Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-09-13
For the Daily State Seuiine
INAUGURAL SPEECH

~ the Great Grand GUyGSchtgs y the hll0D
NoAiRgs IN This State, on assuming tic
Presidential Ciai an he G,G,'d Durk Laa-
ten, HinJoo CogniI
OATH BoUND BEETHREN:-I Bm deeply
obliged to you for the high honor of being
elected the Grand Guyascutus of this oath
bound Dark Lantern Conclavs.
This is really the most joyful night Of my
whole life.
Thankful am for these glorious "n.i,IniigAt
hours" (Cheers)
AS | am almost too much affected for ut
terance, 10y this act of yours In elerating me,
allow me a short reapite to give vent to my
thankfulness, by 4 flood of grateful tears
In the meantime, dear brethren, please give
nine cheers for Benedict Arnold, father of the
great Know Nothing Sentiment, and nine for
Ned Butline, the founder of this secret order.
(Cheers, sobs and responses from the "amen
corners" after which there was short pause
to hear them echo through the cave.)
| am oYerjoyed to think that at last | am
appreciated. had feared that the Demo-
Gratis could beat me with anybody.
y few months since, however, began to
hope and take courage. When | saw that
the Know Nothings had made great man
Of Billy Poole, the brass-knuckled prize
fighter of New York, / concluded that all
Billy Stock must soon take q rise, and so il
has proved by this. act of yours that has
placed it at a premium. If the Know Moth.
ings could do so much for such man rs Bill
, ly Poole, what may they not do for such {
good and great man As | am.
! Had it,not been for this glorious order,
might have been left to waste my 'sweetnes:
on the desert air." Int thanks to the blessed
cause Of religious persecution, which Know
| Sothineism has inaugurated, | am now-on tn,
( ROAD Ia Greatness, glary and renown. lCrle:
of Good, my Lord.' Long 1.-Two the King.
Pauses and echoes through the cave.)
| You probably notice, nv dear Know Moth
ing brethren, how | shake myself when
speak Don't let it alarm you'll am onl,
trying ID shake off all my former Wing no
tons. no longer like Henry Clay, becaus
he said SO many things in favor of allowin
foreigners their civil rights. and was so lib
eral in toleratins all religions sects. Wha
| most dislike, however, is the declaration
made by him, "That he would cease TO b
a Whig when the Wing party became cor
temptble Abolition party"
\ 1 detest the memory of Daniel Webstt
I too, because he said, (while speaking of "Fol
eign Emigration" to this country): Eve hav
more land than people. Then no matte
what speech may betray the foreigner, {
what brogue may be on his tongue, let thel
come and possess the uncultivated land and Il
us stretch our starred and striped banner ov'
them and bid them welcome"
Webster also, in speaking Of Catholic
, pointed with pride to r. 3. fancy, the hea
of our Supreme Bench, and passed a hig
= encomium on him as 4 man and a jurist.-
r lie is a Catholic, | don't like Webster f
that, and we must rid ourselves of his memol
and his notions. They don't suit this age
REPUBLICAN progress" The 'Go,llike,"
Webster was called, was small potatoes con
l pared with Godlore, whom you all know al
love so much. We must blot Clay, Webste
1 and the defunct Wing party, from histor
and adopt such men as Wilson, Chase, Ere
Douglass, Ned Buntline and Bill Poole,
: our great men. We must turn over a ne
e leaf in this State, drop all old issues and con
$ mence on clean SHEETS. (At the end of til
n sentence the speaker gave the usual sign
satisfaction by pulling down the lower lid
u his right eye, with the forefnger of his rig
e hand, and looked wisely at the Brethr,
Ie who responded by the usual sign, which W
q placing the thumbs end on the tip of ii
! nose and extending the fingers for some m
ments toward the speaker.)
II Let me conclude by inviting you all to di
it ,oih me. After the great Abolitionist Hen
: Wilson, (who was one of the Massachuse
IAbolitionists that refused to Mr.. Webster d
right to speak in Fanuel Hall because he h
} advocated the Fugitive Slave Law,") h
d eaified us on the 18th, Ishall, from time
IL Inc aldres@-;'e,t,- ~ get my hand in,
N9t .E@las set j. able te-pus'er coura
ssio1gh to challenge some OF the great IN
49, Democracy la meet me in arsnmel
@ To'Yknow that the Poet says
u aTall aches fn',a little toe corns crow
Let ms close, Brethren, by chanting the f
n lowing stanza, observing all the accents a
Is pauses to hear the echo of the accented pan
al | want 10 be Governor,
WANT 10 be- Governor,
- | want To BE Governor
in | want 20 be GOVERNOR-OR-OR