The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-07-02


nee of the party. He exhorted Breckenridge
men to stand by the usages. of the party.
He sacrificed hispersonal pride in supporting
Douglas. Douglas stood on the Cincinnati
Platform, and he would support that. The
Northern Democracy were gallant men, and
he would stand by them. What is that but
sectionalism-the North against the South ?
He pitched into the Black Republicans after
the usual formula, He didn't want TO hand
! the government over to the moral reformers.
He was sorry that Democracy was broken
up-shattered. The South had asked, too
much. He advised that no fight be made
on Bell. The speaker then consoled himself
with the thought that though the party
ton. If Douglas is defeated, he hoped that
Bell or Breckenridge would be elected, but
/. not Lincoln. Mr.. Denbv's bold stand for
Douglas, after being violent Lecompton-
ite, is matter for:wonder.. The only ex-
PLANTATION that we canEfnd is that he is like
ly to be candidate for the Legislature, in
which case. he will need Douglas, votes. But
whether the latter will help elect him when
they know they are thereby voting indirect
~ for Senator Fitch, their denunciator, is
problematieal. -. i; r1.,,,..ls
James NJ. Shanklin, District Election, was
next called on. His first choice was not
Douglas, but he yielded to the majority
He then blazed away fndiscriinihatety and
got off all sorts of hif4lutin, He. plucked
the.stars from their orbits and dragged ma
tare,s secrets from-the b6wels1of the earth.
@ He roamed with old Romnles ripped with
Euripides, and canted with Cantharides."
One of his figures was rich. Douglass coat
tail, it was said, was too, near the ground for
him to. be President. He (Shanklin) was
long enough to hold up Douglass coat tail,
and then it would not be too near the
ground We suppose Jim would make it
fairly qui0er. He spoke of. the South,
wherethey hate free States, free speech, and
free thought. Pretty good fer Democrat.
He was proud to be Northern Democrat,
and glad. the Northern Democrats showed
backbone and embodied'thei principles in
their platform. More sectionalism.1 He
called Yancey the eprinceof fire-eaters and
diSunionists. He said that in going for
Douglas, no man made more sacrifice than
he did, ''s" - = - =
Sheriff Gayitt was called for. Il came
as their delegate to render an account of
his stewardship. He told about mattersand
things at Baltimore, and then appealed to
Breckenridge men not to be led off to form /
a separate movement. He said some Of |
their best men had left the party. There |
would be hard fight, He preferred TO see
Bell elected rather than Breckenridge. He
didn't want to run for Office (Oh, no D.
Free State men cdip tstand on Breckinridge's !
platform. He said the ar of the South
was not on Douglas, but on principle
More sectionalism. In fact, the Sheriff
made pretty good I" Black Republican
speech. -.- i --
=, >. 4 Mr.. Edison of PoSey county was called
out. He has aspirations We believe, to be
joint representative, but from the "cut of
his jib," we imagine lie can't succeed in
being nominated. DENLY will probably
beat him! Mr.. E. was hot for Douglas
date, and read out OF the party all who in
tend to vote for him. If they voted for
Breck. how could they vote for Law. aud |
the State ticket? He advised Rreekinridge
las, in order to throw the election into the
House? big lick for Douglas, wasn't it p |
Douglas was the choioe.of the people of-the
free States. More Northern sectional |
ism. Wethink that as Mr. E. was intro
duced by Mr., Derby, the latter had wicked |
design to kill E. off in the nominating
convention, That WILDE the result of his /
speech. When he finished, his audience
had nearly all left. 5-t-~-
= Mr.. Whittlesey then got up and apollo /
also that of the New Harmony Band. He
read aletter from Gov. Willard, who, couldn't
come, but sent few lines of consolation |
to the mourners.
Whit. then moved the appointment of
committee of five to do the hard work this /
Summer. The committee was appointed
He promised 4 big meeting in two weeks. +
Dick Ryan had been brought down two /
years ago to speak BY the Republicans
He will soon make a red hot Democratic |
speech. IF we recollect, Whit. was very !
active, in 1888 in bringing Dick here.l
After this, the few persons left, adjourned /
sine die, with three faint cheers.
stand. There was no music instrumental
or vocal, no banners, nothing.to give life
tosthe effort of the almost defunct party
%. At no time during, the meeting in the
Court House were the benches filled. Two