Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-04-17

bows and many apologies, just as If making
IN acquaintance was ssmethingto be asham-
Cd Of Not so with men Of sense Jones
walks into Smiths Office, or shop, takes
Smith By the hand, and says my name is
Jones have come To-" "Glad TO see
you, Mr. Jones--take seat" is the laconic,
business-liks reply, and Messrs Jones and
Smith proceed about their business like men
Of sense, - the Joneses and Smiths always
are. II the proposed business promises TO
pay each party; contract is soon made, and
each l. satisfied with the interview.
We call this week upon some thousands
sf comparative strangers We have no spoi-
eeies to make--no pardons to ask. Our part
Of the introduction is soon made We, TINS
rsprAxx AMERICAN, have taken our part In
LIES battles for Is years, in quiet village
over on the White Water. Brookville was
oaes place OF considerable pretensions--
Ones frontier town, then on the main thef-
eughfare' the New Purchase, once an i'm.
portant point on the stage route from Gin
sinnati 10 Indianapolis--For while head
Of navigation" on the Canal, then principal
point for business on that slow institution
In those daysli could boas, OF its Nobles.
Wallacss Rays-htmaterial TO makegover
nors Of IL was large enough Cor while for
Phipps, and Bates, and Foster, and Harrison,
esd : host Of such nen 10 begin in.
But timss have changed, and 90 have the
business aud population Of that country
Railroads, running nearly parallel to the
once famous eorderoy, have driven the stage
coach 10 other parts, and even the raging
oanawl" no more monopolizes the transpor
tstIon OF The White Water Valley, and the
regions beyond eve hope the State will
rsemburss the stockholders Of that Sim
provsment" for lieir real and prospective
Losses. caused by allowing railroads 10 cross
II and run parallel % Il, when they determine
70 satisfy the "Bond-IIolders" for their loss
% on the Wabash ditch; caused by the same
ruInous policy The people have shinned
out, going 10 other States, and other parts OF
shis state, scores Of them stopping Ia this city
An they wen, they have ordered their favor.
lie Anknicss 70 follow them 20 their nav
homes, until the largest part Of our ciscula.
ton had become foreign, and nearly a. much
Of Il In the capital itsslf, ~ in any one town
In old Franklin.
What, then, rhonld We do? The diff.
eulties Of printing such paper in IN
ished town, and ono not very lnrgs
Al that, are known only % printers
They are such, however, AZ reno ,red o re-
duction Of the size Of our paper or IL ALSO
Lutte abandonment necessary, or q removal 70
some more populous place as the only other
alternative For TnE AMERICAN to come
down TO ordinary dimensions, would have
been calamity--for Il TO have given up the
ghost, in the midst Of these stirring tmcs
and before the settlement Of tho exciting
and important questions now before tho poo
pie, would have been grief to its too thou
sand readers, which we had noidea OF infic
ting upon them; hence we moved our quar-
tiers. and now we are HERF, right in the cen
ire Of the world. We have no apologies &
make. no psrdons to ask. We have come
here for the very reasons that hundreds has
come before as because il was better place
for our business than. where we we're.
Neither have any promises to make. w
are sure that heretofore we have published |
valuable paper, for il has circulation une
quslled by any other weekly paper in lndi
ana, except, perhaps, those already publishes
IL this city. This circulation has been ai
tanned, Notwithstanding It's local disadvantne
o.. and We want no better evidence Of il
worth than ths In one respect, however
We are unfortunate We acknowledge allie
glance TO no party We advocate whateve
We think right, and condemn whatever W
think wrong. in all parties But we hope nj
one will therefore. call US neutral Wenes
sr we're neutral--never expect TO be- Lear
Of al could we be neutral on the importan
questions Of to-day. II the reader shinksw
can look upon the assumptions Of rightlats
y made BY the Slave Power, and judieiails
(savs the mark) accorded to Il, he has bu
70 read The AMERICAN . few months 70 b
undsceived II he thinks we are neutral i
regard TO the reign OF Free Whisky, let hin
try us awhile, and he will.hnd bis mistake
On these subjects, however, We have on
own way Of thinking and writing, So FAR a
they accord with the opinions Of others, an
with the plans Of Others, we are happy 10 C
operate with them, but We will not blindl
follow the leaders OF any party. We have
too, our own way Of thinking on the "Amei
lean question" Is differs from most other
bat We care not for that We think we ar
right, therefore We defend our views whene,
Unnecessary, and whenever the Americans
occupy our platform, they will find THs II
DIANA AnsnIcxx with them. or course "
believe that none but Americans should gov
ern America, and weregard a man an Amer
lean whenever he becomes citizen Of III
United States. regardless of the place of hi
birth. We are uncompromisingly opposes
to allowing aliens to dictate 10 American
what they MAJ or may notdo.
There. that is introduction enough Nov
II you want 70 do business with us, give u
your hand--(w'th the money init of course
and we trust YOU will have no occasion tore
rret il. We cannot tell what influence cit,
life may have on ua We may appear III
tie awkward at frst-coantry people Away
debut we win get over that, by and by
But IL yen don: like our appearance jus
bow ms ont-there are men and women o
sense whe do ike THE ArERIcAs, and ne
will take H.