The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-20

the soil, or within the jurisdiction of the
United States. > s-5tl MS
Z And the e'sfrdnchised slaces in all States
of the Union should receive, in common
with all the inhabitants, equal prote0oJn
in every right of person and property
Just think, of it, " eaf+LschiseQ
szdces = enfanchised - franchise,
right of franchise that must mean
the right to vote that amt Demo-
cratic -" that is rank .Abolitionism. y
Such were the thoughts doubtless
dancing with all the grace and swift
ness too, ofkitteps through his mind
as he stared at that terrible word
\" enfranchised'-but genius can never
be cramped long at a time, and Whit
was equal. to the emergency. 90
Here, gentlemen, said he, is a
word that | think is a misprint-en-
franchised slaves; / don't think it
means that. It came that way in the
telegraph report | noticed. / shall
read it freed slaves, and thus he read
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it. A careful examination of Web
ster unabridged might have aided
Whittlesy in his dilemma, but still
he had a good excuse. He had to
read by the light of a single candle,
and there was not sufficient light to
enable him to understand the mean
ing ofeo. long word,as enfranchised.
But " enfranchised' . from this diff
Guilty bylhis magnificent flank move
ment, he finished the platform amid
exuberant applause. .laa1i
1t was noticeable feature that at
the end Of every plank, the reading
was loudly appIaudet, and the ap7
plause always commenced in the
southwest csfiier of the foon8i But.
the seventh. plankr-op puneheon7 7aa
we think the. piatform IS laid like the
old cabin floors, with puncHeoiassz- =
was not lcheered. z Hke idea that
e slavery i abolished 2" did not seem
to strike the Democratic heart favor
ably, and thessreading ended in Silence
Notwithstanding the magnificent STRAIT
egg displayed in thanking = enffan3
ehised Slaves. ''aRIN 10 : zoo
Capt Willard moved the adoption
Of the constitution and bylaws, and
the question being put dozen voices
responded aye, and there, were. no-op-
posing voices. Ao I a ~
Garvin, Stinson and Lunkenheimer
were appointed committee to report
permanent officers at the next meet
ing. srs.-f 80 sf4o
Willard suggested that as some of
them were oyerburdened with :. Lin
coin shinplasters, temporary Freas-
urer should be, appointed, toSEhom
they could pay over, their initiation
feeirwhioh by their Constitution and
Bylaws had been fixed at one dollar
Hon. Thomas E. Garyin wassap-
pointed Treasurer pro tenn. Is
Mr. Garyin suggested that the Ger
man Democrats would like to form a
separate club,sand thought it had bet
ter be done at,eAee. rToaFr
/ Willard thought It had better be
deferred, as there were not many Ger
man Democrats present s5 We guess,
there neversWiH beAS
Itlwas then announced that1anDp-
portunity wq6ld be giEenIfor all the
faithful to enroll their names and pay
their dollar, whep.a general stampede
took place. !, Whittlesy cried aloud,
I" Don't leave, gentlemen" but the
more he cried, the more they, wouldn't
stay, and the crowd was rapidly re-
duced. Still, quite number went for
ward and signed their names or made
their marks. We noticed several gen
'tlemen who had been leaders of the
Democracy in former days, stand near
the doors, DESTROYS, doubtless, of being
considered merely lookers-on.
Thus the Democratic club leaped in
to life, full fledged, like Minerva, Eand
ike her, is notlikely to grow much, as
we think most of them were present
Saturday night, We shall visit the
club from time to time as we have OPP
portunity. 'e eaaa
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