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THE FOURTH INDIANA DISTRICT; Reading for Both Sides An Appeal to Mr. Julian's Better Judgment. SHttBT iNDtAitX, March 20. T f&? of the Cincinnati Gazette: One word personal to myself, and then a few words pertinent to the caption of this communication: 1 believe 1, learned to read from the columns of the Qaiette. Iocs before this part of Indiana was tap red by railways, the Liberty Hall and "Weekly Gaietta" u a weekly visitor and a welcome one to my father's family And it was in the column a of your excellent journal I first appeared jo print, fifteen J ears ago, as an enthusiastic boy-ad. Tocate of Radical Republicanism, ilenee writing from my natvo couuagain, . I ask a brief space mi jour columns to hold Tip tbe convicting mirror of facts before Jilt. Julian's face. He can not claim, when catastrophe' shall have come, to have acted ignorant of the true; condition of tilings. : The Gasette'e editorials on the Congressional imbroglio in. this district have been clear, convincing and severely pointed. Tha blind followers of Mr. Julian the pentlemea who places his personal ambition above the principles of the .Republican party must be peculiarly obtuse not to we the unenviable light in which their worshiped god stands. From long personal acquaintance with Air. Julian, I A wow that you have rent the veil and disclosed him in the faulty character he Undoubtedly possesses. That feature of it which permits him to denounce as. personal enemies til those Who do' not proclaim frowi the hensetups his greatness- and glory, is the most antagonizing , and unpropitiating. Bat leaving the catiss of the demoralized ctimlition of Mr. Julian as a political candidate to be discussed' by others, and named to tuit each one's fancy, let me arrive the , Honorable gentleman and his mpportcrs before a jury of the most stubtot a facts. To what do the 7,200 Republican voters of Shelby, Hush, Hancock and Franks tin counties object in the candidacy of Mr. Julian? These are the four counties to which Wayne, Union and Fayette have hten added, the whole number comprising tbe new Fourth District. We protest. 1. Against Mr. Julian's claim that this is the old Fifth ( Old Rurnt') District, with our four counties simply added for his jmonal convenience; and suggest, as a good reason for this protest, the fact that these four counties polled 7,22', votes for Grant, While Wayne Union and Fayette only pulled G,"Ul for Julian, in Tl four rotetir eouiUUsa, therefore, rat nearly a thousand more Republican xotes than do the other three. ii. Against the "Julian men" tjo'; upon us seven thousand Republicans a t-amiidate trftf) cun't carry the rof nf his immediate IfcphMiccn nfifhtrs in the connty where he was born and lived all his life, thus placing our party success in jeopardy. 3. Against this spirit of dictation, and this sacrifice of the certainty of success to man worship. We do more than this; we ilemiml that the notice cf our thrall shall neither he served on us or executed. Now let any lair minded man look at the figures. In 1864, in the Fifth District, Julian received 13,529 votes. At the same election Morton, for Governor, received 14,t'"7. Julian behind his ticket 1,123 votes, lie ran behind that year in the counties ct Wayne, Fayette and Union 523 votes. In IStUJ Julian receiveJ, in the same district, 13.41G votes; Truslcr, for Seere ry of State, in same, 14 312. Julian behind his tioket again S'Jii votes, 4T2 of tnese were tost in ay ne, l ayette and v nion counties. In IStlSthe race was made in the new Fourth District. We seven thousand Refuhlicans of Shelby, Hush, Hancock and ' ran&un counties took Mr. Julian on trial. He came before us for the nomination. pleading martyrdom at the hands of his enemies. Our svmpathies went out to him. Wo aMe.l I..". J"e said: "Well, Mr. Julian, we wilt stand VOU. W Will l,U run nn trill If Jou can make a good race, and we like you, e will stick to" you through thick and 'tun." And we lived nn to nur nart nf rte contract. It was our understanding "tfif Mr. Julian proved a bad Investment. ewere absolvad from any obligation to 'rpott him again. And this was the result: vote of fotrth district is 1SC3. Jiia.. t ill fneral Grant's vote represented the tmum strength of the Kep'blican trtJ cf ihe district. Therefore the spe,,8f measure of unpopularity and weakc loth of Raker and Julian is indispu'Jfchown to be as follows: ,'' anponuLi-it. flirt nl unpopBUrity l,19TOte "li'l" nJ "aker luiiniiuam Kopubingtt).. 389 votes where and bv whom did this loss yut? Xo whose doors must this FitttD t,er generalship be laid? Her . ....... .,.....,.. Jt'lltv nrntvn iid iht " !Jtt. t.ant, , jJ'-ob wunt, (hit own county)... 6T 5S 9TT To,l..., .1.09T the3S0 votes behind Baker. Mr. Jup' "net 315 in his old counties of Wayne, ,JJta and Union. Franklin gave hiu: Ru i of I1,ker whn 63 were ,ost in iv t . DC0CK d Shelby, tnis county 1Bn biui onlt seven votes less than Rah ,ctvally giving him 21 votes more , ,a were et .-1: v.nL.. ri. (f6' Thus it is plain that the foisting j'-'f- Julian upon us in 1S6S waa the 5k0' While e 7229 Reottblicana of Kub, Hancock and Franklin ..i i neiinMi inrn our Kiriur - vur ground, the columa brougnt

