Decatur Eagle, Volume 2, Number 32, Decatur, Adams County, 17 September 1858 — Page 2

T II E E A G L E H. L. PHILLIPS.) r > EDITOB6 4P»OraiKTOB». W. G. SPENCER,) DECATU? INDIANA. FRIDAY MORNING, SEPT. IT, 1858. BEMOtBATiFsTATE TIfKET. HKcnurraßT ok state. DANIEL McCLURE. of Morgan. AUDITOR OF STATE, JOHN W. DODD, of Grant. TRI ASVRtR OF STATE, NATHANIEL F. CUNNINGHAM, of Vigo. srrrRi'sTEXDKXT or public ivstkcctiox, SAMUEL L. RL'GG, of Alien. ATTORNEY GENERAL. Joseph e. McDonald, of Montgomery, FOR SUPREME JUDGES, SAMUEL E. PERKINS, of Marion. ANDREW DAVISON, of Decatur. JAMES M. HANNA, of Vigo. JAMES L. WORDEN, of Whitley. DISTRICT TICKET. FOR CONGRESS. JOHN R. COFFROTH. FOR STATE SENATOR, DAVID STUDABAKER. JUDGE 10th judicial circuit. Wm. W. CARSON. PROSECUTING ATTORNEY. J. 11. SCHELL. COMMON PLEAS JUDGE, JOSEPH BRACKENRIDGE. district attorney, JOHN COLERICK, COUNTY TICKET. REPRESENTATIVE, JONATHAN KELLEY, Sen. TEEXM’RER. DAVID SHOWERS. RECORDER. W J. adelsperger, SHERIFF. GEORGE FRANK. COMMISSIONER. J. R. MILLER SURVEYOR. E W. REED. CORONER, LEVI EWING.

PUBLIC SPEAKING. J. R. Coffroth, Democratic candidate fur Congress, in the 11th District, will speak at the following times and places: Grant County—-Marion, Saturday, Sept. 18th Sept. 23, at 1 o clock, New Columbus, Friday. ■ Sept.‘-’4, at 1 o’olock; Pendleton, Friday, Sept.' 24, at night; Fishersburg, Saturday, Sept. 25,’ at 1 o’clock. Hamilton County Strawtown, Saturday, ! Sept. 25, at night. Tipton County—New Lancaster, Monday, Sept. 27, at 1 o’clock. Giant County—Mier, Tuesday, Sept 28, at 1 o’clock. Wabash County— Somerset Wednesday, Sept. ' 29. at 1 o’clock. Ashland, Thursday, Sept. 30, ' at 1 o’clock; Lngroe, Friday, Oct. 1, at 1 o’clock; Wabash, Saturday, Oct. 2, at 1 o’cloc k. Mr Coffroth has, and does now, re-> Rpectfully invite his competitor, the Hon. i John U. Pettit, to be present at all or any of the foregoing appointments, and dis- : ' euss with him the political issues of the . day. Republican Falsehood. Lying appears, lately, be the order, of , certain miserable and unprincipled Black Republican politicians, who have lately made their appearance in this community, who make it their special business for:, political effect, to misrepresent and false- j, fy the truth in every particular. It ap- ( pears almost impossible for them to open < their mouths to speak of a single transae- j. tion of the _a£ Jl;e C-9UTU' Jlilhout giving utterance to the most obnoxious y falsehoods; even to the misrepresentation f of the County Records themselves. Their t lies are manufactured as occasion require j and when published all set up one univer- I sal howl of extravigance; the truth of* which they are as ignorant of, as the Ilin- < doo is of civil and religious liberty. In !, fact, truth with them is stranger than tie- , 1 v tion. t This is the unmanly principle which j has characterized a few leading Rtpubli-i j cans, with regard to a just and equitable ( claim, allowed by the Commissioners at r their late session, for the keeping of a j Pauper placed upon the poor book, by j the overseers of the poor properly, about the first of March last; and on the first j Monday in May last, the overseers of the j poor contracted for his maintanence for , one year, for the sum of ©74 87, to be t paid quarterly out of the County Treasu- ' f ry according to law. The contractor com- < plied in every instance with the terms of ( the sale, no charges were prefered against t him—none could have been sustained if ■ they had been prefered,—the Overseers ( made their report to the Commissioners j, ns the law directed. Then why ought,; not the contractor to have his pay? Sim- | j ply this; That the pauper, through the |.

