The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-02-13

FwNe. II.
FROM INDIANAPOLIS.
InDrAsAr0tls. Feb. 9. lss

orally believed, nay almost certaiaTthasstee
prohibitory liquor law, as it came from its
best friends, without an amendment, will
pass and become ! statute inSur code. Cen
trary to all expectations il passed the Senate,
and by the decisive, vote Of 20 to IL. It's
said that the odd Liners In the Senate ''did
not 60 to do it," and that they wersthrowa
off their guard by Mr.. A uthony, one OF. their
she'll wethers" moving the previous question
they thinking everything was O. X, be-
cause he made the move. Be that as il may,
the law went through triumphantly, and is
now on its engrossmeDt in the House. SO
that, il the Governor does not veto it, (and
he dare not if he would:) we are at length to
have prohibitory liquor law, for which the
friends of temperance have so long been
striving and praying. God grant that its eff
fects may be favorable to morality and tenn
pers nce,and that it may be the means OF dry
ing the widows tear. stilling the orphans
cry, reforming the poor, unfortunate, appe-
/ tite .enslaved inebriate, and alternating the
tins Of alcohol in our State and through her
borders.
| was sorry to learn that your Senator vot-
ed against the bill on it's passage. 1t will be
well for him if he can justify himself before
the moral por lion Of his constituents for this
act Of hostility to SO wholesome a law. do
not like to see that SO gentlemanly an APP
pouring man as Col. Drew is opposed to a
temperance law from principle. While the
debate on the bill was in progress, he offered
an ame ndment striking out from sec. all
that relates to porter, lager beer, &c. This
was intended TO exclude them from the list
Of ,interdicted liquors. The Col, believe,
is q ublican, and, ! fear, sinner. 1t may
be that he is interested in some wsy in the
traffic 10 intoxicating beverages. He shows
by his amendmen that he has m eye to the
foreign population, at any rate. He does
not appear to be willing that his party should
be considered friendly to the law, for he took
pains to censure the Sentinel for saying tina,
the Democrats in the Senate carried the bill
through. He need rot be uneasy on tina,
score, for the leaders OF his party have no,
been accused lately of being very friendly to
morality. '.s',e = "a ~
4 Since the temperance law has become SO
much of probability or certainty, the bank
question is the all.abstrbing theme. In com
parison. the elections are but little talked Of
Free Banks, State Bank and No Banks are
advocated freely and discussed at length
The Old Line Democrats are of course con
sidered fornenst all banks, though party dis
tinctions and bank distinctions by no means
tally with each other. For instance, Speak
Kilgore. the other day in a speech, came
jdown with all his force against banks in gen
eral, and thus came in conflict with many o.
his Fusion and Wing friends, and found
himself "cheek BY jowl" with several rabit
Locofocos; and hearty laugh was elicitet
when he made the remark, with an appear.
ance of much gratitude, that he hoped he
!, would not be in their company long. Mr.
. Murray, Of Harvard, in a speech made du
, ring the debate, came out hat.footed and de-
, clared himself q us Bank man ut heart
and dyed in the WOOL / give him credit fo
! his bravery. 1t 10 cheering to an Old Lin,
, Wing to notice that the prejudice agains
that much slandered, be-Jacksoned institu
, tion is rapidly wearing away and givin.
. place to feeling Of confidence in it's capa
pility for a safe and convenient state OF fnan
{ ces. The prospects are still in favor of
d free bank law, with some advantages, an,
; great ones, over the present. The Legisla
e ture cannot be said to ftvor free banks from
d their intrinsic merits, but they look a. mat
h tiers as they are. and see a vast amount Q
Il loss in the event of summary winding up o
: the free banks. The disposition is, gradual
j. ly to close up their affairs, and give then
d time to settle their business without loss L
d themselves or their creditors. " .''''' -
i In the Senate, on Saturday, Mr.. Drew in
n troduced couple Of bills of no special in
e terest. During the tendency of the ques
i ton Of the increase oil salaries in the House
!, il was very wellremarked by Mr.. Newcomt
J. of this county, that it was not low salarie
p that caused such a desrth of 6rst-rate legs
If talent on our Supreme Bench, cut party pol
3 Iitics. arafiT at ~.
d On Monday, bill was introduced in tn
y Senate by Mr.. Slater, an Old Liner, maxim
o Know Nothing lodges a conspiracy! Th
j. bill provided for public peace and private Sc
d curity. While in that line, Mr.. Slater shouI
d try his hand on Jesui, conclaves and Iik
It asecret societies" at which his party wink