The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-13
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article of December 9th, proving that
the Democratic party of this State, |
through its representatives in the !
State Legislature. approved both the
License Law Of 1859 and the amend
atory act Of 1865.
The Courier does not deny that
more Republicans than Democrats
voted against the act of 1859, and
that it was signed by AsHBEL 2.
Democratic Governor.
On this point it says:
The same reason that induced Gov
ernor Willard to sign that law inhu-
enced many Democrats in the Legis-
lature to vote for it. There lCds no
penalty provided against The sale Of
beer and spirituous liquors on Samdayl
Without this Objectionable feature
the Law was not particularly obnox-
ious.
So the Courier no longer regards
the Grand Jury feature of the law as
- obnoxious. That section of the
law authorizing "a set of inquisitors
to disturb society by their plottings,"
is no longer particularly obnoxious"
The Courier is progressing finely.
We now have strong hopes, from this
sign, of its entire recovery from the
hallucination under which it has
hitherto been laboring on this ques-
ton.
With nothing in the law Of 1859
particularly obncrious," we come
down to the amendaiory act Of 1865,
which seems to be the source of all
the Curriers' woes.
The Courier says there was tie
between the political parties in the
State Senate of 1S65-each party
mastering twenty-five votes. 1t class
ifes Hon. PARIS G. DUENING, WHO
was elected by the Democrats of
Monroe and Brown Counties, in 1862,
as Republican, classification that
Mr.. DUNNINd at that time would not
have accepted. At any rate, he did
not act with the Republicans when
he voted for Mr.. WHITTLEsEY for
Secretary of the Senate.
1t is gratifying to learn that SO long
as the latter gentleman was Secretary
the Radical Legislature were unable
to pass a Sunday Temperance Law.
1t was only after he resigned a0ly he
resigned he does not inform us-that
the mischief was accomplished. The
Courier says the Temperance Bill was
passed November Both, and every
man who voted against its passage
was a Democrat. Well, the question
is, hO,o MANY Democrats voted against
its passage in the Senate? Why didn't
the Courier inform its readers? There
were twenty five Democratic Sena-
tors, enough to defeat the bill if
they had opposed it. How many
voted against this odious Sunday
Law? Precisely TWO. Now, the
point is, who represented the De-
mocracy of Indiana on this question?
the two who voted against the bill, or
all the others who voted for it? Who
represented 1.-THE Democracy Of Van
derbuTgh and Posey on that OCCASION?
GEORGE w. FINCH. How. did he
vote? Aye. Who represented the
Democracy of Perry, Spencer and
Warrick? BEN. FULLER. How did
he vote? Age. Who represented
the Democracy Of Knox and Daviess?
J. d. WILLIAMS. How did he vote?
Age. Who represented Gibson, Du-
bois and Pike? JAMES BARKER.
How did he vote? Age, egain. Did
these Senators represent the Democ-
racy Of this Congressional District?
IF so, did they not commit the party
they represented in favor of the Sun
day Law? If they did not, how did
the Republican Senators, who voted
for the bill. commit the party they
represented, in its favor? When the
Courier answers this question salts
factorily. it may regard the plug as
knocked out of the knot-hole, but
not before.
In the House of Representatives
there were forty 1fUe Democrats. Out
Of this forty.five, only SEVEN could
be found to vote against this out
rageous Sunday Law.
We close this discussion, at this
time, with the following recapitula-
ton:
/. The Courier admits that the
Grand Jury feature of the Law of
1859, BY WHICH THE LAW OF 1865 IS
ENFORCED, is not Objectionable. Says
the Courier: Against that Law
1851 we are not able to see why any
man should have voted"
2. In State Senate equally divided
6et,ceen the political parties, only TWO
Democrats could be found to vote
against the Act of 1865, amending
the Law of 1852.
3. In the House Of Representatives,
in which there were forty JfUe Demo
Gratis, only SEVEN could be, found to
vote against the law.
4. Of all the Democratic Senators
and Representatives from this Con-
gressional District, only TWO voted
against the Bill.
5. The Judge by whom the Law is
so rigidly enforced. was the unani-
nous choice Of the Democracy, with
the Courier at their head, and his ap-