Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-05-16
THE AMERICAN.
Peter Pri gle 70 Col J. H. Lane
Peter lamcnteth the Colonel's
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PRfSotr vowSsair. PHkslunoa Co.,
April 9th. 1856
10 my opet friend, Col. J. n. Lane:
DEkn, pur rRalSo. Carl take
my pen in hand to Inform You that 1
am well, and hope these few lines may
find you enjoying the same great bles-
sing.
Col. am dreadful sorry for you.
You have fallen from grace. o how
it panied my Democratic heart to see
you speaking for the Black Republi-
crns. and abusing our glorious Pierce
and Douglas. Bill Brown said he
felt jIst as bad as he did when he
shook bis head. I tell you Brown
feltawful bad. for you know he good
Of The party lies close to his pure
heart He felt so bad that he quoted
these lines Of old St. Paul
9.s'as; Y s ss. s',:s s,ss %ss IAN s.hs
About ibis time Gov. Wright came
alon4 and sad MIR. Prinele. what
nonsense for Col. Lane to complain
that the Democratic party has left him.
II will leave anybody uho does not
keep trotling along. Jist suppose /
had stuck to the principles I ayowed
In 1919, when / was nominated for
Governor. and when hoasted that |
had stood up side BY side with John @.
Adams. on the floor Of Congress, for
Liberty, where would / have been
now?' "Just where Lane is now"
II tell you. Mr.. Pringle that It takes
p e<ty sharp twisting and turning
sometimes to keep up with our party.
but true Democrat, by sharp look
out. can do It. You remember how
I runo myself in as an old friend Of
the Compromise Measures Of 1880.
whom Bright and Robinson were set.
ting their traps for me-"
Colonel. you are in the tx that Bill
Greene was. Sally Peabody was Bills
sweetheart. and Sally had airs that
showed every bebolder that she was
sons pumpkins. Well. nothing would
dc Sally = marin but her darter must
have a purIite education. and deacon
Peabody had no rest tiI he sent Sally
to learn to play on the pianner. Well
Sally learnt amazingly. and when she
came homo Bill wen. down to court
her again, and Mr.. Peabody had sold
his oxen and bought her pianner.
and Sally was playing on It. Bill re-
quested her to play Yankee, doodle
Il have just played Yankesdoodle. .
said she. "That Yankeedoodle %
said Bill. ssncverl Eyes, il Is
YsnkeedoodIe with the variations .
SWELL" said Bill, IL don't like the
variations. 50 give Us the real naked
doodle" Now. you are crying ont
give Us squatter sovereignty, when
President Pierce. Douglas, and the
Missourians. true to Democratic pro-
gress. are daily giving you squattsr
Sovereignty with the variations. and
you have fallen so far behind the par
~ that you don't know it. Such
squatter sovereignty as was in use two
years ago when Gen. Csss consratu.
lated it. has gone out Of fashion. and
it Is not used in any purlise. Intelligent
Democratic community. Now. there
isu moral to every tale. and l viii give
the moral to this one Bills calling
for the real doodle showed that he wa,
behind the times. and awfulIy lacking
in apurIite education. and Sally's maru
said Bill must be mittened. case she
wanted Sally to marry man as pur.
lite as the village parson, since somucl
money had been spent on her. 81
Bill lost bis sweetheart by not keeping
up with the times.
Eb. Chamberlain and scores of 9th
ers are in your tx. They cant keeI
up with the party. The party wa.
for free soil in I849. and there the,
stand like simpletcns for free soil yet
not needing the great variations il
singing 10 now. Why, Bill Brown
Graham Fitch, Gov. Wright. aud lh'
Democracy were as much for free sol
in l849, As Eb. Chamberlain. ant
Messrs Brown. Fitch. Wright and 9th
ers sung hosannas to free soil. but the,
knew how to follow up the variations
and now they are just as much oppos
cd to free soilers as Hunter. of Vir
ginis. or Butler. Of South Carolina
No man Is fit to be called Democru
who canno. keep up with the part
variatio $. OF such is the genuin
Democracy. There Is one Larrabe
too. who used to be real Abolition
ist. Jist see what Democracy ha
done for him for subscribing to all III
variations. A man must not hay
too nice conscience to make a goo
Democrat. Larrabee don suffer h
conscience to make a fool OF him.
Besides. he is man Of unbounde
stomach. He has shown good 6nal
ciering. for when he went into Il
Office Of superintendent of Public Il
struclion
.uis pusse va. very sl,m, Ard very few
Auo etfcs h'1t NJ haH>*f 's
But be read morning and night. b
fore prayers. the following from 5
Jcems
"Thsn LET % got money. like beos lay Mp hone
Wen busti up nav hives and storo each 90
Ths sight az our treasure. shall .isid us gr'
ws'l. ss:ssis s' .aa sAlsss q, and jingle
wsiIr
These devotional exercises did h
business for him. and now he has Ian
add money. Tue Black Republican
are making terrible fuss about !
6naneIerire; but they cant hurt hi
with tho Democracy II be spends
portion Of bis wealth to sustain I,
party.
More in sorrow than anger. 20
PETER PRINGLE, ESQ.
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Did He Lie.
Tho Washington Union. in speaki
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