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

the Verandah of the Washington
House, last night, to about five hun
dred persons, men, women and boys,
who were attracted there by the mu-
sic perhaps, as much as any desire to
hear the speech. Like the meeting
of the night before, it was in great
measure devoid of enthusiasm, al
/ though he labored hard to produce
some excitement. He in that in a great
measure failed.
He opened his speech by an attack
upon Mr.. Stevens and his views, and
bestowed a considerable portion of
his time upon him and his action in
/ Congress, after which he fell into the
same track laid out first in a speech
to the unterrifed in this city, by
Judge Laird, and followed by show
man Coffroth. He took up the Freed
mems Bureau Bill, and devoted a
good deal of his time to that, in which
he defended Andrew johnson in his
veto measure, and praised him as a
patriot, statesman, &C., and signifed
/ his willingness to indorse and follow
him, as long as he acted consistent
with his views, but no longer: 1t was
clear that he did not have the most
implicit confidence in the President,
but was willing, to a certain extent,
to follow him. +
He then took up the Civil Rights
Bill, in which he made, as we expect
| ed, some gross Misrepresentation,
but the intelligence Of our people can
not be thus easily imposed on, if it
aCas Mr.. Mcdonald who spoke.
A great deal Of his time was occu-
pied with the, negro suffrage question,
and the Constitutional Amendment.
The burden and theme of his speech
was as those who have preceded him,
the eternal negro In the course of
his remarks he made an attack upon
the policy of issuing Government
Bonds, but we hardly think he made
a case that will aid his cause, as some
of the heaviest bond holders in this
part of the country are War Demo
Gratis.
Like Cofroth, he resurrected the
Know-Nothing question, with hope
of making political capital out of
that, but we feel sure he would have
done far better for his party had he
devoted more time in speaking of live,
instead of dead, issues. He made no
effort to defend his own position in
regard to the war, or the position he
took five years ago. He said he was
satisfied with it then, and was still. |
As the people were not then satisfied |
with the position he took, there is no !
good reason to suppose they will be |
now.
At the close Of his speech he made |
a big effort to prove that the Republi7 |
cans were temperance fanatics, and |
bid high for the anti-temperance vote.
This is a charge that was not put in
the bill by the other speakers, and in
which he certainly did not manifest
that same degree of candor that cha
racterized other parts of his speech.
Like the night before, at the close of
the speech, the crowd had grown very
small, there being not to exceed two
hundred all told, and throughout
there was a manifest lack of enthu-
siasm. q sd So
When he had concluded DIR. A. 7.
Whittlesey made his appearance on
the verandah and announced that it
was the intention to keep up these
meetings during the whole season,
holding one each week. He closed by
proposing three cheers for Andy /
johnson, Mr. Mcdonald and the
Democratic party, which were assur-
edly very feebly given. When we
left, some incorrigible fellow was
crying Justify for Serg't White, but
as the sergeant told the people re-
peatedly last Spring, when he was a
candidate for City Clerk, that he was a
Republican, and made a strong effort
to have them believe so, we judge, if
he was candid then, and madea speech
at all, that it was not in the interests
of the Democratic party. This closed
the second great Democratic poY-wow
in the city Of Evansville.
THE AsBURY REVIEW" Mr.. f.
c. Iglehart has laid on our table a
neat little paper with the above title,
published by the class Of '67, Indiana
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