The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1859-09-08

AeSsrs. EdltoFs:-l cannot say tAaL an
in quite the predicament The old anIe-deiu
Wan swimmer was. when he hailed Moan 10
take him into the Ark when that vessel was
floating by him; vet, looking over hen'zSch
communication in the Centreyille RePn6t'caH
and the array of fifty nine ceTttners IN the
Broadare as 10 that parsons being "a sooer
and respectable man" l can say with fer
more truth than that ancient paddler dld:
..THere's nor mich Of shoaeer after aA!.
Ii will be recollected. that Fl. Rentzsch
gave a very graphic picture OF court scenes
in Richmond, occurring daily. wherein all
the members thereof were more or less un-
der the influence of intoxicating liquors
"a drunken constable" and "tippling Wit
nesses," completing the finishing touches
Now. will venture the assertion, and can
prove ii by sixty as good witnesses as he
got, that he himself has taken into his own
stomach more lager and other Intoxicating
liquors than has either one of the members
of that court, the constable, or any tipping
witness examined recently before any court
in Richmond, or in the county Of Wayne!
mean Just what | say. Messrs. RattIay and
NJ Coy, are the only eonstables here; and TINS
is the first time either Of them have ever been
charged with drunkenness, to my knowledge
therefore | come 10 no other conclusion than
that the Rev. gentleman's picture lacks
truthfulness Of finish as well as falthtulneSs
in outline; because if he is as habiualIy used
TO applying the same kind Of paint 70 him
self as he charges the court with using, his
artistic skill becomes mere daub and ly
ing calicature, Rentzsch, from his own les
imony under oath, makes himself the CO.
equal with those he charges with being spies
and 'tippling Witnesses In the character Of
the former, lie swore he might have discoy
cred something in the grog- shops where he
visited, that would have been construed into
a violation of law, If he hadn't turned lis
tack; whilst in the latter, he acknowledg ed
drinking lager whenever he felt like i, buy
ing it by the quart, and also sending bis child
to the grog-shop after it! | would ask, in
the name Of honesty and candor, if he can
do all this, and his personal friends can then
certify TO his being "a sober and respectable
man" and we'll qualified TO lecture his fellow
men On the subjects Of Temperance, right
eousness and the Judgment to come" how
can lie, or his certifers, say aught against
any man who IS no more guilt! han himself
OF ImbIbing lager, or condemn The Judgment
Of court that has never been under spirit
influence as much as he himself has been in
his sacred ministrations? And yet, this hyp-
ocrite was the one chosen by the liquor-sel
lers, to cast the first stone at the executors of
the law and, being too cowardly to come at
it in a bold and manly manner, he raised up
a Know Nothing barricade to captiyate aud
hold the German prejudices, against that de-
funct and disbanded organization, from be
hind which he fires a volley of vituperation
and abuse, that. like chickens, ego back home
again to roostp'
Your quotation, Mcssrs Editors, about
those who live in glass houses. suits the pres
ent ministerial case very aptly; and the recent
trial of stomach in one of our countrymen at
Indianapolis, by the name of Adam Deitz.
who drank eight gallons Of lager beer in Il
consecutive hours, brings to my mind a sim
liar trial of capacity for holding lager, that
this same Rentzsch was engaged in himself
little over one year ago at wedding in this
city That &" Christian minister, J" didn't
quite come up to Deitz on the occasion allu-
ded to; yet he was proclaimed the victor,
coming off with flying colors in his face, and
a swill-tub in his stomach-and yet many
of these certifers, who know of this circum-
stance, and his constant and, very frequently,
excessive use of lager beverage, stultity
themselves by publishing to the world that
he is "a sober" minister Of the Gospel of
Jesus Christ! Shame!
l have noticed that Rentzsch's "organ,"
the Centreville Republican, takes particular
pains to make its readers believe that the
whole German population of Richmond, has
been, and Is beng, prosecuted by the friends
and advocates OF temperance here! The ed
itor of that paper has poetic license TO alb
breyiate words in order to make poetry; but
he has neither license or a right to lie, tho
his natural inclination may lead him that way
He talks about fair treatment not having been
extended to foreign born citizens--apologi-
yes for expressions let fall by Rentzsch in his
communications, &c, and playing generally
in his treatment of the subject game of ..all
things to all men'--a lager and water course.
He well knows that the Germans Of this city
have not been prosecuted or prosecuted for
selling liquor. Quite number of liquor
sellers, who are Of German birth, and who
are following vocation that proves to be a
a curse and blight to humanity, and the
dearest and best interests of our adopted
country, have been fairly and legally prose
euted to conviction for violating the law
the native liquor sellers, what few there are,
have met with the same treatment precisely
they had 10 pay the penalty, which was right,
and twas expected that they would grum-
bic at the friends Of temperance for putting
them through; for
NO rogue e'er felt the halter draw,
With good opinion OF the Law
No doubt soue We're astoaished at the
course pursn BY parson RentzSch; but
knowing G. be had a comllqint,' / took ii
as a matterU course, and, in the outgushing
of his sympathetic tears for these whisky-sel-
ling law breakers accompanied as it was with
a rebuke Of the personal habits of court,
attorney and witnesses, set it down as not
being the first instance on record of the devil
sin!
Viewing the matter in this light, felt il
my privilege 10 speak freely Of the individual
who steals the livery Of Heaven to serve the
devil in and who, Instead Of intoxicating
the wholesome doctrine of obedience to the .
laws and conformation to the customs of
our adopted country, seeks to stir up the
worst passions Of the human heart against
both, and uses his talents and influence to
Germanize them, instead Of moulding til en-
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