The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-07-11


vention being chosen, the President thanked
the gentlemen for conferring such lasting
honor upon one so unworthy, and briefly
stated the object of the meeting, which, in
substance, was as stated in the beginning
of this letter. The Convention Immediate
ly proceeded to the business of nominating
a man for Representative, and on the fifth
ballot Myrack, of New burg, having re-
ceived the number of votes necessary to a
choice, was unanimously declared the reg
ular nominee and Bully for Myrack "
echoed from every corner of the house.
Bill Hudson, that inveterate disciple of
Bacchus, whose virtues as an officer are so
appaTe Mt to every Democrat, was declared
the candidate for re e.election to the office of
Sheriff, by acclamation.
John Frary the. present County Survey
or, who has served two terms, arose and
thanked his nsany friends for kindDesses, but
declined being a candidate any longer
for that position, evidently being struck
by the dissimilarity between his move
ments and mans present progressive
state, but begged. leave TO entertain one
Huff, of Newburg, as a suitable person TO
perform the functions of that office. Huff
not being generally known, Introduced
himself to the convention, and delivered
himself in this wise: " | am a Democrat,
dyed in the wool. My father was Demo-
crat, l sucked Democratic ttit,' and was
rocked in a Democratic cradle" Could
any one be 50 insane as to ask better quali-
feations of candidate /? So thought ].
And the immense, cheering which arose
proved that so thought that Convention
The delegates appointed to attend the dis
trict and senatorial convention were instruc-
ted to vote for Judge Niblick, as first choice
for Congress, John Law, as second, and Ben
Fuller, of Boonvillc, for the State senate.
A committee being appointed to draft
resolutions. Myrack was loudly called for
TO take the stand, and explain his political
whereabouts. He occupied about three min
utes in delivering himself in a style, we
imagine quite different from that of Daniel
Webster, though by that audience held in
as equally high estimation. (For the quin
tescence of his speech, see Hutf's as herein
reported TIE Hon. Holcolm, of Pike,
being called for and introduced oy the pres
ident of the convention, proceeded to deliv-
er himself in Il manner for which jeff Davis
would be more likely to applaud him than
any truly patriotic man. He didn't believe
the government would ever be restored ex.
cept through the instrumentality of the
tE good old Democratic party" hence be ar
gued for its restoration. He charged the
present administration not only with ex-
travagance, but as being the sole cause of
the present lamentable condition Ofthe coun-
tryi His charge of extravaganza, after he
had occupied at least half an hour to pro
duce it, was that some money had been ex-
pended to give Abraham Lincoln, proper
reception at indianapolis, when on bis way
TO Washington This, he thought, was an
unparalleled example of extravaganza, when
the simple fact is that no President ever
went through indianapolis to Washington
before ! AT any rate the charge is as insig-
Di6cant as its author. and both snould re-
refuse to respect our men highest in power,
can we expect other nations to do it? Ii
would occupy too much space to notice this
speech more, but suffice to say that no
graver charge was sustained against the ad-
ministration than this, and not one made |
against JEFF. Davis & Co. An intelligent |
and patriotic audience would have con-
demned him as an ignorant, intriguing po.
litical knave not to be tolearted in respecta- |
BILE company Yet this audience listened, |
appla1ded and gaped at this political igno-
ramus for two long hours without even ad- |
journing for whiskey, which, to Judge from
appearances, was held in very high estima-
tion by the majority of the Convention
The resolutions were now reported by the |
committee, in which was endorsed the acts !
of the 8th of January Convention, and
thanks rendered to the Hons. Jco. Law and |
Kitchen, for the able and patriotic manner,
in which they had advocated the interests
of the country. Three cheers were then
given for the success of Democracy. The
Convention adjourned across the street.
SPECTATOR