Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1863-10-06
The Union Men of Narrick.


men of Warrick County are at work is
sure harbinger of success. They do not
labor as men expecting to fail They
beat the Copperheads at the last election
and they are confident they viii achieve
similar triumph on Tuesday next.
During the past week large meetings
were held every day, the interest never
tagging. The hardy and brave yeoman-
ry never tire of listening to speeches de-
picting the noble deeds of their repre-
sentatives in the Union army and they
are determined that no act of theirs
shall have tendency to discourage the
boys, or cause them to feel that they are
not endorsed by their friends at home.
The meeting at Boonville on Saturday
was the close of series of large gath
erings. While it was not as largely at
tended as the mass meeting at Tgleheart's
farm some weeks before, it was still
great success in comparison with the
thin gathering which greeted Mr.. Hen
bricks at Newburg the day previous There
were four or five hundred voters on the
ground, with an equally large number of
women and children. The day was cold
and stormy, but the people would not
leave their places They came to hear,
and they were not to be driven from
their purpose by a rain, however cold und
cheerless We never saw crowd so pa
tient under such uncomfortable circum-
stances That they were so, is the clear
est evidence that they feel the deepest
interest not only in the success of their
boys in putting down the rebels of the
South with bullets, but also in their own
in putting down rebel sympathizers in the
North with ballots.
Mr. Smith, as we remarked yesterday,
made fine speech. 1t took strong hold
upon the feelings of his auditors, and
many who have always voted the Demo
cratic ticket, even so late as last year,
were moved to tears of repentance and
announced their intention to abandon
the reasonable organization. His re-
view of Vallandigham' career was clear
and candid. His proof that the Copper
heads of this State had attached Jnem-
selves as tail to Vallandigham's kite
was strong and unanswerable.
Mr.. Smith said that 16 years ago there
were two young men in the Ohio Legis-
lature-one representing the city of Gin
cinnati and the other the Quaker county
of Columbiana Both of these young
men were Democrats. Upon all ques-
tons dividing parties, they voted togeth-
er, except one. During the session, a
bill was introduced repeating the Black
Laws of Ohio These laws prohibited
negroes from voting, from testifying
against white men, and from sitting in
the jury box as jurors. Their repeal
would place the negroes on an equality
with whites as nearly as such state
of things could be brought about
through the instrum entality oflaw. Upon
this question, Mr.. Smith, the young mar
from Cincinnati, voted no; while Val
landigham, the young man from Colum
biana, voted aye. Thus, while Mr.
Smith was in favor of sustaining anc
perpetuating the laws depriving the ne
} groes cf the social and political right
enjoyed by the whites, Mr.. Vallandighan
voted for their repeal. Mr.. Smith wa
opposed to negro equality, Mr.. Vallan
; digham in favor of it. Yet, added MI
Smith, / am an Abolitionist and Mr. Val
landigham par ercezlent Democrat.
Three years afterwards Mr.. Pugh reE
resented the Democracy of Cincinnati
/. in the Ohio Legislature. In that bod
the Wings and Democrats were yer
nearly equal in strength, a few Abolition
lists from Northern Ohio holding the ba
ance of power. Weeks were spent
to irving to affect an organization. +
"a "a nally bargain was struck between tt
Democrats and Abolitionists, by whic
g the latter secured the Speaker, Cler
eight Circuit Judges, Treasurer al
State Agent, while the former were
have the q. S. Senator in the person
Mr. Chase, the repeal of the Bla'
Laws, and the Secretary of Stats. p
For this infa nous burgain, every Del
- ocrat in the Legislature voted. Y
said Mr.. Smith, am an Abolitioni
while Mr.. Pugh, who was the princiE
er actor in making the alliance betwe
the Democracy and the Abolitionists, i:
Democra.! Pugh, voting to repeal t
Black Laws and thus placing negroes
an equality with whites-Pugh voti
for Salmon P Chase, as Z. S. Senator
and always has been a Democrat, VIII
/, who always opposed such measur
snt am an Abolitionist, because l stand
my country
These truths struck the honest me
ing Democrats of Warrick with gr
Oh. force and they viii show the CoPperhe
that they do not endorse that kind
49,. spurious Democracy.
ted. After Mr.. Smith finished his speecl
collection was taken up for the SAINT
A. Commission and over 5000 paid in.
. This is practical evidence that
hearts of the people of Warrick
= responsive to the efforts of our soldl
q, and on next Tuesday they will den
strate that their heads are too clear, t
IDS, bamboozled by tricky demagogues.
ases, ---z.-
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1res, PraCticing Fraud,