The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-08-24
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spencer county, august 10, 1000
Deer Sr:-Having few moments to
spare, I improve them by sending you an
account of the big meeting held here to-day,
and of the speeches made by the Hon. A.
P. Hovey, and Judge Niblack. In the first
place will say to you, that never saw SO
large a number of the people of this town
ship, convened together, at any previous po-
litical speaking. At o'clock, p. NJ, the
hour named in the bills, the large Baptist
church was filed to compactness and many
had to remain out doors. Judge Hovey
made the opening speech. He commenced
by explaining the position of the .Democrat-
ic party in 1856, and showing up the pledg-
es made by the leaders of the party to the
people, in the canvas of that year. Refer
red the audience to the Cincinnati platform,
the Kansas bill, and the Presidents letter
of acceptance, and to the declaration OF the
prominent speakers, in order to satisfy the
public that the great Democratic party, was
fully committed on the popular sovereign
tyn question, and by its potency they sue
cseded in electing Mr.. Buchanan. Judge
Hovey then showed up the position Of the
President in his inaugural, and instructions
to Gov. Walker, and the pledges made by
Walker to the people of Kansas, from those
instructions, and how the country was start
led Ivy the sudden change of policy by the
President, and the consequences resulting
from so clear a violation of Democratic
pledges. He traced the whole Kansas diff
ficulty, step by step, and made out one of
the plaincst records of iyamy and fraud,
ever palmed upon free people. He proved
conclusively that small minority of the
people of Kansas elected delegates to the
conventions, a majority of the people bav-
ing been, by pro siarery officials, disfran-
chised, that those delegates refused TO sub
nit the constitution to a popular vote, al
though they had pledged their sacred honors
to do so if elected, that they unfairly sub
mitted the slacery clause, by making every
man who desired to vote, first take the fol-
lowing infamous oath, (see Sec. 8, Lccomp-
ton constitution). "Any persoa Offering TO
rote at The aforesaid election upon SAID con-
sGtution, shall be challenged 10 take an oath 10
support the constitution Of Tie United States,
and TO support this constitut on, under the pen
dities Of perjury under the Territorial lars"
and that they had to first vote for the con-
sEtution before they could ever vote for oil
against the sidrery clause, and by the latter,
which they were required to take before
voting at all, they must swear to support
and endorse slavery, in order to get the
privilege of voting against slavery ~ Was
not that a most free and most magnifcen,
submission of the slavery clause?
The judge properly remarked that nc
freeman, or honest man, could take thai
oath, and vote for that infamous constitu.
ton, in order to get to vote for what fol
the perpetuation of slavery, in any event
But on the other hand, the meancst, scab-
tiary, would go to the polls, take the oath
vote for the constitution and slavery, and
that instrument was irrccoveiably fastened
upon the people of Kansas, according to the
legal argument of Judge Niblack CD Judg,
Hovey showed to the audience, by the mos
conclusive evidence, that although the con.
stitution was thus unjustly fastened upon
the people, they had under legal authority
and at legal election, on the 4th Of January
1858, voted it down, by 10000 majority
And yet with all these facts staring Judg,
Niblack in the face, together with others a.
clear and conclusive, he persistently voted
to fasten that most odious instrument upor
the people of Kansas, and not only that, bu
he comes before free people, whose feeling
he had outraged and whose wishes in thi.
matter, be had most shamefully violated
and asks them to endorse those votes, and
rc-elect him TO Congress. Can impudcnc,
and folly 60 further than this? Judge
Hovey made most happy exposition of tn,
famous I" English Conference Bill" and hi.
structures upon it had the most happy effec
upon the audience, and corresponding
Notifying effect upon Judge Niblack and
his few friends present. ] have not spac,
nor time to pursue Judge Hovey's grea
effort i'm the condemnation CT this grea
cheat. Suffice it to say, that he showed i
ur in all its dcformity, and naked hideous
ness, and concluded by saying that the peo
pie of Kansas had spurned it from them il
disgust, had voted il down by an overwhelm
ing majority. And he appealed to Judg,
Niblack to answer his points and give sat
isfactory reason To his constituents, why h,
voted for Lccompton and its pet monster
the English swin'ile.
lie also Intercepted the Judge as tC
whether he would vote to take Kansas into
the Union as Il free State with the same
population, that he had voted to force he,
in with slave State Constitution. To all
of which Judge Niblack fatty refused to
answer, but got round the whole of Judge
Hovey's points and questions, by the most
contemplate bubbles and evasions ever
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