The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-10-03

HE EXH0RTErH THE PEOPLE.

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no unusual state Of excitement yes
terday morning, by the aBnouneeaent
that Brick Pomef0y bad arrived in the
city, The school children tfayersed
the streets 10 school ia their usual
merry mood, and gentle mothers used
the ordinary sepofiiies TO quiet their
iqfabtiie progeny and hush them to
sleep. !Bvsn tbe appearance Of tbe
= Courier extra y only bad the effect
10 cause mon 10 feel II their pocket.
books were present, and 10 hasten 10
make their bank deposits little ear
lisr than usual, and 10 clean their
n9pqy drawers little closer than WAS
their habit. i}e sa
At night n large crowd, perhaps
1000 or $500 people, eongregated on
the corner Of Main aud Third Streets,
nj the explosion Of few sky rockets,
ind Que Ryan, candidate, We Dos
lleye, for sons State office, made bis
appearance on tho balcony Of the
Washington House, and proceeded %
address the people, - mm .i,slj
Ills speech, after few remarks
how lovingly people should live and
reason together, and bow naughty IL
was to call hard namesi might be sum
med up ina half dozen words Or lees;
Niger, "''TaReH,@9 Bonds, 80 Untas-
cd BQpdH,p,, On these the usual
charges we're ruag just as Willard
ruDg them on Saturday night, though
With scpresly "a much ability, The
people gave but little iattenlipn but
gave nnmistakable Indications that
this was not the feast to which they
fbad been Invited About epe-thifd
Of the cadence consisted of HBack
Republicans '44ladies and gentlemen
s9gbq were attracted BY q natural dos.
sire 10 SOC a man " no had made himsi
self notorious, II notinfamous One
! third the femaIqdef were ladies WHO
l'fIled tho balcony and The Darlor of
Observation-Disclosures, 2 the attraction Of
the evdbing; had gone 10 Henderson,
aud DIE boat WAS late returning. /
Many0f the people became impatient,
not being interested by Ryan, and left.
AT length PomeF6y was Introduced
aud proceeded to speak. We did
not hear the beginning or tho end of
tho grand Grafton, but are told il war
much Ike the middle, 1t IL almost
impossible TO describe the character
of the speech IL consisted, however,
chiefly Of low buffoonety, egotism,
pomeroy, Brick, ridiegle, aud dem
agogiam, interapersed with nm under
current Of vitupefatlye denunoiation
Of the administration Of Mr., Lin
coin aud covert and base inainuatione
that the chief mission of the soldiers
to the South and especially Chaplains
Of regiments and Sanitary Commits
sioners, was 10 rob aud plumber The
usual horrors of taxes wrung from
the pennilees, while the millionaire
was exempt, were depicted in graphic
style, aud with the usual oxaggerqtion
aud disregard Of truth g
The speech might have amused n
crowd Of backwoodsmen fifty years
ago, in a settlement whore there had
been no schools during the past two |
generations, but IL was very silly
entertainment for hn audience In the
latter half Of the nineteenth century,
and In n city famous for its schools,
aud the general intelligence Of itsin.
habitants. We heard very sagae,
ious Black Republican say that he
hoped they would have one or two
such speeches every week, and u very
worthy and intelligent gentleman
whom the Courier has Endorsed ~. of |
conservative deposition, and who
gave marked attention TO conservative
speeches, said to us as no left the
crowd diagusted For tho sake Of
the reputation Of our city. don't re-
port that speech, > We inferred that
he thought il would not be ereditable
to our city, that crowd of our peo-
Pile had stood an hour to listen TO
such contemplate drivol. ~
Many abortiyc efforts we're made to
cheer, but tho sounds came from but
few throots, aud always the same. 81
Altor Pomeroy had concluded am
nouncoments were made by White
soy, relative to the speaking in the
future. Aud also the startling an
houneement that there was terrible