The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-07-16
KENTUCKY LETTERS.
The Fourth I'm jackson Purchase
Rebel Conventions and NOmina-
tiOns-What is Required 10 Get
0fice, &c.

Editor Journals:
thought when I wrote you last
from this place that / would not
trouble you again with my pen, but
the Fourth Of July has come and
gone, and as it was ably celebrated by
the Rebel party of this and Lyon
County, | propose to give you a sketch
of it, so that other points can take
pattern, and go and do likewise.
The Unterrifed of Caldwell and
Lyon met at Saratoga, six miles below
this place, in Lyon, July 4th, for the
purpose of ma king arrangements as
to who should run on the ticket for
the Legislature. They had reported
that there would be a free Barbecue
and all were invited to attend, to cele-
brate the Fourth of July. As it was a
general invitation, and as we thought,
a regular old fashioned festival, some
of the Union men concluded to go for
OF July Grafton from a Rebel. / was
one that did not wish to hear one
coming from that source, and conse-
quently did not go; but I have the re-
port of others to back me in what /
shall write.
After the crowd had collected, our
friend, j. X. Hewitt, appeared, as he
said, for the purpose of delivering a
Fourth of July speech, but as he
had no recollection of the United
States farther back than the election
of Lincoln, or the beginning of the
war, his speech lasted but about eight
minutes; but. the whole of that time
was occupied in abusing the Govern
ment, or in other words. a TRADE of
abuse DIP Union men and their princi-
pies, for the part they had taken dur
ing the rebellion. After he had
foamed and sweated until the whis-
kys had cooled in him, he came to
the conclusion that he had said
enough for his country.
The rebel candidate of Lyon
County took his place on the stand,
and informed the people that he was
there to make a political speech-that
he had fought five years for his coun-
try-that he had lost something near
er to him than his life fighting for
the rights of the South, that was one
of his legs.
Hewitt, seeing that Stone had de-
cldedly the advantage, suddenly rec
objected that he, too, had done some
thing for his country, and he again
appeared upon the stand, and told the
people that while his friend Stone
had been out in the army fighting for
his country. that he, although at
home. was not idle-that one time
the Rebels attacked the Yauks
Ia the town of Princeton,
and two of them (the rebs,) were shot
down like dogs, and left lying in the
streets, and he had nice coffns made
and buried them, and he thought this
sufficient to butt against the wooden
leg argument of Stone. Now, Messrs.
that is used in this County, and 1
might say all others in this District,
when a man wants Office, and if he
has nothing that he can tell that he
has done for the rebels, he can't
get votes in this County.
The candidates for the Senate,
Leach and Bradley, had a Convention
somewhere in the woods, about four
teen miles from this place, on Thurs
day last, and [ understand from one
that was there, that they ruled off our
standing candidate, J. n. Leach, and
gave Bradley the track, but | learn
since that Leach is still a candidate.
But the rebels had a damper
throwed over them here on yesterday.
When the mail arrived, they all made
a rush for the post office. and the first
question asked was, " What has Con-
9ress done?" and when they were told
that the United States Congress had
refused to admit the delegation, then
they let their angry passions rise.
They cursed the Government, cursed
the Congress, cursed the Black Re
publican party, and in fact cursed
every body that had not been an
original rebel. The Union men gave
them all the encouragement they
could by quoting from an old Book,
not used much by rebels, where it
says will mock at your calamity.
and laugh when your fear cometh."
We are to have a paper started in
this town. 1t will make its first ap-
pearance next Saturday; called The
Princeton Progress, to be edited by
Morey Il Dobbins. and will be thour-
ally Dimocratic. l will send you a
copy and let you judge for yourself.
L will close by saying to all I" loyal
men," Give three times three for
Congress"
Yours, &C., Nick.