The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-08-15
The Enquirer and the Germans.

The Enquirer and the Germans.
Allusions in the Enquirer to the Journal or
its editor, have no claim upon our attention.
but its observations on more important matters
require notice. In its remarks
upon the German Republican meeting. the En-
quirer of Yesterday contains the following:
Politics make strange bedfelows," is an
old saying, and we have never seen it more
fully exemplified in the whole course of our
life than here at this Fremont meeting of Ger
mans There was not a participant in that
meeting who was not opposed to the Maine
Liquor Law, vet we find these same men sup
porting the Maine Law men for public offices
in this State The Fremont Elector in this
district is a prohibitory law man, and the
State and county tickets are both Maine Law
tickets If they would only vote for Fremont
we would care nothing about it; but to vote
for the Abolition State ticket, and for represent
tatives and county officers, will be to re-enact
the late law, as the State convention resolved
to Sustain the present law at all hazards. -
These men have fought manfuly against the
Prohibitory law, and have been backed by the
Democratic party, and now in our time of need
they turn their backs upon their friends and
aid the most dangerous sectional party this
country ever beheld, and merely out of a mis-
guided sympathy for the negro race. Elect
the candidates of the fusion party this year,
and next year you will see the signs Of last
year stuck all over this town again-those ON
nous little signs "THIS HOUSE FOR SALE
OR RENT" There is nothing Of the kind in
town now, but do you remember how thick
they were after the 18th of June last summer
Let US at the commencement remind Mr..
Hall, that when last year he published the
SANDER to the world, that houses were for rent
in all parts of Evansville. and the population
decreasing, he did not impute this condition OF
things to the effects of the Liquor Law, but
entirely to the Know Nothings. The Louis
vile Democrat was insisting that its city had
been wofully injured by the acts of the Know
Nothings, and as an humble and very vile mi-
tator, Mr.. Hall in a similar manner slandered
the city that gave him his bread and butter.
But this is not what we desired particularly to
notice in the above. A very feeling appeal
and evidently by very badly scared writer, is
made to the Germans not to vote for maine
Law men," They will certainly have no OPP
portunity of voting for men in favor Of passing
another ProhIbitory Liquor Law similar tc
that which has already been tried, because
there are no such men before the people. But
they a0iH have an opportunity of voting for the
very man, and an Old Liner at that, by whose
means the most stringent clause in the whole
Prohibitory Bill was inserted, and whose vote
and influence for this bill passed it through
the Senate-we mean A. P. Willard. They
can also, if they desire, have an opportunity by
voting for the Democratic ticket, of signifying
their approval of Gov. Wright, who recon
mended stringent Prohibitory Liquor Law
and told the Legislature not to consider any
loss in dollars and cents, or any loss to manu-
facturers or retailers in forming such bill
and officially signed and approved the late Pro-
hibitory Liquor Bill, and made it a lac. The
Enquirer appears to entirely forget the position
ofits present Democratic Governor, and can
didate for Governor, on the late Liquor Law
when it makes this appeal to Germans, and
that the leaders of its party generally in the
canvass preceding the election, declared them
selves in favor ola Prohibtory Liquor Law
The Maine Law is not in the present canvass al
all, and the attempt to deceive Germans by
trying to make them believe it is the great
prominent question, is no compliment to theil
common sense, nor is it an evidence of the hon
esty of the Enquirer.