The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-08-26
Mass Meeting-The Nomination.

We presume our readers have very gener-
ally heard of the nomination by the mass
meeting assembled at Petersburgh, on the
Gath inst, of the Hon. SAM'L HALL. of
Princeton, as the anti-Nebraska candidate
for Congress, in opposition TO Smith Miller.
In reference to the meeting, we need only
say, that if il were ever excelled in numbers
by any convention at Petersburgh-in unan-
unity of feeling, in general responsibility
and in harmony, it stood unrivaled. In ell
our political life, we never met body OF
men more intent upon the single purpose o;
their gathering, more harmonizng in feeling,
and more disposed to reiDquish personal
partiaiities for the sake of general good,
than were the PEOPLE assembled at Peters.
burgh on the Oath. Every county in the dis
trict was represented. Every party and
class and nativity appeared to have sent it's
representative, and all combined 10 harmony
to bring about the objects of the convention
Old men and young men, from the furtherest
points of the district; by hundreds from the
nearer counties, and by scores from the more
distant; met in convention, and carried out
the object Of the call which had brought
them together, without any confusion, with
out any distraction Of opinion, and in tha
general feeling of compromise and harmony
which must mark the action of freemen
combined to sustain principles dear to their
hearts.
Never in the First District of Indiana
probably, has there ever assembled a mass
meeting of the people excelIing this in num-
bers-never certainly has there been con-
vention of the citizens of this District who
could claim greater respectability in point of
good behavior and unanimity than this.
The result of this mass meeting of the
people is before our readers. Hon. Samuel
Hall, of Princeton, has been nominated as
the Anti Nebraska candidate for Congress
in opposition to Hon. Smith Miller It il
scarcely necessary for us to speak of DIR.
Hall. He is well known throughout the dis.
trict. As man of thorough business quail
fications, of ability of integrity, of every
respectable trait of character, he stands an
Unreasonable height above his opponent
He is such a man, who as member of Con
gress, would in personal character and abili
ty represent has district. In all the Offices he
has ever held. from Lieutenant Governor o
this State to Representative in the Legisla
I'm IA has sustained cL.bI
character, and given eminent satisfaction I,
those who reposed their trust in him.
Never has he failed to fulfill the. require
ments of his position-never has he beer
found wanting in all the requisites desirabl,
by the wants of his constituents or for the sup
port of his own personal character. Fo
forty years he has been resident of this dis
trict. He came here poor boy, and by hi
own unaided energy, industry and persever
snce, he has secured the highest position il
the good opinion Of his ielow-citizens.
We are fully satisfied upon our own per
sonal knowledge of the man and from ful
appreciation of his public character as a maj
of ability, integrity and of liberality of opin
ion, that no name could be presented to tn
voters Of the First Distric. of Indiana NOR
worthy of their cordial acceptance, thai
Judge Halls. He has beaten Smith Mile
once, and he can do it again. In politics, h
is a Wing, but for years he has had nothin,
to do with parties, ahd he must prove as un
exceptionable a man to the Democratic par
ty as any one who could possibly be present
ed, without even excepting Smith Miller him
self.