The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-05-03

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Congressional District of Kentucky
would speak in Morganield on the
10Th, aud inviting any Democrat to
meet him, and that S. S. Trimble was
expected to be present. Who was
Symes-will he come" came in stiff
fed whisper from the crowd in and
around the Court House, and, being
assured that the performance would
begin, at the time, and be condusted
as laid down in the bills, and that
Symmes was a real Yankee Ex-
Colonel. who had ~smelt. Dem
ocratic powder in and around Allan
ia, Paducah and elsewhere during the
last few years, and feeling a little
shaky as to Trimble's stamina, on
such occasions, an impromptu caucus
quietly assembled to devise ways and
means to demolish Symes. First
question: Should Symes be de-
answer; Second: Would Trimble
CONFETTI Doubtfnl4 none eeoniI dns-
wer. Then, "Who shall demolish
Symes?" was put. No answer.
The right honorable ID. III. Hughes
was then called, but remembering
that little ~rencontre with the gunboat
Conestoga, when t~wo-forty time was
made to Morganield, this gentleman
declined. y.
j. A. Spalding was called, but that
little sword circumstance, and that
war-like demonstration behind the
peas, doomed up. H declined. -,
II Ben. p EissellI calI led. IThisgentle-
man, with that graceful dignity so
characteristic of the man, hesitatingly
answered, but remembering that bas-
tile story about piss-ant's oaths, &c..
and the gift Of a red headed Yankee
scalp, &C., he declined. Then, that
old genial gentlemen, His Honor, who
decides Civil Rights and Bureau bills
unconstitutional, and ssume his
presence on the bench indispensable
to a just balance Of power between.
Congress and the South, ventured the
remark that Symes was not well ac-
quainted with past history and records
John, The fsgfemanl tfese radicals
here will tell him. Gentlemen, they.
will post him ; it will not do to risk
that; they will tell ali about yer.
Whereupon, Harvey Yeaman, of Hen
derson, was called.
This gentleman had been a quiet
listener during the early part of the
proceedings, but had hastily with
drawn. This produced some little
discomfort. As Harvey is rather new
in the business. it began to be whis-
pered that he was not sound; when
this gentleman soon returned and ex-
Dlotna III oc f0I1o-r-. TL,4 1 @ho
reign of Coils. Foster, Burge. and 9th
and as the favored Democratic gray
would subject him to a little suspicion,
and perchance arrest, he had Sc
lected a blue coat, and one in
fact resembling a retired Yam
kee field officers dress-coat, minus
the brass-which said coat he had
worn until some months since, He
had occasion to purchase another
coat to attend the r. Y. B., Calhoun
Convention. He had become fully
identified with the great Democratic
party by donning the grey, and that
not knowing there was to be a Dem
ocratic meeting, he had inadvertently
worn the blue, but on discovering his
mistake, had hurried back to the
hotel and put on the gray,.a color that
should be WORE and cherished by
every lover of Constitutional liberty,
throughout the land, (applause,) and
said hal our heroic leader now PIN
ing in solitude IN Yankee bastlle
near the home of Washington, wore
the gray; and a few such patriotic re-
marks silenced all opposition, and 1t
was unanimously agreed that Harvey
was the man they wanted. Now
whether it was a little ~stragetic trick
Harvey to secure Union votes or
not, we are not prepared to say, but
the truth is that he had merely drawn
the gray over the blue, which could be
seer between the button holes
of the gray. The meeting adjourned,
Court proceeded to business, and
Harvey took leave to prepare a
speech, but Trimble came riding quiet
ly into town. and when Court adj
iourned, the irrascible Charley, "a
in a tone that would have
done honor to a horned beast, an
nounced from the Court House steps
that the Hon. L. S. Trimble will
speak In this ere house tomorrow at
z P. NJ. All Democrats are invitedto
attend and as he turned to walk
back a feeble remark was heard that
Symes also may be here.
1.-THE discussion between Col. Symes and
Judge Trfmble followedy and our cores
pondent says Col. Symes handled the
at issue in an able manner, and
gave great satisfaction to the loyal men
of Union County] Vyy2yv