Brookville American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1858-1861, 1858-08-13
Correspondencc

compton and Squatter Sovereignty, and
screcch for the "Consti,ution" and the
Union"
In due time we repaired to the place.
But the great Apostle of Democracy
had not arrived, and fears were enter
taired that he would not come on nc
count Of the rain. But our doubts and
fears were soon dispelled by the appear
ance ofhis Excellency escorted by trio
of ofice.seekers from BroVkyille, viz;
alr. Ba,zner, the editor Of the Brook
Vile Democrat, and Surveyor Berry.
Mr.. Jones soon started for Liberty
Hall, followed by some two dozen Of
the citizens of the place. more than
halt of whom wcro Republicans. he
mounted tho rostrum. and informed
his audience that Judge logan would
not be present.
He began his speech BY telling US
that be was not going totsaS anything
but tho truth. lie was Tor Lccompton,
soul and body, teeth and toe nails He
rccapitulated all the great acts which
the Democratic party had done, from
the formation of the Government down
to the present time 1t had waged all
the wars that had ever been underta-
ken, and even noaC was engaged III
bloody war with a--handfm Of Nor
mons. The Republican party, he said
charged the Democratic party with cor
ruption; butths same party was guilty Of
more corruption than the National De-
mocracy; and in proof Of his position,
nc named nr,nber Of office holders,
whom he asserted had swindled the
States in which they resided out ofsome
thousands Of dollars. Amongst them
was John G. Breslin, Of Ohio. the great
est defaulter in the Wcstswho poeketed
nearly n half million Of the peoples
money. Now Dannel evidently caught
himself in his own trap, for every
school.boy ten years ofage knows that
Brcslin is n Democrat, dyed in the
wool. Only think Of IL The greatest
dofaultcr perhaps in the United States
a Democrat, and Daniel d. Jones drag'
him. poor fellow mortal, before the IN
ttelligcnt citizens of Mt Carmel, 10 con.
vince them that the Republican party is
corrupt. Daniel, you had better harr
on the usual Iocofoco text, "The Union
The Unionll The dear Union =" q
llittlc longer, before yeu come to cnliSht-
" eny more.
But not content with his attempt e
provo the Republican party corrupt
he endeavored to prove that tho Repub-
licans were in favor 81 amalgamation
Tho charge Of aralssmatiOn certainly
como wi,ha bad grace from Mr.. Jones
since he belongs to a party in whose
ranks nearly all the amalgamationistS
nay be found. Who fathers the million
and quarter Of yellow bastards of the
South but this same Locofoco party?
In the States which cast their votes for
the Republican ticket, there are perhaps
thirty thousand or more mulattos, and
three .fourihs Of these cmigrated from
Democratic Slave States; yet, in the
States which always give Democratic
mnjorities. there are about 1900, 600
mulattos This is conclusive proof that
the Democratic party, and no other, is
the amaigamaticn party.
What party is It but the same Niger.
loving, locofoco party who now have OF;
the floor of Congress twenty rcprescn
tativcs, seut there BY what is tho same
as the votes OF 100000 negroes, and
yet processes to abhor negro equality.
The Republican party is, and always
has been. opposed to this Democratic
doctrine Of amalgamation, and that five
negroes arc ms good as thrc white men
The Democratic party clings 10 this
doctrine, and wonld gladly today, in
order to increase their declining power,
have tho remaining two-ffths Of their
colored brethren represented on the
floor or Congress Who was il but the
present amolgamation Democracy, that
supported Richard ~ Johnson for the
Vice Presidency of tho United States,
and he the husband Of n negro wife,
and tho father Of n host Of mulatto chil.
drcn?
Did the Republican party. ever sup.
port man for such m exalted station,
who was welded 20 negressg Nc,
neyerl And they never will, unless
they ingloriously desert their princi.
pies, and step upon some Democratic
platform
Dannel closed with an attack upon
tho clergy for praying to throne of
heavenly grace for the success Of the
Republican party. lie promised to come
back again before the election
This bag Of gas having now exploded
he sqaatted pretty much in tho same
manner that Hen Berry did two years
,go, whom he received sach n severe
,linnin0 IN Iiheriv Hall