Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1855-04-27


and do speak Of them with profound
contempt to the subversion Of every
spark Of dignity that should charac-
lerize the AUDIBLE occupation In order
to mslead the public mind by making
false inferences from plain proposi-
TONS" We deny the charge. !
hold no "antipathy" against the la
borer. belong to that class Of men
myself Nor neither have | tried 10
"mIslead the public mind. only pre-
vented Il from being mislead by those
"Sanes Creek Crusaders" when they
attempted to palm oil the meeting rs a
township affair. Aud for this / am
arr,igned. and denounced ~ liar.
by this mighty man." Tin his own
opinion. Hear him again: 1.-THE
meeting instead of being n township
affair was managed throughout by
some fifteen or twenty Sanes Creek.
srs. who are famous for their opposi-
ton to all moral REFORM" was the
language used by US; but the printer
made US say farmers. This. says the
Examiner" Is about rs near the
truth as could be expected from that
source: aud goes on to say that "the
meeting was composed Of the best citi-
Gems. in this region Of county. l
would infer from this that the Exam.
iner" did not consider the farmers OF
that region good citizens, or else he did
not want the impression made that the
meeting "was managed" by farmers.
this would detract a lutte from his own
merits. What a meetings. free
whiskey meeting, held at the Flats
Schoo. House. and was managed by
farmers, this would be SANDER on the
three Rev.'s. one Dr.. and last. and
greater than all, farmers. Rev.'s. and
Drs., and the School Examiner."-
Why il would be an absurdily to sup
pose such meeting should ego off,"
without being graeed by his august
presence. He further says am a
''hierarch," and hold the reigns Of n
heptarchy. can't tell what sort
Of an animal "heptarcy" is. Far.
mers are not very well posted up in
such things; and the great ones OF
earth, when they enlighten them.
ought not to use such ''toploptical'
style. should use the plain Kings
English" Bat then they should be
careful. and pay some little attention
to the grammatical construction Of
their sentences. have seen mere
school boys. pointing out the gram
errors in the Examiners"
article. Come. Sir. you should here
after be more careful. lest some might
suppose, from the reading Of your ar
ticle. you are barely qualified for the
post you occupy. which. n q matter
Of course. was wholly ansought by
you. You are too modest. too retir-
ing in your disposition. TO give your
talents full scope. You would make
a good descriptive writer; your des-
cription Of the "old woman army" is
really sublime. or ridiculous IL met
ters not which. rs there is only ore
step between them. Just before he
closes. he charges us as being ignor-
ant OF the history Of Washington anJ
Jesus Christ" | acknowledge that |
am not posted.-make no pretensions. :
But l will say, any man or set Of men,
who will use the name OF Washing.
Ion and Jesus Christ in the connection
rou do, or that would say that the
present "liquor law" would imprison
hem IL on earth ut this time, shows q
1cur gross ignorance Of the charac- !
er and precepts Of each. Did you ev-
n hear Of either Of them counselipg !
resistance 10 the laws Of the land? /
hink not. You must not suppose
hat because the law will imprison {
some Of his pretended followers on ]
Sanes Greek, it would imprison the |
Savior You must not suppose either J
hat those "Sanes Creek patriots who \
will fight, "bleed" and die for the '
tights to use the critter, that they are
second George washingtons. Then
'ir, yourvery "plain propositions" is a
nothing more or less than a mere as. ?
would like to know how
1ou would undertake to prove that !
or our Savior. would. If
IN tn. engage in the liquor traffic. !
It this time. or even advocate it,
This you. nor no other man can do.
And to thus implicate the Saviour, in
his unholy business. is nothing more
Tor less than blasphemy. And would C
advise You ever to make an other such I
| bold and injurious declaration as this.
7ou had better take few more lessons I
n Theology and readjust your code !
II moral ethics. or the people at large s
Will be sure to say. you, have ben S
elevated a iiuis higher. than you should
De. L wiilnow take leave of this NIGH
y man, and no consideration whatev- d
II. will induce me, hereafter-the {
same is rather small-won't begin to
pay for the ammunition. l have al Z
eady been the means Of giving him
lutte an extensive notoriety. In con-
'iuslon. l would say to him, next r
ime you come out before the public, G
10 lower yourself a little-adapt your I
elf to the capacity Of your readers
OF style is far more prefera. T
lie than the bombastic. Enough S
low, and for all time to come. is
CITIZEN. 7