The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-28
More about the Speeches at that art
Rafsin.

pole Raisin.
Mr.. IDIToRs I'm my fust epistel, told you
about his exellency mot GoYerner) Wizards
speech. forgot to tell you that at the close
of his speech there was voslfrouS cheering,
so much so, that you might have hearn
pin drap at the time on the tan bark whar
the faithful was standin. Wall after he'd
delivered himself of his Speech up jumt
promisin looking youth, l believe they call
him Gilbert, to make a speech. He begun
by sain that we incident expect as much of
a speech from him as from his Mustrious
Brother, (Jemes) but Civ us to understand
that he could make purity good speech for
all that, l thot from his speech that he'd bin
purity well drilled at that are place whar our
committees goes to git instructions, for be
says A60lishloRist abut as venimus as his
Tutor (our Sherrif). l shant say much
about his sheech, for fear of discurageing
the youth, for think he'll make a right smart
speaker after while, provided he's taken
good care of, kept by warm fire when its
cold, and not suffered to go out doors never
when it rains. Exit Gilbert)
Wall the next speaker was the Sheriff
himself. When he got up, now thinks /,
Wen have a whaler of a speech expecting
of course, as he was Lord Cock Robin of
the Duglis men in these parts, that he'd
give US the whole story-make it all as plain
as day. He told US all about poplar suvrin-
ty, and quoted that are last section in of
the Nebraska bill until lie came to that are
cat civered up in the meal, and stopped
right short off thar and never said a word
about II marry time, nor a word about any
of them dark pints that's bin botherin me
so much that told you about in my fust
epistle, now, thinks |, this is too bad, after
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the POLE jist for tie sake of bein enlighten-
ed a little, to be put off in this way. Wall
he give, what he liked to called Black Re-
publicans but he took it right back, hot
snot tell you. But must tell you little
about that are takin back. As soon as he
done 1t hearn sum of them are tarnatiou
fellers whisperin amongst themselves, and
one of them said, he's thinkin about runin
for Sherifs Office and he's gittin more mil
der nor he was
Wall after he'd done his speech, he ban
tered any Black Republican body In Center
Township to meet a Douglas man in the
same township and discus the isssus of the
day; wherepon that same little impudent
scamp was tellin you about in my fust
epistel jumpt down out of buggy he was
sittin in and said right strait, that if we'd
pick our man he'd find one to meet him.
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The little leler told him, and told him his
man was to come out of Center Township.
Whereupon our Sheriff caved, and then the
little Teller axed him why he dident explain
some of the dark pInts in Duglis' history so
the peple could understand jist whar Duglis
stood and not jist show them all the purity
places. Why dident he tell EN- why Duglis
and all our Democratic Senators voted down
Chase's amendment to the Nebraska Bill,
which simply said the peple of territory
should have right to prohibit slavery if
they wanted To. The Sheriff said that
would be unconstitutional it would be con-
fiscatin property. The little feler axed
MIN how much more property would be
conhscated if prohibited or excluded when
they had three or four thousand inhabitants
than when they wanted to come into the
Union as State At this pint, Azariah
got up and said that he'd be out and make a
speech next Thursday night, and dared anv
body to meet him to discus the questions of
the day Whereupon the Teller told him
that it might be understood that thar would
be sumbody thar to reply.
Wall, Mr.. Iditor, from what Pve hearu
since, the Black Republicans don't like to
bother their speakers in yonr city too much,
as they have already bin out sereral times
and since I've bin bothered so much about
them dark pints in Duglis's histry, and as
Arariah IS luminous body, if | can squeeze
a little light out of him, I've concluded I'll
try him pull myself to see | want YOU
to keep it kinder still tho, and not let any
more know it than reads your paper any
how. Yours, truly.
A HoosIER DiMoCRAT,
Of the jackson School.