Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1855-07-06
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EVANSVILLE, June 22d. 1856.
Mr.. EDIroR;--Printers make some
ludicrous mistakes. as well as other
people. In my last letter, | spoke Of
the fact. that the editor of the Enquir-
er OF this city, takes your "squibs, "
as he calls them, rather impatiently.
But. from the article as printed, it
would appear that you bad been adj
ministering squals to John. Now j
don't know the nature Of "squills",
exactly, but remember that wien |
was boy, l had an attack of the Scar
let Fever, and the Doctor gave me
something known by that name, and.
whether it was bad or good, nauseous
or otherwise, got great horror of
squilis; and one night which | will
never forget, when | was burning up
with fever and thirst. / was annoyed
with the idea, that every time any
thing was given it nue. had squills in
it. The mistake is not so great after
all, for il seems that the doses You ad-
minister to hun. are quite as annoying
to him rs the "squills" were to me.
Since the Liquor Law went into eff
feet, the Enquirer, takes on at afear-
full rate The last No. however set
ties the question; it shown the disa-
greement between the Constitution OF
the U. States, and of the State of In
diana, and the Prohibitory Law. OF
what use is it, for such men as Chief
Justice fancy to speak now? 1t is
true. they fail TO see any such disa-
greement, but the editor OF the Enqui
rer sees ii, and that is enough. Now.
Mr.. American. don't you be guilty OF
the presumption Of expressing an opin-
ion on this point. know you are Civ
en- to such things. no matter who
speaks to the contrary, but in this case
il would be too bad.
You have seen no doubt. from our
city papers, that the FIRST prosecution
under the liquor law here, was in the
case of DR.. Woolsey, druggist, and a
jealous temperance man. A plan was
laid by a Dutchman. a discomftted
liquor seller, to entrnp him. He sent
boy to the drug store TO bay a
dimes worth of alcohol for burning
fluid. Not thinking that to sell it AZ
a burning fluid would be a violation Of
the law, he let the boy have it, and
was forthwith arrested and fined S25
The enemies of the law, chuckled ovel
this at great rate, and they vainly
hope TO render the law unpopular by
such means, but they are sadly de
ceived. l think never saw a NOR,
general determination to have any Law
enforced. All the liquor houses in th,
city have closed, big and little, ans
our officers are on the qui vive for Of
tenders. If men set themselve
against this law here, they NAV ex
pect to have ga hard road to travel.
Our "boy's" have returned from
the scene OF the Clay county riots. anC
it is understood that matters are adj
justed to the satisfaction Of all parties
or at least so as to prevent any farthe
disturbance. Those rowdies who con
stituted themselves Regulators" wer
evidently inundated. They knew
that those men who went there armed
went there TO shoot, if any more vic
lence. was attempted, and they pru
IDENTIFY chose not to provoke any sucl
measures. l have no doubt but tha
there was cause of complaint agains
the Trustees, but certainly this wa
no justification of the mob. Mobs ar,
becoming more and more common il
our county, and unless more rigid mea
sures are adopted soon. fear we will
be in state of anarchy. There is blu
one way to put stop to mob violence
and that is to shoot them down lik'
mad-dogs. This thing Of shooting
wads at them, or, shooting at thei
legs, is too much like the man in tn,
fable who threw tufts of grass at tn,
boy, in his apple tree. The-boy laugh
ed at him, but when the old man be
gan to pelt the young sauce-box viii
stones he soon FASTENED down, anc
asked his pardon. So with thes,
mobs; let il be at once understood tina
in every case the military will be or
dered out, and required to fire upoI
them with full charge, and men will
not be so ready to rush into them.
The bitter feeling between III,
North and South, is becoming NOR,
intense and wide spread; and there ar,
many among us, who are contributing
TO increase it, with all their might. 4
set of scoundrels are employed in run
ming off slaves, and mahy others ar
publicly encouraging them in il. Thi
is no better than mob-law. What tho
we deny the right ofproperty, in maj
l-eoes that justify us in taking thu
matter into our own hands, seeking by
violence to undo, what the Constitution
Of the United States, protects, or, il
encouraging those, who do so? Re
Gently man. had TO escape, from thil
region, who was charged with this
crime, and who, sometime ago, wal
prosecuted. for most brutality beating I
white boy. who was bound to him.
Can this man have any real sympathy
for the slave? Yet when he runs off
he will be hailed by abolitionists as 1
martyr to the cause. of the poor abus
ed, and down trodden African. Out
upon the rascalsl They are no bette
than traitors to their country, and de