Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-09-15


them liars. Look at them, and vote
for them If you can. The Rumccrat-
ic ticket Of this county endorse such
course, to a man, so far as we know
them.
THE ToRCHLIGlEr PROCESSION.
We can hardly pass SO remarkable
an occurrence as this, without a notice,
and yet il is difficult to notice it as it
deserves. 1t is difficult, in the first
place, because it is indiscribable; and
in the second place, because any thing
like true description of it must APP
pear oyerdrawn. For those who saw
il we need say nothing. and we sin
cerely wish that every voter in the
county could havesseen il. We would
have been particularly pleased if some
hundred or more good and true men,
who have for years co-operated with
the Democratic party, until they feel
themselves almost identified with it.
for life, could have been here. Many
of these have blamed us because we
have spoken of that party as the whis-
ky party. They will probably con-
tinue TO blame us, until they see with
their own eyes and hear with their own
ears such sights and sounds rs were
exhibited here last Friday evening and
night. We have often said that, iE
former times, when other questions
were mt stake. the moral worth of the
nation was not unequally divided be-
tween the parties. Then il need not
be, for the questions were but remote
ly connected with morals. We will re-
sent as soon as any, the implication
that the Democratic party ten, or even
FIVE years ago. was any more whisky
party than the Wings. We have not
forgotten the hard cider arguments Of
40. But then, as now, we opposed
such means Of carrying elections,
and since then our sympathies and
votes were, generally with the Demo-
cratic party. until the would-be leaders
of that party assumed the defence OF
whisky and slavery rs cardinal doc
trines OF Democracy. Now we do call
1.-THE pro-whisky and pro-slavery party,
and their acts and resolutions make
them such. We know too, that there
are thousands like ourself. who have
refused TO follow the party leaders in
their course. Some are yet not fully
satisfied that il is best TO break away
from such leaders. OF them. we will
not speak one unkind word. We are
even willing to exculpate them from
personal responsibility, in the present
position Of the party, yet we can not
particularly since the demonstration o.
last Friday, call that party by any 9th
| or name, even though there may yet be
few who adhere to il that are asmucf
opposed TO drunkenness and slavery a,
ourself.
We repeat it, we wish the voters o
the county could have seen and heart
for themselves. We wish that sucl
men as Edward Parrot. J. p. Brady
Wright Sparks, VIM. Baird, and An
derson Applegate could have been here
If they had not been convinced tina
, we are right in our application Of sucl
| terms they would Mt least have beer
: convinced that We have some cause 70
it. The procession was headed by A
r. MCleery on horse back, with
. torch in hand. He was so drunk, it !
, said. that it was with difficulty that h
I could get on the horse or remain upol
/? il. And here we must say that, i
one thing, we can but admire Mr.. NJ
Cleery's course. We never knew
!. candidate before. Of his habits, tina
did not attempt TO conceal them, an
promise amendment. Mr.. M'Cleer
! : is too honest and high-minded to al
: tempt thus to impose upon the credul
: ETY. Of the people. Hehonestly move
among the people as he really is, an
: virtually says. elect me AS am. or d
q not elect me at all. What he has beer
n he is now. and promises to be whc
" elected. We believe no other eand
date, or leader Of The party was in n
procession. They all appeared to }
a ashamed OF II. IL vas composed
;. boys and drunken men, mostly &c
3 mans and Irish. Their yells mac
=. night hideous. There were few n
marks at the Market House, but eve
: Gen. Lane could not retain the crow
10 They were in for spree and not
" speech, and in the midst Of his spea'
e. ing they mostly left for the grocerie
NJ Another such procession, we hol
% never to see. When men must be {
o. ected by votes secured that way, v
ID think il is time that parties were de
Or troyed.