The Evansville daily journal., 1860-07-13
The Douglas club meeting.

gagged for some days in getting up a meet
by the hundred have been posted on cor
ners, and the Enquirer has had as high as
| five calls for the meeting in one of its is
sues. Last night, the time set for the
gagged to raise an excitement. The Band
accordingly played some of their best tunes,
and the Court House was filled about half
possibly two-thirds-full of the faithful.
Some Breckenridge and Lincoln men helped
to swell the crowd.
Thee Venneman was chosen President,
and W. A. Gwyn and W. H. Walker, jr.,
Secretaries.
Mr.. Willard, Chairman of the Campaign
Committee, stated the object of the meeting
to be to organize a Douglas Club and beat
the Black Republicans.
Mr.. Dalrymple, of the Boonville Democrat,
was called up, and told EN- that there was
a strong hope Of carrying Warrick for the
Democracy by strong effort The speaker
was overcome by his emotions, and sudden
ly sat down.
Sheriff Gavitt then delivered himself
He wanted the boys to organize. After ex-
horting awhile and denouncing the Breck-
inridge party as the Disunion party, he
wound up with a grand climax about the
Republicans being blacker than the hinges
of hell, That expression ought certainly to
insure him the special mail agency after he
is beaten for the Sheriffalty- provided Doug
las should be elected-of which there is no
danger.
Mr.. James NJ. Shanklin followed He
had just returned from Central Indiana and
all creation was for Douglas. As in duty
bound, he was very enthusiastic. He was
going into the campaign six feet four inches
high, and would grow three inches higher
before the election. So it appears that the
young man has not yet had his growth. We
are afraid he will topple over if he gets any
higher.
Mr.. Willard rose to exhort the mourners
to "come forward and sign document pur-
porting to be n Democratic document"
" PurpOrting" is good From twenty
five to twenty-seven went up and signed.
Gavitt had said that some six hundred
names were already down. Willard had
made it seven hundred. After the twenty
five had put their fists to the paper Willard
declared that there were one thousand down,
and would be five thousand before election.
AS there are not so many voters in the
county by considerable, presume Mr..
Willard is going to follow John Candlebox
Calhoun's plan and manufacture what
names he lacks.
Mr.. Whituesey next got up to move the
of a Committe to draft con-
Carried. Committee was formed
of Whittlesey (chairman). J. W. Hughes,
Philip Spiegel, John S. Gavitt, c. DENLY.
Mr.. Willard again ventilated his Douglas
ism. lie said the Republican party had
plenty of money to operate with and the
if they expected to succeed. lie promised
to 90 a Xxx, and would go something better
if necessary. He invited others to " go and
do likewise" but "nary red " was sub
scribed so far as we noticed.
Jeems" ShankIin sprung into the "im-
minent, deadly breach" caused by this fail
ure to =" ante" and smoothed the matter over |
by saying that the ancients had a practice |
of using steel instead of gold. There is |
plenty of old Democratic steel left" quoth |
Jeems. We do not suppose that he meant
steal, but what he said sounded like it.
Some motion that he had made about a /
committee on officers of the Club was either
not seconded or not put.
After this farewell scream from the young
Democratic spread eagle, the meeting ad-
ourned. Mr.. Willard boasted in one of his
speeches that the Democracy
never q shet " their doors-always worked
openly and above board. We think they
lad better change their rule, and hold their
lext mass meeting in the Enquirer counting
Dom, the Sheriff's Office, or some other Sc
ret place, where their paucity of mum bers
Will not be SO apparent to the public eye
Jne of these places Will be plenty big
nough, and if the meeting is held there,
he modification of public failure will be
Ivoided.