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-' 1 1 in yoii:9;;m'i3j tip by Julian'i cortnty his Home Guards travered, deserted, were fat to flight, and have demonstrated that fact. The figures feonvict voxi. ' ' ' 4 ' v . i A gentleman informa me that Mr. Julian said to him fn Washington recently: 'I will not fce defeated. 1 can not afford to be.'' Mr, Julian's man Friday, at the National Capital, recently said: "George don't cart a picayune for the attacks of the newspapers. They haven't aay iafluence and he has beaten them all, tiaufe after time. He can do it again." 1. ' ' As to whether he can afford to te beaten, or whether the newspapers have any influence, we shall see. In the meantime there comes up front ten thousand Republicans, whose watchword and reply is, "everything ;for principles tiothing Tor tnen, a tnarvtelously united xolcefrydti wt taKiny any risk's to gratify Hfr. Julian; and alt along the line we hear the shout, "Give unpopular Judge Jerry Wilson and we shall carry the Copperhead citadel by storm next October. Native. THE OT11KR SIDE. '' Connersville, Ind., March 19. To the EJitor of the Cincinnati Gazette: . Tbe deep interest you take in tbe politics of this Congressional District, as manifested by your repeated and earnest efforts to defeat the nomination of Hon. G. W. Julian, and a conviction that you mean to do no injustice to him or Ms friends, force rue to the belief that you do not understand either the origin, nature or extent of the difficulties which trouble the Republican party here. And, as qne who has been an observer of, and, to some extent, a participator in, the political movements of the old Whig party since 1S40, and also of the llepublican party ever since its origin, I respectfully ask the use of your paper to present your readers with the reasons why I think you are mistaken. I drem these statements necessary, because four of the seven counties of this district have but recentl' been identified with the dirlicttlties which had their origin in the old Burnt District, and don't understand them. I wish them to appear in your paper because it circulates more largely in our district than all our local papers com bined, and the erroneous impression tuade can not be removed by any other means. In jour Weekly, of March lb'th, you charge the difficulty to Mr. Julian's personal unpopularity, and not to his radicalism, and in other articles he is charged as a dead weight to his party, because he always runs behind his ticket. Now, if these charges were true, you might have some pretext for demanding his abandonment. Rut by reference to the history of past political campaigns. I propose to show that you do hirn injustice,- and, that our difficulties existed prior to Julian's connection with them a legacy inherited from the old Whig party by tho Republicans, and existing in spite of the efforts of his friends, aide! by his own, to remove them. In short, they arc product d by the discordant elements of extreme radicalism on one hand, and extreme conservatism on the other. In 1341, O. B. Smith, representative of the radical wing of the Whig party, was nominated to Congress. Jonathan McCarty, conservative Whig, ran independent. Both were beaten by Andrew Kennedy, Democratic candidate; and from that period to this these two elements have affected the elections of Congressmen. -No candidate for Congress, either Whig or Republican, has secured the full vote ot his party. Caleb B. Smith, S, W. Darker and I). 1 Holloway were too radical to secure the full strength of the Whig party. David Kilgore was too conservative to secure the full vote of the Republican party, and G. W. Julian was too radical to carry the conservative wing. He ran badly be hind his ticket ten years since, but the discrepancy grew less at every election afterward. Here let me note that his deficit grew less and the party vote larger for tour successive elections in his district, until a Republican Legislature, in order to secure two districts out of its accumulated strength, divided it. lu the counties detached from his old district he came nearer carrying his party vote in 18G3 than ever before. I ask in all candor, if your charge of personal unpopularity can account for the existence of troubles older than Julian's political life that affected the Whig party when he was not a member of it and diminished the majorities of men with whom he did not compete? Was he a ULftU nitti VII int i 1 J i 11 ii' Ullllll i

