals VIII hardly denounce anything
from that source as a. g Copperhead lie"
The original law. signed by the late
Democrats Governor Willard, contained
no penalty for tho sale Of liquors on Sun
day.
Although the law Was passed BY 8 Re-
publican Legislature, Governor Willard
ravgtt hts sanction, there being no penalty
proutded Jor Sunday sales.
But another Republican Legislature
passed a supplementary law, providing 8
nenalty for Sunday sales, and this law
was approved by Governor OLIVER P.
MoRTON. on the fifteenth day of Decem-
Der, 1861
In this connection, let it be remem-
bered that the original complaint
urged by the Courier to the Law, was
the system of espionage it inaugur-
atsd. We copy one or two paragraphs
on this point from the Courier Of
August 20:
The Grand Jury should be abolished
what right has a set Of inquisitors to dis
turb society by their secret plotttngs, the
result Of which they would be ashamed &c
evow in public?
Who has made q Prosecuting Attorney
for q county Criminal Court the judge o.
ofrsnses against the peace and dignity o.
the State of Indiana? Why are men sent
for, to appear before an SnqutsitioH. IN 8
land oFfreedom, for the purpose Of causips
trouble among their neighbors and
frIends2
Judge ROBINSON says the law makes
1t the ssoorn duty of the Grand jury
to indiet transgresS0rs, and they haze
no choice. It is equally true, though
he took no particular care to say it il
his card, that he has in every instance
given Grand Juries most rigid an
structsons on this point as to wha
they must d. in the premises. Blu
what law contains this odious pro
yision2 The law approved by ASH
BEL p. WILLARD, March 5, 1853
Who enacted that law? Let US ap
peal to the record.
We find that in the election of 1855
every county in the First Congress
sional District elected Democrats t.
the Legislature. with the single ex
ception of JAMES E. BLYTHE, VIII
was not Republican. We copy thei
names:
SENATORS.
IA1rFs ID. WILLIAMs-Knox and Davies!
L.R. Cohb-Martin and Lawrence.
Mt. Carnahan-Posey and Vanderburg
John c. Shoemaker-Warrick Spence
aud Perry.
John Gibson, Pike AID Du
bots.
REPRESENTATIVE
r. A. Clements, Jr.--Daviess-
ID. Kempf-Dubois.
Isaac II. Wood-Gibson.
]. n. Easthan--Knox.
G. S. Dobbins-Mariin.
HasseI Nelson--Posey-
q. W. Massey Pike
Hamilton Smith-PerTy.
Calvin Jones-Spencer.
Ben. Stinson-Va
James z. Biythe-Vanderburg sn
Posey.
william Parrett--Warrick.
We give the names in full, for sel
eral Of the gentlemen are still on tt
stage 0 faction and hankering aft'
Office.
Turning to the Senate Journal Sc
sion 1859, page SO, we find that tt
vote on the passage Of the law in col
troversy was as follows:
NAYs-Anthony, Brown CARNAHA-
COBB. ConIey, Cravens, Culver, Good1n
Gum, HARGROVE, Hendry, Jones, Liz
Mclean, Miller, Murray, O'Brten, Ode
Rice, slack, steele, Etudabaker, Tarkin
ton, Turner, Weir, WILLIAMS and W1lso
NOES Beeson, Bennett, Blair. Come
Croker, HefTren, Hill, Kinley, Iona
Mcclure, Robinson, sHoEs1 AKER, Steve
and Wagner.
Thus, of the Jfve Democratic Sen
tors from this District, we find FoI
voting for this infamous bill, whiC
authorized " inquisitors to disturb s
ciety By their secret plottings."
Going to the House Journal '
find the vote recorded as follows:
AYE5-BLYTHE, Bowman, Boyd, BixI
BEanhaln, Carr, Cavins, Clark, Claypo
Clayton, CLEMENTS, Collier, ComsteC
DoBHrSs, Dougherty, Early, Edwar
Frfxstone, G1ifan, Hall of Rush, Harrisc
Hartley, Johnston JONES, Keefer, KEEL
KEs4Pr, Lawhead, McLain, Major, MAJ
Held. MASSEY, Merriheld, Murray, NE
SON. Newton, Parks, Prosser, RobinsC
Rose. sherman, Shields, SMITH of Per
Snyder, Stanley, Stanheld, Summe
Tebbs, Thompson of Elkhart, Usr
wheeler, WiIoman and Wood.
Thus, Of the ten Democratic Rep
sentatiyes from this District, we &
every solitary mothers son Of the
who we're present, voting for ests
fishing, according to the Court
Board Of Inquisitors. We asse
in addition, that Of the men voti
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