Brookville American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1858-1861, 1858-09-03
creign people and thoir riqhts.

c'oibu poopio anu tneir Fighf5.
II was at Richmond, in Wayne coun-
", after an uuprincipled attack on the
character or motives OF Capt. shombra
formerly Of that place, who fell by the
murderous hands Of border rufiians in
Kansas, that this preacher of morals
received from the hands Of Shombra' =
brother-in-law, a good democrat, well
deserved Gaming. II was fortunate for
Robinson'sperson, that Vt occurred at the
Railroad depot, and just as the train
was about departing, as II enabled him
to make good his escape on the cars, and
saved him, possibly life, lily prepared
for judgment. F.e.
This Godfather to political frauds in
this district, would, IL possible direct
the people of Rush, especially, from tho
true issues Of this campaign---his paper
Of last week was made up Of this mat
ter, and what do all bis charges, foam
ing, pitching and tearing up theground
amount to2 II is this and nothing moro,
tut the Democrats of Rush county,
no doubt, under hisieadcrshlp, were i'm.
porting voters into the county, to car.
~ their ticket, Mt the October election
Of 1856 10 secure the election of Jesse
ID. Bright to the Unitod ,;tates Se,tate
To this end, this pious reformer bent his
whole energies, and whom charged with
IL, and endorsing the Kansas frauds and
the corrupt administration of James
Buchanan, he sets up the sncaking
howl Il charge the Republicans Of Rush
county with having practiced frauds
on the ballot box in 1856" The most
inferior pettifoger in the land, would be
worse than block head, If he did not
detect and deride such contemplate
trickery. In the testimony Of every
witness brought TO the stand by Robin
son to prove his charges, he proves the
fact that the Democrats Of Rush county
rers then guilty Of importing illegal poters
for the purpose Of overriding the ,cn Of
the sOrcreign people Of Rash in that eiec-
tion.
We are told that there is no better
and no more generally established rule
Of law than that which declares 'that
what your witness says against you must
be taken as true, as we'll as that he says
for you" Now we ask the readers OF
the Jacksonian TO turn to the evidence
ofSmelser, Judge Perry and Esq. Spiigg
as contained in that paper of the 9th
ult., and see IL every witress does not
state that they were informed or under.
stood, just as they had acquired a
knowledge Of the other fact sworn to,
that the Democrats of Rush county,
were then importing voters" TO carry
the election in that county. THIS man
Robinson appointment as United States
Marshall depended on the election OF
Buchanan TO tho Presidency and Jesse
ID. Bright to the Scnste. Isthere a man
in Rush county who knows Robinson
and does not believe, that he would i'm
port roters and practice the meancst sort
of ''pipc-laying' to secure his appoint.
ment and the success of his party p
This is the man who denounces minis
ters of the gospel, because they choose
to exercise and practice the God given
right and of liberty of speech and now
sets up to preach morals to tho people
Of Rush county. oh shame where is
thy blush2 Out with such party pal.
troons and with a swelled tide of popu-
lar expression consign to infamous Sc.
clusion every ''mothers son of them. Z"