The Evansville daily journal., 1855-08-23
ADemocratic Mass Meeting.

A Democratic Mass Meeting.
The "Democratic Mass Meeting" held at
Mechanicsville last Saturday, was rather too
small an exhibition Of physical, mental and
moral force,'t demand any particular notice.
The principal persons in attendance went
from Evansville and the meeting was thin in
flesh however it may have been in splrit.--
The resolutions adopted are common place,
and of the regular stereotype RetWe, for the
seaSon-containing nothing new or original.
Col. Drew, our amiable Senator, after tie
reading of the resolutions, made u speech,
and introduced several resolutions against
the Prohibtory Liquor Law. The, first resolu-
ton regards the law as "the most iagrant
outrage upon every right of person, property
and domicii, which it is the object of all just
government and Legislators to. secure, that has
any known record in the annals Of despot-
jsm."
Good for the Colonel! The law stopped
him from retailing liquor, and we don't won-
der he considers it most fragrant and daring
outrage upon his rights-very decidedly worse
than any law ever 'known in the record of the
annals of despotism' in Europe, Asia or At
rica. He has right to feel outraged at such
a law with such an effect. Some Of the laws
in the annals ofdespotism only affected the
life. and liberty of individuals, but this direct
ly afects the pockets of certain citizens, which
we all knew is the sensitive part Of man.
The Coloae4 is a Senator. "Look to the
Senate" There lies the wisdom as we'll as
the patriotism. Here we are called upon in
search of both wisdom and patriotism, TO look
TO the Senator, and over his shoulder at the
bar where he keeps his patriotism and wis
dom bottled up on the subject of Liquor
Laws. But here is his second resolution on
the Liquor Law:
ResoLved. That its pretexts are as ia
Ratical and false as its objects and anticipa-
tions are visionary and impracticable; it be-
ing predicated upoa degree of general i'm
morality and crime, srising from the use of
the ordinary beverages of civilized man that
does not exist in this State, nor ia any por-
tion of this country; and it being at the same
time predicated upon the preposterous theo-
ry of causing the poverty, vice and crime of
mankind and restoring them to Paradise by
the cold water treatment.
Good for the Colonel again. Oar worthy
Senator evidently thinks that the pretexts OF
this Law are fanatical and false and its OBJ
jects visionary and mpracticable, because
the pretext is that immortality and crime can
arise "from the use of the ordinary beverages
of civilized man." such as rot-gut whisky,
still! rottener American brandy, and the thou
sand poisonous mixtures in various forms
called "liquor." He thinks there is no gen.
eral immortality and crime arising from these
civilized beverages. Whether the Colonel
or the liquor law is right on this pretext or
question, we leave to the public. That these
civilized beverages are the cause of great
deal of the "poverty, vice and crime of man.
kind" the Colonel may dispute, but weaker
minded men have still some grounds for be.
lieving. Ifthey belieUe so, they have certain
ly the right to restore the poor victims "to
Paradise by the cold water treatment" "A nd
ifin trying this they commit legal errors,
these errors must certainly be more of the
head than of the heart. The Colonel should
recollect that but few of our citizens have
just such heads as his own, and therefore he
should be more charitable in overlooking the
errors of weaker heads. Having but one
Senator for two big counties, there is of
course the natural presumption that the best
headin these counties is set upon he shoul
ders Of said Senator. Possessing, therefore
just such head es he does, it is somewhat
uncharitable in him to speak harshly of the
acts of those who are'but doing the best they
can with poor articles for polls.
The last resolution about trial by iuries
&C., is old worn out capital Of last season, an,
has already been sufficiently noticed. w,
congratulate Col. Drew and his friends OF
sheir "Mass Meeting" at Mechanicsville
We hope our numerous subscribers there
many of whom have never before had an op
portunity of witnessing regular Old Lin
Democratic Mass Meeting, have had thei
curiosity abuadaRtly supplied as to the mum
bers and material requisite to make up on
of these stupendous and stupendously curl
GUS gatherings.
0TWe understand that a couple Of Oh
.'professons'' sharps, or sharks, drew an un