The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1852-09-03
For the Journal.
OwEKsvILLE, Aug. 3Oth, 1859.

hear something about the speeches OF the
Congressional candidates made to the good
citizens of Owensville and vicinity on Sat-
urday last. Well, Mr.. Miller and Mr.. Reayis
met according to appointment, and proceed.
ed to address very large and respectable
crowd, who had assembled for that purpose,
on. the little eminence west of town, which
we dignity with the appellation of "Inde-
pendent HILL" l say the crowd was res
pectable, which is not saying too much, from
the fact, the editor of the princeton Clarion
was one of the number-that alone is sutfi
cient to justify the expression. Yes, he was
there-that he was-and what a rare speci-
man of humanity he is, anyhow! You should
have seen him feeding his soul upon the
sweet words Of Democracy, that fell from
the lips of the Locoloco candidate, Smith
Miller. Well, the speeches are what we
want more particularly to talk about. Mr..
Miller led off-his introduction was some
thing new of course, entirely new. He be-
gan with brief history of the organization
of the Government-veryb brief, but conclu
sive, in which he proved Alexander Hamil-
ton the leader of the Federal party, and that
said Hamilton was Whig-ergo-the pres
ent Wing party are the lineal descendants of
Hamilton-so that thing is fixed hope, for
ever MIR. Miller in this argument evinced
great learning and depth of penetration rare
ly met with now -a-days, Orer the left. About
the next thing, think was the veto power
aother subject entirely new-he was op
posed to its abolition upon the ground that
the Constitution of United States is sac
red instrument, and an attempt to lay impious
hands upon it, would be sacreligious desecra-
ton, so that thing is settled too. River and
Harbor improvements he was in for; he said
that if the Ohio and Mississippi rivers were
not National objects, he did not know what
were. Yes, he stood right square upon the
Baltimore Platform and made this declaration!
He said there was wide difference between
a general system of internal improvements
and works of general character, and be-
lieve he made out the point conlusvely to the
minds of the congregation, all but myself
could not for the life of me understand it.
The difference between the Federal and Dem
ocrat is not in deed, but in word-take out
the system aud the sense is the same, as,
"come out here McCarty,-McCarty come
out here" So you see Miller is all right on
that subject, the Baltimore Plat form" to the
contrary Notwithstanding. AS to the pro-
ceeds of the public Domain, his position was
about the ellie firmly stood upon the plat
form and gives away the ldRdS-all right
there again. On the Tariff, Mr.. Miller's
ingenuity was displayed in a remarkable
manner. He discovered to the audience in
the shortest possible space of time, that not
withstandng the delicate intricacies con-
nected with this important subject, he was
its master, and it is extraordinary how plain
of his labor-with the dust on his robe and
the rust on his brain, can evolve such
thoughts, and master such conclusions; but
he does do it, and no mistake! He says the
consumer pays the tax! Now why did not
Bob Owen and Jim Whitcomb think of that
and set it down as one of the "facts?" then
there would have been an end to the dis
pute long ago. Mr.. Miller wound up with
long list of oppositions, and as he had en-
planned himself so lucidly on all the above
topics, he took it for granted of course, the
people would understand him on to the end
of the chapter. He was opposed to old"Nick
Biddle" and the Bank-to the Bankrupt Law
to intro !ucing Crocodiles into the Missis-
sippi river-transplanting the Rocky Noun
tans-turning the Globe by hand, &C. &c.,
in short almost everything but "eight dollars"
per day.
Mr.. Reavis next took the stand, and made
an excellent speech, (Which, if it had not
been for this interference Miller would have
come off triumphant.) He took occasion to
show the people that Miller was off and on
-on and off the platform just as it suited him
that Frank Pierce never raised his voice
his State; that Pierce had invariably opposed
Western interests; that he would veto any
River or Harbor bill that the paople might
pass, if he was elected; that he did faint-
that he was regarded as an ally of Great
Brtain,and in short that he had no more mora
claims to the Presidency than you or have
to 'quarter section of land in the Moon,',
and do believe that he (Reavs) is the
Miller at home until he decides which of the
'corn fields'' he is in. At present everything
appears favorable to a redemption of the old
First District. kUntiring perseverance is
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