The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-07-06

arch, flags, shield, artillery and all
were in a blaze, and although there
were hundreds of feet of fuse, there
was not an inch Of it that did not
burn. These works were manufac-
tured by Mr.. I'll. p Diehl, of Cincin
cinnati, one of the FIVE manufacturers
in the United States, and we presume,
from the success of his fire. works as
exhibited in this city, as successful. if
not the most successful manufacturer
The GREAT DEMOCRATIC Pow
wow.-For several days it has been
announced that two great leaders in
the Democratic party, Joseph e.
Mcdonald and Mr.. Cofroth, would
address the. people of Evansville on
great and leading topics. Accordingly
about three or four hundred people,
hearing the music of the band, were
attracted to the Washington House
corner, and Captain Willard intro
duced Mr.. Coffroth to the people, Mr..
Mcdonald not being present. From
the beginning to the end of the
speech he labored exceedingly hard,
but failed-utterly failed-to create
any excitement or enthusiasm, ex-
cept now and then cheer from a
half dozen or a dozen men, and
very little clapping of the hands,
That is just how the speech was re-
ceived by the audience, and we are sure
that candid Democrats considered it
fat failure. The people had been
led to expect a great speech, but were
certainly disappointed. He took the 3
usual course of Democratic speakers,
in charging on the Republican party
that they were in favor of negro equal
ity, but he was more candid than some
of them are, and said he meant polit-
ical equality. He made broad asser-
ton that Republicans were in favor Of
dragging the white man down to the
level of the negro, and appealed sec
ond time to the audience, asking ifhe
was not right, but the audience no
doubt having respect for his feelings,
did notanswer Not single voice was
heard to respond. He took up the sub
ject of negro suffrage, and handled for
long while in rathera laborious man
ner, at last making the point against
the negro in this way. He said, "the
Republicans speak of che loyal negro;
to whom was he loyal? A few had
gone into the army, but the great ma
jority of that race were loyal to their
masters; that while their masters
were fighting the Union soldiers, the
great majority of the negroes were at
home toiling to raise produce on
which to subsist their rebel masters
while fighting against the Govern
ment." Everybody will confess that
that was putting it rather strong
against the negro, especially since he
had such unbounded liberty to labor
or not to do so, just as he liked.
There was another strong point
that Mr.. c. made, which was this:
He asked if the Republicans were in
favor of negro suffrage, how long y
would it be till they would be in fa-9
vor Of DISTINGUISHING the Germans
and Irish. We do not believe Mr.. G.
succeeded in convincing the audience
that the inference was a reasonable
one by any means. - a-4=Aierse
He made a vigorous attack upon the
financial policy of the Republican ad-
ministration, and proceeded to object
at considerable length to the PROPOSE
tions of that party respecting the
change in the basis of representation,
and he was still on that subject when
we left, at which time great major
ity of the crowd had departed, there
being only about one hundred and d
fifty men who remained up to that
time. We are sure that his speech
has not turned " the world upside
down" 1t may have been that the
people had not forgotten the figure he
is said to have cut with Milligan some
time since and that had something to
do with their lack of enthusiasm.