The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1862-08-01

tracing the merits Of our officers and the
dovernment." Mr.. BIcxLE then reeorred
10 'uIzAS's bate speech at Cen,ersills where
ne denounced the Administration aud its
policy, which facts. as he had heard from
the BEST OF authority. had resulted very an.
IAsoraoiy upon recruiting in this District
~ E'sf'ed the xudiehce to understand that
he only mentioned what had been repo,t.d
y bin fron reliable persons. and To aso>r.
tain the facts had sent a recruiting officer to
Centerville. who subs,antiated those reports.
Here Mr.. BIcKLE was interrupted by cries
of "it's lier' ..it's not scl" from q few
JuLrANrrks in the crowd. one Of whom. . DIR.
JOHNSON. was particularly excited about the
matter. and as bystander facetiously re.
marked twas no wonder, IS JOHNSON was
found in the shadow of the coat tail OF his
illustrious masier."l With loud cheerings
BtcKLK was told TO go ahead. ''We'n pro.
tsct you!" YOU are right" was beard from
ali sides. The Colonel then went ahead ex-
planning the policy of the Government. re.
ferring particularly towards the close of his
speech, to the wrong impression which had
been bruited abroad in our midst, by seces.
sion sympashizers, in relation to the policy
of employing negro labor in preference to
the labor OF ns,uralizsd citizens. This
question was got up simply for mischief, TO
create faction, and there never was a baser
opinion, bearing on its face the evidences of
falsehood. than this question of the prefer
ence OF negro labor above white labor He
wished, particularly for his German and
Irish friends, not to be mislead by such false
statements. that they would be protected in
their rights. Mr. BIcxLE then concluded BY
stating that the work Of recruiting Was going
on finely, and that the 6s,h was rapidly fill-
ing up, and urged all to aid him hand and
heart in putting down this great rebellion
GEORGE w. now took the stand and stated
that he had not thrown cold water on re.
cruiting: that he was grossly rnisrepresent.
ed. and again reiterated that he had the
power from his friend cold ABE" to use his
influence all over the District to encourage
enlistment. He did notknow but h;s frien d
Mr.. BIcKLE was fishing for some great mill. |
sary office, perhaps across the Rocky Noun.
tsins. Continuing on in the egotistical style
which characterized his FIRST speech. he
soon sat down amid the clapping of the
hands of the aforesaid FIVE persons Loud
calls were again made for BIcKLE, who. amid
tremendous cheering. made few remarks
reiterating that he could prove what had
been told him in relation to the speeches of
JULIAN in Dublin and Centerville. Cries
of ''its lie!" 'prove it it you canl" were
heard from the excited five. Mr. BIoxLE
Immediately informed the crowd. that il re-
quired, be would furnish afidavits as to the
proof, whereupon the JULIAsIrEs dried up.
He said he was not seeking for Office. It was /
true he had been befcve the peopls asd had
been defeated, but his whole duty was the
cause of his country and IS for his OPT onsnt,
his audience were we'll posted upon the con.
slstency of the course pursued by GxosoE
W. JULIAN, ending by giving an interesting I,
account of JuLIAN's political history, which.
to tell the truth, was not very Aattering.-.i;
de had nothing more to say only to reiter-
ate his previous remarks, that this was no
Time to discuss political affairs. to canvass
or votes when the country was in danger, q
md concluded amid the widest cheerines,
GEORGE w. would evidently have spoken
again. but cries of "music!!", roll away the :
'ox? "no more JUAN" evidently discon- /
'ersed him, and with three rousiog cheers q
or BIcKLE, and loud groans for JULIAN. the !
rowd dispersed to their homes. r.