The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-10-11
Rutternut DemoeracY.

40 $500
Thursday night last, that proved the
malignity and unfairness of the Seces-
sion-sympathizing leaders of the Sth-of-
January party, and their tools in Ger
man township, of whom, we regret to
say, there is quite number in that To-
cality.
| Finding, at the commencement of the
county canvass, that the 9Th of January
men were holding secret meetings
throughout the County in the face of a
promise not to have meetings without
giving the Union party notice, the Union
men resolved on series of meetings in
the various townships The list was
published, and the opposing candidates
notified, as far as practicable.
Amongst the Union appointments, was
one for Thursday night, October 9th, at
the Cross Roads in Armstrong township.
The 9Th of January leaders afterwards
I appointed meeting for the same eresing
at Henry Beckers, in German Town
ship, only about three miles from the
place for the Union appointment. They
then caused to have circulated the report
that the Union meeting would be held in
the afternoon, although they knew the
time was advertised in the newspapers
and hand bills for night. The conse-
quence was that good audience assem-
bled at the Cross Roads in the afternoon,
and were of course disappointed.
The party who went out from
town at night did not find an audience
large enough to speak to. On their re-
turn, they stopped at Henry Beckers,
where they found A. P, Whittlesey talk
ing treason to large audience. He ut
tered sentiments calculated to give aid
and comfort to the enemies of the Union,
and which should consign him to Fort
Lafayette His trade against the Gov
ernment-his attempts to discredit the
| National currency-his assertion that if
the war las another year, and the Gov
eminent continued to issue treasury notes
the time would come when a hat
full of them would not buy mans din
ner-his opinion lthat the little shin
plasters" (small change currency would
not be redeemed, and his remark that he
had managed to get rid of what he had
his talk about Black Republicans, ="
"negro equality" etc-all this quibbling
and fault-fnding during this time of the
country greatest need, seemed to won
derfully please Messrs John A. Reitz,
Thomas E. Garvin, Marcus L. johnson,
Leroy Calvert, and Ira A. Fairchild, But
ternLt candidates, who were present.
IMessrs. Finch Hogue and Saunders
we suppose were there, but we. did not see
them.
The Union men who stopped at the
meeting, heard this reasonable TRADE
without interruption. 1t was bitter
pill, but they swallowed it under the cir
cumstances.
When Mr.. Whittlesey finished, Capt
Frank Edmonds asked the privilege Of
making few remarks in behalf of the
cavalry regiment now being raised by
him and others for the defense of the
Border. He carefully avoided all allu-
sion to party, saying he spoke for the re-
cruiting service.
He was followed by Mr.. John A Reitz
who spoke in German. The rooms
where the speaking was going on were
in the second story, entirely disconnec-
ted from the bar-room below except by
an outside stairway. Any ordinary
sound in the upper rooms could not be
heard in the lower. There could be no
interruption of the meeting by converse
ton in the lower story.
When Mr. Reitz began, the Union men
went down stairs to go home. An argu-
ment, in the ordinary tone of converse
ton, sprang up in the bar-room, and
there was bet made between Mr.. Henry
Becker and Mr.. Richard Southland Of
New Albany-a warm Union man, now
here on a visit Presently Becker, who
seemed to have taken spite at Southland
insulted him grossly and repeatedly.
Suthard bore the insults with remarkable
selfcontrol, until Beckers conduct be-
came so outrageous that forbearance
ceased TO be virtue, and Sue.hard anC
Capt. Edmonds Ga friend of Southland S,
declared they could not and would moi
stand it any longer. Becker refused tC
apologize or cease his insulting remarks,
and there was prospect of free fight,
when friends interfered and Quoted the
difficulty The parties to all appearance
naQ become paclueu, anu tIe OHioH HSI
were starting to leave, when some evil
disposed person on the upper porch
shouted that the Black Republicans Oh
Abolitionists were trying to break up a
Democratic meeting. This now became
the cry, although there was nothing tc
justify it.
The crowd above came down ike al
avalanche, threatening to crush the little
party of Union men, Capt. Edmonds
had his coat off, and he and Southland
were in front near the omnibus Becker
or some one with voice like his, raised
the shout, "Shoot them, "kill them,
adding epithets too outrageous to men
ton. Edmonds and Southland, the two
objects of spite, started to run from the
mob Southland escaped. Edmonds wa:
overtaken by squad of them, knocked
down, and beaten till he was unconscious
: He was found few minutes afterwards
and taken to the omnibus, and thence u
town. His head was cut and bruised II
many places and his whole body wa
beaten shamefully. The attack woulI
have killed man of less robust constl
tuition. Its intent was murderous.