The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-06
The Douglas Demonstration.

AtbCI Uccho Vi pCISlSLcuI duO 1dOOLA AOAS
effort-the sending of runners to and fro
through this and the adjoining counties, and
portion of Kentucky-on Saturday night
last we had a fair showing of the Douglas
strength and enthusiasm in this section of
country. The evening was pleasant, a
slight rain In the afternoon settled the dust
and everything was favorable for a tremen-
dous demonstration. OF course, as the Dem
ocrats had been boasting that they would
turn out l, 600 men in procession, and also
that they will carry this county by 700
majority in October, every one expected
the city would be filled as it was never
! filled before. Every arrangement had been
made on the part of the Douglas managers
. for mighty outpouring Of. the people.
Seats were placed the entire length of the
new market house, in evident anticipation of
a crowd After hearing so much of what
was to be done, we confess we were greatly
urprised on arriving at the market space to
find the crowd far less in point of numbers
than that which assembled to hear the
Hon. Cassius NJ. Clay.
The first speaker who was introduced
was Mr.. j. B. Egly of Cincinnati, who made
speech in German, which was re-
ceived with but little enthusiasm. Then
the great Gov Dixon of KY, was introduced,
who spoke for over an hour. We confess
to having entertained considerable respect
for Gov. Dixon We had imagined to our
self statesman of the old school, a man
who would never resort to the low tricks
of party demagogues to excite the prejudices
of those who are not sufficiently posted in
the history of the country to detect the alb
surdity of their miserable sophisms. We
thought, too, Gov. Dixon was something of
a lawyer his effort on Saturday night
convinced us he is only petifogger, and q
poor one at that. We shall take pleasure in
dissecting some of the assertions he made
in his speech on future occasion.
After Gov. Dixon retired, Messrs Dun
ming and Mcdonald each made a short
speech and then came the grand event
The ToRCHLIGHT PROCESSION.
No effort had been spared to make this
exceed anything of the kind ever be-
fore witnessed in the city, and yet in
everything except in point of numbers it
was miserable failure. There was no
system, no order, nothing but a heteroge-
neous mass of confused, struggling lights,
affording no idea of strength or beauty.
The transparencies-it was very evident
were the product of one mind, and that,
too, of the lowest and most contemplate
cast; mind incapable Of originating
any but vulgar idea, and whose highest
ambition is to be ringleader of a pack of
rowdies and to endeavor to blacken the
character of decent citizens. To be abused
by such men is creditable TO be slandered by
them is but to stand higher in the estimation
of those whose esteem is worth having. We
glory in the hostility of such miserable
creatures, which the Journal seems to have
provoked. Did they approve of our course,
we should feel degraded in our own estima-
tion. But as we are likely to have other
opportunities of paying our respects to these
gentry and their uuderlings, we omit fur
ther notice for the present.
The procession was counted by several
citizens and the highest number any one
made was $50, which included the regiment
of little boys that brought up the rear and
the little niger who also participated, torch
in hand. The crowd kept up their noise TN
Ill portion of the proceedings extended
into the morning hours of the Sabbath