Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1860-08-16
INTRODUCTORY SPEECH.

Union City last Snturdny.
INTRODUCTORY SPEECH.
The proceedings Of the day were
ushered in by speech from Elijah
Cakes. who represented the Indiana
side Of the Democracy. Mr.. o. said:
"Feifow Dimocrots you elect Ole
Abe Lincoln President Of these here
United States. he will sell every poor
white man in Randolph County for
dollar piece" Tremendous cheer
ing
He concluded by saying that the
"Dimocrats" had always been sue
cessful, and swore terribly that they
should he again Proposing three
cheers for Gen. jackson, he subsidized.
AFTERSooS-oS THE OHIO SIDE.
First speech by the Hon. WIN. p.
Debolt He commenced by taking
survey Of the odd World" and then
contrastel it with the wonderful pros
perity OF these United States. He
next took his stand in the Revolution
airy war. and there he stool He as
tonished his audience and made them
look wild by indorsing the Revolution-
airy var. and, to the surprise of his
hearers, he continued to indorse it for
three quarters Of an hour.
Now it is but doing justice to the
speaker to say that his speech was bet
ter delivered than it was at New Pitts
burg. in 1853. on the 4,h of July. or
at the Democratic Convention which
nominated him for Senator. His elo-
quence was magical. and we could but
wonder if Orpheus had not come forth.
and we even looked TO sec if the trees
were not lowing in obedience to his
animaring strains.
lie concluded the rehearsal Of his
speech by proving to mathematical
demonstration that man does not
lose his senses by crossing an imagin
AIRY Inc: that man going from State
to State. or from State to Territory.
does not lose his soundness of mind
This was all supernuous on the part
of the wouldbc Senator, because the
people had the evidence before them
in the persons of the speaker anil the
Hon. Jere. Smith,-thc influence Of
Jcre's lemonade excepted. Of course
The only thing he said about poll
ties was. that while Gen. Shields was
in Mexico fighting the battles of his
country. OLD Abe was in Congress
voting against supplies for his army.
Now. Billy. you know that was a
"wHoPpER.
Press on. We faithful one; for your
services in the Revolutionary war ye
may yet get land Warrant for an
acre of land on the top of the Rocky
Mountains. from whence YOU may
look down into the Pacific Ocean. Of
which ycu spoke so eloquently.
Next came the speech Of the Hon.
Jere. Smith. He arose. and in his
rising was seen the pillar OF State: on
his shoulders rested the Union" Of
thirty-three States. and the sovereign
ty of six Territories.
"Smsll ours are disregarled when they grin.
But great men tremble when the lion roars."
lie commenced by defining the rcla-
tive positions of the parties; denounced
the Breckenridge and Lane men n
disunionists. and the Republicans as
abolitionists and agitators. He next
proceeded 10 define. with wonderful
,iehniteness. the meaning of agitation.
lie sai,! "to agitate. TO sgitate. to
agitate." meant Ito keep up fuss.
to keep mp fuss. to keep up iussl"
(Shades of Webster and w orcestcr. re-
tire.) Then he invoked AID by i'm
billing lemonade.
lie next took a text from Lincoln's
Cooper Institute lecture. and then de-
parted from it in great haste. when lac
too.
ITO min the wreath OF fame
And write on nsemory's scroll desthlcss
name.''
plunged into the scenes Of the Revo-
lutionary war. After q grandiloqueni
peroration on the war. he paid his re-
spects to the Democratic Niger. Mig
ger. Nigger.-imbibei lemonade. anil
discontinued.
Your reporter. Mr.. Editor. was
convinced that it i. his duty to in'lorss
th, Revolutionary war. anil hereafter
shall be in favor Of having il in all
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