Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-07-31

GOV WRIGHT IN DA'IY-HEw PRoxzs-
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Ma EnlroK.--you know that some time
ago, good, old-fashioned Methodist wrote
something for your paper, about family sit
thugs in ons Of the churches in town, and,
as | had some thought Of moving to town, I
wrote something about il and thought may
be you would put II in the paper, but you
didn't de II, and 10 concluded that II you
were all so stif, that you might get along
the best you could, and wouldn't move TO
your old proud, yankee town; but since
that have been thinking good deal about
il, and sometimes have felt mighty bad
over il, and 40 have forgiven you Ger not
printing that other letter
But while I've been thinking over those
things, and good many others, and about
how much harm bad been done 10 the
church BY the poll teal preachers, and how
many good people had TO leave the church
on account OF Il, and among them old
brother Josey Wright, that dear cid Cover
nor, how sorry he was because he had to
lose confidence in the preachers, and then
how he had to 90 all over the State aud tel
thom Of It. to got them 10 do right and
about poor I.srrabee; how he was abused
and persesuted until he had 70 quit preach
ing, and give up his license Oil you don't
know how Il made me feel
Well, You SEQ have not msved to town
yet, but am still living out here where did,
so have good deal Of time TO think and
besides that take more papers than some
mon around here who are heap richer
than ! am and hear all these things Well,
thought shsap about them, but the other
day, when your paper came along got
hold Of itas ! always do and my wife says
that when get newspaper never quit Il
till dsvour IT, we'll, nc was saying, was
reading II, and what do you think saw2
Why Il was these words AT the point Of the
bayonst.' Goodness gracious, thinks ].
what now WELL directly saw that il was
something aboutthat good old brother Jossy
: Wright Well, ! read on until you told US
that they were starting him off 10 some other
country, 10 do business for our government
Well, thinks to myself pretty good, IL j.
ID Bright did beat him for the Senate Of the
United States, he didn't get as much honor
at last as Bro. Jossy. Butthen they started
from the Palmer House. Yes, the Palmer
Houscl well, let's think little. Don't Good.
win say that is head quart for old linersi
Yes Well they 60 in for free whisky don't
they Well then ] suppose they were al
drunk But then read on, and OH think
! hsw felt Nothing was said about whisky
But then there were soldiers, and they had
! SOME kind Of wagon for him 10 ride in tc
the depot, and still better, there was good
/. pious preacher 10 ride with him. Now wal
> not that good, just to think, after he had
| been out with the preachers 90 long, and
thought 80 hard Of Them and some Of them
had said such hard things about him befor,
he left us all, to make it all up and not se
cretly either, but in this public way to show
it, and then again, what an endorsement o
his own reputation, he did not select com
mon man, but one who stands high in thu
public estimation, and particularly abou
Q your town-but still that is not all
: saw in another paper that he had not back
slid when he got to Cincinnati, but that h
4 was still on his journey, and was seen il
/ company with another preacher, who als'
d has reputation in indianapolis, and still
better, he is to be a lay Representative o
n the M. f. Church, at some great meeting
n there is TO be held on the other side Of tn
o Ocean. And then have been thinking
how good we Methodists will feel, and es
pecially the preachers in Indiana, when vi
read some of his good speeches there, whel
!. he tells them what good church he repre-
sents, and what pure and humble set o
men the preachers are, won't that sho'
progressive methodism, Now / think vol
+ wrote you that other letter that you didn'
print
Z But then there is another thing / want B
s say something about, for tell you thougl
: | do not live in your town am not 20 ia
L behind the towns folks ss you might thin
for. think and read some about our CO
: leges, and i have just been reading abou
o our Methodist College at Greencastle, wher
h they had so much fuss last year, with thei
a old Eastern President, and understand b
Il has quit teaching school, and gone to Ne'
s. York to preach, and that they have electe
n some real good old brother in his place, an
i that he is a very good lawyer, and that the
g have another lawyer at the other end of tn
teachers board, and that they have som
mighty good school masters in between, an
u some OF them are preachers. So j think "
e are lust fixed, for what the law cannot d.
Ie because it is weak, they will be able 10 d
"a with the Gospel
But must close, and now, II you wi
L. come out to see us when the fruit gets ripe
,e we will give you some Of the best we hav'
k A PROGRESSIVE METHODIST.
II ALUMNI MEETING.
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