Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1863-09-28
UNION MEETING!
Great Enthusiasm.
LIBERAL CONTRIBUTIONS To THE
SANITARY FUND.

On Saturday evening last there was a
Union meeting at Mozart Hall. which.
IN It's results, was cheering and satisfac-
tory in the highest degree.
Only twelve hours notice was given.
yet the hall was full
The gentlemen who spoke were to
address a Union mass meeting at Prince
ton on Saturday, and on Friday evening
concluded that it would be agreeable to
them, and perhaps beneficial to the
Unicn cause, to come down here and
spend Sunday. They telegraphed that
they were coming, and a meeting was
called in the Journal, to meet Saturday
evening. The notice was also given in
the Stats Zeitung, Saturday afternoon.
The crowd in attendance was very large,
under the circumstances, the hall being
full, and more persons in attendance
than there were seats for. Rockets were
fred in front of the hall to give notice
of the meeting, and this was all that
was done TO draw a crowd, except the
publication of the notices.
The speakers-WILIAMS SMITH, ESQ.
- of Fort Wayne, and Rev. JOHN HoGARrH
LozIER, Chaplain of the 9th Indiana
Regiment, detailed as Travelling Agent
Of the State Sanitary COMMISSIONERS
introduced by Mr.. Philip Hornbrook,
Sanitary Agent at this point.
Mr.. Smith first addressed the meeting
He announced himself as War Demo
crat-he had always been Democrat of
the strictest sect-had voted the tioIscs
and assisted in keeping up the or
ganization of that party ever since
he was a vater He was not, however,
now, a Copperhead Democrat, bat one
of the jackson school He demon
strated that the Democracy to which
he belonged had always been the War
Democracy, and nerer Peace Democ-
racy," when the honor and welfare of the
nation were involved. They we're for
= var in 1872; and favored a war with
France On the question of French spoil
atoms. They were for war with England
at the time of the settlement of the
Northeastern boundary dispute; and,
again, they were for " $40 or fight " at
the time of the Northwestern boundary
quarrel with England. They were the
war party at the time Of the Mexican
war, and denounced the Wings, then, as
the Federalists were in 1S12-15, as trait
ors, for giving aid and comfort to the en-
emy in time of war. The Democracy
he said, had even resolved in convention
at various times that they were in favO
Of the merit trGr. This, said the speaker
Is the merit lrar, and, as one who had in
dorsed the resolutions, he was consistent
and favored this war He thought ths
the Copperheads should call themselve
the piece, instead of the peace, Democri
CIV, for they would prove to be a yer
small piece of the Democratic party.
Mr.. Smith indicated the Governmer
in the various measures that have bee
rendered necessary by the rebellion
the Emancipation Proclamation, arb
trary arrests" the CONSUMPTION, the su
pension Of habeas corpus, the enlistmer
of negroes in the army, the con6scatic
of rebel property (incEuding negroes
and so forth. His remarks under the:
various heads were forcible and int
spersed with those brilliant passages f
which he is so famous The audien
manifested their concurrence in his pr
positions, and their appreciation of
eloquence, by repeated applause.
We can give no adequate idea of t
= force and effectiveness of this speec
In eloquence the speaker has few equa
and he was in an excellent vein II
night, and stirred the hearts of his
dience to their Utmost depths
Mr.. S. was followed by Mr., LozH
who announced bis mission to be tora
funds for the State Sanitary Commissic
showing his credentials from the v
Department and the Governor.
The speaker said that in consequel
of the failure of the last Legislature
make appropriations for Sanitary T
poses. the benevoleuce of the pee
had to be appealed to, and he had &c
= 10 see what the people of Evansv
we're willing to do for Indiana's sick
wounded defenders in the feld-m
than 10000 of whom lay languishing
the hospitals of the country, North Z
South. The average number before
late bloody battles was 10000, and 4
he largely over that number now.
He appealed, in thrilling words,
the sick and wounded boys, far a
from home, in land of strang
writhing and languishing with YOU
and sickness. He described the toucl
scenes in the army and hospitals, at
seat. of war in Tennessee, that had c
under his observation, and told what
II gave the unfortunate soldiers to rec
the tokens Of practical sympathy Sc