Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-08-12
What Does it Mean /?

Inc 1ImeS OF yesterday coblalhs
call, signed Ben. Stinson, Acting
Chairman" for a Democratic County
Convention" to be held at the Grove in
Perry Township, near the late residence
of Col John Rhinelander, on Saturday,
August 20. At said Convention speeches
are to be made by 10. Mcdonald and
w. 4. Niblack, aud other eloquent
Democratic speakers" All " Demo-
Gratis in the country roundabout which
jines" this county are invited, which
will include pretty much all creation
"and the rest Of mankind "Aboli-
ton and Secession in general, and
the Black Republicans in particular,
are to be eternally squelched. "The
Union as it was" (under Buchanan
Floyd, and Thompson) and the Con-
stituton as it is" (if the rebels do not
destroy it, are to be preached The old
tyrant, Lincoln, is to get particular fits,
while jeff Davis in to be the happy re-
cipient Of few love taps" Lincoln
money is to be cried down and ridi
culed, while Confederate script is to be
regarded as legal tender.
But that which is calculated to create
surprise in the minds Of the uninitiatec
is the announcement that candidate
for representative, clerk, sheriff, treasu
rer, recorder, surveyor, coroner, ant
commissioner, will be nominated oh
ho that is the object Of the Babylowl
convention, is it? As Maj. Robinson
would say, "Weil." We thought you ha'
| ticket out We have copy of tn
Times of the lth before us, and if gu
eyes do not deceive us, we see plainly
at the head of the editorial column,
Democratic County Ticket" In tina
ticket we see the following names:
For Representative, John Rettig. Fo
Clerk, A. T. Whittlesey. For Sheriff
Joseph b. Cox. For Treasurer, Fred
Lunkenhoimer. For Recorder, Patricl
Burke. For Surveyor, James d. Sauu
ders. For Coroner, Ira A. Fairchilt
For Commissioner, William Pruett
Is it designed to run double barre
ed ticket to kill the "Abolitionists" will
or is the Convention at Babytown to b
a collection of the faithful, called &c
gether merely to register the decree OF th
Sons of Liberty Is it to be a solemr
farce, or ponderous reality2 Are tn
! persons whose names are hereunto az
nexed," after being suggested by tn
Knights, to be confirmed by the Bah
town Convention, as the candidates Q
the Unterrifed ?
We think it likely there may be som
changes. John Wayman or NJ l.. JohI
son may come in for Sheriff. There AT
no soldiers ITO hurt on the ticket--ma
be some real soldier will be put OF
Seven out Of the eight candidates name
herein are Court House hangers-on-
maybe some man fresh from the pc,
pie" will be interpolated 1t is possib'
that some man may be slipped in edg
wise who is not professed and OF
! defeated otfice-seeker.
And then it is shame that Han
Brooklocker is not provided for. b
gave $50 to the tri.weekly Democra
and that alone ought to entitle him
the nomination for, say, Coroner. An,
then, he is one of the leaders of Il
party
We were asked. yesterday, the diffe
enee between the words foreordained
and predestiued. Here is ca:
where we can give a practical illustri
ton. The above ticket put forth by ii
] " Knights "'is foreorddined by them
be the Democratic ticket, but it is ne
predestined to be confirmed at Babytowr
: nor by The people at the polls. Foreo
dinatlon is a human contrivance-of tn
" earth earthly, " Predestination is
|. matter where Providence takes a han
in the arrangement
Verify, it is good and pleasant Il
: brethren to dwell together in unity. W
wish the Copperhead brethren niue
JOY of their nominating Convention.
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