The Evansville Journal

COL. LANE AND RELIEF.

We understand that some of the Locos of Posey County are finding fault with the views put forth by Mr. Pelham, the Whig Candidate for the State Senate, in his circular upon the subject of Relief; though what their objections are, we are not at present prepared to say, and if we are correctly informed they hardly know themselves.

Well, as they will probably like their own candidate's sentiments and conduct better, we respectfully beg leave to recall to their memories a few facts which have some bearing upon this subject of Relief.

Colonel Lane it will be remembered was elected to the Senate in August 1839. The Legislature met December 2nd following. Colonel Lane, as appears by the Senate Journal took his seat in that body, for the first time, on the 6th of January 1840, just one month and five days after the Session commenced.

A Bill was pending authorizing the issue of Scrip to contractors, which had been amended so as to make Scrip receivable for Taxes &c. Mr. Moffat moved to amend this Bill so as to require all officers (including the members of the Legislature, as well those who were to be paid full wages for half work as others.) to receive the same Scrip for Salaries and per diem allowances, or wait one year or until the State should be able to redeem the same.

Col. Joseph Lane, voted against this amendment; while he supported the bill which required the contractors to take the Scrip, and also to submit to an illegal and tyrannical cancelling of their contracts before they could get that.

Col. Lane also voted, at every stage, against the Relief Law of 1840.

Col. Lane also voted against the BILL ABOLISHING IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT, that odious relick of barbarous times which so long disgraced our Statute book.

All this these grumblers at Mr. Pelham's Circular will doubtless consider very proper and very democratic in Col. Lane; but we think there are a few good honest Democrats--(democrats in fact as well as name) over in Posey, who will regard such a course as evincing rather too much solicitude for the Relief of Col. Lane, and too little for that of the people, and will therefore feel under no obligation to discard an old friend and neighbour merely because his opponent pleases to call himself a democrat while his every act is as opposite to true democracy as night is to day.