The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-10-20
A BReTHER-1N-LAw.
DON PIATT'S SPEECH,

Col. Banning was sereuaded the other
night In honor of his election. After he
had responded Col. Piatt was called on. and
made, according to the Enquirer, the follow
ing speech: - Z. 21e
s'MY FELLow-dIrIzESs ASn. C,r,..r x,,,,.,
OF THE Brass R,ND-I thank Won for the
compliment OF this call. and thank Won for
tne lnesilmable privilege of free speecb
lou know That for some weeks past have
been sadly afflicted / have been Suffering
from the combined attacks, of rhenmatisn M
and brother-in-law. lLaugnter.l Hardly
know which was worse. Tue first deprived
me or motion, the last of speech. NV doc
tor says must abstain from LIQUOR. and NV
friends assured me that my only hope of
recovery fetS TWAS was in entire quiet and no
ing deprived of both Wind and whisky
lLaughter] For days and days / Ian
gulshed 10 sucn an extent that I began TO
DOUBT the existence of an overruli1g Prnyi-
dence. And, added to this, came the cruel
tauhts ana J. ers. of wicked men who edit
newspapers. Day after day in the solitude of
cruel my chamber / was panied To read these
nlngs, ana although amounting my aching
shoulder and arm with healing ointmepts. I
mad no balm for my wounded spirit other
IMAM tnat which comes of an innocent mind
VOID OF ohense. Job had his boils, and, al
though taunted by his mother-in-law. re
fused to boil over laughter. and applauseI:
but be never was afflicted by the Cincinnati
Commercial and the Times, that mighty or
gan OF the reading idiots. Ifirmly believe
that had Job been afflicted with rheuma-
tlsm In the left arm and, a. brother-in-
law all over, and forced to read sHf-HIs
THESE WICKED PAPERS,
he would have incontinently risen lup.
cursed God and died. MY fellow-citizens
and gentlemen Of the brass band, I'm thisf
refer to the real Job. fLaughter.r Il Imeap
that patient old granger OF the land ef----.
Now, really, have to confess to YOU that /
have suffered so much from my combined
disorders, forget the nationality of that
truly good and patient man. A friend at my
elbow suggests the land OF Uz, which means.
suppose, Dick and Me Excuse me. gem
tlemen, If decline availing myself OF that
information. L received with much caution
and some distrust any Biblical knowledge
coming from the democratic party. Laugh
teri you have any thing to say concern
ing Gen. Jackson or. the resolutions of
TS, am with you. Bot for scripture
information give me Christian statesman
But returning TO the real Job. daughter. I
am sure bis land was not Ireland, nor the
Fatherland; and L can make affidavit he was
not an American citizensOf African descent.
refer, however, to the real Job, the patient,
old patriarchal granger, and not to the im-
tation Job, the bad man who has gone up
and down the land advocating & Nv licked re-
sumption and he4ping abuse on poor me
and my brother iD-law. He wanted Joint
discussion, 1ay fellow-cltizens and gem
tlemen OF the brass band. L have
suffered so from pain in nv joints
that any thing referring to that
locality made me shrink. Heart Hear II
1t was weak, allow; but tsid my brother
in-law that anything on the Joint would
prove my death, and he. being a kind nesrt-
d man, fought IL of, for which he has my
thanks. Then Whist does this wicked man
do, this imitation lob, son efStepheni Why
he writes a letter for the 3epraved Clucin-
natl Commercial, asking me fer my views.
have my views, my fellow citizens and
gentlemen OF the toot barns. may say
that have an assortment of views to IsAeet
customers, and aitsr this request / wrote
OvIt a tew. was in grest pain. aud / sup
pose weak and Gielirious, for spoke to the
b ad man kindly, aud said the Lord forgive
zoe, that b., this Job, was a gen.
tlen2sn and friend OF mine: Then
Immediately he went forth In the night
time, yea! eXen unto. Brighton, where cat
4 tle-pens scent the cireumam bieDt air
| [la1ghterl and from an elevated structure
of planks te rued a stump, because IL is not
| a stump, and reviled me-. He did abuse me
most foully. He said was brother-in-
law. tContinuing laughter.l My fellow
| citizens and gentlemen of the musical in
struments, since the elevation of Gen. Grant
| 60 the presidency, or rather since the depres-
Lslon of the presidency 10 Gen. Grant Zap
! plause1 to- call q man a brotherin-law is
SANDER. To print Is libel. It means the
sum total of aliyiliainy. A man had better
| indulge in mutual friend or wish he were
| dead than be open 10
| THE cHAReE OF FRRorHRR-IN-LAw., +
This charge from Jobson, Stephen filed me
| with anguish, not only because of its sever
ity, but because of its source. Here 1t was
| from man had befriended, when through
| his poetic fancy and powerful lungs, he OK
| cited the dreadful jealousy of the House and
| Mr.. Speaker Blaine vhO Is one third parfia.
i mentary Law and two-thirds gavel Ciargh-
| teri, knocked over my oratorical friend, /
hastened to him, picked him up tendsrly,
and poured into his wounds the balm OF
ward, He called me that vessel of wrath,
lSamival,' q brother-in-law. He said being
| in the lobby wanteda. brother-in-law upon
| the floor. What a sad, wicked world this Is.
Now Job. the son of stephen, had been my
confidential friend. and bosom associate for
| four years at the national capital. Hekuev
that was struggling against odds to estah,-
| lish an independent press ona sound bust
| ness basis in Washington. IL this enterprise
/ were successful il would be great success
| And he knew, as. I knew, that to have a
journal subject to the softeuing influence OF
government patronage on the ono hand, or
| connected with the lobby on the other,
would be fatal tait. Now, Il any man can
point out congressman, that ever with
| one exception, asked TO vote for or against
any measure. II any responsible man can
| say he ever saw me in the lobby or other
| wise, 1 will then admit there is some
| foundation 10 the attack. ] make one ex-
ception. was betrayed into one conn ection
| that at ST early day shall hasten TO ex-
pose. The Capital. nv journal, in which /
have put three years Of hard labor and some
means, is nearer and dearer to me than AL
the money i could make from jobs or
| through job in Congress. Loud applause. ]
Gentlemen, excuse my warmth. To him,
Job, son of Stephen, under these clrcuui-
stances can say in the language of Cesar,
means and YOU brute you. But he has
i come to Grief >. Tha hinh-fnnad r1anrnl