The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-06


diers, and although we have been
overpowered, get I haze never kno'on
man loh0 has lost one iOta Of these
principles loEich prompted him toben'
Re 1earshailed IN battle array against
the Iegions of the North. Rebels, yeS.
gentlemen. ttey acre rebels an act and
IN fact, and all the time | was IN the
Confederate army | never saw the
time when every soldier was not
willing to lay down his arms as soon
as the Government ao0uld grant them
their rights Here is not, however,
the place to speak of old times, but
here is the place to speak of concili-
iation and reconciliation, and, gentle
men, let US appoint men to go to Phil
adelphia who will go there, not on
Bonded knees, but to demand the
rights to tcbich 1oe are Justly entitled.
THE STARVING OUT PROCESS.
But the most violent speech was
that of Judge DUNLAP, which will be
better understood when we remember
that among the merchants of Mem
phis there are very many Northern
men. The Judge says they don't be-
long in that country, and he proposes
to cut off their trade and thus drive
them. The Avalanche and other pa
pers have been advocating that course,
but we have not before seen it advO-
Gated and applauded in large public
meeting. 1t is even reported that a
| list of Northern merchants we're called
| for in order that the people might
know who they were. The Judges
speech was as follows:
FELLOW CITIZENS: / am glad to see
you assembled here to-day. / did
not come here to make a speech
There never was time In which there
was an opportunity for me to aid or
countenance a work for the good of
my country, that | was not on hand.
You, who always stay at home, are
not always aware of the danger our
country is in nowl Look at the
| North, who are the leaders there now ?
They will bring separation unless
| they forbear. You have assembled
here to-day, to say to the world that
you are sustaining the President of the
United States in his acts, to sus-
tain him for supporting the Con-
| stitution of the country; you
have assembled for the purpose of
saying to the world that the people of
| Memphis desire the Constitution as it
was. The Wings and the Democrats
are here tonight, united in one voice.
as for these Radicals, I know hotc to
| get clear of them, we will treat them
like they treated the Confederate boys
when they had them prisoners, ace Uiil
starve them ont. Applause. Just
let the country boys hare charge Of
them; let then, kno,o toho they are, /
1iU go security thai they aCiH soon haze
to go to some other place to get bread.
We are true Union men, and nothing
else; ace aoant none else here, and II
there are any others here they don I
belong to this country; they come here
to I'LL your Offices and take that
,ohich does not belong to them They
haze got our niggers. They haze got
our horses and mules, Applause
and not satisfied loith that. Theyacant
our liberties, and these zoe cannot giUe
mp. l am glad to see that we are
united as band of brothers. [ hope
our delegates viii present one united
| front, demanding for, not begging for
their rights mtder the Constitution.
CHARLESTON, s. C.
1--WE find the proceedings of a meet
ing, at Charleston, of very similar
character. We make an extract only
from the speech of the President OF
the Convention, which is a good index
Of the temper of the speeches, and the
tone of the resolutions. 1t is refresh.
ing to hear, from Charleston, deter.
mination 9 to SAGE the country The
Chairman, Hon. P. c. GuILLARD
said:
Humiliation after humiliation ha,
been heaped upon US, but, thank God
humiliation is not always degradation
The first great principle of patriotism
| resistance to tyranny-hdS been faith
fully sustained, until or means lceT,
exhausted There is nothing left vi
now but endurance, under such pain
full influences do we now live. Their
is, h0areUer. one rag Of light an the dan
viSta of the future, and 1t becomes as t
cherish 1t until 1t shall shine ont from
the Surrounding gloom soith merida,
} force. This ray, though yet feeble, i
cheering, because it indicates tina
among our recent opponents there ar
some who are willing TO forget tn
past, and unite in restoring equa
rights and constitutional liberty to tn
whole country. We have been in
vited to unite 1cith them IN an effort {
SAGE the country, and it is response +
this invitation that we are here to
/, night. That We can meet them witt
a clear brow, and an honest heart