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dwjirawruhdeftat. ' No, ir Mr. Julian! -Qatte two years since, r He had joinedi or test uner tliefutlt? fW .t-1"f x"ti",i " kit1 '."SfJ! WJ.Jawt lour own body guard Column will hot the Free Soil party fiftee. months befpre df all illttttarfir tWMbw ftarttV txst't 7Aw.l.rrEi- 1 J lP 1 e candidate for tha office; YMaaaMrif rtatii firm.' TW will ne follow their I the Wbhr. nominated Parker, lie couJd of th6 n.llnt MmiaAniJtSlL'! iW rl!C Voar f4t4

leader. Thet hare lost faith in him. 1 1 ..a hnh from . flin.tlnn hirh h a.,., n.K.r. f . iiw.7-r -mk... Dett. io; rncie; t. tne ia twue or ; in.uon, J D.,wiu meer some ijefubiican l,wf e

vote at every election? sUtaa a substantially, as does the affidavit He is charged with forcing himself on j f h IHff gUtcs th4t Mr. Bachthe party in IfctxN when, he was otmn.jm(n olJ him of ,he juUrvlew between ted without .opposition, receiving the vote Wy and Judge Johnsa.i at the voting

istricU Is that charge true? He is charged with endeavoring to force himself on the party in 1870, when, at the solicitation of his friends, he con sented to be a candidate and leaves the manner of choice to the party, and pledges himself to support the nomination. The only force applied to secure his nomination and protect himself against the foul aspersion of opposing political aspirants in his political record, of which his friends are proud, and against which no enemy brings a charge. It is charged that he is so proscriptive that no man who does not bow to his mandate and yield voluntary submission to bis behest can secure a position over whose appointment he has tbe control. Yet one-half of the officers in the l'ostoffice and revenue departments in Fayette county have always been actively opposed to his nomination. In your editorial of the 16th, already quoted, you charge him with bolting once before. When did he bolt? You doubtless refer to the election of 1849, when he defeated Mr. Parker, the

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W htg nominee for, Uongress. 1 ou . cer - I.tnle Urllonf !,. k.'TAA hnnH.ai T . , , . . . I , , , o j r J " ft : He is charged with harsh . language iorwaia xepuDiican opponents in ., iormer nominating campaigns, ana u asserted as one cause or pouticat estrangement in txis istrict. I have heard several BDeeches from him when canvassing for ' nomination but never heard him make the slightest reference to his ( RepuIican opponent. There are but two of bi former , competitors for noririatior; now Jiving in the Fourth District, and one of them w an ardent friend of Julian's nomination You are mistaken in supposing that Judge Wilson's nomination would noite the party. He would -gat the rote that Julian loses, but, would lose a; largely from other j causes. ; :, By Julian's firtn adherence to truth, united to others who baldly defended the political equality of the human race, .whea Judge Wilson opposed it, the llepublican party is strong enough in this distriet to fleet their candidate tn epiteof defalcation from either faction. But (.without the colored vote the issue would be doubtful.-, j Ought not the man whose labor secured the benefit of lhat vete to the party bfe aU lowed to enjoy its benefits "bver any man who Opposed it, until driven by publio sentiment' to its indorsement? - Against Wilson's "personal character I bring no charge. In the event of his nomination I intend to support him; and if I had aught against it, I would deem it baJ policy to furnish weapons to break his head. ' Had his friends used the siame precaution to ward Julian,-Wilson's friends would not hare so great a trouble in uniting the vote of the party on Wilson. Of his judicial record the Republican party is proud. He is a good Jndge, and lot him remain where he excels. Juiiian is a good Congress man why make nny cbhnge? v I " Against Wilson's political record,' no one can speak, for it is a' nonentity. He has not honored cither the forum- or the rostrum with his eloquence, and from the character of his efforts-at the bar, I judge thaf his rhetorical Tame will never be great. ,,!' ' '' " ' Now, I will close by. stating that the difficulties in this district existed independent of Mr. JuHan, and could not proceed from any personal unpopularity of bis. I have referred to past known political history in proof of it. Hence you mistake the origin of the difficulties It is a part, but not all, of the conservative element that refuses to - vote for Julian when nominated. Hence, you mistake its character; and, finally, I have shown that the real truth is too insignificant of itself to defeat either . party. Hence, stating that Julian can not be elected is a mistake as to its extent. 1 say that the dilhculty of itself can not defeat either caudidate, but honestly believe that mistaken outside pressure may do it. Assuming the responsibility of my own statements, I sign my own name. . Samuel Litilb. .; BATTOT BOX STUFFING., ,, , From tha Richmoad Telagram. The replies of Isaac and Mr. Payne to Major Lacy's affidavits, relating to the attempted election fraud at the South Poll are met by affidavits which strongly confirm Lacy's statements, and make a very ugly case for Julian and his frieuds to settle. So far, they have not met the charges fairly, and we shall await with interest their explanations of further developments. t . Mr. Kd. Salter makes affidavit that, on the night of the election, he accompanied j Lacy and Cbas. Leive to Paynes office (Leive remaining at the foot of the outside stairs,) that he remained outside the door of said cilice in the ball, the door being slightly ajar; that he saw Payne and Lacy in the office and overheard their conversation, and that it was substantially as stated in Lacy's affidavit. Mr. Chas. Leive, in his affidavit, confirms the above statement, and adds that he went into the middle of the street and saw Payne IQll Lacy in Payne's otlico through the window. He also states that he had a conn versation with Judge Johnson which aroused his suspicions, and, on mentioning them to Laey, was told of , the plot to stuff the ballot box, and was asked to go with Lacy to Pjyae'a office, to wituess the denouement. Mr. S. Bach man makes affidavit that he overheard the conversation between Lacy ; and Judire Johnson at the engine bouse, j.., l 1-11 I wuise tne election waa oemg ueiu, uuu , ' 8horU, after the election, and gives ' r ' . ... . -. an account of it, as Bachuian thou gave it to him. ' '. ' ' A prominent business man and life long supporter of Julian, whose name stands at the head of one of tho largest wholesale houses of the city, states under oath that in conversation with George W. Julian, after the October election he (Julian) said "1 understood that the ballot box waa to bo stuffed, and that Lacy was to do it. I asked the party who informed me of this bow it would affect me. The reply was that it would not hurt my (Julian's) interests." He also states- that he "was a member of the Grant Club, and waa preseut at the meetiug when parties were chosen for the places of Judges of the South Precinct, that ll. B. Payne strongly recommended M. M. Lacy as one of the Judges of the precinct. Col. Oran Perry makes affidavit that on the day after the election Major Lacy gave him the particulars of the plot to stuff the ballot box, as detailed in Lacy's affidavit. As will be seen, these affidavits come from thoroughly respectable ao4 reliable

