The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-21
The Loye-Feast at the Continental
10 ao Hotel, Philadelphia. o T5ilo
How the Republican Rangers Vel.
coined their Southern Brethren.

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IRON the report of Forney's Press Of the
meeting at the Continental on WednesG
day night4liW .n1!I geo usfq3~8 .02BJ
The Hon. George w. Curtis of
New York, spoke for half an hour,
amid calls for Mosby, JEFF. Davis, aud
| others of thee defunct gC0nfederaey.
On the question of the equality of thei
negro race, he spoke as follows:A l9Oad
fSllo,o- Gtiseas;; / am opposed ito
| the negro, Laughter, cheers. and
cries Of, - Boo boot If any man
appears before you for suffrage, just
/ look if one-half his face is black and
| the. other half is white. ! hopts;
Bring out a candle = and. let's see
| yoursfn Laughter mingled with APP
plause. ] Tt is Impossible to make the
negro equal to the white man, Cries
| of We know it. tell us, something
new, ~ ShoHtts y Hey s are YOU, An
| dighaml" Tell us something about
/ JEFF Davis Il. A ao54eareiooT,r 6is.
/ My friends, I was going to say :,
Three cheers, for the Dead Duck 4 q
Three ,groans for. the Dead Dogl
Three cheers for John w. Forney ""
Three cheers for Thad.a Stevensl "
Three groans for, JEFF. Davis III
| am not In favor of negro equality.
| Laughter, cheers and clapping of
hands, But while / am not in favor
| of suffrage, for the negro, / would
protect him / am a friend to the
negro. Tremendous shouts of : Oil.
obi OIL bulIyl""] i am, | was going
to say Go black your face .
Your friend to the niger "
Cries of" Oh, you are bgy ai94s !
i Cheers for almost everything loyal
and groans fer all traitors drowned
the speakers voice, and he finally re-
tired. .;6ssu ad5 81 uoa. are. ois.
II The next speaker was introduced
:. az General Epson, of Texas As
; soon as the meeting heard this, such
! calculations came up from the mighty,
b enthusiastic crowd: :" Where did you
) get your commission from" Who
I did you fight for2' Ll,m .bae L.sefi.
RI Fellow citizens, the Southern States
81 are now re- organizing, and preparing
+ to come into the Union to Iacknewl7
Ell edge the Constitution, and to bear
: true allegiance to the Government.
4 TCries Of You had to do itrT7can't
help yeurselfD The speaker hest
t tated a moment w hereppon some one ~;
( in the crowd, with o. sharp, sshrill
= voice, like a. clarion, reiterated the
L cry" What Gag did you fight UNDER 6
9 What kind Of q general are you'll
81 shouted another Roars of laughter
: cheers. and gFoans.J .sAaaaHW or
0. We have come, fellow citizens iron
3 all parts of the country. [Cries7rS1l w
Il didn't ask you.ni1 We. have come ftt
/. mingle with you, and shall it be saic
y 4 that, an American citizen in a tfres
d couptry-EC Cries of . OIL OIL wht
i made it ofree2n' i1Ohl go bag you
}, head" Three cheers for Lincoln
o Three cheers for General Grant. Three
e. groans. for the 9 Bread1and7 Buttel
y Brigade gRoars of laughter.] LLsr.
d1 Fellow -citizens-l Cries of :. How
t, are you, j Johnny Reb2" Laughter.
a Three cheers for General GearyF
II These were given with tremendou
e. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. We e'fron
III all parts of the. country. You certain
al Twill not Fefuse 10 hear me speak
e. Shall / go home2 Here the speake
Cd was again interrupted, with tremend
4 GUS shouts of $ YesI' Go home
r. go homer' q We don't care abou
y hearing youP' =" Bring out the mex
ia speaker & 60 9-oHu 81 fuegI4uog
is General Epson retired, and pres
90 emily another candidate for publ
. favor essayed to speak We did no
nc hear his name. The meeting wa
I'd quiet for a moment, and the speake
ed said: Sri an i
Il am from Alabama This il tn
first time in my life that have eve
&c spoken in Philadelphia [Shout
~ What did yoa come for7" ~Wh
a "Gentlemen." said the speake
ut TCries Of, We're the boys" Thrs
to cheers for the boys in blue" "Thrt
ge cheers for General Geary.n]
he The speaker now exhibited evident
is of losing his temper, and said som,
h thing about renegade PennsylvI
of mans" His voice was now browne
it. byI several hundred joining in flu
&C | cdorus---agG Qt49 GA 814aT q 3l4
ms no lsoDown with the traitors, ~ ~
- III UpIwitfi the stars" hHNe - =