The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-02-01

will be beyond the salvation OF astringehts'
il it be not already so.
Your enemies, toe, have taught you the
necessity of rganiza,on. They met in their
secret midnight lodges, and there IN the dark
ness that hid their shame, they bound them
selves to each other by muttered oaths.-
They swore to nullfy the constitution OF
their county. They swore that the rights
of the American citizen should be trampled
under foot in this the land of freedom. Tney
swore that in Republican America there
should be a religious test for ctlice, that class
es should be created on this soil whose bap-
tism in revolutionary blood had proclaimed
that all men were born free and equal, that
the descendants Of Lafayette and Pulaski,
Montgomery and Steuben, should be slaves
on the soil which their swords had redeemed
from tyranny. Then they armed their bull
lies and sent them with torches TO the church
and with brass knacIles to the polls.
On Gosh! Two phantoms are ever before
the eyes Of this frightened young "paraslte
moth"-Know Nothings and brass knuckles.
They shadow the happiness of his life. In
his waking moments their warning myers
or knuckles, are ever wagging solemny at
him. When he sleepeth, it must be the
sleep of man with Know Nothing lodge
on his breast, and each Individual Know
Nothing threatening to bung his eyes or tap
his claret with brass knuckles. He doubt
less dimes on Know Nothngs in imagination,
and takes few brass knuckles by way OF de
sert. II he be not purged to death, he will
most probably die in the Indianapolis luna
tic Ass-y lum, with his last moments Mortified
by the presence of ghcstly Know Nothings
and brass knuckles. The allusion of The adj
dress to these instruments and to firing
churches, is too infamous for serious notice.
The address" then goes on to say, that
the way "to counteract the plots of these
midnight traitors" is to organize, and this
must be done by forming associations in every
township. 1t is said emphatically the men,
bers OF these associations do not make NOM
nations nor take any oaths! No-so far as
the Democracy of Vanderburgh are concern
ell, a little clique of Old Liners in Evansville
make all the nominations, and there is no
use of country Democ rats saceartng one way
or the other-they can't help themselves, or
hav'nt the spunk to try.
The ga address" concludes with an invoca-
ton to the Democrats Of Indiana. They are
Invoked TO "buckle on their armor," which
means to be prepared to dojust what the o Id
Line leaders shall command them to do
The Democracy were appealed to in the
same manner last Fall, but they concluded
for once to do little thinking for them
selves, and didn't fight precisely as they
were ordered to do. The Democrats are tolo
they represent humanity ITSELF" and th,
l"best interests of mankind" So far as IT,
leaders are concerned, that is the humanina
of grasping all the offices they can, and "the'
pest interests" with them, are those which
fill their pockets with the spoils, and allow
them eventually to retire Sin as comfortable
a situation as an Old Liner could well be-"
(See Mr.. Dunn's Lottery
But we leave this precious document. 1t
is worthy of its author, and that is enough to
those who know him. Whether it is worthy
of the party or clique which issued it, is with
themselves. II it don't disgrace them, they
need never fear disgrace in this world. The
author should be packed away in 'attic salt,
and kept properly preserved till he is again
wanted, Tor we don't think our Democratic
friends could ever become the recipients of
Just such another address," if the author of
this should through some accident or malice
be ,ciped 0rcay.