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r ' IVior ARiOJfVlta."!6 tfcy)j , . Tho -foUtwUv ate-l4fct:ii! Erven ' in eubstantiatidi. of arhnikaa ben .eretoforei : .r . . .. wlioi with Mfi Juliall?,i8 .4, v sJ .Richmond. Marck 1&1870. Soma time ia tha JatUtr part of .October 1865,-1 met tJcorfce W JUa,iJRici-i Bbnd,il a walk frouaaBe'Uitiaevi'a JUak to the; Depot Arnoe other jUiings. tha subject of his election, came pp, I asked hlra if lie id was not going. to contest tha lection, adding that if they either reinstaled thet tooutb roll or rejeotea the iortb roll. on , account ot irregularities, Jia was no uneasiness about that, 1 bave my cer tificate,'. (or perhaps he said. 'I'll obtain it,') , 'and will get my seat.'i. I asked how? Why,'ij eaid f he, we have a llepublican Coogresa, and having once got . the beat, lie id or any .ether. Democrat can't take it from me.' vl reccollect this corversation very distinctly, because it was a statement I did not like, and don't yet like it. . ,Xhe above is substantially, what I told Mr. YaTyan some. time ago, in a conversation about that election. ', . , ,,1, , .; , f :; ss , ; , James.IV Burgess. , Major Fopp makes the following affidato the burning of tho tickets, said to have been obtained from Payne, by Lacey j. j State of Indiana); Wayne CocNTr.f , ;88, John II. I'opp, being duty sworn according to law, on his oath, said: Uo the evening of the State election in 1SGS, 1 went into my office in the city ef JLlicbuiond, and found John S. Lylo there. ;lle told me of a plan which bad been arranged to stuff the ballot boxes of the south poll with Julian tickets. I asked hiui, how he knew this, and be said he had seeu Judge Johnson talk privately with Lacey several times during the day, and that Lacey had then gone to Ilermon B. Payne's office to get the tickets. Shortly after this, Laccy came in and took from bis overcoat pocket a bunch of tickets,, remarking as he did fo, "that shows what the d d scoundrels would do' ror words to that effect. We examined some of the tickets, fall of them being folded up), and found that every one of them had .the name of Julian on it. Lacey then , threw the tickets in the 'atove in tho presence of Lyle and tnjsolf. After this they left the office. Lyle and myself occupied nty office together ' at that time. , And I further swear that 1 have read the foregoing affidavit, which was written at my dictation, and that 1 am f fully acquainted with its contents. John H. Forp. Grand Onslaught, But Nobody Hurt. Five hundred copies of the .Richmond Radical were circulated .in Fayette Coun ty last week. This overwhelmned : the Wilson men. Judge Wilson got sick, the Times came near suspeuding, and all agree that Fayette County will "go for'' Julian. Connersville Time.;-; Five hundred copies of Julian's paper (the llichmoad Radical) were alsO,,circulated in Kraukliu Couuty last week, said Julian organ being brimfull of Julian articles (Jeorge W.Julian throughout tbe entire paper. The excitement of the few Julian men ia this County ran high for a while, but quickly subsided, with, nobody hurt. This movement, was intended aa a grand onslaught upon the Wilson. men, but proved an utter failure. Franklin County will also "go for" J ulian. Brook i vi lie American. - ... A similar "commotion" was produced here when the five hundred appeared. But it is all over now, aud "Jo'' still survives. tSbelby ville llepublican., Mr. Julian and his friends are continually trying to impress the publio with the idea that no one but himself can command Mile uoiureu uic. xma ia iiso iu cisij . i . i i .. .... i1 1. ; : i'.. i , particular, and they know it, Judge llson was the first judge in Indiana who took the "advauco step," and decided that the colored man had certain rights under our State Constitution, in a casethat camel 1. in. i;.m ('.rlkiM Itnah I'.miilt'j vt. iui .iiiii . . ....... , ; and upon the basts of that decision, Uarnabas Hobbs, Superintendent of Publio Instruction, disbursed to volorcd residents their proportion of the School Fund. And yet the Richmond Radical would make it appear that he is a "conservative," and an enemy of the colored man. Meu who talk so loud and long about' their radicalism are to be watched. Iu IS5U-G0, . Isaac of the Radical, was editing the Jeffersoniau. at Richmond, a foul-mouthed Democratic sheet, and his bromer George about .1.... n r. J . .n.r.l nl Slllllll tn anv that time offered a reward of'SlUUO to any one who would show where he ever penned a line or said a word favoring the abolitiou of slavery in the States where it existed. Shelby ville Republican. A gentleman in Boston was going out in his carriage to make some calls with his wife, when be discovered that ha had left his visiting cards. He told his footman, recently come into his service, to go to the mantleptece in the sitting-room, and bring the cards he should see there. Tbe servant ran upou a pack of playing oards, aud thought those were the ones. Off started the gentleman, sending in the footman with cards whenever the "not at home" occurred. As these were very numerous, he turned to his footman with the question: . , "How manv cards have vou left? ."Well." said the footman, "the ace of hearts is all that remains." "The duece!" exclaimed bis master. "I left the duece ia the last house but one, waa the reply.