■anaaKwnXMWMat *emb —- influence of selfish and designing persons, refused to remain where the law, in its wisdom, placed him. When the claim came up for allowance,! Mr. Allmon objected to it being allowed, the board continued the case until the next day, in order that he might make a proper showing why the claim should not be allowed. Inthishe wholly failed, and the claim for the quarter was allowed. Now we venture the assertion that there is no court of justice but would allow the claim, and further, no honest man would, knowing a’.! the circumstances object to its payment. One thing is strange; when the contractor proposed, before the Board, that if the kind friends of the pauper would give bond that he would no longer be a county charge, he would not ask for pay; or, if they would give assurance that be should not cost the county more than under the present contract, he would consent that they keep him; to which propositions they positively refused. This is a plain statement of facts; and no person dare gainsay it. No reason can be given, why the claim should not be . allowed; it is just and right, and to carry I out the contract, is a saving to the coun-I tv of, at least, one hundred dollars a year. ( Yet these Republicans complain bitterly of this kind ol financiering; they would have the treasury bankrupt, in order to make political capital; but they can thave s it. Then stop your lying—men without j principle. John U. Pettit Lost. This gentleman, when here, stated befjre his audience, that Mr. Coffroth, his 1 competitor, and himself would canvass th* district together—commencing the first of September. The time has come and gone when they should have commenced the canvass. They bad a wiitten contract, in i which both agreed to make a joint canvass, upon arrangements to be made before commencing. Mr. Coffroth has visited Mr. Pettit for the purpose of arranging their appointment; but when it came to the test, Mr. Petitit would neither agree to Mr. Coffroth’s appointments, nor make any appointments himself. Under

these circumstances Mr. Coffroth went on and made his appointments, and by dint of hard pursuasion, received a promise from Mr. Pettit to meet him at two of his mw,n Issi A“ d vPl 8 A“- ■ day the 7th inst ; on the next morning they started for Ossian, and traveled to- ' gether until they arrived at Zainsville, ■ eight miles from Ossian; there Mr. Coffroth stoped a few minutes with some friends, while Mr. Pettit went on. After a very short delay Mr. Coffroth proceeded on his way to Ossian, where he expected to find Mr. Pettit; but he was doomed to disappointment, Mr. Pettit had not arrived, and he postponed his speaking from one until three o’clock, in hopes that John U would make his appearance; but no Pettit came. The last that was seen of him, he was about four miles distant from Ossian and still traveling in the direction of that place. Where Mr. Pettit wandered to, we leave his Republican friends to answer, for no Democrat could tell of his whereabouts after he switched off the track. But the reason for his so switching off is obvious to every one: he did not dare to meet MrCoffroth for the purpose of discussing the political issuer of the day, and have his "silent record” (as he calls it), examined before his constituents; but he dodges for fear that he may be called upon to contradict the charges made against—a thing he knows he dare not do. To make it look still worse on his part, he gets his bills struck and follows Mr. Coffroth, just three days behind him.— Now if this doesnot show cowardice we would like to know what does. Mr. Pettit is well aware that his acts in Congress have not been such as will recommend him to the favorable consideration of his constituents, and for such reason he declines to meet his competitor on the stump. If his Republican friends think we do him injustice, let them accept Mr. Coffroth’s proposition, viz: “That they (Pettit’s friends), might have Mr. Pettit to visit Decatur any time previous to the election and give him (Coffroth), three days notice and he would forego some of his other appointments and meet Mr. Pettit in Decatur.” There is an excellent opportunity afforded Mr. Pettit’s friends of correcting our assertion and setting things to right by having their favorite champion come forward to vindicate his reputation, his "silent record” and hishonor, by meeting Mr. Coffroth on the stump. Fetch him on, we are anxious to see how he looks.

