The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-18


unterrifed~They had, some days
before, advertised and made known to
the Dimecraey" of the State. and
especially of crittenden County, that
they would hold County Convention
On the 10th inst, and make nomina-
tions for the various Offices which are
to be filed at the ensuing August
election.
Well, the day. came, and with it the
unwashed and the flag ends of all
other parties who profess to be dis
satisfied with Congress, the Union
party, the world in general, and them
selves in particular. They came
however, IN small squads, variously
estimated atzfrom forty to fifty per-
sons. Amongstcthesc were the as
pirants for ofice-one Hiram Neil
roy and c.. BennetE both of rebel
proclivities. They ask the dear peo-
pie to- make them Judge Of the
Common Pleas Court Of the Four.
teenth Judicial District, and allow
them to expound the laws and pre-
serve the morals of the people In this
dirty, God-forsaken, Abolition Gov
ernment which they tried hard for
five years to break up and destroy,
and which they now denounce as the
worst Of despotisms. They made
speeches, such as rebel candidates are
in the habit of making, looked scise,
bowed to the dear Democracy. and re-
tired, feeling that each deserved
judgeship for his part taken in the
election. -a
Next came the two candidates for
Senatorial honors. One, Mr.. Bradley,
of the County of Hopkins--not he
redoubtable William, but a son of his.
He made speech, and such speech
He announced that the Democratic
party told the world that no body else
could govern country if
they were turned out of power, the
Government would be broken up;
that-theys Were-turned~ out, and, sure
enough, the Government was smashed
up; that civil I liberty was gone,
habeds corpus suspended, State. rights
invaded and destroyed, States over
thrown and destroyed, power central,
lied, and a gigantic military despot-,
ism established In lieu of the very best
sciuil government ever organized for
man. That the civil government
aforesaid had been made by the Dem
ocrats and the despotism by their op-
ponents. But he failed to enlighten
us on a very important subject, to-
wit: Who it was that broke up the
Government, who inaugurated the
war and for what it was inaugurated.
He did tell US that the Democratic
nrnocn1 70 he 20
to suppress the rebellion, and that
they had been opposing Lincoln's
army from the beginning. He de-
nounced all who had favored coercion
denounced the army and its COM
manders; denounced the so-called
Conservative party, and told them
they were n1edner, more contemplate
and worse enemies to the Democrats
than even the Ugly Abolition party"
He called them sore-heads and sea BIS,
who deserved nothing but the con-
tempt of both the Democratic party
and Radical Union party. He said
boldly that Democrats would not sup
port any of them for any Office, and
declared that there was really but two
parties here, the Democratic party
and the niger" party, that one was
for the white man, and the other for
the Niger, and much more of the
same sort.
This man Bradley was an out and
out secessionist. He advised, coun-
seled, and aided actively in every way
he could to promote the rebellion and
insure its success, Except by putting
himself into the rebel ARMY He
was careful to keep his own vi car
cass out of the way of danger, and
sneak, and skulk, and hide around
home, while many of his young asso-
ciates, beguiled and seduced by his
evil influence, joined the rebel army,
went out to fight against their coun-
try and returned no more to their
homes. Now he has the impudence
to boast of his acts in the presence Of
his deluded followers who survive to
witness his and their shame. This
fellow advocates openly the repudia-
ton If the public debt, and his party
ind6rse him throughout. fs
But there was also j. H. Leach.
candidate for the same honors. He,
too, made speech, varying the points
slightly, but trying to keep step to
the music of the rebel Democratic par
'ty Between the two, it is only the
difference of tweedledum and twee-
diedee. Leach started out a onion
man, and remained one until after the
August election in 1862, and until he
read the proclamation of the I'D of
September, 1862. Up to that day, he.
like all others of the Democrats, had
been surrounded by the perfume OF the
saoeet-scented African. That procla
nation breeze dispelled the aroma
which had been his delight. He could
stand it no longer, and Joined himself
at once to the enemies of his co,,n.r,,