The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-13
THE CONVENTION In PIKE.
A Harmonious Meeting---StrOng Tick
et---Maj. Robinson after the Cop
perheadS.

Saturday, and it proved decided sue
cess. For a nominating Convention,
the. number in attendance was quite
large, and all parts of the County were
represented. 1t was in marked con-
trast with the Copperhead Convention
which met at the same place few
weeks previous. The number present
was more than five times as great, and
it was free from all spirit of rowdyism
and drunkenness; all showing that
they felt the Importance of the canvass
before them and the issues to be de-
cided, and having a determination to
do their full duty.
We did not get "a complete report of the
meeting, but full County Ticket was
placed in nomination with great una
nimity The candidates are among
the best men in the county, and will
bring ont the full strength of the
party. Rev. Mr.. WILSON, veteran
in the anti-slavery cause, was nomi-
mated for Representative; ELI FER
aUsoN, Esq, for Auditor, and Capt.
WHITMAN for Sheriff.
After dinner the meeting came to-
gether to listen to speeches from Maj.
A. L. ROBINSON, of Evansville, and
Chaplain j. f. ST CLAIR, of Warrick.
The Majors address was, as his
speeches usually are, full of sledge-
hammer arguments and spicy illustra-
tons. He charged that the late war
was Democratic war, originated by
Democrats, carried on by Democrats,
and that in the overthrow of the rebel
armies the Democracy received one
of their most damaging defeats. This
same party, having brought on and
carried forward the war, is the sole
cause of our enormous debt. Every
one of the National aBoads, and every
dollar Of our Greenbacks, is an evil
dence of Democratic treason. And
yet this party is now proposing to re-
pudiate this debt of their own making.
They are continuing to follow their
great leader, JEFF. DAVIS, who was
the father of reputation, and the on
ly public man who, until now, had
ever advocated the rascality of ma
tional or state reputation.
The Major produced to the audi
ence, with thrilling effect, a work of
seventy-four closely printed pages,
containing the names of thirteen
thousand loyal heroes, who had been
starred to death in the prison7pens Of
Andersonville by the rebels. And yet
the Copperheads and Johnsonites
are now asking our soldiers and loyal |
people to restore these same prison |
keepers and murderers to their rights
in the Union, which they did all in
their powerdtq. destroy, without any
guarantees for their future good be- /
hayior. The Union party propose,
by the Constitutional Amendment, to
take away from these traitors any
power for evil in the future When |
this book was exhibited, a veteran
soldier stood up in the meeting, and
said he was at Andersonville, 1 and
knew that it was all true. And so
there are thousands of soldiers every
where throughout the land who have
vivid memories of those terrible !
scenes, and such men have no 40 love'l
for Copperheadism. ieg ~
The Major read BENEDICT AR
NoLD's letter of Revolutionary War
times, and it did not require any
comparison for the Audience to re-
cognize the similarity of the language
with the Copperhead talk of the pres
mt day.
After the conclusion of the Majors
speech, Chaplain ST. CLAIR, the loyal
Blacksmith, commenced vigorous
of the Copperheads, but we |
'egret our reporter could not stay to
hear him. -
The Union men of Pike have the
enemy on the retreat, and they will
,our into their ranks the hot shot
md solid balls during the campaign,
ill they will cause a complete. rout at
he October election. ~ - +
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