Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-09-12

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o cIsroS. Tuesday Eve. Sept. ish, go.
Enron EsrHs-s. Sra This has been
. happy day for the cause Of Republican,
1 ism in vermiiIion
The Democracy had been making -upr'
. haman sffsr,. for tea weeks 10 get up
denomination. which Ia eonnsxion viii
. ,heir Paishan qua ID. W. voorhees,. be
intended 20 blow into atoms all the BILE
mepis Of oPposiliou ia these parts.
Il was not uut,l Wednesday last. thai
Ne had gotten an lakliug ~ their ,nisn
tion.. 80 quietly sni secretly had they
been at worl We immediately went T.
work aud lai the result The Repabli'
can procss.laa numbered .evea hnadred
aud forty seven by actual count. ,mone
lhi. namber sers wid. A~skes: e,s sbt,
ladies' on horseback. ia unllofm. each with
an attentive cavalier Al her SIDE. the 70.
mainder consisted Of company Of Lln-
coin Ranger. os hef.v. company Of Raj
Msulsrs. eitissss on hefssbaek. IN Wa
gon-. carriages and sfast The whole pro
c.-s,ss headed by hssat,ful lady ON
qaisitsly dressed. on horseback fepre.en.
ting. presume. the Goddess 4 Iabctty
She was the eyaosafe IT all eyes.
The Democratic procession numbered
three haeased aud eleven after the stnpen.
d,es efforts. the, hal beea making fef an
entire isftaight sn se"af,ng their avn aud
he nslghbsf,ag State al lllInoi.
Among che Deagissiles. wss 40 enihu
Aiasm. no feeling ~ VI men engaged 10 a
sirh,."us cause. Everything va. n dead
.. the cause they pfslsni IN represent
Their psocs-sios ~ss more like a fsnefsl
nsfch lhan great political demonstra'
lion.
bat these matters We're oniy incidental
TO the great purpo.e shst brought these two
ar three thousand people ,ogethef. About
, o'clock the ess@d began a. ~eud their
way toward. the speaking gfouui. short
distance above the to.n Very soon
thereafter. the combalanls appeared upot
the staad. stripped tnot quite 10 the buff }
Tor the contest. which - seae was To re
feet so moch lustre upon the one aud the
disgrace 81 Waterloo defeat upon the
| ether
Mr. Voorhees, led oil IN speech Of an
hour Ia length. it wss great speech !
No mar ever h.ard 10 much NOISE ~ sixty
little ninule. Non~ ever saw so much
bombar There never vas 80 much spo.
ken aud - little said IL was always held
impossible for reasonable man 90 speak
whole hour, without making at least one
point. but VI MIR. V had started out with
the inteatlon to make pointless speech.
he can congratulate himself upon = com.
pete success
"It n full Of sound aud fury siguify.
ing nothing"
Mr. Nelson followed Mr.. V in one Of
the most masteriy speeches. it has ever
been my pleasure to listen to from him
OF any other mau lie commenced has
speech with a full aad thorough exposi ton
Of the principles Of the Republican party.
aud made them so plain and so clear that
child could comprehend them. Having
done this a. with the hand Of flushed
i workman, he turned his attention to the
principles % Of that branch of the Demo
cracy represented by his opponent, aud 10
the record OF that gentleman's brief politi
cal career.
Alas. poor Daniel better for thee. IL a
milestone had been hanged about thy neck
aud thou hsdst been cast into the sea So
utter a demolition has never been witness
ed within the memory % man The skill
fulness with which III. Col handled the
sword Of double edge aud exquisite. sharp
ness. asIonished all beholders The pol
,sh aud beauty Of his language; the earn.
sstness of his manner: the keenness Of his
satire; the freshness OF his wit aud the
boldness Of hi- attacks, EXCITED outbars;s
of sethn,iA-m ehich seemed almost v lid
yet at The same tine created a deep and
heartfelt sympathy for the victim Of this
excrutsating chasiisement. however. vel
merited ~ VA tie had sought the posi-
ton aud intended To place his foot upoi
the neck af his feeble foe al the very out
set. AID to keep a. there but by some 10
{ eomprehensihle mistake. he has placed hi
neck in painful contact with the Col, foo
aud can't now get It away
The Republicans 81 verm,ilion. sr
! proud Of such leader ~ Col Nelson
Republicans everywhere should be pron,
Of such a standard bearer Tie towers hes'
aud shoulders shove all opponents. al,
+. those who have met h,D once. care not 1
!. meet him again Mr.. VOORHEES, may boil
Z out To the end. but h,s iaerels a. = grea
! leader will all have disappeared. and
will 90 longer be a terrier to Repoblicsn'
such a. he has heretofore been held b
his friends Like sampson. he has bee
shorn Of his -trcngth. aud Daniel = nov
n So more than eilfen. CLINTON.
Csrrsts TksvIs AGAIN ~ rax Fsslp :
Capitals Travis. ssy- the Memphis paper
kssps bis admirers IN state Of eoutinu,
excitement. ~ reference 20 MS vondeffl
= achievements with the pistol. His la.
propo, it'eu !. more remarkable than an
~~ have y~t heard from him. lie says
sili wager s75o that he can hit = mar
, 20 - placed behind The tree from hnn
Ne further saYs that he jadgss hall sels'
= trev net les than six feet Ia circumfe'
:. snce. .tessd target. sir by I've inch
IN .iss. shall be plseed behind the tree :.
distance cf thirty ysrds srum his rosis1o
He shall 80, sss The target. bot wish h
pistol sii' -hoss srsand the target fife.
!. tinss al least. making the bali e rous
the tree before striking the tsrget
!" Asornrs Srsose AccFssicS william
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