The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-07-10
Correspondence of the journal.
TERRE HAUTE, July 9, 1860.

TERRE HAUTE, July 9, 1860.
EDITOR JOURNAL thinking you would
like to hear from almost the centre of the
State, as to how we are getting along in the
good old way, (as our old class leader says)
am inclined to drop you line, and if il
suits, why use it, if not return it, with n
gentle admonition, to don't do 1t again.
On Saturday last the unterrifed of this
county met in mass convention, to nominate
a county ticket, or rather to endorse one, as
this township, (Harrison) had held prima-
ry election, and had the controlling power
in the convention, you see the nominations
were already made. The Convention was
called to order, Il Chairman appointed, also
a Secretary, and it was ordered that the list
of delegates be read, when explanations
were the order of the day.
Our postmaster led off, charging that tho
delegates had been improperly appointed, in
asmuch as Col. Cookerley, who is a candi-
date for Congress, was chairman of the
meeting, and had appointed his local editor,
the chairman of the committee to nonlir-
ate said delegates to said Convention; and
let me here remark, that of the seven men
appointed to nominate, six were delegates.
Well, after Mr.. Cornwell had explained,
Mr.. Edmunds, the Local Editor of the
journal, explained; and then Cookery ex-
planned; pitching into our postmaster con-
siderably; and then the postmaster explained
at some length, giving the old aoar hoss
Col. c., fits; and then some half dozen others
wished to explain; but the chair gave the
floor to the Col. who proceeded to say, while
tears were streaming down his manly
cheeks that he had been a Democrat
for twelve years, and borne the burden and
heat of the day; he had fought, bled, and
sweat in many a democratic battle, but one
thing he never had done, and that was,
forced himself into a convention when
he was not delegate. This hit j. b. p.
NJ a hard lick) "No, fellow Democrats
says the Col, warming up with his subject,
81 have often, in giving my share to defray
the expenses of the democratic party, had
my children to suffer for the necessaries of
life, and no man is better posted upon the
subject than is that man Cornwell, who has
just abused me So /" know nothing at
all about it, says CornWell. " You say
what you know is not true" says Cookery;
when, quicker than thought, COrnwell seiz-
ed upon n heavy inkstand and the Col. saw
it coming, and lodged, but it was no use. The
Col. is good political dodger, but when it
comes to inkstands, he is "no whar," for it
just took him on the top of the head, laying
it open for about an inch and half. In an
instant dozen men seized the p. NJ. and
hustled him out of the Court House. The
Col. turned around, looked at the President
put his hand to his head, saw the blood
turned pale, and was Immediately taken off
by some of the faithful, whereupon a motion
was made to adjourn until 2 o'clock P. NJ,
which was carried, and the Convention dis
persed.
At two P. NJ. they re-assembled, and af-
ter as pretty a war of words, for two hours |
as ever you saw, they nominated Doug
las ticket, and after a howl from B. W. Han
ma, Esq, the convention adjourned, and |
your correspondent left During the evening,
however, there were three other fights among |
the unwashed. So you see the Irrepress-
bic Conflict, which occurred at Charleston
is still going on, and will continue until
democracy is no more.
As for the Republicans of this county
they were never in better spirits-the skies
were never brighter. We have a rousing
old Lincoln club, have organized Wide
Awake club, have a most excellent Glee
club, and we intend to elect our county
ticket this fall by from three to five hundred |
may be more, for since Satur-
day several have been heard to exclaim, ~ |
am done with the party now forever"
The Breck.s here are known by blue ink, |
and the Douglas men by black-and the |
by their cheerful faces.
WIDE AWAKE.