The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-10-04

W ARMoTII, was again called out, and he
again spoke forth the words of truth.
stirring up the determination: OF his au
ditors to sustain the cause OF the South
ern loyal Union men and equal and ex-
act Justice there, by sustaining Congress
and its policy of restoration Mr. Hill
(now Of Chicago, but recently the edi-
tor of loyal paper in New Orleans
INDICATED the memory of the murdered
DIR. Dostie, against the ISLANDERS of the
traitors South and their Copperhead al
lies Of the North. He was a true man
and patriot, and for that cause he was
slain. His blood and the blood of these
who were so brutally murdered at the
New Orleans massacre, cllngs to the
garments of Andrew Johnson. Mr. Hill
was followed by a young soldier from
Illinois, who was on his return from the
Soldiers and Sailors Convention at
Pittsburg as delegate He said when
he first enlisted he was a democrat and /
believed that s.E Pluribus Unum' meant I
stick to the democratic ticket; he soon found
that party backing the soldiers by IN I
ducing them to desert and perjure them
selves-calling them Lincoln hireHngs
and 'cut throats.' He was soundly con-
verted in Libby Prison and Anderson I
vile. After being captured, stripped OF
all his clothing but his pants, he was Ia
to Libby, and whine in that condition he
was upbraided by reb and told that st
served id abolitionist like him right
He replied that he'd always been a DEM
| intended to be an abolitionist. At An
Jacksonville, he and several other brother
soldiers were aided to escape, were fed,
| and guided safe into the Union lines by
a loyal Southern Union patriot. who had
a black skin, and he would to day rather
walk arm in arm to the ballot box with a
black m an with a white heart, than with
a white man with a black heart Toward
those copperheads, in the rear, who gave
aid and comfort to the enemy who
declared the war a failure in their Chi
cago Convention, whilst the glorious
boys in blue were fighting that same en-
envy in front with boyonet and bullet, he
felt like Gov Brownlow said he did
Flight them until hell froze over, and
then, if still found necessary, fight them
on the ice!" Major PoPP, then conciu-
ded the meeting by few stirring words
; of exhortation to be active and vigilant,
and see to it that every Union voter was
out on next Tuesday and voted. After
singing '.Rally round the Flag, boys.
the crowd Joining IN the ciorus-the
meeting adjourned.
On Wednesday, Gems. Bennett, and
, Carl Schurz, spoke at the Fair Grounds
= The morning had every appearance o
!. rain, which probably deferred many fron
attending, but soon the sky cleared of
: and the people began to assemble \
Z, large aud fne delegation came IN iron
e Carriages. aud buggies, With Hags an'
: banners. Col. Starr, who was Marshal
: and his assistants, formed the procession
q of soldiers and citizens, and headed b
the soul stirring music of Schwartz
= Cornet Band, marched through our prin
cipal sire to the Fair Grounds, wher
; they all had a feast of good things bro
r by the people in their baskets. Hon
4 Lewis Burk, President, called the meet
a ing to order'.and introduced Gen. Tom
: Bennett, who made one of the mos
!. powerful and convincing of speeches
a truthful, pungent and eloquent; at leas
4 that is the way those speak Of the Gene
. rals effort who heard him through
h We were obliged to go hack to our wor
), when he had spoken about an hour. an
we felt it was safe to leave the Old Flag
- and the thirty six stars in his b and:
. if he continued dealing out to the traitor
9 Of the South and copperheads of tn
!, North the stripes thereunto belonging
q which we are told he did most emphatic
ally to the bitter end
We had not the pleasure of hearin,
o Gen. Schurz; but we dave heard man
@ declaring that his was THE Speech 70
a eloquence and sound logic. He conten
- ded that the rights of the loyal Nort
r should be first secured, that the color,
n man, who fought for the Union, had
5, right to object to being represented b,
j. his enemies in Congress; that the reb G
d debt had been repudiated by the legisla
II lures of some of the Southern States
n but this action could be repealed by tn
l. same authority whenever it was foun,
y convenient. Our national debt amount
ed to about, $4,000, 0OO, 900: the rebe
e debt about $4,000, 100000. Gold is nov
d 14O, but should the Copperheads have
y majority in Congress, the rebel deb
$ would be assumed, and gold would ad
j. vance to at least $50, and of course th
) cost OF living would advance according
! ly If the rebels lacked few votes
d some shaky member might be induce,
I to vote to suit them for 1 eco ,0oo in reb