The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-20
ORGANIZATION OI.,tOHN-MOCRATIC
CLUB.
Lucid Reading, and a Bad mis-
@iasa'aa print
THE THING FIXED.
Wonderful Enthusiasm.

| combined hosts OF the Confeder-
ate Demo-J ohnsonian- Ran DOolittle
Dick Taylor Democracy assembled in
full force at Mozart Hall, on Satur-
day light, to devise ways and means
to resuscitate their heartless, hopeless
party
The proffereditemptation of a ride
to the Crescent City Springs, in one
of Forth & Bowles splendid new bug
gies, behind fast horse, and a de
icious bath, were insufficient to lure
US from the fun, and we met with the
supposed to be-uuterrified.
/ a mighty eforthad been made, and
I the Democracy of the. city, as. some.
despite the Philadelphia Convention
7 persist in calling themselves, were
generally present, presenting a motley
! crowd of 200 250.s.A few of the
grand sachems, ach as Judge law,
| Richard Raleigh, and Colonel DENLY,
| were absent,srbu still there were,
/ enough'of theilesser lights teurun the
J machinadi % Zf17lii3 taaaua3 esR gHbTl
| Lord Chief Justice Stinsolnl called
/ the meeting toeorder, and nominated
! Mai Morris S. johnson, late of the
Indiana Legion, as Chairman. The.
Major accepted the proud position, as,
we thought, rather reluctantly, and
| thanked the audience for the complf-
ment rather briefly. He stated the
! object of the meeting to be the organ
ization of a Democratic Union Club.
| Mr.. Whittlesey, who has recently
made a pilgrimage to Washington,
and who was better posted in the pro-
gramme, said the object of the meet
ing was to organize a National Union
Club, to be composed of all men who
support. the policy of Andy johnson,
and swear by the Phila- Doolittle Con-
vention. The Chairman accepted the
amendment with as good grace as
/ possible, and the representatives of
| the two Democratic papers or as the
Courier would have lately expressed.
it 't the editors of the Courier and
of the, Demo KRAFT having been
appointed Secretaries, the meeting.
was declared ready for business. 9 n'
! Whittlesey moved q. Committee on
Constitution and Bylaws . inotwith-
| standing stheser precious documents
were already cut and dry inothe trews-
efsS pocket Of some one Of the faith
full Whittlesey. Richardson, Gar.
VIM Stinsensand Capt Hpe.Id Nc Eea,e;-
were appointed the Committee. While
the Committee went through the,
formalityao of. retiring and drawing the
papers from the repertory where they
had been carried, all, evening, that dis.
| tinguished patriot and statesman,
Capt Willard. was called on for a
speech. He spoke He thought the
country ina most deplorable condi-s
1 ton and in danger of becoming worse,
if the Democracy did not arouse and
fly to the rescue, which he was fully
conscious they were willing and deter
mined to do, even if it required the
sacrifice of their time and money.
The patriotic inspirations that moved
| them just now, would lead them even
to the acceptance of the offices at the
disposal of the President. Some
Democrats of distinguished ability
might even be found willing to accept
a postofice. We do not pretend to
| give his speech yerbatum, only the,
grand idea. .,5aSs
| Mr.. Dyer, loyal Kentuckian, was
offered an opportunity to speak, but.
thought he would rather wait until
another time, when he should be
happy, &c. The committee returned,
and Whittlesey read the Constitution
and Bylaws, in his unequaled style,
and then proceeded to read & the
Bread and Butter Platform = adopt
ed by, the I" brown spirits and gray
Butternut and Rebel Convention at
Philadelphia. As Mrs. Darlington
would say, he read most I" fuidly,.
and in a g sweet liquid voice, until
he came to the second paragraph of
the seventhpuncheono of the Platform,
when a goblin stared him in the face,
and he quailed greatly and was ex,
ceedingly terrified. That our readers
may see what cause he had to shud-
der, we quote the seventh article en-
tire:
Z Slavery is abolished and forever pro-