The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-18

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and congressman, faithless to
their Union loving constituents, with
the numerous pack of hungry polite
ians, adherents of every defunct and
/ living party, which would and can
dispose of patronage, will not blind
the eyes of the people to perceive the
traces of blood and arson on this
monstrous political phantom. The
people begin to be awake. to, the
| approaching danger The soldiers
Iof the old Union armies begin
I to rally anew around their flag.
The people of the States rely
confidently . on, their trustworthy
/ governors, who without any except
ton, appear to be ready to stand by
our legal Congress, the only national
4 directing power, if the other branches
4 of the Government prove faitless.
I It'll of no use to white wash over
! the present state of affairs. We have
to look the fact in the face and to pre-
pare for the worst 1t is much better
| if the worst does not happen, but ex
4, perience teaches US that the enemies
of the Republic in session at Phila Z
:, delphia never viii do one grain of
1 evil less than they bavethe power to
4 do, or believe they have the power to
lido.
! These, gentlemen, are my views in
general Of the present condition of
things and of our present situation,
and if you don't understand the words
| say to my nearer blood relations,
the German American citizens, you
will at least kRow the tenor to them.
/ The General then addressed the
crowd at some length in German, and
was most enthusiastically cheered
| throughout. OF course we did not
understand his language, but his fer
!. vent style and the hearty cheers he
received, indicated the potency of his
remarks, When he had concluded
and the band. had performed stir
I ring piece of music, Gen. Veatchi was
! called for and made a brief, speech.
! Mayor Baker3athen introduced
j Mayor Lapge, of sTerre Haute, who
4 spoke IN English. Jh sat
/ .lHe9said b nAfter the preacher. il
Twas. common to call for the exhorter
lone not full graduate in divinity,
but who had been longin the Church,
ard was only fit for a Deacon. He
was glad to be there, and would
speak. for, five minutes in English
He said he was a aMayor---the Burgo7
master. of 3TerFe Haute--but he had
rather be the Mayor of Evansville,
We had, he said, a prosperous town,
good Mayor, and wholesome laws
He wanted togbe our Mayor, but if
he was he would be " tyrant," and
issue his commandments:
/ LIST. Love Liberty Oh
! End. Hate treason and traitors.
Bird. Nourish and sustain your Free
! Schools ta.f Us Lstt
4th.n Keep your powder dry, and
f always be ready to resist oppression
+ and wrong. si@s @RI f9 5''ei9 .. =. .,os
Proceeding in this strain, most elo-
quently, he was loudly applauded, and
when he suggested that his time was
out he was met with the cry of, Go
on, go on, in English"
He continued to speak for some
time, exhorting his countrymenr to
ever keep their eye on the star Of
liberty, and to be true to their adopt
, ed country. - -. -
He closed with an appropriate quo
til.S.: :. G. ~ tI,o ~ o,ooo, ,,oo4 uo;ra
General Harrow was then loudly
called for, but excused himself on ac-
! count Of the latenessr of the hour, but
! would address, them at no Distant day
We never saw a crowd who were
seemingly better entertained, OF mor'
q anxious to hear, being at the Close
d scarcely diminished in numbers.
= It was indeed a grand ovation to
. noble patriot worthy Of those VIII
: tenderedit and of the recipient
!. On Leet street several houses wer
e Illuminated and decorated in. honor o
e the occasion. The whole city lBBoul
= have been illuminated and decorate'
had the Committee of Arrangement
II suggested it. -~as.:-.v
l. One incident is worthy of note. !
Z veteran soldier pressed forward o
) the stand to greet Gen. Which. Be
IS ing introduced, he told the Genera
IS that he owed his life to him. Hi
: name was Swing, of the 65th Indiana
IS and when wounded in front of AT
I lanta, Gen. Which himself bore bin
d from the field. Both Gen. sWillicl
i and the soldier were deeply affected
n during the interview.
/ Near IL o'clock the crowd disperse,