Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-09-09

1srr rowg qTTr Sept It'd.
THE RAr-I-FI-caTIos.-T The Copper
head. Conservative Vallandighnm- Powell
Democracy made very elaborate prepar-
atoms fors grand ratification meeting
last night Their decorations wers ex.
sensive and the parses Of the ofics-ssek
ers bIed freely
The balsstrade Of the Washington
House was arrayed with semi-circulAr
% gas pipe with many burnsrs, and the
railing was ornamented With the stripes
and stars, though the stripes and bars
would have suited the speeches more it
tingly. ~
Against the walls Of the building were
suspended portraits Of Washington
great desecration-snd Of Mcclellan.
Across the street from the Washing.
ton House to Crescent City Hall, vac
stretched banner inscribed with "Mc-
CIellan, Pendleton and Victory" ia let
terra that looked for ell the world like
Copperhsads spotted. Beneath were the
words "Union and Constitution" though
it did not say what kind Of Union or
EhAt Constitution.
Crescent City Hail was extensively
decorated with Gags, and the viHdoWs
illuminated with tallsw candles, which
burned for tbree-quarters of en- hour.
II was reported in the evening that
the new cannon had burstsd on the srst
firing, much ike little Mac did; bat
later there we're several reports, 80
much like = double barrslsd shot gun
that many persons we're alarmed, be-
lisving that guerrillas we're attacking
the city.
sky-rocksts, Roman candles, and q
cracked brass and shsspskin band, with
other appliances, called out very large
.cFopd, perhaps the largest that has as
4 senbled this year and a. the appointed
hour one Davy Laird commenced q
speech. His manner was very much
like that Of Parson Slabsidss, the
" oriher" Of the " mountain Of Hepsi-
dam. We listened to him for some
time, but left before be appealed to
History as u bis Rockport speech. As
We passed down town prominent But
ternut remarked to US in language more
forcibie than refined. Laird is acting
the Odd fool in taking mp all the time
with his whine" We have neither time
or disposition to critisize the speeches
Powell followed Laird and Hendricks
followed Powell, whose speech Was voted
bore by bis political fritnls.
by the way Powel's presence remind
ed us of a remark made last Spring BY
several gentlemen Of Henderson.
They remarked 20 US on the Tarascon
that they were afraid they would be COM
PEELED to vote for Lincoln, although
ardent Mcclellan men, as the Hen.
derson NeOs had raised Powe.rs
name for Vice President with MeClsllaD,
and that il they had TO choose they would
vote FOE Lincoln in preference to Powell
Hendricks speech was much the same
rs that delivered here two years ago, pos.
sessed of some ability, but containing sac
most damnable heresiea The burden Of
all the speeches was that the retels we're
right and the Government wrong; tina,
the Governments that had been franght
with so many blessings was not worth
the few paltry dollars Of tar that each
is required to pay, and that our true in
teresl is 50 make peace on any terms
the rebels will grant
ai The affair, however, Was prolracted
until after ii o'clock, aud the olaquerS
after filing ap well with bad whisky aud
sour beer, made night hideous with their
demoniac yells.
-sli A significant feature Of the evening
was that all the respectable drinking
saloons, with perhaps single exceptions
closed their doors at 81 o'clock. The.
felt it would not be safe to keep open.
The nominations aud the pIatforr
made by VAllandighsm, Long, Wood
Co, were ratified "very muehly
There was certainly no enthusiasm
The unfrequent applause wss eviden,l
mechanical aud artificial, and the prime
pal noise made was after the meetin
broke up
The firing Of Roman candles and 81
rockets under the window Of the Masol
ic Hall was very refined and eminent
worthy of the followers of Wallis n III
ham, Wood and Powell, aud double
made maRy votes for Little Mac.
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