The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-15
Letter from Gibson County.
FR4xcTsco, Ind, August 9th, l8G


FRAycIsCo, Ind, August 9th, 1860.
EDIToRs JoURNAL-The Editors of the
Evansville and Princeton organs of-the
Rump Democracy have certainly not seen
much of display of their party, if we are
to judge from their report Of the meeting at
this place on Saturday, July the 28th.
They call it the largest meeting of the
season, and say there were 1000 Demo-
Gratis present when the truth is, if they
had left off the right hand figure they
would have come nearer the truth There
were about 300 hundred persons present.
men, women, and children, and less than
half of them were Democrats some think
about one-third. At any rate there were
not more than I25 Democratic voters at the
outside and they were divided. They had
advertised, by flaming handbills all over the
, country, for great Democratic rally, and
that Law, Shanklin, and others would be
present to speak on the occasion, bat the
result was as above
The people assembled in the grove near
by, when, instead of Law or Shanklin, as
they had expected, behold enc Willard
WIS iI-fOuuGGdsr OOiuO bGlIOS-d dts III
it was Gov Willard, who had come down
into the Pocket TO inform them of their
duty to the cause of Democracy in this crit
ical period of its history but they were
soon informed that it was not him by the
speaker himself
He commenced by saying that the Amer
lean party started up on the downfall of the
old Whig party, and that it was the mean
est proscriptive party that ever had an ex-
istence; and after abusing that party to the
full extent of his ability, be said that the
Republican party, whom he called Abol-
tionists, had grown out of the American
party.
After talking about negro equality, buck
niggers and she niggers, and making low
flung blackguard speech that disgusted his
hearers of all parties, he gave way to S. NJ.
Holcomb, who commenced by saying that
John Brown went to Virginia and killed
people, and that the people of Virginia hung
John Brown; therefore, the Republicans
were all Abolitionists. He then said that
Mr.. Lincoln was Union splitter, and read
a portion of Mr.. Lincoln's speech at Cincin-
matt to prove it, The portion of his speech
which ne read was, that while Mr.. Lincoln
was speaking, Kentuckian spoke, and said,
"if you elect a President from the North
we will dissolve TIE Union" Whereupon
Mr.. Lincoln made sport of him for his
threatened dissolution. Therefore, that prov
ed to Mr. Holcomb that Lincoln was a Union
splitter
Next came Risinger, who said Mr.. Doug
las had been elected to the House, from IL
linois, news for his Democratic friends)
and that be now wanted to be elected Presi-
dent. lie said that the Bell party were all
going for the Rump Democracy, and after
fighting the air and A6olitonists until he
exhausted his strength and vocabulary in
vile denunciations, enough to bring the
blush TO the face of a civilized community,
be retired, and gave place to D. L. Summers,
who told frog story and sat down.
They blow about their gains in this vicin-
ity, but if they have gained any, unless
they claim Summers, | am not aware of the
fact He has been for all candidates except
Lincoln in the last three months, and have
no doubt that he will be for him before the
election. But on the other hand, | can
name several good men who had been old
Wings and Americans, and were undecided
until they heard the above speeches now
they are strong for Lincoln.
On Tuesday following Hon. A. T. Ellis of
Vincennes, delivered an address at this
place. Although his appointment was only
made known the evening before, yet he had
as large number out to hear him as were
at the great Democratic rally. He acquitted
himself as a gentleman, and made telling
speech, which was very different from the
hackgua harangues of the Dem ocracy.
Whatever may be said of other portions
of Gibson county, you may rest assured
that the East end is all right for the Peo-
pies candidate, Abe Lincoln, this fall.
CITIZEN OF COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP.