The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-09-21
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Editors Journal: g 1896 sHogkEhfg'
WASHINGTON, IND, Sept. 49, 1866.
The ball is moving here with the
very, best results. Our friends are
alive and working with the fullest
confidence of success. The Copper
heads are respondent. The candid
ones give up the contest. Hendricks
and Palmer circus were here on the
18th inst. It9was the first time dur,
ing the canvass that the Copperheads
had a respectable sized gathering.
They seemed much elated. The small
fry FOUNDERS were very busy circulat-
ing around, saying, !" there, / told you
so, "see what an immense crowd we
have" But when the time came
eleven o'clock A. NJ, for the faithful to
congregate in the Court House yard,
it was no go. Then for the first time
the idea struck them that Palmer's
Show and the train of travelling gam
blers, were the lions of the day-the
great magnet of attraction-and that
Hendricks, NiBlack Dc Co., were small
fry, and only a joke d. 40 q
The worker of the Copperhead ma
chine concluded to postpone the
speeches until after dinner. 1t was
then, only by persuasion and even
command, that they could drum up
about 200, to hear the aforesaid big
guns. Fully onehalf the number were
of the e simon pure Copperhead
stripe. The balance being of our par
,ty, who preferred an exhibition Of
Copperheads to circus, Hendricks
was boosted intoa wagon forlsar,st the.
jail and close to thejail CRATE. Mr.. I'll!
commenced. There was at the time a
crazy Irishman in the prison, who,
after listening a few minutes to
the Bread and Butter apostle, became
quite indignant. Crazy as he was
he could discern the full purpose of
the speaker. He insisted they were
q g packi4of rebels talking. trasou-
going round the country to destroy it,
and must shut up and leaye,"S &c., &c,
The Celtic orator in durance vile
commenced speech to the crowd,
and it was soon noticed that he was
engaging the attention of more of the
audience than the gentleman in q the
wagon. 1t was deemed prudent to
move their machine. They accord
ingly wheeled the rostrum round to
the east side of the Court House.
+ 'iiunder their own wine and fig tree, y
and again let the water on the wheel.
But soon they moved = to the Court
House loft, where there was room for
as many more, Palmer, the Snowman
treated them with great kindness.
He put off the commencement Of the
ring performance for one hour, and
called off the, pack of gamblers who
held the s bread and butterA Dino
Gratis spell1bound At one time it
was thought that it would be neces-
sary to bring to their assistance dis
tinguished candidate dear lover of
soldiers, and of. unbounded respect for
their wives. The sharp and shrewd,
well knew that their gentleman could
in twenty minutes bucking at the
chuck luck bank, break them. But
the gambling gentry yielded to the
advice of the Snowman, and rolled up
their traps So ended the farce
Their q bread and butter machine is
huge failure. After. the October
election. the people of Indiana will
inscribe on the tombstone or pal
metto slab which shall mark the rest
ing place of their bantling, the cpl
taph once written on the tomb stone
eof posthumous child: 'e - 2
1," SinceiI was so soon done for,
wonder what L was begun for.'' '-
On yesterday we had with. US the
talented and gifted old war horse,
General Nat. Kimball, and Major j.
RI. Cravens, Notwithstanding the
bad weather, the Court House
was filled in every nook and
corner. The attentive listeners were
amply repaid Gen. KimbaIl gave us
one of the most eloquent and stirring
speeches we have yet heard. 1t was
a perfect squelcher on the opponents
whatever name they may as
sume-of the great Union party 1t
will be like bread cast upon the
water. Already the Copperheads