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ftdK ftrE N T1 Tfl E YiilW Vii ? ail wofsd io I - - .Cant fmm Jurfn. WiU. . ! 1 " I ?"Z"10 r.V - i'T' 5 li SBW i i,s ,L t. i . . - www HHVDS UW MWUTV VBUVUB .1UHU f (wiob xne lotaewisgtoi r i . i ot t: , Itfatft ere purely Volttntirfrfc labar ef lore lor the benefit of Judge Wilson; By tbelAf it is ftf'Q clear that that distin guished conservative,, personally superin tended tn' natter r getting up these affi"datita. li$lt waa in this city two or three davs about tho date of the derwitiohs. a ad Htnt"onrthe" cats with Lacy and Deanis (etr tat tatter W whott wa-Hafn, thay Hrer liteti aa lit 't6lr "way to Indianapoiia a tjaTBDnage, and was-aeen m close and earnest consultation with them. These facta will bo apt to give our Radical frieada a new revelation of tha character of Mr. Juliao'a eouBelitor, . i preaame that you would not, intention ally, do me injustice, and 1 therefore take . . . . . ' occasion to say mm i nau na anowieogo whatever of theae affidavits, nor did 1 know that anything contained ia them waa with the knowledge of any person, nor that such publication was contemplated until after they had been proposed, nor was I in any way connected with their preparation. ''"After I learned of their existence, irielead of being instrumental in procuring thenr to. W published,' I used every effort ! couid to preterit1 it? 'There are gentlemen in yonr county, 'and elsewhere, whose He miblieaaisrtf. fand I mat aav ;,flf,'m,m. if the farmer terW is not aufficieutly expressive,) could hardly be questioned, who know that I strenuously opposed theifpubiication for. reasons that it is not important now to mention. 1 I am quite sure that ob three occasions prior to'their appearance in the Sentinel I kept them out of print, and at the time yu refer to, when I was Seen on the cars' with Col. Dennis and Majo Lacy ih -earnest Consultation," I w was trying again to suppress-then. 4 -1 - V. Whether what I did in this behalf' was right or wrong, is a question upon which there will perhaps be a diversity of opinion; but inasmuch as the responsibility of this publication has been thus attempted to be thrown upon me, I have no disposition to oonceal what I have done respecting it. ' t '. Hoping that you will give this to your readers through your paper, as prominently as tho charge was made, I am ! Very respectfully, Ac., J. M. Wilson. ' Claims to Office. "We notice that in nearly every case where the present incumbents of positions in Congress are candidates for re-election and they are universally so, almost they and their friends talk loudly and learnedly of "their claims to the office," their "having acquired great proficiency in the discharge of the duties of the position, and that therefore it would be bad policy to elect a greenhorn, whom it would require years to aequire the same degree of proficiency." All this talk is merest boh,; mouthed by the sattelites of petty great men for the support of splitting the ears of the groundlings and acquiring for themselves and their masters the reputation for superior wisdom. f There is not a man who is fit to represent a constituency in Congress who caunot, inside of a month, acquire sufficient acquaintance with parlimentary rules to enable them to do tbe must ample justice to the Government aud to their constituency. And as to claims toan office, nobody haa them. The offices belong to the people were created by them and for them, and only those have claims whom the people, by their votes, declare shall fill them. This is the true Republican doctrine, and any other only enables weak demogogues to attain positions neither their talents uor their services give them any title to. The chief claim urged for keeping Mr. Juliau iu Congress is that he has "learned the trade," and consequently should be kept in place for life; that is all there is in it. Mr. Julian has uever originated one . SINGLE MKASL'HE as an evidence of his assumed statesmanship, in the twelve long years that he has been a member, aud we defy a showing to that effect, and yet he would have it appear that UK is the greatest law-giver in the laud! Any ordioa r uian j (ho same time could have done 11 o .- ... I 1 I : .. . 1. . wen. , oeaaior iuu.iuu uiu uku iu ine Senate but a few months until ho was recognized by both Houses as a leader, (Mr. Julian disseuting, of course,) and Mr. J. stands as a mere pigmy compared with him to-dayl . This claim of it taking so many years to "learn to be a member of Cougrcss," may be true in Mr. Julian's ease, but we have men in this District who are not made out of such slow, and sluggish material, and that clear-headed geuileiuan, Judge Wilson, is one of them. . Read the following carl as a fair type of one of this class of politicians whorefuse to let go their hold when the people ask it. Mr. Julian seems determined to force himself and his unpopularity this time, the next time the time after, and for all time to come, upon an unwilliug coustituenoy. The card, of course, wau written by himself, and sent out through the District to be signed by those upau whom he promises to confer future favors. Slielby ville llepublican. . Here follows the 'Read and Ponder' article published in the American. raa---- "- ' Mr. Julian talks of himself as "a battlescarred hero of twenty odd years." Was egged, probably, some twenty odd years ago, and Is saving his old clothes as an heir loom! Maybe the above is a'misprlnt and was intended to read "A battloscared," Ac. That, certainly, would have been mora appropriate, as George and all his relations took good care to keep at long range from grape and canister during the war. Shelbyville Republioau.

