Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1855-11-30

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together, with those bearing on .'reli-
gious intolerance" ~ eisfkt !
Q. Doctor do you pretend 70 nay
there is anything prsjudicial TO civil or
religious libersy in the obligations Of
Know Nothing IL SO. how DO you
know? Did you ever take them?-l
Now we pretend 70 say there Is moth
ing of the kind. and We speak from ne
lual experience. We rather suspect,
Doctor. that you have been imposed
on by some wags who put you through
some bogus concern, just for fun. and
made you think that The ghosts and
hobgoblins and oaths and al that stuff.
that you saw aud heard aud Swallowed
were genuine. Now you arc old en-
ough TO know better, though your
unreasonable xeaf and warmth" in
favor of your new party would render
you Just the "iitlenest'' subject for
such humbugging that we know Of.
These Know Notbings IRE rather a
funny set and they love to have sport
occasionally nr' the expense Of the
over credulous. A gawky specimen
of the genus homo came TO Brookville
some time ago, and was all anxiety to
see the elephant. Some chaps got an
old copy Of the American with what
purported to beau expose Of the riru-
al copied from the Sentinel. and took
him into . dark room and rput him
through" Since then he talks and
acts like a real native born X. N. We
fear, Doctor. you are in his fix. We
cannot account for your confidence in
misrcpre senting the real character OF
the Order in any other way.
3. Falsehood ought to do violence
to every body, and our doctrine is that
he who perpetrates il is the greatest
sufferer.
4. Who ever charged you OF sell
ing liquor ms a beverages Here is
what we said druggists who sold
for medicine only what might be
used and often was for purposes Of
dissipation" You make us out a liar
just as you made us oppose religious
liberty by attributing to us words that
we never used. We. never charged
you with selling as a beverage. On
the other hand we have always defen-
ded you from the charge when made
against you by those who pretend to
know you. But, that some Of what
you sold might be used, and often was
FOR purposes of dissipation you will
not deny. "Comeup to the work now,
friend Clifford. and acknowledge in
plain saxon that you have" been so
anxious to initiate your fellow laborcrs.
that you put into our mouth words
we never uttered just for the sake Of
proping that we lie.s go. reeaii ~
8. Now Doctor, what are the facts
in the case? In no other neighbor-
hood have those who violated the law
found anapologist in a professed chris
tian and temperance man. You re-
member how You spoke Of the failure
of the law in your speeches at Ander-
sonyillp. Laurel and Mctamora. and
gave the case Of the Somerset liquor
seller as an instance. You remember
your letter on the same subject 20 the
Democrat, If your manner Of wri-
ting and speaking was no, calculated
to give him ''aid aud comIort'swe are
no judge. T,a, .i,.e.4 etts
By the way, Doctor, no sensible man
ever claimed for this law or any other,
that it would reform the dr.mkards.-
Reformation begins within, not with
out. All that was cvcrclaimed for it.
has been fulfilled whore enforced. II
was only claimed that il would close
the doggeries that are the sources Of
temptation and dissipation. That il |
has done this, every body knows. ex.
cept where pious temperance men. or
learned judges. have neutralized its
effects by encouraging officers to neg
lect their duty. or by declaring the law
unconstitutional. hw never CHIN
ed that il would prcvsns the drinking |
Of whisky, notwithstanding Judge |
Perkins mal.esil enact that foolish
thing. 1t is only claimed that, ifdog-
geries can be broken up. The riots and
disorder which they cause will cease.
and that men who get drunk only at
z ggeries win quit getting drunk. -
This has been its effects in Brookville.
We could name ono man TO whom the
law has been worth at least $500. this
year, by kcepin Vim at home atwork,
where he has raised q good crop-she
FIRST for year lie could make
money BY giving you 500 towards
making mp the lcss you have sustained
under the law. rather than have the
law repealed. |