The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-02-28
FROM RIDGEVILLE.
RANDoL PHI Co., 2 mo. q, "a.

Ed. PAIL ADIUM:-On the 14th I |
lectured to full house at South
Whitley, Whitley county. On the |
10Th, at 2 p. m, at Columbia city, and
at in the evening at Coesse, also in |
Whitley county. Both meetings we're |
large and enthusiastic. From Colum- |
bia city to Coesse we went in a buggy
on the muddiest road one ever travel
ed. Sometimes it was almost impossi-
BILE for the horse to drag through. It
reminded US strongly Of the = Slough
of Despond,p that Christian gpt into. |
By dint Of hard work dragged through
the six miles Of mud in twosand-a
half hours. Expeditioss tn yelling
thus ~
In Whitley county We found a
stronger temperance sentiment than
we had anticipated. but the BANDS Of
the temperance people are completely
tied there, $50 far as the Sexecnkion Of
law is ceneerned.s From the judge ON
the bench down to the slowests officer
in the county,it they seem to be under
the finger of the vhisky Tinss altho'
there are not more than ten saloons in
the county. This is in Judge Iscwery's
district. Twas informed that he is
the judge when liquor case camebe-
fore him, undertook to pronounce the
whole law unconstitutional, long be-
fore the Supreme court had acted mp
on it. What brilliant and astute
judge he must be, thus to head of the
Supreme court itself with his ripe
legal lore! I understand he is an as
pirant for Congress. If lie happens
to get there, I suppose the next thing
he will do, will be to pronounce the
Constitution of the U. S. unconstitu-
tional, if some provisions of it do mot
suit his own individual purposes.
T. What does all this show? Why
most clearly, that the sooner temper
ance men decide to vote for sincere
temperance men, and only for such,
the sooner we shall bring about a
change. Talk about keeping temper
ance out of politics! Might as we'll
talk about restraining young men from
going to visit their lady friends. The
fact is, temperance must go into poll
tics-neyer shall we succeed, until We
do get it into politics. Political agita-
ton and action settles everything in
this country, and political action will
have to settle the grog-shop, and it is
| going there with immense and rapid
strides. Alta Democratic caucus held
few nights ago in Wabash township,
Adams county, the following resolu-
ton was adopted:
I Resolved, That no party is worthy
of public confidence who denies the
| right of the people to restrict the
abuses of the liquor traffic"
/ / learn that at other township eau
cuses in that countya similar resolu-
ton is being passed. This shows con
clusively that there is wonderful
revolution progressing in the minds Of
the people in reference to this ques.
ton. I have just received lette,
from Muncie, where I spoke three
weeks ago, stating that there is great
temperance work COINS on. thasv. The
good and true are organized, deter
mined to put down the traffic. Sever
al saloons have already shut up.
On the evenings Of the 10th ant
nth, we had large audiences at Deca
tur, Adams county. A committee o
earnest workers were appointed, com
posed Of about half Democrats an,
Republicans, for the purpose of agita
LtiHg the question vigously Throughout
the county. Among those appointe,
were Judge Studabaker, Hon. Johl
Met Cornell, Drs. Gillett and Schrock
thus showing that both political par
ties feel that they must take hold Q
this question. Iftemperance men ar
only true to themselves and the cause
they hold the balance of power in tn
State, and, therefore, can control til
election Of men to Office who are i
favor of stringent legislation and ae
ton. 49a a5a ne 81 his
The people of Decatur stared at m
as though they had never seen a Quake
before. l was told that several cam
to my meeting out Of sheer curiosit
to see and hear Quaker talk. Herr
wards Quaker is a perfect phenoms
mon. / think it would be we'll
Charles F. Coffin, longan Clark an
Luke Woodward, would feel draw
to visit this place, to hold several Il
ligious meetings. and expound th
principles of Qaukerism according I
George Fox and Robert BARCLAY. II
way is wide open for them. Rev. MOI
man Jones promised me he would b
glad to throw his meeting house ope
any time for their use in that wa,
The people here vese astonished whe
they found that Quakers were some
what like any other people-th.
they really lived by eating and breatl
ing as the rest of mankind do, on
that they donot drink whisky, whis
they consider . great improvement
upon the habits Of ether peoplel !
At Decatur I found a very nil
county court house. just finished. ]
, cost completed, about $S5, 900. It !,
| rears to he a model of oonvor;