Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-09-10

occasion, but dartng the whole evening
only two national airs we're performed.
and this was done as aa afserthought.
for fear the lack Of patriotic tunes would
work detriment to the cause.
Under the motto, Mcclellan, Pendls-
ton and Victory" (the letters Of which
we're speckled as If they had the small
pox1, We noticed the NOTE the Union.
Ihs C0nstitatioH. A we asked on an
other occasion, Why this omission Of
that noble motto, And the Enforcement
Of the Laws7 The Democracy used
TO be il favor Of that motto, so did their
present allies, the Conservatives, during
the days Of Booth, Anthony Barns. and
John Brown. Are they not now ia favor
Of il when red handed treason tries to
smite down not oaly law bat the Coasii-
tulion alsoT Have We no laws nov 10
be enforcedg Or are the Copperheads
like the rogue who said justice was ex.
Actly what be didn't want9 Ia il they
whe don't want the laws enforced. for
fear that, when the Sons of Liberty De
gin their contemplated rebellion against
the constituted authorities and the loyal
peopls, they may get their nscks stretch
ed? We ask respectable Democrats aud
Conservatives acting with that party,
how do you like your associates who are
afraid to display the once honored raotto
Of al men Of all partiesg
We have heard it suggested By a close
observer, that the semicircIe Of gas-lets
forming a "glory" over the speaker
head vas symbolic; that il represented
the ! Golden Circle Of th4 Knights;
that il had nineteen gas.jels issaing
from It. symholizng the nineteen States
in Hhich the Order Of American Knights
exists The circle is only half complete.
which signifies that the w9rk OF the
Order will not be perfect until the bal-
aace Of the States seeede We give this
Tor what it is worth The discoverer Is
q gentleman who Is gifted 10 the inter
probation Of prophecy and mTstary. and,
besides, has access TO the spiritual
Areaaa.
Nov for the spseches-the most i'm
portsnt feature Of the affair
First, as 10 Judge Laird's, we have
perhaps said more than It's importanee
jaslifes, bat one cannot refrain from
denouneing It's low slang and ineffabie
dsmagogsgAm.
Jsdeo Laird's forte les n hes appeals
10 the basest passions Of depraved hE-
manisy lie has abundance Of cunning and
auy amount Of brazsu-fAced elfrouiesy
These qualities, joined to an utter dsre-
gard Of The proprieties Of politics, aud a
eoatempt for fact, render bis political
speeches an Ola podrida Of insinnasi0n,
Misrepresentation, blaekKuardism, pre-
varieaiion, AID villifeaiion. Withal be Is
Inconsistent in speech. As be has bees IL
partisan conduct lie has boxed The po-
litical compass, and in the speech ws
speak Of, be preTafieated In The mes.
absurd and irgec0neilAhle manner For
instance, 10 bis blind, adder-liks attacks
on the Government, he said the rebels
favored the eleelioa Of Lincoln and
JOhnsonl New, there is something sp.
preaching the sublime in an audacioas
lie, but one Of this kind is simply ridieu-
loas Il brought laugh Of derision
from his own partisapa
One Of bis positions was amusing to 3
aisintsrested hearsr. he said the Dem.
ocraey stood midway between the ADO.
hsionisss OF the North aHd the Secession
ists Of the South, equally opposed 70
both This was rather astounding doc
trins to the rebel-sympathizing Powell
and others Of that ilk, and made them
squirm unessily in their seats. We i'm.
agine that this Was one Of the reasons
why certain Cessation gentlemen we're 50
anxious for him to cessate' that is,
TO "dry up" His speech did bis party
harm. They had better hire him 10 stay
| In his own bailiwiek hereeftsF.
His miserable grammar aggravated
bis otherwise wretched speech. We
once heard Of critical old Methodist
preacher who, in reproTing boy for
writing bad word on bis ehurch With
chalk, said j. was a most atrocious and
damnabIe word, and very badly spelled
So We fsIs Ehen hearing The Judge 5
partisan slang clothed in Dogberry
phrase
Bat enough Of this political weather
cock. As bis Jaeobiniesl co-laborer
and companion in slang remarked last
night, quoting frsm Henry Clay: We
leave him 20 stink and shine, aud shine
and stink, like q rotten mackersl By
moonlight
The next speaker IN order at the
Ratification was Hon. Lazarus W. Pow
ell, Senator from Kentucky
Judge Law, ia presenting him, re-
marked that, though be vas 4. Senator
Of the United States, be bad 10 get a
pass from . prOvost-marshal TO come
only twelve miles from home II siraek
as that Mr. PowelI vas shout TO Justify
by bis aesa the provostmarshal in re-
curing a pass from him. No man has
done more 70 encourage the rebels TO
commences and persist Ia their rebellion,
and IL be had bis rights, be would be
sent through our lines TO bis rebel
friends dc would be more al home IN
the rebel Senate than in that which has
been honored in times past by Clay,
Webster, Csss, Benton, Andrew Johnson,
Douglas, and other friends Of the Ped
eral Union. Bat Judge Law intimated
thai il was hardship to require pass
from a rebeLsympathizer because he
wore Senatorial clothes. So much the
more need Of the precaetion. The
higher the position, the greater oppor-
tunity to do harm.
The Senator's speech was in parlia-
mentary style, and correctly expressed.
His person is Imposing in appearance,
and he delivers bis words with force and
effect Bat such essential treason and
covert hostility to the progressive and
liberal spirit Of the age, we have not
heard. The effort was bitter and via
dietiye srra:gnnent of The President for
fal6lling his oath 10 protect preserve,
aud defend the Constitution and the
Union; and in the midst Of . haraugas
of over an hour, We did not hear ora
word in condemnation Of JEFF Davis for
bis effort to destroy the Union. Il IS
trus, be used The words rebel snd
" rebels two or three times, 70 keep up
appearances On this aide Of the River,