The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-09-26

mammoth building. 200xl50 feet, equal to
80 eco square feet, presented one solid mass
of people-intelligent, thinking men, wo-
men, and boys, numbering at the lowest
estimate to six or seven thousand people;
certainly twice as many as attended the
grand Democratic demonstration at the
Salt Well, on a clear and beautiful day.
The crowd was packed closely, and filled
two-thirds of the vast area. .r..,.....,.,. .
Cow Morton was received with the most
unbounded and enthusiastic applause,
long continued and fervant. After spir-
tied piece of music by the band, Col. James
G.. Jones welcomed Gov. Morton TO the
city, and introduced him to the audience,
substantially as follows:
GOVERNOR The duty and pleasure of
welcoming you to the city OF EVanSYllle
has devolVed on me, and welcome you in
the name, not only OF TINS vast lnultltude,
but in the name of thousands, who have
been prevented being present by the In
clemency of the weather. .-i ~ o. fgat
In you, we recognize q man whose pa
triotism has never been doubted, who has
never faltered- in his duty-and who Is de- (
voted soul and body to the cause OF his
country! The State, when you became her
Chief Magistrate, had long been ruled by
Democrats, and her credit had been Inn
paired, and her treasury rendered almost
bankrupt When you came into power
the war winch became long ana DtoOQJ5
was rumbiing in the distance, and there
was no prepafation8to meet it, Every
ngldepended on you, and you proved
worthy the confidence repoSed. 1t is true
YOU had good and true men surrounding
you, but they award.to you the praise and
honor of having devised and carried out
the measures that so greatly redounded to-
the honor and credit Of the. state. Your
wise measures kept Indiana in :he Union
Without you we might have been IN a
worse copditi9n than was our nelghp sHing
of quiet neutrality, when. but for, your
prompt action we would have had war
i We esteem YOU o6i as statesman, wise and
incorruptlble. and in you every soldier OF
Indiana feels that he has a friend-a
friend to whom he owes private debt OF
have often seen Yen IN the camp adn1lnis-
teringsto the wants a1ldseektng the welfare
of the soldiers. [Cries of We have! We
have ~ And Gst other times have r9cpg-
nized Your spirit in the hands OF others,
working for their good, and in the most
irving Hour as ti1ei Sbr;are g. tSold1enl WenGS
down in the storm of battle, they felt your
spirit present animatiiig and encouraging
them. TAppiause,j Again. i'm behalf OF
this vast multitude and the thousands who
desired to be present on this ocea9fS PSI
welcome you to the city of Evansville and
VanderburghlG ountya
GOVERNOR MoRToN's SPEECH.
His Exeeilehcy replied as follows? t ,.5s3
Col. JoHEs: iForthe fine words you have
uttered, accept my grateful thanks, and for
the reception by the citizens of Evansville
thanRft eof6nei Jones has Been IS KIND
as to sap thH0 did any duty during tile Try
ing ordeal through which we have passed:
esir5say only tried TODD my duty, but felt
that sometimes i fell short. But to one
thing / can lay clafm-to an abiding faith
in the, justice of our cause. and its final
success. From the very beginning new
er doubted. the courage and perseverance, Of
the American people, and, never, IN her
darkest honr of trial, dispaired for mo-
ment of the success and preservation Of the
Union: / believed that God was on Our
side, and had us in His keeping, andthough
the Ccause,.w went, back at times, / had ffHm
faith in ultimate success ana Tor TINS sue
cess we .are. indebted, under Providence, to
II The e Soldiers OF the North, preserved The
country, and to them under God be thanks.
Many soldiers are here to-day whom
recognize. and there are many whom have
not the honor personally to know-Inen'
who have passed through terrible trials on
the battlefield, and who are now READY to
preserve at the polls what their yalor won.
The Governor with mpch feeling and elo-l
quence referred 90 the battered flags by
which he. was surrounded |, and of the Thrill
ling story they could tell if endowed with
the power of speech, and paid a passing
tribute to the Organization of the g Grand
Army of the Republic, which was re-
ceived with loud cheers. - = ~ -, "a
He was satisfied that an overwhelming
majority of the soldiers would not only
stand by the flag under which they had
fought, but would, at the polls, stand up
for the party which had stood by them in
their day of trial.
You won the battle and now by treach--
cry and fraud it is attempted to make
those successful at the polls who failed of
success on the battlefield. Ii can't be
done. No it can't be done. believe the
good cause viii go on, until We shall have
permanent peace, a restored Union, and
enter on course OF unexampled prosperi-
ty.iEc a5s1ug't;s isaas ... .<5fll sizT la d.
The Governor remarked that he was
feeble and could not speak. long, but would
address them on a few of the issues pend
ing before the people. X tNl\
The great issue put forward by the party
of the President was the immediate and
unconditional restoration OF the rebels to
fought and overcome on the battlefield
shall become, your Legislators and admin
istrators, entrusted with settling the great
They shant do it. u 1t is urged that rebel
officers who had led on rebels to battle,
and who had used all their influence for
the destruction ofsthe Recommendation
covered all over with treason should be
restored to high places of power. If this
! is to be so, it were better that you had
never gone to the battlefieldLit were bet
ter to have let the revolving States go out
without war. 90 @ II = : ~
The next issue is, that the rebel soldiers
shall be placed on perfect equality with
YOU and receive the same pay, bounty,
pension, and care. That the Government
| shall know no distinction, G. Never,i'1l
If this party comes into power the first
| demand will be that the rebel shall be
| placed on an equality with the Union sol
/ der. Is $50 539dW L4H 20
| The evidence of this was seen in the
! Philadelphia Convention-not the Union
| ConVentlon-butJ. the one engineered by
| Johnsonsszln~ that Convention there was
| not Union man from the South, but there
were $50 Confederate officers, the Vice
/ President of the rebel government, rebel
congressman, men who had been in the
Federal Congress and perjured themselves
by taking up arms against their Govern
| ment. e
And who went from the North? loud
| cries, Copperheads, Butternuts.1 81, y %. +
great g bodg Of them were penocrra tHt no o
ticians who had sympathized with the
rebels during the war-had wept over theil
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