Since writing the foregoing we learn, ! from good authority, that Mr. t ettit, in his bills which were circulated for Warren, Huntington county, for Tuesday last, •he stated that Mr. Coffroth had been invited to be present and discuss the political questions, while bis bills for Newville, Buena Vista and New Buffalo, places that! Coffroth had been, contained no such statement. Probably John U. thought his competior beyond the reach of bis Warren bills. But Coffroth’s friends,' ever wide awake to the interest of their cause and champion, sends a man to ini form him of John U.’s whereabouts and ' his doings. Mr. Coffroth immediately, procured a speaker to fill his appointments and hastened to meet Pettit at Wai ren. ! We have no doubt but that John U. will be considerably surprised and chagrined, to find that he has been caught in his own trap; and we expect to hear of him dodging again, as he dodged at OsI sian, as he dodged the Matteson bill in Congress; as he dodges his own “silent record” at home; we propose the cognomen of Dodge for him in the future. George A. Dent. j We have been informed by good au- ; thority, that several members of the fam-, ily of George A. Dent, our candidate for State Senator, are sick, insomuch that he | has been detained in meeting his democratic adversaiy. This is the case; and whatever may be the reasons assigned by Mr. Studabaker for Mr. Dent’s not meeting him, we assure our readers that sick-i ness is the real cause. We hope to see <■ him in the field, ere long, proclaiming truth and freedom to his many friends, i The above is taken from the Jay Coun- , tv Republican, of the Bth inst., and as- ■ signed as a reason that Mr. Dent does not . meet Mr. Studabaker and discuss public , questions, is on account of sickness in , Mr. Dent’s family. This, so far as sick- . ness is concerned at the time of the Re- . puldican writing the above, is true: but it . is not true that sickness was the Real . cause, as the Republican asserts, Mr. s : Dent had been invited by Mr. Studaba- • ker, long before there was any sickness in • his family, to make a joint canvass with • him, this Mr. Dent did not see proper to [ do, for reasons satisfactory to himself we ; ■ presume. , j The Republican thought that some ex- , cuse was necessary to satisfy the people of Jay county; and hence, one that is not : ... --- r —«— , before the public and discuss public ques- . tions; Mr. Dent well knows that fact, and will not be found before the public attemp- . ing anything of the kind, even in his , own county. Truth wilt Out. 1 Rev. Aley Ross the Republican candil date for Representative in this county, is > a Know Nothing, his election is urged among the iniatiated and claimed by his • favorite friend upon those principles The 1 truth is Rev. Ross is not alone, but three > fourths of the county ticket were active f members of this secret, political, proscripi lire organization, and are conducting the i canvass, urging their election over honest Democrats, whenever it is to their inte- ! rest, upon the principles of the order: • That men should be proscribed on account 5 of their religious proclivities. i The more long faced, hypocritical ones ’ of them, act upon the principle of “crying stop thief.” They denounce Know-Noth-ingism whenever it is to their interest, and charge Democrats of belonging to the order; when in truth they themselves are the very embodiment of that obnoxious and detestible political creed. Democrats and honest Republicans will you vote for one of them? Disgraceful. At the conclusion of Mr. Coffroth’s speech on the evening of the 9th inst., Perry Crabs, the Republican leader, feeling extremely chagrined at the manner his favorite candidate’s public acts were held up for the inspection of the audience by his (Pettit’s) worthy competitor, John R. Cotfroth, and forgetting his dignity, let fall the loose garb of hypocracv, so long worn by him, and acted out the refined principles of his nature, by committing an assault and battery upon a Democrat, at a Democratic meeting. Thus attepting to put down by brute force that in which argument failed; and as a reward for his cowardly attact, came off second best in the conflict, by getting a complete drubing. We deprecate the evil practice of fighting, always, as disgraceful and unworthy of men; but nevertheless, the as1 ■ saulting party should ever be held re- ’ sponsible. , jtyWe have been shown by John M. ~ Nuttman, who has just returned from the east, a piece of the Atlantic Cable.

