The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-03-29

He is always one thousand to thirteen
hundred votes weaker than his party.
At the last election he was saved from
defeat only by tn rejection Of an inform
al. but undoubtedly genuine, vote Of one
polling district. and Congress is yet to
say whether he was not defeated latter
all. This man is forcing himself on the
party for another nomination, in which
defeat is Just as inevitable as the coming
of the sun in the morning. His unpop
ularity, his weakness, the certainty of de.
feat, all have no more effect upon him.
than squirt gun on 'didapper.' He
is working for himself, not for the party,
and he aoiN run. If the party is defeat
ed in consequence, what of it2 The
party is nothing to him and never has
been, if he can't make it plough in his
furrow' This is the exhibition of party
devotion in this district.
In the Seventh, the Representative,
though he holds place second to no
member Of Congress, and has every mo-
tive, that can effect our Representative.
to desire denomination, accepts the
plain lesson of facts, admits that there
is perilous opposition to him in his
psrty, and rather than endanger the par
tvs success by the obstruction of his
own interests he witndraps from the con-
test and retires to private life.
The contrast. is impressive. or two
in exactly the same situation, one with
draws from the contest for office, that
his party may succeed. The other
forces himself into the contest at the
hazard of certain defeat to his party.
Weak, obnoxious, implacable, and sell
fish, he has no thought but of thwarting
an enemy or helping himself. The par
ty is no more to him than chunk of
mud to a tumble bug, something to
stand on and to make balls out of to roll
into his private receptacle. All his life
he has served nobody but himself.
Through all his political career he SET
party fealty at defiance when party &C.
ton displeased him. When he was q
Wing he 'bolted' the State Senatorial
nomination of d. p. Holloway in Wayne
county in 1847. because he didn't get il
himself. He 'bolted' a county nomina-
ton next year for the same reason. He
'bolted tle Congressional nomination Of
Samuel W.. Parker in 1849 and ran as al
independent With the vigorous sup
port Of the Democratic press of the
State he was elected. In 1851 he renew
ed the alliance with the Democracy, bu
enough of them repudiated it, and him
to beat him In 1854 he entered tn.
State Convention of the Peoples Party,
and failing to drive it in his way turned
against it. In. 1855 he took part in thu
Republican State Convention that nom
mated Oliver p. Morton. He bolted til,
ticket, assaulted it bitterly in the Nationo
Era and demanded its 'inglorious de
feat The party was defeated and Mr.
Julian was delighted. In 1858 he urge
series of impractical views on the con
vention and was voted down. He sulk
ed and grumbled the campaign ava.
and did nothing. Since 1860 he ha
regularly forced q nomination for him
self and seen the prudence Of 'stickin,
to the ticket with q clearness slight,
amusing in contrast with the certaint
of his failure to see it. when he was no
nominated. q, But the spirit of self-seek
ing was not conquered or even appease
by uniform success. The moment
saw an opening to higher place b
went for it, but went back without Il
In 1867 Gov. Morton was unanimousl
nominated for United States Senator
Mr.. Julian wanted the nomination, an
through his relative, the Senator fror
Wayne; 'bolted' and opposed Morto
on the ground that, having been electe
to another office he was constitutional
ineligible during the term Of that Office