The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-09-07
Four Thousand Freemen in COunclll

The Union meeting at Igleheart farm
on Saturday was the most imposing de-
monstration5 Of the kind ever held in
Warrick comfy Without any of the
clap-trap ordinarily used to draw crowd
without even the posting of a hand
bill-the people came together By thou
sands to consult and demonstrate that
their hearts are still in the great work
of suppressing the rebellion. The spot Sc
lected for the meeting seemed to us tobe
kind of out-of-the-way place, and not
very easy of access; the roads were
dusty to an almost insufferable extent,
and the weather was excessively warm.
But none of these things dampen-
ed the enthusiasm of the people.
They came in wagons, in buggies, on.
horseback and on foot, end there was
quietness and lack of display apparent
that indicated they were not collected
for the purpose of witnessing some re-
markable demonstration in the way of
professions and decorations, but that
the sole animating power which induced
them to abandon their farms and brave
the dust and heat was love of country
and a desire to show traitors that they
were on the side of the Government 1t
made ones pulse beat quicker and the
blood flow freer to witness it.
We reached the grove where the meet
ing was held at lo1 o'clock. By this
time the woods were literally alive with
people, while clouds of dust in every
direction indicated that still they came.
We were astonished at the immensely of
the gathering. Being only a county
meeting we were totally unprepared for
such crowd We found nearly every
body as much surprised as ourself-
Even the originators of the meet
ing got more than they bargained
for ave expected a large gather
ing" some of them remarked to us,
''but this oversizes our expectations"
Various estimates were made of the
number present None placed it at less
Teach Teach 1000 We split 15f the dfHe TeSIa
and call it 1000 Estimated by the rule
adopted for the sizing of copperhead
demonstrations, and the crowd of
Saturday would muster 5000. As
we remarked before, no effort
seemed to be made to draw a crowd.
There were no large hickory wagons
drawn by six aud eight horses; no mot
toes to excite the prejudices of the peo-
pie; no displays of any Kind calculated
to draw cut mere sight-seers This pc
culiarity of the gathering struck us most
forcibly. 1t said, in so many words,
that the yeomanry of Vanderburg
and Warriek counties realize, that evil
times have befallen the country, and that
the sober, intelligent action of the people
is required to save it And for the pur-
pose of learning what was best to lie
done, and to exert moral power on
the side of the Government by publicly
endorsing its efforts to suppress the re-
bellion, they came together
Shortly after our arrival on the ground,
and after few stirring tunes by War
ren's Band, the vast crowd was called to
order by Mr.. Chambers, Representative
in the last legislature from Warrick
county, who made few Introductory re-
marks. He spoke briefly of the success
of our armies, and of the recent guerrilla
raids into our own State. He said he
knew the family of the guerrilla Hines.
That he used to go to mill kept by young
Hines father, and he had no hesitation
in pronouncing the whole 'kith and kin
of them set of thieves. He then gave
a short account of his stewardship as a
member of the State Legislature; &C
knowledged that he was one Of the mem
bers that prevented a revolutionary
clique from taking the power out of the
hands of Gov. Morton which was placed
there by the constitution, and assigning
a reason for the course he took. He then
introduced the Rev. Mr.. Clifford, Chap
lain of one Of the Illinois regiments, who
addressed the crowd for an hour and a
halt. We have not the time at present
to give even synopsis of his speech,
though we took copious notes.
1t was fine effort, and gave great
satisfaction to all who heard it. 1t was
telling. The points were clearly and
distinctly made, and the truths he uttered
went home TO the hearts of his hearers.
As he spoke of the sufferings of our
brave boys in the army, tears filled the
eyes of his audience, while uproari Gus
laughter and enthusiastic cheers greeted
his witty and sarcastic thrusts at the Cop
perheads The reptiles had no friends
in that crowd, and no blow struck at
them by the speaker was so severe that