John 11. Coffroth. This gentleman addressed the citizens of this place and vicinity, on the evening of the 9th inst., quite a number of per-1 sons were present, more than usual upon such occasions. He spoke out boldly and I fearlessly upon all the great issues which ! are now "dividing the two nolitical parties he defined his possition clearly upon those issues, and showed the inconsistency of the Republican party, by their resolutions passed in conventions and the votes of j John U. Pettit while in Congress, they are entirely irreconcilable. When interrogated as to the pay of merrbers of Congress, Mr. Coffroth said j i that their pay was entirely to much, and it otght to be brought back to the old per ! he saw no reason why members of Congress should have an annual salary, when they are not engaged one half of their time; and it he was elected be would vote to repeal the present salary bill and if an olderor abler member would | not introduce a bill for that purpose, he wonld, and urge its passage with all the i njkility he possessed. We here ask our | Republican friends what Mr. Pettit will io if elected. Will he make a similar Sledge? or, will he do as he has done heretofore, pocket the pay and return iome before the business of the session is completed. j Upon the Kansas question, Mr. Coffnth said that under the English bill witch has been denounced by all manner of epithets, by the Republican party, the ptople had settled the question for them-

selves, repudiated the Lecompton Constitution; and he was opposed to it, as eveiy Democrat now was. But as soon a» tie people of Kansas should form a constxution, in a legal manner, being ratified I and confirmed by her people, he would ' favor her admission into the Union, notwthstanding she had not the requisite population of 93,420; because one law of ,i Congress is not binding on another Coni guess, so as to prevent its repeal, either i directly or by implication, and he, for one, t was opposed to making Kansas an excepi tion, inasmuch as other States had been i admitted with a less population. Aet for > future action, he thought it advisable to < establish and lay down a general rule, ■ that no State be admitted until she had a i i population equal to the vote of represent talion His speech throughout gave gen- - *»»». -ut.'ve t,ci ui4uc in inis qfratitf I Where is John U, Pettit! This question is often propounded by those anxious to hear a joint discussion i between Messrs. Coffroth and Pettit, as \ was agreed upon and reduced to writing Iby them. They each, publicly stated - that a joint canvass would commence on > t the Ist of September. 1 They commenced this joint cavass at 5 Roanoake, Huntington County, at which 5 place Mr. Coffroth read a chapter from - Pettit’s silent record - particularly his vote s granting to corrupt Railroad Companies • several million acres of the public lands. - These votes Pettit desired to be forgotten, t He then switched off and took another ■ direction, and this accounts for his : not being with Coffroth in this county. t Will our Republican friends answer the question? S r New Paper. ’ We are in receipt of the first number of the Howard County Citizen, a Democratic papar recently established in Kokomo, Howard county, by Jos. G. Jones. It is ' neatly printed, thoroughly Democratic, aud deserves the united support of the Democracy of Howard. May the Citizen long live to do battle in the cause. New Goods. Messrs. Nvttman <Sr Crawford, is now s receiving a large and splendid assortment Fall and Winter Goods, of superior qual- ’ ity and style, which they offer to sell at low figures. Call and see them. r ■-in- - 3 Public Speaking. ' Mr. David Studabaker, will speak at spooler s School House, in Union Towni ship, on Saturday evening Sept. 13th. , Mr. Dent is hereby invited to be present 5 and discuss the political questions of the day. Turnout one and all and hear for yourselves. JTfFFor the last two weeks we have not received our Indianapolis exchanges. The cause of this, at this time, is unknown ’ to us. Perhaps they are stoped en-route 1 and read, if so, we hope they will do 1 some good. WOOD.—Those of our subscribers e who desire to pay their subscription in • wood, will bear in mind that now is the . time to deliver it, the roads are good now . and all kinds of work slack, which affords an excellent opportunity fordrawing wood 43TWe have received a communica- ’ • tion signed “Jackson,” which we have to e decline on account c.' net knowing who the author ia. 6

THE CIRCUIT JUDGESHIP. 1 •The Banner is vividly conscious of the i fact that Carson, the regular nominee of . the Democratic party, IS utter y the position. He possesses no q ‘ tions whatever, and were he unfortunate ]v elevated, to the dignity, would not only lower but, doubtless, also corrupt it. On the other band, it is also conscious that the Republican nominee although a young man eminently qualified for so high a position of public resposibihty and trust Self-made, studious, with a judgement becoming a man of riper years, with fixed mental character, and with learning which has placed him in the first rank of 1 the profession, his youth becomes rather a recommendation than otherwise, all of which facts insure the most inglorious defeat of Carson.” We take the above paragraph from the last Press, and we must say that we are vet to become ‘vividly conscious’ of the unfitness of Mr. Carson, our nominee.— Yea, more: we can with truth and propriety take the enconiums which our neighbor lavishes upon Mr. Wilson, and place them upon the brow of Mr. Carson. Mr. Carson is worthy, in every respect, of the nomination with which the Democracy have honored him. We know of a truth ! that Mr. Carson, ‘although a young man is eminently qualified for so high a position of responsibility and trust, and that ‘he is seif-made, studious, and a judgement becoming a man of riper years, with n fixed mental character;’ to all of which his many, friends and acquaintances in this county will bear witness. On the other hand, will Edward R. Wilson’s FIXED MENTAL CHARACTER bear criticism? If it will, we will scan lightly over his brief political career and see what is his/red mental character;' for by the actions of a man are we to judge of his

