The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-10-15

through the air The ladies, whose sym.
pathizes are always on the right side, greet
ed the procession with their brightest smiles
The procession honored several parties
particularly, amongst which were the resi-
dences of George Woldin, James G. Jones,
/ NJ. W. Foster, and John S. Hopkins, the
/ successful candidates, the Volksbote and
Journal Offices, and Kratz & HeiIman and
their Republican employees-noble men,
! who have incurred special hostility on ac-
count of their devotion to the cause, and
who follow the dictates of truth and justice,
regardless of consequences.
| Shortly after nine o'clock the procession
returned TO Mozart Hall, Short speeches
were made by Messrs. J. W. Foster, Halter
scheidt and Victor Bisch, and also by Mr. R.
Jarvis who had just left his party and join
ed the Republicans. At ten the audience
dispersed and the Wide Awakes returned to
their headquarters. ....
Thus did the victorious Republican party
celebrate their first victory, here. And
they celebrated it decently and peaceably,
but joyfully. They have won their laurels
bravely and gallantly, and wear then grace
fully.
Would that we could say that our oppo-
nents--the Douglas men-had on that night
endured their defeat philosophicalIy. Many
of them did, for there are plenty of high
toned gentlemen amongst them, as there are
in all parties. But we regret to say that
some-two or three hundred-proved them
selves inborn ruffians, as desperate as ever
" "scuttled ship or cut a throat During
the day a streamer inscribed Douglas and
johnson" was stretched across Washing
ton street, just below Third, directly in the
published line of march of the procession
When this was ascertained, it was deter
mined by the officers of the Wide Awakes
not to march UNDER it. Accordingly the pro-
cession was marched up Third street nearly
to the intersection of Main, countermarched
to Sycamore, led down to Second, thence to
Main, thence up Main to the Yolksbote office
where it was again countermarched to Sec
ond, thence led up to Locust and thence to
SShird again, on the regular line of march.
This refusal to pass under the streamer en-
ragged the Court House bullies. According-
ly, when the rear of the procession made
the turn about nnposite the Court House
large mob of Douglasites were assembled,
who commenced throwing insults and brick
bats indiscriminately. The latter went
through several transparencies, and struck
some persons in the procession. The same
outrages were repeated at the
turn-about in irons Of the Volksbote Office.
Amongst the persons hit were VIM Cald-
WELL Jrs Mr. Payne and Mr.. o ,
Reilly, a Bell man who was looking
on as a spectator. Others were struck
whose narles we did not learn. It
was characteristic of the cowardly ruff
fans who perpetrated the outrage, that they |
waited for the rear of the procession. They |
dared not attack the front or centre. No re-
sistance was made to the attacks, which we /
were glad of, for had there been, serious !
work would have resulted. As the matter !
stands, the Republicans will be rewarded I
for their forbearance by an accession to their |
ranks of decent men who will not associate |
with such rufians.
An attack was also made after the pro-
cession was. over, in front of Theodore's I
Exchange, on Mr.. Main, a Wide Awake. |
He was assaulted by crowd of bullies and |
stoned, but luckily not hurt.
Such dastardly conduct will work its own [
cure. The ringleaders, and especially the
rowdies instigating it, will be frowned on
by the community. Some of them have /
already received their quietus.