The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-10-07
GBe 5)ailg gOnrnal
correspondence of the Jou-naI.1
GRAND RALLY AT TIPPECAN0E.

AS the Republicans have no organ in thi,
city, we .accede to the request of correspon-
dent, and publish the following communca-
ton relative to the proceedings at Tippecanoe
Battle Ground Convention:
GREENcAsr1E. Ind, Get. 3, 1856,
DEAR SANDERS
arrived at the "Tippecanoe Battle Ground
yesterday about II O'Clock A. NJ, on the Ex-
press train from Greencastle; and although !
was prepared to see large crowd was per
fectly astonished to see such vast multitude
Of human beings, Of every age and sex, con-
gregated together. 1t was impossible to esti-
mate the exact number who were present, but
the best judges computed the number at
10000! I think you may safely say, that al
! least that many were there.
1t is needless to say that the meeting was
jail enthusiasm, and harmony. There were
freemen from Indiana from the hills valleys
and prairies, with their families, their wives,
their children, and their sweet-hearts and
There We're men from Old Virginia and Ken
ltucky, from Delaware, Vermont, New York,
Illinois, Michigan and other Northern States
Iall of whom stood side by side, and every
Ipusaton of the great heart of that mighty
host, and every shout that made the "wekin
Iring'' and every song that poured forth from
the Glee Clubs present, sent forth the glorious
sentiments, in peal after peal, "Down with the
corrupt Administration of Franklin Pierce !!
Down with all the tyrannicai hirelng crew,
and give US free speech, free press, free soil,
free labor and free men forever!b'
Many distinguished speakers were present
and enchained the audience with their thrilling
Ieloquence, as many as four or five holding
forth on as many different rostrums at once.
Among the prominent speakers on the ground
were Col Jas. Watson Webb, of New York;
Tom Marshall, of Illinois; C. NJ Clay of Ken
lucky, and Henry S. Lane, and Judge Morton,
|of our own State. Indeed it seemed to be
sort of a political penticOSt. The question
was not so much who should speak, as who
should hold his peace. The terrible wrongs
and outrages that have been heaped upon the
country in bleeding Kansas, &C., had wrought
SO upon the minds of the people that the
soldiers who had fought for freedom in the fa..
nous contest with the Indians, on the very
place where they stood, talked to the young
men of their suferings for freedom, when
thev drove back the mnions and hrelings of
British tyrants, till the tears were seen trick
ling down many manly checks. And there
over the green graves of our sires," who fell
in the battle with fresh recollection Of our
brethren who have been slain in Kansas, like
young Hannibal they vowed eternal opposi-
ton to slavery prOpagandism, and to all tp-
rants in general, and the so-caled Old Line
Democratic party in particular.
The ladies' God bless them y who never
enlist in an unholy cause, were there, and such
an array of beauty and fashionI have never seen
before in any country. They ha, caught the
enthusiasm of 1910, and the dear creatures
not only cheered us with their sweet smiles,
but they waved their lilly white hands and
handkerchefS, and some of them actually sung
Fremont songs.
The scene that was constantly witnessed of
immense trains of cars coming in and going
out from the Battle Ground, decorated with
banners notices, &c, and the loud and long
continued shouts for Fremont, was not only
grand and imposing, bat beggared all descrip-
ton,
The numerous banners and notices. and
the carricatures representing the party in
power deserve passing notice
Among others, | noticed miniature ship, !
with sails and canvass spread to the breeze,
manned by crew of men dressed in sailor
costume, placed upon wagon, and drawn
over the Battle Ground by four white horses /
The stars and stripes foated gracefully from
the mast head, and upon the canvass in front
there was inscribed IN large letters, "Fremont
and Dayton, Free Speech and Sailors Rights"
on the stern were written the words "Consti-
tuition, Never give up the ship" Jonesboro,
Grant county, Ind.
l saw carrying fine portrait of Col.
Fremont, with this inscription: I'VE vote for
grp moi nv I.la ar
bound to vote for Buck and SIavery.'
There was circle composed of thirty-one
poles, and stars and stripes hoated from the
top OF each. These represented the thirty
one States. great pole stood in the centre
with banner streaming in the breeze with
Fremont and Day ton inscribed upon 1t, and
also the words "the Union must be preserved y
Without the circle a small space, there stood
A pole all charred and black draped in mourn
ing, with banner and "Kansas" inscribed
upon it. | saw a caricature representing Gen.
Pierce, saying the laws Of Kansas must be en-
forced, and one of the Border Ruffians stood
with his whip in his hand driving some blood
hounds with human bodies and dogs heads
after the Free State men. &c. But the fun
niest of these was Mr.. Buchanan, represented
on a canvas horizontally, with his mouth wide
open and eyes distended and by the assist
ance of Gen. Pierce, and few other dough
face friends, and Southern trends, he is swal
lowing negro ! But | must bring this al
ready too long letter to close. | cannot
close, however, without saying | never saw
such perfect order and good humor on any
similar occasion Not a drunken man or
fight on the ground. Nobody was mad, ex
ceptng occasionally when a big shout would
20 up for Fremont, some Old Liner would rave
like mad dog who saw water.
Yours in haste, =.