The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-11-02
The Democracy On.saturday Night.
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LUD1CR0US PROCEEDINGS.
Aapeauut Woman " takes the Floor.

Democrats in Evansville can dc
and say more,,funny things when they
try, than any people aliviDg The
meeting at the Courthouse on Sat
urday night7furnished ample proof oil
the above ~assertionsi if proof had been
wanting before.s Fully TO comprehend
the funs one should have read the
faming head lines inzthe Courier OF
Sunday morning. 1.-THE Court Room
bpaekedltO the. ceiling" This is good.
Imagine the COURTROOM packed to
the ceiling u with unterriied Demo
Gratis, anduimagine the effects OF the
bpowerfui.and souEstirribg ~eloquence
| of the orators, aslthis immense mass
of democrats, 81 packed to the cell
| iny." is convulsed with enthusiasm,
or, as 10 may be, with fits Of laughter.
As those funniest Of all jokers get oF
some Of their eside-splitting Jokes.
Now. the sitting room in the Court
+ House on Saturday night was a@iittle
over half !!taken~up.@ Certainly more
than as many more people could have
Pound room there. and have been
comfortable at that.
The irst4speaker called out was
Mr. AFRO Dyer, who addressed the
people for a Short time, There was
nothing in his remarks beyond the
usual rehash of Democratic fallacies,
hence it Is not important to produce
the whole o, any part of the remarks,
in the ccoff4mns of this paper.
q The next speaker pressed in for the
occasion was, Or. Armistead, a very
conservative, man, who proceeded to
address the people The first thing Of
particular note which fell from the
Doctors lips was the following, In
speaking of Gen. Grant, he said:
am willing to igrant him all I can. I
can't grant him much. I cannot grant
that he has much sense. What God
has not granted him, I cannot, 1
l. L.HHMF mH1HEEuL- EF ~ -M.HL- aXHA
cannot grant him enough sense to
carry on this Government" Jap
plause.l Could anything have been
said that was more immensely funny
than the above quotation? What
fools Sherman and other men, who
have gained a national reputation for
greatness and goodness, and for dis
tinguished services were for, express
ing such favorable opinions of Grant
The next funny thing the Doctor
said was about in this language :
"Mr. Colfax has just been here, aud
he said he never had been a Know
Nothing. Certainly he don't know
much; but if he is elected, foreigners
had better pack up and go back to the
Old Country" [Applause.1 Ger
tainly he (Colfax) don't know
much" is decidedly good. The credit
Of making this startling discovery is
due to Evansville, For the purpose
of giving our city full credit for what
is said or done that IS remarkable, the
above statement is recorded.
The speaker next exhorted his fel-
low Democrats to get their votes ia
early, and to see that every man
voted, and in stirring and eloquent
strains besought them to watch the
polls" This appeal reused a . pea
nut woman I" who was seated in the
room, who declared, with much vehe-
menee of speech, will be there and
I win watch the pclIs." This speech
conYulsed the whole audience with
laughter, Tho applause lasted for
some moments. When quiet had been
restored, the speaker proceeded to
give the reason for his objection to
the present manner Of electing a
President and Vice President, and
proposed some radical changes, af-
ter which he again began an exhorta-
tion to the faithful to "vote early"
to watch the ballot box" &C., which
brought the peanut woman @to her
feet, who for about three or four min
utes addressed the audience In a most
vehement manner. Her remarks were
by far more enthusiastically applaud
ed than any yet made at a Democratic
meeting int his city. Certainly it vas
the funniest meeting the Democracy
have ever hadin Evansville. After The
Doctor had concluded his remarks,
Mr.. Reed was called out and address
ed the people for a short time, when
the meeting adjourned. ''n 'Assle
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