The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-10-14

e Z q 9th instant. The business or the
Convention having been concluded,
r 20 Mr.. E Washburne, member OF Con-
gress from this district, was called
upon to address the meeting. Re-
spending to the cali, he spoke Of the
satisfaction it afforded him to again
meet his constituents after so long an
absence, most of which had been In
a foreign land in pursuit of health.
He would be insensible to every hon.
orable emotion if he did not repeat the
fsia expression of his gratitude to the peo-
pie of 10 Daviess County, to his neigh
bors and friends, for their long and
unwavering friendship. For eight
o successive elections his political
friends had supported him, az cam
...Ir didate for Congress, with.a unanim.'
ity, zeal and devotion which chal-
,~ss iengeds his profoundest and most
heartfelt thanks and the thought Of
Ia all their kindness would be fondly
cherished by him till the last day of
saa. his life As their Representative, he
could lay claim to nothing but an
..o1 honest desire to serve them and to
serve the country faithfully and truly,
and to endeavor to discharge every
I'D duty devolving upon him, without fear
or favor It was with JOY that he re-
turned to his home and to his con-
stituents, with improved health, and
prouder than ever of his country q
GEN GRANT-HIs ACTS SPEAKS FOR
raatahe HIM.
After touching upon many other
questions, Mr.. W. proceeded to speak
of General u. S. Grant He had gone
Is out from 10 Daviess County six years
ago and upwards, and since then he
IS aao had chained his name to the history
of the world His fellow citizens,
therefore, had more than an ordinary
interest in all that pertained to him,
and they had In all the vicissitudes of
the war, amid obloquy, calumny, and
detraction, given him their confidence
and support. He said it was not
strange that when the loyal masses of
e the country were agitated by the
so gravity of the situations, public atten-
S. s ton should be turned to the General
So of the armies of the United States
1t was not surprising that many peo-
SIS pie should be agitated by imaginary
fears. But the fellow-citizens Of
his career from the beginning,
and who knew the man. had
never any anxiety in regard to his
position, and any fears that he would
not in the future, as in the past. re-
alize the fullest expectations of the
loyal people of the country. But
many false ideas had obtained Many
people had looked upon Gen. Grant
as they would upon civilian and
politician, and even a candidate for
civil office. They would seem to de-
mand that he should make known his
political views on the hastings and
through the newspapers with all the
arts OF the common demagogue. The
public had no more right to expect
General Grant to speak out" than
they had to expect Lieutenant Gen
eral Sherman, General Meade, Gen.
eral Sheridan, or General Thomas to
asses make known their political views.
The General was not in the habit of
a proclaiming himself to tic world by
words, but like wise man had
always made his record through his
acts. Though not speaking for the
public. no man was more frank 10 ex-tI
pressing his views on all public mat
tiers. Faosa LGGFs9e ..-'''..t q
g NEVER BELONGED TO THE DEMoC-
7t-- CRATIC PARTY.
He was raised in the Wing school
-A - of politics. His venerable father, so
81 hs4T we'll known in Galena, was always an
active and influential member of the
old Wing party, and after it went out
e e > of existence, of the Republican party
The General was always "a Wing, so !
-7 far as he was politician at all, andal
Fa never belonged to, or had any SYM
pathy with the so-called Democratic
105U party He stated this as fact. Had
taera General Grant been a member of the
Democratic party, he would have
DCcu III inc Sduc pUSltlOQ as he now
is, and the same as all the most loyal /
and patriotic men who were in that
SEA party now occupy.ra
ssV Though not a voter in Illinois in
1860, yet after Mr.. Lincoln's admins
tration commenced, and after the
-5c firing upon Sumter, there was no man
who gave more earnest SUPPORT: to
that administration. General Grant
was among the first to comprehend
the result that. would grow out of the
rebellion, and the country will not
sN0a forget that as early as 1863 he wrote |
letter saying that as anxious as he |
1A,A was for peace, he did not wish to see |
it established until slavery was wiped |
out In 1864 he was profoundly
anxious for the reelection of Mr. ]
"a srss Lincoln. and no man more fully CON-
pretended the great fact that upon
his re election hinged the success Of |
ta-., our cause and the suppression ofthe
rebellion He so far departed from