The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-03-28
The Meeting of Tools and Toadies.

ing, and apparently for the purpose OF exhibit
ing themselves as whipped in tools of the
Sheriff. 1t is really astonishing that full grown
up men, calling themselves Democrats, and
breathing the air and living in the sunshine of
Republicanism, will sacrifice the independence
of common manhood and the very spirit of
freemen, and like groyeling slaves, kiss the
hands and lick the feet of despotic master.
What else under Gods heaven are these men,
or political things, doing, but bowling the neck
and cringing at the feet, of man who is rul-
ing them with rod of iron? At this little
meeting they showed just what subseryent
tools may be made of even freemen, by a
shrewd and vicious man with the will to do
and dare. And these things, the Drews and
Denbys and Halls of party-these cringing
slaves glorying in the music of their shackles
these whipped in spaniels-to talk about
principles, and prate of the Jeffersons and jack
sons and great past of the Democratic party!
Verify, it is well the party glories not in them
as they glory in their party.
Well, these tools or pimps or toadies or
things, or whatever you may call blood and
flesh formed in the image of man but possess
ing no attributes of free manhood-kissed the
hand of Gavitt, their master, and endorsed all
the so called nominations of the late Old
Line mobocratic meeting. Walker was de-
cared no Democrat. Even his friend DENLY,
the only one upon that famous nominating
committee whom he thought he could rely up
on as a friend yet who fed from the city to
escape the responsibilities of friendship-even
he declared before this meeting that he could
no longer affiliate with Walker, that he had
cast him away-that he (Denby) would sacri-
fee even his own father to principles and he
would thus sacrifice Walker! In other words
he licked Gavitts feet, and he would sacrifice
his father and Well Walker rather than not
lick his masters feet. We believe him. And
vet he, as President of the late mobacratic
meeting kRel0 from the bottom of his heart
that Gavitt had packed that meeting-that he
in hatred to one man, who but for this hatred
would have had no opponent in the meeting
had made the meeting scene Of riotous con.
fusion and disorder-that he had crushed dolor
free speech by mobocratic violence-that hi:
had arrayed the Irish against the Germans, and
prevented any Germans name from being
placed on the tickct-that no man could have
been nominated at that meeting withoutGavitP
consent-that this consent 1cas refused wheI
Walker was candidate for Clerk, when
German was candidate for Recorder, anC
when Hughes and Gavisk were proposed t.
fill the vacancy in the committee, and that al
these men were crushed down-that he caused
the meeting to break up in disorder and to tn
dissatisfaction of all respectable Democrats
that after the meeting he and his course wer
publicly denounced by an old and well trie'
Democrat, and privately denounced by ever.
decent Democrat in the city-and finally, tina
Gavitt secured a thorough Seymour committe
to make the nomination for City Clerk. an
thus secured the nomination of Seymour a
every body kne,C he would-that he packed tn
committee as we'll as the Convention. Thes
things, we say, DENLY as President of tina
meeting kne,0, yet he gets up in this last meet
ing and talks about sacrificing men for primo
ples-holding up GauiH as the embodimer
of Democratic principles, and denouncin
Walker as no Democrat because he will nc
yield to this Gayitt embodiment! Packed
this Convention most VIGOROUSLY was, not on
of its nominations bears the stamp
Democracy upon it. If so-how grossly col
rupt and contemplate has Democracy b.
come. rsa-rrf Z -
And Col. Drew got up and made spcec
on the liquor law--telling the Intelligent as
sembly, that they would be called upon in les
than two weeks to settle the question of liquo
or no liquor. We thought the Legislature onl
had the power of making liquor laws. Is h
ass enough to think our City Council has tn
power, or did he only think he was talking
asscsf One or the other was very eviden
1.-The thinks the tyelection has anythingto d
with this liquor question, we hope he wi
make public explanation Of hrs views. II
can have the use of our columns. His grocer
amt in particle of danger, we assure him.
Mr.. Hall said he went all over this city wit
Mr.. Mentzer forming that committee, and tina
he didn't know which side Mr. Mentzer favor
ed. Probably Mr.. Hall will find somebod
verdant enough to believe this statement {
his own ignorance-and probably he won't
There were but four or five Germans at thi
meeting, and they were no tools 3f.nny mar
The meeting was weak in numbers moral
and principles-but it endorsed the ''nomina
tions.n Gayitt talked some but his talk wa