The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-06-14
Characteristic Speech of Willard

Characteristic Speech of Willard
~ A. P. Willard, who now asks the people of
o.. this State to make him Governor at the Octo-
r9ber election, addressed the slave Democracy af-
ter the nomination of Buchanan the blue-light
Federalist, for The Presidency. The CONNER
cial of that city says:
n, Lieut. Gov. Willard, of Indiana, was now
:, introduced to the meeting. He is still young
-, man, though fast living has given hum the ap-
pearance Of one prematurely old. lie speaks
with violent effort and with cracked voice.
eAmong other things, Mr.. w. sad:
oI1- Fellow Citizens-the work is over, and right
-rnobly was it done. (Here Mr.. Willard remov-
led his crayat-his coat also) 492 Delegates
yAnet in Convention and formed platform in an
e,hour-in an hour, because the principles of
States right were three quarters OF century
bold, and all the principles of the Platform were
well established. The Convention decreed
that James Buchanan should rule this Empire
for the next four years. Young America had
the nomination for Vice President all his own
rlway. Buchanan wasn't my first choice
thought was for Stephen A. Douglas. But
1T was right to give the nomination to Penn
IsyIvania, who never yet had furnished Presi-
adent
II Buchanan would be acceptable to the De-
lInocracy; he had stood by Young America in
the Texas annexation, and in the war with
Mexico when Benton and Cass faltered. l
wanted Douglas because the smoke and blood
of the Kansas Nebraska battle was on him.
But the nomination is right and we'll go into
the campaign with fervor. When the Union
reached out its hand for the jeweled daughter
of the Pacific, Buchanan was at the wedding,
and sanctioned the nuptuals. When jackson
established the Democratic policy, Buchanan
was there to support them.
We have glorious country, reaching from
the Lakes to the Gulf but it wont stop at the
Gulf; the Continent is ours, and we're going
to have the whole of it all round to the shore,
for ourselves. | mean for the white folks
(Cheers)
We shall have votes enough this fall, but
would rejoice to welcome to our ranks, our
honest and Union loving opponents of DID, the
Wings. But the Black Republicans we don't
want I am going over to Indiana, and stand
on the wall, and every niger stealing Adolf
ZIONIST that tries to get into the Democratic
lines mean to knock 'em over.
The Black Republican craft is piratical
schooner commanded by Capt Chase, Capt Gid
dings, Capt. Seward and the like.
A voice-Sumner!
yWilard-Oh! Summers covered with blood
and sympathy-let him go. He tainted the
other day.
The only apology for this speech which can
be offered by the friends of Willard is, that he
did break his pledge in Cincinnati, as promi-
nent paper of that city has charged. 1t will be
recollected that Willard had attained such a
notoriety for permitting himself to be overcome
by the bubbling cup that after his nomina-
ton by the Democratic party as their candi-
r.. n - I'd; ho Tu1
lie pledge to abstain entirely from the use Of
liquor at least so long as he should be Cover
nor of the State, if elected-and this including
the campaign as was understood. 1t appears
that Mr.. Willard has repeatedly drank liquor,
and drank as we should suppose from the above
speech to intorication, since he made thatpledge
We had a very poor opinion of Willard for
making such pledge, inasmuch as under the
circumstances, it was direct admission, that
unless he made such pledge, he could not hope
to get the vote of any man who was opposed
to placing drunkard at the head of our State.
But having voluntarily made the pledge; he
sinks beneath ordinary contempt for having
repeatedly violated it. occupying the position
he does at present. VIII the people of Indi-
ana vote for such man as this? Read the
above report of his speech 1t is taken from
the Cincinnati Commercial which contained
probably the most correct reports Of the late
Cincinnati Convention, the speeches, the pro
ceedings of outside meetings, &C., given by
any paper in that city. No one who heard
Wizards speech questions the correctness o.
this report, And this speech was made before
a large crowd of intelligent men by the Demo
cratic candidate for Governor of Indiana! Is
he not disgrace enough at home, that he should
thus disgrace us abroad?