The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-04-23
rPor the Evansville Journal ]

CPor the Evansville Journal
Mr.. EDITOR: Please give this little article
place in the columns of your paper, for the in
formation of those Of your readers who may
feel interested.
An article appeared in the Evansville En-
.uuirer of March 9th, 1856, over the signature
Of ID" protesting to give history of a meet |
ing of a Know Nothing Lodge, held in Monroe'F
Township, Pike county, Ind, Dec. 18th, 1855. |
Said meeting, Mr.. "D." says, was held for the
purpose Of nominating candidate for Justice.
ofthe Peace, and he gives the names of twenty
six persons present, and among that list Of
names appears the following: Wiley Fowler
and Perry. We answer to the charge contain
ed in said article that neither Of US ever id
nor now do, belong to the know Nothing Or
der in Pike county. Mr.. 'D,' or his Sag
NIGHT eayesdroppers, may search all the H.
N. records in said county, without finding
evidence Of our membership. This is a false
hood No one On the night Of said meeting
| was at the Ferguson meeting house at de-
batting society, and Perry was at home I'M
we'll and although the rule of evidence does
not require US to prove ourselves clear, until
We are proved guilty, yet we shall do So
Hence the charge that we were there is false
hood No two. The charge that we belong to
TIE American party, we care nothing about,
neither should we have noticed said article
thus publicly. had it not been for what the
editor says in a sentence enclosed in brackets,
stating that the original article contained
statements aboutplots and conspiracies against
the chastity Of two young ladies. The very
decent editor says it is too bad to appear in q
public paper, and therefore refused to disgrace
his very p5oua c1a8te, and neQdest sheet, with
the plots and garbage Of this clan, as stated by
the said 3D." II the true character Of this
/ Mr.. D' had accompanied the publication of
said charges we should have been content to
let the matter rest. But, Mr. Editor, who is
this Immaculate De- who under disguise as
sails that in his neighbors to which he has long
Leen stranger-character for veracity and
virtue? With what horror does he behold and
look upon the ini9uty of a party that can de-
scenl to such depth of atrocity; why the
would be saint expects the vengeance of
heaven upon US. Some men are. notorious for
one thing and some for another, and if we
have read Alright the history Of this very. sane
tirnonious scoundrel, he has a fame all over
the State of Indiana, if not throughout the
4 West while we are humble ana in compare
tive obscurity. The indianapolis papers oi.the
4. winter before last stated that one Of the Hon
orabIes-saye the marketing found in the
company of prostitutes, was placed in the
T lock up, and had to plead his privilege as a
member OF the house in order to obtain his
release, and now this brothel hunter and prison
beauty reads homiiies to his neiehbors about
i virtue and political integrity. O, shame where
las thy luSh-consisteney thou art jewel;
1--we know from what he has written and from
I his antecedents, and from his well known D o.
civities for lying, and billingsgate scurrllity,
that he has the advantage over us in one par
: ticular at least, that while our humble names
are forgotten, his will have acquired an i'm NOR
tality Of infamy, by spending the winter at
the Capitol of our beloved Indiana. Whatever
we may suffer from this contact with this de-
faner of his fellow-eitizens, we have felt it to
be our duty to thus reply We know that he
has powers something like acertain little dim
!. inutiye, though formidable animal, with which
+ no one is DESTROYS ofbeing brought in contact.
Apower, however, which none will envy the
owner the possession Of. lisa
/ 3@sas &k WILEY FOWLER.
We the undersigned citizens Of Monroe
Townships Pike county, Ind do hereby GER
tify that Wiley Fowler was at the Ferguson
meeting house on the night ofthe 29th Of Dec.
I 1856, and that he remained there till a late
hour, and we are con fident that he was not at
/ the Known otlGng Lodge. as charged in the
( Evansville Enquirer Of a late date, This April
+, 18th, 1856. g- - ". RICHARDSON,
/ =sass JAMES FERGUSON. NJ
1 We the undersigned citizens of Monroe
Township, Pike county, Ind, do hereby Ger
tlfy that Wiley Fowler and - Perry nei-
i Their Of them belong to the American Order in
Monroe Township, Pike county, Ind, and
\ neither ofthem was there on the night Of the
29th Of Dec, 1855 neither were their names
called as members, as charged in the Evans
vile Enquirer ola late date. This April 18th,
1856. WIN. II. BLACK,
- 2 8. = JOHN BLACK, az
Is7ss- a-. j. j. DAVIS. -" q
5e Sinhad Redivivus.