The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-16
Observation-Disclosures.

mans at y CLOCK I. NJ. on ueS1ay aIter-
noon, for Millersburgh, Warrick county
seventeen miles up the Wabash and Erie
Canal-for the purpose of holding a Repub-
lican Meeting The Wide Awakes were
duly equipped as the law directs with caps,
capes, lamps, and flags and carried their
large four-sided transparency, and were ac-
companied by band of martial music and
the Lincoln Glee Club As the boat left the
city, cheers and music from the throng on
her deck enlivened the neighborhood. Soon
the staunch packet was cleaviug the waters
of the fraging canawl." As the merry
boat-load of live Republicans passed along
the watery aisle through the primeval for
ests, song, martial music, jest, story, practi-
cal joke, and deep discourse on matters of
national concern alternately served to
while away the time and work up the spir-
its of those on board to the climax of en-
/ joyment.
Soon after seven o'clock the boat reached
AIillersburgh, and the excursionists, after
the performance of instrumental and vocal
music, disembarked, and formed in line on
the shore. A large concourse of people
were in waiting to receive them. As dusk
had come, tie lamps were lighted, and
! line of fire Illuminated the scene. The
I Wide Awaaes, all uniformed, and L" keeping
step to the music of the Union" carrying
/ the lamp of freedom and the American flag,
/ marched in regular order and with military
4 precision, through the streets of the town.
4 After approaching the vicinity of Nanney's
( Tobacco Warehouse "a commodiOus and
comfortable building where the meeting was
to be held) the ranks were formed in open
! order, and two of the speakers-M Messrs. JAS
| G. Jones and Emil Bischof-accompanied by
/ several of the good Republicans of Millers-
! burg, proceeded through the ranks to the
/ hall, the sarms of the corps at a 'present
/ in their honor. The company then entered
/ the hail. and after detailing light bearers
/ and ushers from the ranks, were seated
/ An audience of about three hundred per-
sons were present, amongst them a goodly
number of ladies.
After the meeting came to order, the
ercises were commenced 10y the singing of
song by the Glee Club. John w. Foster,
Esq, then proceeded to deliver a speech, in
which be illustrated the views of the Re-
publican party as set forth in its platform,
on the various questions agitating the pub
lie mind. He then showed the position of
tue various parties on the question Of slave
ry, and demonstrated conclusively that the
Douglas party are just as much in favor of
the unlimited extension aud uationaIization
of the institution as the Breckinridge party.
After proving that the Democratic party
was more of an "abolition party eleven
years ago than they now say the Republican
party is after exposing the unparalleled
impudence and falsity of the charges of
abolitionism," negro equality" etc, now
made against the latter party, aud triumph
antly clearing the Republican party of all
design to interfere with slavery in the States,
or to weaken the tenure or certainty by
which slave property is held where it legally
exists he closed with an eloquent appeal to
the voters present. to support the only can
didate opposed to the extension Of slavery
into free territory-Honest Old Abe Lincoln.
A song from the Glee Club was called for
and sung, when Mr.. Emil Bischof, of the
VoIksbote, briefly addressed the Germans
present in their own language, exhorting
them to vote for Abraham Lincoln, the
friend Of honesty, economy, and freedom.
Another song was called for and sung, af
ter which, James G. Jones, Esq, proceeded
to deliver a philosophical and convincing
/ speech on the economical, moral, and social
aspects of the slavery question. His re-
marks, interspersed with apt anecdotes and
historical illustrations, drew forth frequent
bursts of applause.
/ The audience then called on the Glee
Club for another song, which request was
complied with. Blythe Hynes, Esq, being
called on, made a few remarks, going to
show that the question Of slavery extension
was the great question Of The day, forced on
the Republican party by the action of the
extremists of the South that this question
must be settled now that it could not be
evaded that no man could vote in such a
way that his vote would not count one way
or the other that both Democratic factions
were in favor of slavery extension; that
Douglas could be proven by the record to be
as much in favor of this extension as Breck-
inridge that the Bell-Everett platform was
milk-and-water affair that sought in
cowardly manner not to give any opinion on
this great and pressing question that there
was no earthly prospect of the election Of
these latter gentlemen; that votes cast for
them would be aid and comfort to Locofo-
coism, and help only to elect 10. Lane
that the most prominent Fillmore men of
1885 now acknowledge these facts in regard
to Bell aud Everett, and moreover, charge
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