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fe . " nt . . .)t .a'iii. l uiott tBlfl 6itf1 vnc j'cw wny we upoaB mr. junan. i . i .i ,.,.,; " t i...t 111 IUO I'VUDirV, W 11 V UVI l .C WTir ll per, and tbey wittpfi Vdea tar oarage that ilf Mr. Juliatl bad ve. k'umbatlt tbe Post OfBce, it would bae .beau , right; J .would have', supported ' himt? I bis is a f1ihhood,'aod We ata prepare to prove W" 7 i - oil! iu j-.tt- o.'w i Two yean go-Sr.: JuH aa w a a nandidate for Congress in tha new - District jpM formed, of which Sbtlby eownty was made a paTt. The. bdsi naw taajwbtcbf w arien gaged as pubtiaher of a'nMat&pipaiv&taiaH-t ed ut wUh iBforaaHUb-vtbiuil juti&Ld Us In forming tha 'belief that that gaoUeanaa, with the'comparativrly small Republican majority of the new District, aad th de i cided unpcpularity he had engendered at i hone, would .hazard the chances of our tininn m m m n A !. t 1 a 1, l?n ) ii; ' n v : i- l - . I - . puoucan u ne snouiu receive me nomiaa- i tion. Several irent omen ot amlttv tti 3he i District wera aswirartts for tha l.Uee amtvos' whom . was Ex-Conaressman r J. U. Farw quhar. . Col. , Far.uuhar. we kuew well; and in the matter of choice, we should inive given him the decided preference. t He came to this county to laok, -after, his;iaterests, and as a-perattjud friend, we went with him to. several poiots in the . count v, and introduced hiui to our citizens. Rut . Col. Farquhar will bear witucss that 'we l.0, wieiiraetnar we UC told him all the time that we "believed I Se Al(0. n,dff the circun.st.ncea was a more avaitaoio man toan nimscir, and was. therefore'our first choice. Col. Fardthar ia a trontleuian, who is liberal enough to concede- to other thffir right to view matters as they honestly a p pour, to them, and will not set every man down as aa ''enemy therefor. :" "' ' ' "-' :l ' About this time, in company with doa eV" Vinson, .,.anupe era. viuerivea.itKliniin .ilinAnd AnMlV'nf B h rvi n t t ll t I . . i. r i. . .. : i . .1 l time, we believe, held an office, and were consequently untrammeled in theif convictions we .signed a note 'addressed to Judge Wilson, asking him to be a candidate for the nomination. He TCplied that if the Republicans thought'' he could add streogtu to the ticket,: aud honored him with the nomination, he woulJ(acccpt, but would not, enter into, any scramble fur tbe place. Mr. Julian, Col. Farquhar and Geo. Bennett, were already in the field, and iu the Primary elections that took place soon alter, Mr. Julian tece'iyed a plurality of votes and was virtually the nominee. Judge Wilson and his friends gracefully withdrew, threw their support in favor of Mr. Julian, aud worked as hard for, his. election and a good deal i harder tbaa some who aro so loud-mouthed in his intcrcst to-day. We claim that we did as much to secure t tie etitiro support oi or.aiKit I m tt t l r .1 n i n o u onv n at rt in

j v .....j . " " ." : remnrkeu to us ou MwuUay that if the Reit, and we can make a showing ot itf, publicans .do .not nominate Julian the

necessary. It dil not alter our opinion, however, lhat he was not tne man we should have nominated, and (be result at the ballot-box in October proved clearly that we were in the right.- . - We oppO&cd Mr. Julian's nomination Til EN, because we feared the District might be represented by aa "enemy'' of the Gwveratuenta Democrat! .We fear a similar calamity much more now in. case Mr. Julian is nominated, and hence we are opposed to renominating hiiu again. It is nol necessary for us to enter in a discussion of the caU r.a of his unpopularity that matter has been thoroughly presented heretofore in these columns. We will only tidd that it is unfortunate for himself, and still more unfortunate for the Republican party that Mr. Julian will persist in asking a rc-nominatinn at this time. Had he gracefully withdrawn, as Judge Wilson did two years ago, he would have made hinielf mare friends thai the weekly circulation for the next tea years in this Dis-riot of twenty thousand copies of his brother's newspaper, th Richmond 1 Radical, filled with abuse of all good Re-' publicans who do not think with it that i Mr. Julian is the only man who cau rep-J resent the 4th District. j As to the charge that our opposition to Mr. Julian's re nomination is because he-

did not give to usan office, is silly, a"J Julian, while at:, tha same time ho used by parties to prejudice not only Mr. ;llHB no by iudiscreet language, and Julian's chances, but their Own. Any ,.ae(i for severitv ofatyle, made Liinscusible man knows that.' had we cosertd , 8t.lf olMsivrf to anvbudy. It'ia an uDwar.'

up the facts, ami urged Mr. J una u s uom -j luation two years that could have been brought to bear , on ...v -jian in would not have prevented him from appointing us Postmaster of this city, if we had desired it. We knew that very well then; but wo did not feel like aiding in the sacrifice of the interest of the lit publican party to gratify a selfish end. We are publishing the, org in of' the party iu Shelby Couuty, and it is our business, and it is expected of us, to stand on the lookbut and declare aud make known to the party any dangers that threaten it, "and wo would be recreant of duty if wo did not give warning, when we see so many "breakers" ahead in case this re nomina-

tion is made. Perhaps the turbulent and! lost. I tie resolutions passed by a pubhuboisterous prospective has at times caused unhung of Republidiu. citizeoH on tbe us to "partake of its nature," and made j evening of the 3rd seems to have been ' us to utter some harsh things that had bet-! "crowded out.'l ls o, lot us have them J ter been left unsaid; but our iutentions at iu your uext. Shelby villa Republican. . all times have been in the interest of that' --' " ' . : f party ia which we have cast a CUa.N, UN- An old woman, whu wan in the kvibit of scratched vote, ever since we have been I declaring after the occurrence of any ua-

voterl We ask every Republican, before he casts his vote on the -ud day of April, at his township convention to weigh the matter well. .Dou't be influenced by the Richmond Radical or the Shelby Republican, but take tho FACTS, and let them bo your guide. If Mr. Juliau is likely to eudanger the' success of the "ticket, he should be set aside; if Judge Wilsoo will add slrenjjth t it, be should bo uomlna-' ted. The party and the success cf its principles, are worth more than either of these meu. QShclby ville Republican. A thorn iu the bush is worth to in the baud

