The Evansville daily journal., 1855-04-11
iFor the Journal
PosEYvILLE, April z, 1855.


DEAR SANDERS:
Presuming any piece of political news
would be acceptable. venture to give you
the following:
The day of our spring elections passed off
very ordinarily and without any excitem ent,
until all had returned to their homes, when
runners were sent out announcing that Col.
Drew would make a speech in house in
which was recently kept doggery.
So at early candle light some twenty or
thirty assembled, and after waiting some half
an hour or more, the Col. made his appear
ance, and, taking place behind the doggery
keepers desk, began to berate the Know
Nothings for giving the State of Indiana
such an outrageously rascally law as the
recently enacted temperance act, saying
that the people of Indiana had never asked
for nor did they want such law; that the
question had never been fairly before the
people, and the voters of Indiana were at
this time opposed to any such law, because
it was destroying our dearest liberties, in de-
fence of which some of the best blood of
the land had been split.
A very red faced man in the crowd ex-
claimed
"Yes. and there will be more; l am ready
to spill mne."
Another: "Me too, Jimmy"
The Colonel went on to say that the Dem
ocrats were as good temperance men as were
to be found, and that every Democrat in the
State would vote for the Ohio temperance
law, but that none but the rascally Know
Nothings of the last session of the Indiana
Legislature would pass such an one as had
been forced on US, and that many Of the
friends of the measure were drunk when
they voted for it, and that he also opposed
the law because it was calculated to cause
property to be liable to be taken away with.
out compensation.
A voice from the crowd:-"How is he to
get the property"
| The Colonel then went on to say that he
opposed the law because some citizens were
prescribed, and by that means'a distinction
was made between citizens, and the commu-
nifty were divided into classes, in proof of
which he referred to steamboat ficers, hote
keepers and others being debarred by the
law from becoming agents for the sale of in.
toxicating drinks; and in this his manner Of
speaking showed that he was sincere, as he
became so excited that he trembled to the
very ends of his fingers.
He said that the tax payers would have
to bleed to the tune of eighty-seven thou
sand dollars for the establishment of two
groceries in each township in the State.
The Colonel said that he had voted fol
the postponement OF the election of Senator
throughout the session, because he wa:
aware that Mr.. Orth Of lafayette was the
man intended for the office, and he consider
ed that sufficient reason for putting off The
election.
On a motion, TINT this meeting return
thanks to Col. Drew, and also endorse bi:
course in the last Legislature, several voted
in the affirmative, and one in the negative.
On motion to adjourn, there appeared or
the speakers desk a three-gallon jug, ant
some one called aloud: "Here boys, here j.
the way to prove your sentiments" when i'm
mediately there was such crowd gathered
around the desk that the jug was hidden from
view.
So amidst the noise of drinking carousa
left them. TOM.
Grant American Reform Meel;n1