The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-08-31
one Of the Speeches.

one Of the Speeches.
The speech of DR.. Fitch at Apollo nan
was most remarkable effort! II that gen.
tleman did not 90 home in an exhausted con-
ditiou, he has the constitution of horse, or
of an ass, which is better. From the an
nouncsment of DR.. Fitch's speech made long
in advance and very consPicuously, and from
the great distance the honorable gentleman
had come to enlighten The people of "the
Pocket of Indiana-we had expected to
hesr something above the ordinary, and to
be rather frightened out of our political and
editorial boots. The Doctor had the honor
of commencing his speech. and at very
late hour, to the smallest political. gathering
Evansville has seen for long time, and at
least half of those composing it were his
own opponents! We hardly know how to
allude to his effort. II we had headed this
article "HA! HA! Hal" it might have convey
ed an admirable comment upon the whole
speech. 1t was laughable to the EXTREMIST
point. There was nothing in it worthy even
of the half serious notice we have made OF
portion Of the "speech" in another place. IL
was a miserable piece OF school boy decla-
nation, without argument, and undignfied
in every particular. When we say, that
some of the more intelligent Democrats pre-
sent, we mean Nebraska Democrats, were
Disguised with the speech, and condemned
il in the strongest terms as calculated to do
injury to that which it was intended to sup
port, we have said enough of its influence.
What DR.. Fitch could have taken the peo-
pie of Evansville for in point Of general in
telligence, we, cannot conceive. Certainly
he gave US creditor no common sense, no
knowledge Of political history, no indepen-
dence of feeling. His long tirade on the
Wing party and the isms of the day. and on
Democracy. was not only "stale, fiat and un.
profitable" but an insult to the intelligence
of those who were kind enough to lend him
their presence on the occasion.
But the principal "point" Of his discourse
was "Know Nothingism," and of course an
appeal to Democrats not to join it, and to
those already in to leave it. He made his
appeal to the latter very feelingly-"Leave
it," said he, "w bile you can do SO with cred
it, for in few weeks il will fall of its own
rotte ness, and then you will have 10 leave it
without any honor!" Now there can not
have been an intelligent foreigner In that
house, who would not freely say, that all the
Doctors remarks on the subject Of Know
No,hingism were calculated to benefit that or
der. He of course did not intend to play in
their hands, but just such speeches. like the
editorials of our neighbor, do the order more
good than harm.
But we have no idea Of treating this
speech seriously. We are sorry the Doctor
has left US. We should like him to make
just such speech in every township in the
district. We will contribute largely to
poney purse to gel him to do it. But he has
gone, and as we learn, very fully convinced
that there is no use talking in the First Dis.
trict. He had a very slim gathering al
Springfield, and could not get upa crowd at
all at New Harmony. We respectfully ad-
wise DR.. F.to stay at home, and attend to his
own business. There is no district in the
State, but in which his party have better
speakers and better Informed men, to teach
them politics. He will certainly, after his
late experince, never venture again IN the
First District of Indiana to i.frm its citi-
zens.