ability, fitness and capacity to ho,d a responsible office; and to show that we have no disposition so misrepresent, we quote the following from a Republican paper of this district:—‘Edward R. Wilson, ot Bluffton, the prosecating Attorney in Judge McMahon’s time, and whom the j Republican party at Kendalville on the 12th unfortunately put in nomination for Circuit Judge, but which they would not have done, had all the delegates known that it was the same who once was Prosecutor. This is the man who piesumed under a ficticious name to reflect the senti. ments of Republicans of Lagrange county; and. Regulators of the D’.rtrict! this is the man who for money engaged in a lawless crusade against you in Lagrange county, 'in company with Andrew Ellison to de- • fend by wholesale, the blacklegs there arraigned at the April term of the Court in 1858 , “Wouldn’t he make a bird of a judge in any emergency, and especially in the • j unparalleled one now existing when blacklegdom is now holding such terror over | This is how one of his own political as- > sociates holds him up to scorn and shame; i this is the picture portrayed by one of his new bed-fellows, and by one, too, whom we have every reasons to believe knows him better than any other man in the disI trict. But the writer could with truth have made his portrait more glaring than he has done, if he had mentioned some othier facts which are well known in this I community. He was the means of bringing a certain notorious criminal from the north into this county, to swear against certain men on whom he (Wilson) wishled to have some political revenge gratified; and when the question was asked by one of those who brought him here I as to what he knew about a certain man, |he replied that he knew nothing about him, but “find out all about him as soon as he could see Ed Wilson.” And this , same scoundrel, that if he would swear ' against certain individuals in this county the Regulators would assist him in getting : out of his difficulties; and in this connecI tion the following extract from the Dei Kalb Demoerat will not come amiss in showing this would be Judge in his proper place, and more definitely establishing his ‘fixed mental character':— CRYING ‘STOP THIEF.’ "The Regulators as Wells county met a few days ago, and adopted a set of resolutions, from which we clip the following: “That we will scrutinize the character of all men who may claim the rights and privileges of citizenship with us, endeavoring to eschew and avoid such as are guilty of high crimes and moral derelictions; such as may have defrvuded their creditors by fraudulent assignments, and are holding property not their own: such ias may have left their country for their : country’s good, and with goods and chati tels belonging to others: such as may have left the polluted victims of their lascivious lusts, monuments of their degradation after the solemn promise of marriage: such as may have been tried bv a jury of their countrymen, and found guilty of crimes most degrading to all civilized I society: such as have put away their lawful wives, and afterwards live in notorious adultery: such as are notorious gamblers are know to keep houses for gaming purposes: and finaly, all who do not live up the laws of civilized society, and obey al] its moral obligations.” 'E R. M ilson, the Republican candidate for Circuit Judge, was present at the meeting which adopted the above) resolution, and supported the resolution. We know of no better man in the district to support such a resolution, for Wilson has been guilty of nearly all the crimes enumerated in the above resolution, and is now daily practising them. The man ! tbVloudeu WIU a ’ Way ’ Cry ‘ Btop thief ’ j This ii not an assertion formed from

