The Evansville journal., 1867-04-24

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VINO eVinceo uesiie ~ noai 'Ae oa -,
didates for Congress, HITTER smith
and Brown, discuss the questions OF
tbe dov Jndpe Guffv kindly adj
- tha Court 70 o;ve the c.nd;-
puiheo 'n0 "
oates an opportunity 10 releVe tnem-
selves of their pent up eloquence.
Mr. Ritter lead off in his usual stvle.
n o,,rnf,,l;r ;neormoa 4ho noo,,lo
my :, - .SO NV Poopio
the that Generat government was IN
eespara1ely,oaqn n4 generatiy, horribly
u 9ep1, anu pau sea,e OF 1eeing e1-
sung In tne Wnoie land. lie
tHen pfeceeded to inform us that
Pc haa been very badly treated IL the
matuef oI the nomlnauon OF Dem-
pcratlc capqldate, Wnlcn propaply Is
Fue astt6at party ds IN sthe. habit OF
doing bad things: he also Informed
Us that he is, and always has been, a
Union man. (We have netbeen able
70 see # for the last two years. That
Mr. Bre~nSwouid not be permitted TO
take bis seat if elected but failed to
eay whether he ought to be allowed
itor fnefao Ii that be true,sWouid not
the Union men be the iosers py
electlng Rltterl tor ne IN Gongress
would vote with the Rebs, and It
Brown cannot be admitted he could
not vote. After Mr. Ritter was
through Mr.: Brown took the
stand, and l presume showed to
the satisfaction OF pure eross-ribbed
Democracy that ne had been legally
and fairly nominated. He attempted
to explain his famous letter. OF April
18th, 1861. In which he no doubt sue
ceededag to the satisfaction of his
friends who no doubt IN their. hearts
indorse the sentiments therein con-
talhedy except that part IN which
Brown was to die, and 1T might be
his opponent would indorse that. 1t
ls worthy of note that Brown hex-
presses no regret for the letter, nor
does he retract anything therein ex-
pressed. Upon the Wnole, his speech
was Tar below the reputation he has
heretofore had as an orator:
Next followed Samuel II. Smith,
Esd, OF Greenvllle, Kentucky, the
IUnlqin candidate; who protested
tensheW the ia llaeyz OF the fposl-
fron OF Messrs. litter and Brown,
and to demonstrate that MT. Ritter
would gladly have accepted the Demo
cratic nomination II given him. not
EWlthstasdlng his present denuneiation
OF the Rebel Democracy. Mr. Smith
rs young man of fine attachments,
md weh worthy the support Of the
Union men OF the District. 1t is GER
talnly refreshing to hear the rebels
denounced by Mr.. Ritter, when we
consider that it was almost wholly by
their votes and influence that he was
elected to congress IN 1863. How
ever, 1t is not our funeral; let US not
weep for it, either. Brown informs
us that he has always. been a
Democrat, which is no doubt true ac-
cording to the modern Specification, 1
put 4 IDega ieave, 70 dlsse9tg from the
statement that ne was Union man
When ne wrote ms famous letter OF
the ,loth OF Aprii, .Iool;f IsA,AI1H
rebel sympathizers should glory in the
-depaaeiatiea ofEthe. North but ft is
passing strange that Union men !
should engage In the denunciation of
@sa Them sa9 wives aaS SS little s oass shs
allthat men hold most dear,and rushed |
ns Msny of them he nietSsfy yeded uD UGn he
lives willing sacrifice for our de-
fense, and their bones now whiten on |
the battle Fields of the Sunny South,
and the lamentations of their widows |
and orphans are yet to be heard all |
oyer the land. How unnatural il is |
that those for whom such sacrifices |
were made should now unite in ira
ducing these brave men, and pro-