The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-09-07
Communicated.
Letter from warriok County.

Letter GE0tn "3Ff1cA county
EDITORS JoURNAL:-A few weeks ago
started from the town of Eureka, on
on tour into Illinois. At Mount Vernon.
I stopped at the Flower House. Mr.. Flower
the proprietor we found to be gentleman
of the right stamp, Stanch Republican,
and one who spares no pains to make bis
house pleasant to those who stop with
him.
On Monday evening arrived at Carmi
and stopped at the Ross House, the proprie-
tor OF which found to be Jealous sup
porter of Republication. Here l found a
great many Republicans, and from them re-
eeived encouraging pews concerning the
advancement of Republication, in Southern
Illinois. While here heard gentleman,
who was Douglas Democrat, remark that
his county in Sc gave Fremont only 1a
votes. and now it would give to Lincoln
about 200. 1t is acknowledged by many of
the Democrats that l conversed with, that
Republicanism is gaining rapidly in the
southern part Of the State. Tuesday the
6th at l o'clock I arrived at Fairfield, which
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| also found great many Republicans, who
are workers " and who are determined to
push the battle to the gates. While here l
attended large Democratic meeting. Col.
Ross, the Democratic candidate for Lieuten-
ant Governor, Samuel Marshall and g dirty
work John A. Logan were the speakers
for the occasion. They did not attempt to
discuss the doctrines of the different parties,
their whole object seemed to be to mislead
the minds oft people by Misrepresentation
of the Republicans, and accusing them of IA
voring Abolitionism, Negro equality, &c
The day has been when such arguments
would win, but that day mas passed away
in most places, and is fast passing away
even in Egypt.
Alter staying here about two weeks
started on my return home. Nothing wor-
thy of note occurred on my route until l
| arrived at Evansville Here learned that
Messrs. Ellsworth and Jones were to speak
| at Newburg, and that the 90 Wide Awakes "
had chartered the Charley Boacen to carry
them to that place.
four correspondent then goes on to give
an account of the Newburgh difficulty.
which substantiates every material point in
our account of it. He fully duplicates Co
ker, Piatt, and Bethel as ringleaders, and
shows that the difficulty was absolutely
Forced on the Wide Awakes by the most
outrageous rufianism, and actual attack
with firearms. He says the blackguardism
of the crowd was almost uncomfortable.
In the course of his account he INDUCES
| in these reflections:
| The Wide Awakes were in the highest
| spirits, and calculated on nothing but thai
they would be well received by the citizen:
| of Newburg. They had not become &C
! quainted with the new doctrine that in this
Land of Liberty, persons rights and priv
ileges were bounded by county lines; that
at political gatherings in old Warrick, the
| citizens of Vanderburg had no right t
come. | must acknowledge it was a new
doctrine to me. l never heard it until
heard it from such men as N. Piatt anC
others. l wonder if it will not become aftei
| this plank in the Democratic platform
Who has ever heard of Republicans attempt
ing to break up a political meeting WhC
has ever heard of Republicans shooting theil
fellow men because they differed from them
in sentiment Who has ever heard of Re
publicans Directing to Democrats Of Othei
counties visiting Democratic meetings il
their county Who has ever heard of Re
publicans hiring little boys to insult me'
merely because they differed in sentiment
from them and lived tn a different county?
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