The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-09-26

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. %, 1854.


INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 90, 1854.
Mr.. EDrroR:
"Have you seen SAM to.dayw II you
have seen that veracious joarnal, the State
Sentinel, Of the 18th, inst, you understand
the cabalistic meaning of that very concise
and pointed inquiry. Your readers, howev.
er, are not all so we'll aware that that paper
processes to have received, and has publish
ed, a very long document, purporting to be
the constitution and ritual ofthat ubiquitous,
and almost politically omnipotent order,
the know Nothings. As to its genuineness
there are different opinions. 1t certainly
does not read like document got up for
hoax. but on the other hand, as it is not the
first publication that has appeared in the
Sentinel making the same prete nsions. we.
here, are in the same position with the hon.
est rustics who were 80 often deceived by
the idle boys false alarm "wolf, WOLF" that
they gave no heed to his cry when the lupine
enemy appeared in very deed. One thing,
however. is certain. Ii this IS the genuine
wolf, that the Sentinel has let loose among
US. he is a very amiable beast; and divers
stad and orderly citizens have said, If these
are the principles af the Know Nothings,
let them spread.
Mr.. Beebe also made his advent among US
day or two ago. Do you know, down
there in the Pocket, who Mr.. Beebe is! He
is q New Yorker, and the editor of q paper,
the name of which do not now remember.
devoted to the opposition Of all such aims
as are contemplated by the Maine law and
kindred legislation. II looks like a novel
species Of philanthropy for man to 60 alb.
road on a tour of several hundred miles, at
his own charge, to plead the right OF doggery
keepers to a free traffic in wh;skey, and to
the manufacture Of widows. orphans and
paupers generally. So far it has happened
in this part Of the State that the lecturer has
met with as little sympathy as he deserves,
though large crowds have attended upon his
addresses, and generally have listened to
him without interruption,-a degree of for
bearance that cannot be too highly praised
when it is considered that bis speeches con-
sist Of palpable Interpretations Of the
principles of the Maine law, with few Sc.
lected texts from the Bible, sewed up with
any quantity Of twaddle by way of COM
ment. and miserable sophisms designed to
catch the public ear. as arguments against
the infrac,ion Of personal liberty, and con.
stitutional Jaw.
Mr.. Becbe is evidently running without
being sent. and the only reward he is to Sc
cure for his sef-imposed labor, is the reputa-
ton of having done what he could TO hinder
improvement in public morals, and to thwart
the pecuniary prosperity OF the country, by
pleading for the permanence of what is the
cause of seven-eghths of the' crime with
which the country is cursed, and three. fourths
of the taxes that burden il.
The old liners Of our county, at their con.
vention several weeks ago, nominated Judge
Blackford as one of their candidates for the
Legislature. The Judge has name and
reputation in your city, and the point Of a
joke will be appreciated among you, that has
been perpetrated by many voters in a paper
here, which is, making it a test question to
the Judge, whether, il elected, he will i'm.
prove what 10 known as the old post office
corner, a valuable central location covered
with old one-story tenements, several OF
them occupied BY blacks as BARRIERS and
hucksters, and none of them hardly able 10
stand up under the storms of another winter.
1t is to be feared. however, that if the Judge
should answer uffirmatively, we could not get
the old post Office corner improved on such
terms, as the "fusionists" have brought out
ticket that will permit him to remain in tina,
privacy for which he is SO well fitted.
Yours,