The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-06-11
REPORTED BY PEwTER-INK-'EM.


prompt or permit them to go, assembled on
last Saturday, in the woods round about elias
sic Stringtown in solemn Convention, to
choose wisely delegates to the great sanche-
June next, where they will nominate the man
whom they wish to go to Congress- and attend
to the interests of the country and slide down
gallery pillars. Your humble reporter did not
get upon the ground until after they had Or
ganized and Col. Drew, the chairman, and Az
ariah t. Whittlesey, the orator, had spoken to
their fellow Democrats - He is told, howev-
or, that they both made magnificent speeches.
the Col. upon the liquor question, where he is
always felicitous and fascinating, and Azariah
7. upon general politics, of which no man has
protou1der or more correct conceptions % When
your reporter got there-and he only went as
far as the outskirts, and stood just without the
verge of the light that came upon and around
these wise men gathered in Goods first Tenn
ple," when he got there say, the committee
had just gone down into hollow-Azariah L.
being chairman-to select delegates, and the
Hon. James Lockhart-sanguine aspirant for
the nomination-was just rising to address his
friends (and few foes in his bland and en-
barrassed way, like twenty one year old
dullard making Friday afternoons declama-
ton (a0ahom disrespect). But first let your
reporter say something of the material of this
sylvan assemblage. The Colin honorable
I
mocracy," in commemoration of his manly
stand in favor of free whisky, when, in blue
coat and brass buttons, he was in the Senate Of
Indiana-the Col, I say, sat, with his back to
looked and spoke the presiding officer worthy
of the men that were around him; and l can
not say anything better of him were to try
Sl day. Indeed | cannot tell how we'll and
dignifed he looked with his coat thrown open,
displaying his fine chest, from whose depths
has come so often true democratic eloquence
on the liquor question; or how strikingly he
said "Gen- tle-men--of the-Con-ven-t ton ~
with graceful gesture, and flash of the eye
Learned from Willard when he was, in blue
coat and brass buttons, Senator. But must
dismiss the Col, though confess he was my
favorite parsonage of them all, so like he was
to Pan of old sitting among his woodland gods.
Brothers Christopher r. Rudd and Schmuck
of the 'Volksbote," sat by his side, to take
down the wisdom Of their deliberations Then
''in shape and gesture proudly eminent" there
was the Hon. j. Smith Gavitt, with self-sat-
isied and triumphant expression upon his
handsome face, which seemed to say, "Oh you
poor bleating sheep of the opposition, how have
1 led you up to the slaughter!' And of a
truth some noble sheep he had there to knock
on the head for the pleasure and glory of his
present god of worship-the Hon. Jas. Lock-
hart, of glorious memory. There was the great
old bell-wether, Dick Raleigh, blatant and de-
fiant kicking and goring, seemingly determin-
ed not to be put to death, but the rope was
around his neck and the butcher was strong,
so he went into the shambles and was served
little furious, who made faint shows of fight
but the weather was hot and he short winded,
so he followed his bell wether to death. Then
there was Dr. Caldwell, a lean and meek sheep,
but tender withal, who bleated pitiously once
or twice, but when he felt the rope tighten
around his neck, he went meekly to be saugh-
tered and opened not his mouth. Several
other sheep, of minor importance-our City
Clerk among them, were killed this day,undeT
the eyes of the great Magog who demanded
them for his appetite. The butchers were
about four to one sheep and they had been
excellently drilled by the master butcher, so
they did their work clearly and perfectly.
The Hon. James Lockhart spoke about
twenty minutes, although laborng under great
physical debility, which had left his mind I'M
impaired, however, and the butchers applauded
and the sheep didn't, for they knew they were
soon to be slaughtered, and were cast down.
The Hon. James told them about Mr. Buchan-
an and Mr.. Breckenridge, and how he was
personally acquainted with them both, and as
sured them they could vote for them safely,
and read long extracts from Mr.. Buchanan's
speeches, and by way emancipation, told them
that great many lies would be put in circula-
ton about their great standard bearer as there
had bee1 about lovely Franklin Pierce, and
cautioned them against believing any of them.
Then, the committee coming in, he quit
and the delegates for the Townships were
chosen. Union and Perry were not represent
ed, and the meeting proceeded to choose their
delegates for them. The butchers proposed
all of them except when one of the sheep, our
Post Master I heleHe nrnnnsed Mason O