The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-09-19
Judge Lockhart on the Stump.

he was SO unfortunate as to issue from his
meeting looking very much like dish OF
scrambled eggs. 1t is said that DR.. Barton, an
Old Line leader, being determined the Judge ]
should have practical argument Illustrative
of the propensites Of the Know Nothings to
rowdyism, had armed lot of Old Liners with
eggs, and secretly stationed them out Of the
woods around the house where the Judge
spoke. At an appointed signal, they let fly,
and the Judge was just about as much be-
daubed with ripe eggs as the Know Nothings
had been in character by his language-and
no worse. Of course the egg proceedings
were laid on the Know Nothings by agree
ment, and now the Judge is making speeches
at other places and introducing himself as a
martyr to Democratic principles, Know Moth
ing mobocracy and-eggs.
In the Washington Telegraph we have re-
port Of a speech made by the Judge at Ragles-
VILE According to this report, the orator
traced the origin Of the Know Nothings to the
Cow Boys" of the revolution, and the Wings
TO the same origin. This is pretty good con-
sidering how hard the Democracy are laboring
to induce old Wings to leave the American
party. The Judge made many illusions to the
Old Wing party-at one time abusing them
and at another time highly complimenting
them. He thought the Democracy had been
beaten in 1910 by log cabins and coon skins
instead of principles, and remarked chad not
God in his wisdom seen proper to take Gen.
Harrison off, our country would now, probably,
be lost"
What do old Harrison men think of this
What do men of Indiana think of this allusion
to their old and 1en6rated and lamented fellow
citizen? His death, through Gods wisdom,
saved the country And how Z? BY giving
Democracy the poweri
Again on the subject of Know Nothingism,
he declared, he Judge Lockhart, would as
soon join MurrelFs band as the American
party, as he believed it fully as honorable and
hot half so secret. That this party was COM
posed Of black-legs; thieves, gamblers, robbers
and murderers- particularly in the cities.
Now we should be sorry if the American party
had not hundreds in every city and dozens in
every country town, of bettermen than himself
in its Councils.
The writer thus speaks Of another parsonage
who figured slightly;
When he had done speaking, a solitary voice
cried out Barton p 1t came from a little red
mouthed sharp fiat headed Irish looking
parsonage, whom I afterwards learned was
Hall, of the Evansville Enquirer.
The author Of the report concludes
Judge Lockhart himself would blush to see
his speechIin print. l believe he is more
sensible man, but he thought we were all fools
out here, and would swallow whatever he of
fered us. Mistaken for once.
Our friend is very much mistaken if he
thinks the Judge is capable of political blush
But what is the Judges Object in making these
speeches Is he still aspiring to Democratic
nomination for Congress Or is it merely t.
to exhibit his devotion to party ina strizingly
noisy manner The Judge has a comfortable
Government office, which brings him five o.
eight dollars day, and with precious LITTLE
work attached. He can well afford with thi!
income to travel around the country enlight
6ning his poor fellow citizens on the delightful
principles ("$8 day and roast beef for some,
of Democracy. We trust he will keep at ii
The Judge has the happy knack of doing hi
opponents more good than his friends il
his public speeches --and if his salary should b
stopped short probably the Americans vii
Keep him going.