The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-06-22

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rear or those outside the building. Ii
the former, they thought the sugges-
| ton unnecessary, as, if the aforesaid
fireworks had withstood the mOxa,
they would scarcely heed a-simple in
vitation to stop, at this late hour In
the day. e7
The soldiers friend was then in
troduced, and delivered his speech.
Although delivered In sitting posture
there was a good deal OF. fire in his re-
marks, probably the residium Of the
moxa, and that which made the moxa
necessary. In fact the Governor
seemed to be mad, and the words came
forth like those of Hiawatha, : hot
and humming like hornet
sPHEGH or THE 81 sec
The Governor commenced the de-
livery of his speech with evident labor
and ~ referring to the condition Of
his health, which he said It he had
consulted would have prevented him
from appearing on the occasion, but
as he had a great desire TO promote
the cause, which was to he won or lost
inthe APPROACHING election; and as his
friends had thought II was necessary
for him. to speak, he should endeavor
to address them. 1t occurred to us
that the party must indeed be in dan
gerfOf defeat that would compel its
chief leader to1endanger, perhaps. his
life. in attempting to : infuse,f' as
Chapman had it, some of the feeling
into. their own hearts, and had they
been more careful of the well being Of
the Governor, would have exacted
from him so arduous a task. But
the exactions of the party are remorse-
less, and if necessary even the soldiers
friend should be sacrificed "a The gov
ernor's mind had been busy. He had
been thinking of the past. The four
years of war had not been forgotten,
and the present occasion was the first
since the war had closed that he had
addressed 8 an audience from that
stage The war was over-the
victory won, and now the
question was were we to lose its fruits.
He thought the temper Of the Demo
cratic party had not improved. -Four
years of oppression. and persecution
of that party, had not broken its IN
solent spirit, and it was again enter
ing the campaign with the motto of
the Union and Constitution inscribed
upon its party banners. Had not all
been done that could be done to ut
terly annihilate this pestiferous party
that preferred a Ulion as it came
from the mastery hands of our fore
fathers, to that prepared by the CEN
trail directory at Washington 2 The
party now clamored for the restora-
ton of the Union and was more OBJ
noxious now than during the war.
The spirit of the party In Indiana
was decidedly insolent, and it should
receive attention. Hereferred to the |
Kentucky Convention and was par
ticularly severe on that assembly. and
upon the prominent Indianians that
had participated in its proceedings. ~
The Indianapolis Herald had indorsed
the action of the Convention, all of
which went to show the animus CON
trolling the party. This reasonable
spirit was net confined to Indiana
alone. 1t was to be found in the 4
press Of the country, and especially in
Congress. There are numerous peo-
pie who think with the Governor in |
this matter, and believe the majority
of Congress is not only reasonable |
but revolutionary. elh 5Aa 81
After SO much by way Of preface,
his .excellency proceeded to review
the acts of the party in this State
during the war, and particularly those
of the Legislature of 1863. He re-
hashed all the old charges made by the
Journal and Republican politicians.
and re-read the old indictment framed /
by himself, and that has had i
a hearing at every gathering Of /
the : loyal since the time when +
the Legislature attempted to stand /
between Morton and the corrupt be- |
stowal of executive patronage. The T
Governor admitted his inability to
employ language severe enough to
fttingly these acts, and
the poverty of the Anglo
Saxon tongue, especially in referring
10 the originators of the military billi
hat proposed to place check upon
he infamous partisan administration
IF the military affairs of the State. 1t
was evident from the manner and
tone of the Governor that the thorn
still jagged the executive side, and
the serenity and composure of the ex-
ecutive mind was not little disturbed |
even at this distant day by the remem- +
branee of that memorable winter. 1
The stale and improbable charges
made during the war against the
Democratic party, dropped as nimbly
from the executive lips as though
they were of recent coinage, but it
was evident from the mannerin which
they wereireceived that these calunl
MES in effect were like the Governor
rapidly becoming powerless
for evil. They were long since worn
thread bare, and will go into the past