The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-09-02

sheep In the shackiee
That remarkable and ex,raordina., Npung
man, Chas. DENLY, Esq, made abou. - re-
markable and extraordinary speech II the
Market House Thursday evening .sss could
possibly be expected undeT.eny cymmon cir.
cumstances. He assumed thsssksponsibility
OF the divers and astounding editorials which
have appeared in the Enquirer lately on the
subject OF Know Nothingism, and in doing o,
exhibited more moral or immoral courage
than we ever gave him credit for possessing.
Yes, actually in the face Of body of decent
"fellow-citizens," he, DENLY, Charles Den.
by, Charles DENLY, Esq, boldly assumed the
responsibility of the authorship Of those ar
ticles! And he said he wasn't afraid of be.
ing tarred and feathered on account of them
not he-but he scorned, he condemned, he
dehed, he despised, he spat upon, he blew his
nose upon, all such threats, emana,ing from
what source they might, coming from what
quarter they would, no matter from what in
div lduals, no matter from what body, associa-
ton, order, society, faction, ism. and no mat
ter how thick and black and sticky the tar,
nor how ephemeral and light and pointed
and fuzzy the feathers. lie didn't care for
the Know Nothings. They were all a set Of
villainous scamps, yet his best friends be-
longed to them, and he loved these friends
and they loved him, and they were all
scabby scamps together. The Know No
things would burn churches, and he wouldn't
be surprised, not he, if they did burn church.
es right here in Evansville, and he might
have added, picked the pockets of the alarm.
ed congregations as they were Dispensing
Having exaggerated himself before the meet
ing into very terrific and gigantic person
age, Chas. DENLY, Esq, sat down in an ex-
hausted condition, pulled out white cam
brio, took a drink of water, and-felt better
until Conrad Baker got up. This gentle
man poured into the young man volley of
wit, sarcasm and honest contempt, which
must have aroused feelings in him akin to
those he once experienced during the even
ing Of the Nebraska discussion. We have
not space for even an epltome of Mr.. 'sre-
marks, but if he didn't make the "fur fly" in
some quarters, we don't know how it could
be done on more scientific PRINCIPLES outside
OF hat mandatory. There may be some
thing of Chus. DENLY, Esq, left, but his
friends hardly thought it at the time. We
don't think he will venture on speech
again unless he is pretty well convinced Mr..
Baker amt within ten miles of the spot. II
any butcher ever exhibits TO as much advan.
tage in that market house his stock OF NUT
ton, as Baker did the sheep he slaughtered
and sknaed and quartered, we promise him
a ready sale and good profits. MIR. Baker
did not, however, confiae himself TO the nut
ton trade, but pitched into the "iatted beet"
Col. May, and performed pretty much The
same operation on him. This idea OF con-
verting market house into slaughter house,
we don't like, and hope Democratic "big-
guns" like Col Mag, and Democratic fire.
crackers like DENLY, WON'T fzzle here again
10 draw crowds to witness and encourag &c |
such bloody exhibitions.