The true Democrat., 1856-01-22
From Saline County.
Beaver's 16'0nship, SQ7ine County}
 January 1st, 1856. {
EDITOR TRUE DEMoCRAT,-

EDITOR TRUE DEMOCRAT,-
 This has been a memorable day with the democracy of Beavers township.- The Know Nothings of the township, ever since their advent into the world have been holding their secret lodges in all the dark holes and secret corners of the township, and at length they have succeeded in getting nearly all the whigs into the order being near one- half the citizens of the township though one of our friends, an old line whg, has ever ab- horred the new secret organization, and is now engaged in fighting the battles of democracy Well, 10 come to the subject, there has of late come into our township little, long bearded school teacher, who thinks himself some pump kins, and purchased twenty-five dollar farm and also proclaimed himself the leader of the Know Nothing party in the township. We'll, the party, believing him to be one of lem, made an appointment for meeting, and sent out a banter that if any one felt like replying to the speech the little fellow would make to come up. Well, it being something new for the dark lantern crowd to have an appoin tment of that kind, the democrats all turned out. When the hour rolled around, the little fellow was perch ed up in the sacred desk, as if he actually could make a speech, and the house was crowded.- Precisely at ten o'clock, the little thing got up and began in the Garden of Eden, and came on down by speaking of Moses and the Pro- phets and David, and Paul, and Peter, and old Pike and Borland, and Jim Yell, and said he believed they all belonged to the great Ameri- can party. He also spoke of the Romans, old King John, and Queen Esther, and Borland, and "speerits of just men made perfeck," and of Sampson and the Philistans, and Robinson Crusoe, and Dr. Borland, and he played on harp of thousand strings"
 We'll, the whole house became disgusted and wanted him to say something about poli- tics; at length he began to tumble about in his old blanket coat pocket and pulled out an old platform of the party, and he began to try tc read it; do wish you could have heard him. After a while he laid it down and said he reckon ed they had all heard it, and finally wound up by saying he had always been whg and had thought of withdrawing, just to show tc the world that it was no whig trick. We'll when he had in shame, taken his seat, Squire F. M. Horn addressed the audience in bold and democratic style; he showed Sam to b, an aboltionist in the north, and the same ole coon in the south, and proved it to the satisfac ton of every one that knew any thing. The feathers of Sam's boys began to droop they swelled, and puffed, and quaked, and our little school teacher ran to the branch for water. anG certain old gentleman, whom we shall cal the old short man, came very near bursting. he puffed and blowed, and foundered and flounc ed, and shook, but he had to take it. Squire Horn used Sam very rough-he dug his grave buried him, and then preached his funeral and, finally, bid him farewell, and sat down amid the shouts and huzzas of the democracy He spoke one hour and a half and showed himself to be one of the best political speakers in our county. Well, after he had sat down this other little critter got up and tried to say something, but it was no go. He tried to criti else on what had been said, but didn't know how; he finally said he was no politician, which we all knew to be fact.
 The crowd then broke up; the democrat, went home with glory in their souls, while Sam's boys went away with down countenan ces, and broken hearts, and mad enough to xii their little speaker for not doing better.
 BEAVERS TOWNSHIP COURIER.