Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-10-03

; Are we i>king too much Of YOU. neigh
, bor. when we request you 10 publish. in
sonr papei-. the law IL, relation to fraudu
ent voting -tiive your resder, lit,le
light on this sahjeci. and Il may save some
OF them from much trouble. .fi'l'
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.lg Bell and Everets Meeting st'shc
....., City Hall.
CONTRARY to our usua custom" we wish
90 give our resjrrs some of the amusing
i5cidsnts connected with the Belland Ev
erstt meeting at the City Hall on Thurs-.
day evening. Il was a little remarkable
there were so many differsgt meetings that
evening. The Republicans and the Irish
men Of the city had assembled at the
Court House to hear Mr. Mastersou speak
The Democracy were assembled at Carr
| Hall to hear ar. Voorhees, speak. and the
Bell men were at the City Hall, receiving
instructions from two Kentnckfans as TO
the eoarse they should pursus at the com
ing elections. The crowd atthe City HalT
numbered, we should think, about forty
but when tie speaking at the Court House
had concluded. the Republicans in large
numbers went over to the City Hall to hear
The speaking there. They crowded in the
Hall and filled up all the space in tho area
aud back of where the Bell men were sit-
ting, N ing the audience both large and
respectable About ten minutes after the
Republicans had entered the Hall, and
while they were attentively engaged in
listening to the speakers, the Democratic
meeting at Carr's Hall broke ap, and the
Democrats, almost in a mass rushed TO the
City Hall When the leaders entered the
door and found the Hall full, you could |
hear them whispering one to the other,
and saying. "Why. what crowd there is
here-I tell you there are lots of Bell men
in this city-who would have thought |
there were so many-we have got the d-d !
Republicans sure--just look at these Bell
men-they will go for US, every one Of
them-all We have to dois to pat them on
the back alittle-Cooper aud Baily are with
us certain, and they will work the rest
what matters it If Tt ompson aud Edwards
aud few more are against us, these Ken. |
.tuckians will bring even them over--it is I
all understood-all right-all o. K
we've got them, sure" Many other SINH |
lar expressions whispered out from DEM
ocratic lips, and the Douglas leaders who |
stood n ar us were delighted. Of a sud
den. however, their faces began to stretch |
out to unusual lengths Their lower jaws
fell, and their lively coun.enances became
all at once, blank They huddled togeth |
er in the corners and whispered to each I
other, "What does this mean-look, there
are any quantity Of Republicans here
there is j aud B B-aud Il aud S and r. aud /
T. What IN the ID are they doing here7
There is something wrong-tt ese amt all |
Bell men at last--maybe We are sold
perhaps Cooper and Baily and Co., cant |
bring them all over to VS. at last-what
does this mean? What are those Republi K
looks uspicious-afrad we cant make it |
60" and with these responding and ejac
ulatory remarks, several Democratic can
dIdates and our neighbor over the post I
Office left the Hall with flea in each ear. I
We did net stay much longer, but retired /
as one of the eloquent Kentucky speakers
was q the midst of a good Kentuck = speech. !
which was altogether too Southern for
this latitude. and as we stepped out of the
door, the orator was jus, ~ the ac. of send /
ing up an American Eagle, enshrouded I
with The stars and the stripes, and as we 4
didn't care whether ii event up or down."
we left.
IL was remarkable gathering OF all par !
ties aud all shades of parties The u5iqur
tary Walter was there (by the way we have
never had much confidence in Walter SIS I
politics, siuce We saw him acting as the
presiding officer of Douglas County Con-
vention.) He seemed to be delighted with
the uncommon rush that was made to hear
the Bell orators. The migrate Gallon was
there, sitting as demurely as duck 10
rain storm. All seemed to be pleased but
the Douglasites, aud they thought there
was ''cat in the meal bag"
We write this article for the prrpose of
drawing a moral.
+. it to be regarded as complimentary TO
the Union men, that those Douglasites
think and assert, that they can secure their
votes by patting them caressingly on their
backs? Are the Bell men of this city,
made of such milk and wate- material that
their votes can be controlled by such
means? We think not-some may, but the
/ great majority will scom the man who
hopes 10 win their votes by such means,
and it is certainly not very complimentary
/ TO them, that those Democrats expect to
I thus secure their influence. There are
some honest, sincere Union men, whom
we know can not be Hoodwinked in this
way.