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"'f if a Ona-ooarter of & OaOPiO-Ja- a. Z 1 M f 'ftikeata'uAiaf 4-li-Ji aa to , Tothe Ref ubiwan V.t.f, htaut uy4-, WfiWftlf 'rtrl eandtdiMa-iiti tha 'ptJiticat aeioa!iur 1attatte yw,aa bstiviir .H ,Quhnbjecla ar eDbraeea ejtOvri adopted -W your Convfetuion at whpBc hand I rcceivea lIied&toiaattalijVrettroAaru?14 fraukly and without any -ihfer&tl" XOerfMlL ii'di, -xlmC I iuilj;rlwipr td IKJUAT! atand upua jfaapUtfuru.and.if .elected Jreasircr, of State t will .officially, and other'wiae. abide by,' 'aufaavaida us every SHort to carry into effect, W letter 11 .pirii, avery i reWLatua : Af.ht 4tlovoi cfMea4iyta I u tue a v r tsyfUoa pralat jug totha" Vabasb and UrU Can.a.1 Boodd which read aa follows: J i hi caxal bonds:. That the' canal stocks, issued uncr tha legislation of 184t5 aad- 1847,1 domraobH called the Bdtter Bill? arete.-! bv lha the cootraet, charged extrlosivedj Waoash and -CJrie Caaal. itsrav1 J .upon, the I cu ?"d lands; and the faith;.of the Stata 'never 'having'-' been direc tly or' indirectlt j ,hrewft aftotki tbereore' ooo;i rUuC part of the outsiandiog debta.o ilab,luus wt: th6 Ste, f That the Consti,u""" u' l"" ',c .uRu.we amenaeu i at 'eliest practicable peri6d; to as to prohibit the taking effect of any liw'ar taking effect acts of the General Ateemblv tronoin to recognise orgreate' any : liability vf h4 Staia ti.f the savd'canal stocks. -or1 amy pari thereof, util aucu proposition p ball ha a been submitted ; to a direct yote, ofttho people of the. State and approved by thent. I quote" the'foregoiiig resolution 'oFour platform add particularize -my posftioa o' the same, for the aatisikotioa- of aach ltd publican. voters as way have bef q lea, to a aV ter-taiti doubts s(to,wher:( I stand, by reason of the persistent Btateuieirt.'of th' Democratic press as to 1 the 'inconsistency! of my alleged viow with said insolation,; t-Boitig a Uepubiioaa CaAdidafe iLtw.4u.ldf of4course, be impossible, for me to.fseapa the yiiupeiaiiuu of the Democratic jpressi or to answer, or attempt to satisfy thetiThr relation' to the Wubasli and Erie5 oatiaf;1 ar any other charge they make against we . lu- 1S07, the Legislature did atoibabou or. to elect .me Caual Trusjee ( on thpart of the State; but I am not' now now, and' never have beeu, 'the'b'woer of one? wot jf canal stock; hor have- I beea''6tlw;rw'ia' pecuniarily : ntereiad 't therein to -thai a mo u u ( of on e 1 'a rt b lag. If elected 'aaa-j urer of State, .1 shall endeavor to discharge the duties or the ' office' according' to' law - ,s ,, v' '!i 'IT. II.MttftVtW" l Delphi, Maich 14; 1670; fr I lU t n - -- .rm , ...i-..,.;.cT, s The Dem'ocraoyfi)' Juifan;'-'-'' a ... A prominent 8helby couotyi Danoorat . . Democrats will. Thev willlikelv haT th opportunity, for notwithstanding Julian is. one of the shrewdest politicians ill thar j State, and has many fast friends-ia hia? district, Wilson is the choice of tb partT for the Congressional race, and if there ia. any kind of fuirness in ruakiug the Bom-. ination he will bo the nominee. Greens--' burg Standard. f '- - - " J Much is said abput the injustice of re-., fusing to renominate Geo. W, Julian ia, the Fourth Indiana District,' on the gound. that be has become unpopular.' ' This is.' not correct. Mr. J il'un's strengtli lies in, the fact that he has . Htood up sqttarely to. tho advanced principle of the Republican irty. Hut for this h would have bee a dropped 'long ago. The trouble now ia' personal unpopularity which is net tnty3 result of anything he baa doaa or Jeft anv done, in his official ..capacity,, but of hi, uiigcutleiuauly conduct toward all who hesitated, at any time, to support him," or refused to obey his instructions! The diffiv culty uow is that,-with Julian as a c-andi-. date, the Republicans C my lose tha dia triet, while with J adga W'iUoa, rpo vidid Julian does nut bolt, as he haa done heretofore," that party wilP carry it ' by a largo majority. Judge Wisnn is in everv resipeet as raliahla aa Mr ralifei assumptiou to say that Mr. Juliaa'a opponents in tne iienuoucan mm ara i,,lN wi,n .Jis:.r.nrov,l if hi. 4 rail i villain. - r r - - - - - . The opposition comes from men who be lieve iu the right of private judgment, and who are not destitute of independence and Self-respect. Tho hard words which Mr, Julian delights ti use are not calculated to make friends of those to whom they aura applied. Cincinnati Daily Gazette. : Smoker's Provkrit. It's an ill weed that blows no body any good.' '- '- ..The Richmond I'ldieal publishes tha two resolutions passed ia private eaucua ' by the Juliau imri of this city on the 2nd1 uneday very cleverly "sold"' by her worthy tpous;, who. tike iiiany aoutner, .w Wk4; ot, haa got tired ot hearing her eternal "l; told you so.". ... .. ..; t-' S', if Hushing into the huse breathless with, exc;tweut, he UroppeU into a eUair, elu-. vated his hands, and exclaimed; - - .--.a 'if "Oh; wife! wild what what-ltt yani thiua?. ,'1 he old briadfe cow Uaa goue tv eat up our giindMom !" ,; 5r ' S l ne oia u!ua!i wit roauyj ami nTtiy wailing to bear the last . Wordt acre4lU0d . out at tho lop of licr I'liign: - . "1 told you s-, you old fool! i tolJ you; so! Vou alftjya AvjiiiJ tut itsr ri ou, dojra!' . J