Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-08-19
The Mass Meeting In Boone--Peeple
all Out---splendId speech OF Judge
Hughes.

Hughes.
Saturday the 7th was a grea. dav
for Boone AT an early hesr the people
began 10 assemble at Lebanon to attend
a grand mass meeting which opened The
present campaign in that LEGALITY. A
portion of the Boone County regiment
Of the Legisu was in attendance and
added greatly to the attraction OF the oe-
casion. Though the meeting was called
to assemble at o'clock. 30 eager were
the people TO obtain no entrance into the
Court house that they began assembling
there before IL, and at the time the
meeting opesed, 1t was literally packed
Judge Dougher,y presiding.
Judge Hughes having been introduced
by Judge Dougherty, as a man whose
anteeedeats were uuquestionAbly Demo
cratic, and one whose Democracy led
him to suppose the Lecompton Constitu-
ton, proceeded to the delivery Of pow
erful argument, the substance OF which
was, that the Government should be
heartily supported by every man Of the
North, whatever his political sentiments
had previously been. BY way Of disa-
busing the audience of any prejId,ces
Il might have against him he stated that
he had been so frequently abused By the
disloyal press of Indiana, his sentiments
so misrepresented, and had so often
been called q rapid Abolitionist, that be
wishes to have his hearers notice partic-
ularly whether or no. his speech justified
such accusations He then proceeded to
state that We were engaged in an sf-
fort to put down a terrible rebellion and
that while we were thus engaged in 8
civil war we we're also in the midst Of q
political campaign which promised to be
very exciting, and that il was the duty
of every man to dimiss from his mind all
party prejudice and to act as tras and
loyal man ought to act when the exist
ence Of bis Government was imperilled.
| A brief history Of the Charleston and
Baltimore Conventions was given by the
| speaker whsreiR he showed that the
South demanded of the Northern dele
gates to the Charleston Convention such
concessions in regard to slavery as they
could not grant After placing before
the audience the history of this Charles
ton Convention and disclosing the de-
mands made by the Shareholders, the
speaker alluded TO the increasing ee
mands which are made upon Mr.. Lincoln
for compromise With the traitors, and
very pertinently asked Why the Democra
ey did not at Charleston, make the con
oessions which were then and now de
manded Il was utterly impossible iC
make q compromise then and it ii
equally impossible 70 do it now. However
Il was useless to 20 back 10 those Con
ventions They are passed and ve arr
now engaged in war, and it was oul
duty TO 6ght our way out Of it, and Il
support the Government heartily in al
its efforts to put the traitors dowa. Th'
speaker stated that when the war begsr
Mr Buchanan was President, and tia
he was then personal and politica
friend OF Mr.. Buchanan, and tha
he urged upou the President &
set his heel upon the rebellion
then in it's infancy, and that he ough
not TO allow it TO 20 on. He stated tha
he started out Buchanan democrat
and that though he Was now called a
Abolitieniss, be was happy to know b
was still in the company Of such men q
General Cass. General Dix, Stanton
' Joseph Holt, Daniel S. Dickinson, and
host of other Democrats who now suI
ported with ability the administration {
President Lineoln. BE then alluded
the shameful fact that when Mr. Lincol
was iuaugurated be was surrounded b
bayouets, and that had it not been f
this fact he would never have been il
Quoted into Office. He beheId that sigl
with shame and indignation. he e
= amined into the Presidents inaugur'
% address Ii had been called an abo
Il ton document, but upon examination
j. could not be shown tkst it was In
!" the President promised to leave the fus
= tive slave law aloae, and declared B
y willingness 20 have the Constitute
= amended concerning the particular 50
: iect of slavery. It vas so mild and 50
!, istactory in tone that Mr.. Alexander
Stephens declared that the South had
= cause to secede. The Democrats b
70 had control of Congress, and the 5
a. preme Court, aud could at that til
have obtained all they wanted, and pl
n, vented ali interference with slavery. B
ns they had previously determined up
sr- var, while i. is notorious fact that ]
zee Lincoln begged for peace, and continu
res 30 to do until he had we'll nigh exhau
as. ed the patience Of the people. So 10
was this course pursued that many Of