The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-09-10

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seven-long tables were overwhelmingly
loaded choice provisions, an abund-
anGe to have fed crowd of twice the size.
We~accepted an invitation from very
kind and much esteemed Democratic lady
to join her and'a pleasant little party at a
dinner prepared by herself, and partook of
her excellent viands to our satisfaction,
but managed to save space y for a second
dinner with our friends Mr.. Damron and
! his pleasant lady; ard we take this oppor-
| tunity to thank our Democratic friends for
their open-handed hospitality, and the
many courtesies extended to us during the
day. They were very kind.
After dinner the people re-assembled at
the stand, and after some music by the
band, improvised for the occasion, and
which, by the way, made very passable
music, Col. DENLY was called out, and oc--
cupied few minutes in declaring that he
had been Democrat all his life, and ex
peeted to die "a Democrat. 1t was true they
talked of changing their name-but sup
posed the rose-Democracy-wou smell as
sweet by any other name. If they did
change, it would only be what their oppo-
nents had always been doing. The JOUR-
NAL said he had been a Radical, because
he had refused in 1862 20 return niger to
his rebel master. He stood where Critten-
den, Rousseau, Grant, Manson and Hovey
stood, for he believed the latter gentleman
endorsed the President, and if he didn't,
he had better, or he would lose his head.
Major Moreau was next called out, and
spoke for a few minutes in that modest,
self-abnegating style, so peculiar to him
self and his great leader, A. Johnson. He
brought forth from his treasures nothing
new, and the people were manifestly inn
patient to partake of the second most at
tractive feature of the feast to which they
had been invited. i9
r THE CROWD.
AT this time we took a careful survey of
the surroundings and made a liberal esti-
nation of the crowd present, and having
had good dinner, and having been most
kindly entertained, and feelingin liberal
good huInor, will agree, in order to avoid
further argument or controversy, that
there may have been 1000 people on the
grounds, which we class as follows: Two
fifths ladies, two-fifth Dem0crats-men and
boys-and one fifth Union men, attracted
by a very natural curiosity to see and hear
the distinguished orator of the day. This,
we think, will be considered by Democrats
to be liberal estimation.
The boom of cannon announced that
Mr.. Voorhees, had arrived, and the Band
struch up Hail Columbia, and closed with
Yankee Doodle. tf
TICKLE FOR TICKLE.
Mr.. VOORHEES, appeared on the stand, look
ing pale and fatigued, and was introduced
to the audience by Capt. Nathan Willard,
who said
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Allow me to introduce to you Mr. Vor-
heeS. And, to you, sir, allow me to say, in
the presence of this vast concourse of la
dies and gentlemen, your name are one of
those which will long be remembered as
that of a UniOn-loying and patriotic man.
Well do l remember when the 18th Regi-
ment was organized at Terre Haute, how
you visited us daily, to encourage us, and
exhort us to stand by the Constitution and
the Union of the country. Well do / re-
member how your excellent lady visited
the camp, and gave her care to the regi-
ment. Well do remember how you ac-
companied US to the cars, and gave yOul
gold watch to General Kimball, and wished
us God speed. Well do remember how
you met Gen. Kimbail when wounded,
and took him in your carriage to your
room, and with Judge Law and Jim
Robinson, of Illinois, took care of him..
Well do ] remember how often the soldiers
in camp in the Wilderness received many
kindnesses through Mr.. Monfort, kind-
nesses bought with your money. And 1
remember, too, when was wounded, how
you visited me at midnight, and got me
good rooms, and with others took care of
me for three weeks, and how you, in Con-
gress voted for every man and dollar the
Government ever asked for. The people
regard you as one of the chosen cnampi-
ons of the Constitution and an undivided
Union, and as such present you to the
people. sar
Mr.. Voorhees, said:
7 Y,r,fV
pared for such a reception as have just
received, through your distinguished fell
low citizen, Capt Willard. 1 did not ex-
pect rehearsal of my kind deeds to my
fellow citizens and soldiers. This is pleas
ant to me-more pleasant, as coming from
him. 1 remember some things, too; what
part he played in the war. How he went
into the army in humble rank, and fought
from Rich Mountain to Spottsylvania,
and never found time'when he would ex-
change his political opinions for promo
ton. [Applause.l
After this little side show of you tickle
me. tickle you, Mr.. Voorhees, proceeded
to say that he was here to talk to the reason
and not to the passions of men, or to keep
up the spirit of animosity of the past five
years Are we to be so absurd as to deny
the great spirit of universal charity for our
fellow men-so much needed? If it is COM
mendable to keep alive the animosities of
the past, desire no such commentator.
Why should we be more ungenerous now
than during the war? Why should we be,
uncharitabla to a defeated and Inundated
foe?
Most of those who clamor loudest now,
were, at the opening of the war, in favor
of letting the South go; such as the New
York Tribune, Indianapolis Jcuy7saJ, and
Cincinnati Commercial. While there
were faults at the South, there were also
faults at the North. The great question at
issue was, can portion of the States
break loose and go out of the Union? The
South said yes; the North said no. Capt.
willard shed his blood to maintain that