hearsay, but based upon facts well know S! among the citizens of DeKalb, Lagran e » and Elkhart counties, In days gone by he was in the habit of leaving this cou’ u ’ J ty and spending a portion every su mm( , r in those localities, where he’ practiced 5 nearly all the crimes mentioned in the Pl above resolution. And further, we would el remind our worthy neighbor that wehav e s t heard of a certain individual casting aside el his official robes as circuit Prosecutor in obtaing a divorce for a ‘grass widow,’ « el ’ j ting on a ‘big drunk’—making a hasty h visit to Michegan—getting married, a 1 child begotten, and in less than three days < after, swearing that be ‘was married nary j time;’calling upon certain young ladies, i and returning to a certain county. pretty bird for a Judge, eh! Well, w« t have heard these things—that is all. I This is the same Ed Wilson who, two 4 years ago, was such a rampant Democrat J and for the sake of political distiction turned traitor upon those who were en- 1 deavoring to reform him of all his degrad- l ing practices, and elevate him to an emin- -I ence worthy of his profession. ■ This is only a hasty glance at the actions and workins of your candidate, Mr. Editor of the Press. We might, in this connection, refer our readers to some al- | fidavits made before your Honor, and I show that in respect to his oath his character is fixed, and he is all you would make your readers believe him to be.— But for the present we have said enough about your ‘little giant,’ Ed Wilson, feeling salified that Ins character for truth and veracity is fully known in this community, and that wherever he is known he has the reputation of being destitute of those principles which form the character . of an honest man. ■ On the other hand, scrutinize the con-

duct of Mr. Carson, our nominee; investigate his history for the past ten years, and point us to one single act of his, but j what will meet the approval of every honest man. and he sufficient to convince the most ultray partisan that in Mr. Carson we have a man worthy of the office lor which he is nominated. He has every qualification to make a good Judge. He is sound lawyer; possesses and independence of a character, to which is added the honesty of doing justice to all parties, without permitting his prejudices to carry him away, for the purpose of avenging some old and imaginary wrong. And now, in conclusion, if your party, v,i ch . professes to be the pink of honesty in ail j its actions, and vauntingly boasts of the i high-mindedness of your little Ed, can ! point to one act of Mr. Carson’s that will I not bear the strictest investigation, and compare favorably in honesty of characI ter; — ant j prove that, under any circutn- ‘ stances, he can lower the dignity of the Bench, or corrupt the judicial office, we shall then be in favor of a third candidate, and if our nominee’s character was halt Ul--.V - ’C'-l — • -houlJ utter!) i refuse to support him. For the Eagle. Buffalo. Adams Co. Ines. Sept. 13 1858. I Eds Decatur Eagle:—Sirs: InaforI mer communication to your paper I promised to give you before the election in Oct. at least, one reason why we did not want Aley Ross fur our Representative to the i Slate Legislature. I now proceed to give i that reason. It is well known by raosto! the people of this county that in the year 1854 there was Know Nothing lodges formed in our midst and very active agents at work initiating members into the order under very solemn oaths. At this time in the county of Adams you can find but i very few who are honest enough to admit that they are or ever were of that I number. Now it so happens that oneof the inflated who resides in our midst i» sufficiently honest to confess that he is an I American, as he terms it and says that he really glories in the principle of the order. I have heard this same honed American says that he would sooner ten times over see James Buchanan elected president than John C. Fremont, that he utterly detested the Republican doctrine and that he had been giving some of his relatives goss for adhering to and voting with the republicans. This same gentleman says he yet glories in the doctrine of the order and does not care for any Rnpublican on the ticket other than Ross.— Now this man was among the first if not himself the verv first to propose Ross as a candidate for Representative. It is mV firm belief that he was the first mover in the case, and it is well known to many others as well as myself that before and at the convention that nominated Boss iti’ gentlemen took a very active part. H® proposed to the leading Republicans in and around Decatur to let them have the other candidates if they would only g :ve Ross the nomination lor RepresentativeNow taking all these things into consideration, what is the conclusion at which we naturally arrive. With these facts before us, we are driven to the conclusion that Mr. Ross is either a member of the order of Know Nowings or that he sympathises with their movements of which they have a knowledge. I cannot see how any sao* man can come to any other conclusion- - " 1 have aimed at facts and I have given as I think nothing but facts so that the mosfastidious cannot take offence for I am sure it is not my desir t e to offend any one. I will leave the discussion of the Know thing doctrine to others it is sufficient for my present purpose to know that the voters of this County are strongly and conscientiously opposed to all proscriptive political tenets. Yours <fcc. LIMBERLOST. When the tree has fallen every manrushes to it with a hatchet.