The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-02-10
TIE OLD ENTHUSIAST RE
NEWED,
sI3s isHTUT TTHs TsiaH 400
O#erfuHSDeseh, ElOquentIy Uttered.

met pursuant to call, on Saturday, IN
Ehe Court House ;afAe fsmous Crescent
City Silver Band calling the hosts of
freedom together by their incompara-
bic music. n egl g 'e.5.i.- -.
The Court House was densely
crowded, Notwithstanding the unpro-
pituous weather, and the character of
she audience, embtacing as it did.
large delegations from the country,
was pleasing and significant feature,
and the enthusiasm that prevailed
pressaged hopefully for the future
Joseph P. Elliott Esq, Chairman
Of the Executive sConmitteey called
shes house to, ordefg and nominated
Philip HornbFook, Esq. $ Chairman,
atthe same time stating the object of
she meeting to be to select delegates
Do the Republican State Convention,
10 meet In indianapolis, on, the 2Qstlh
INST, and to appoint new County
Executive Committee. ~ Il.
Mr.. Hornbrook,won taking the.
Chair, expressed his qualification at
seeing so many people assembled, and
only regretted that there was, not
room in the house for more. THE
sarnestness manifested to-day" he
said, was an evidence of victory in the
coming campaign. The enemy in the
rear had been comparative ly quiet for
some time, 5ata few partial successes
had given them courage, and they had
again begun to show their copper
heads, and this Fall ii would be nec-
sssary to crush the last remnants of
she enemies of the country from the
land ri eIilf-nsf:l ..o'l y i2daii.
He5thena thanked the meeting for
she honor conferred upon -hinfs9 and
declared the Convention ready for
business au:b 5e1oi
Capt. Isador Esslinger and j. n.
SilveTthorn were chosen Secretaries
Os theConyenti9ng noFrzsi1srsefo-
Mr.. f. NJ Thayer moved the APP
poiutment Of a'committee of three to
prepare platform of, principles, ana
the Chairman appointed FL M.
Thayer, Philip Decker and Robert A.
Hill, as said Committee.
Mr.. iJAs. H , McNeely moved the
appointment of a Committee of FIVE
from the city and five from the out
Townships to fix the number of dele
gates to which each Township would
be entitled in the State Convention,
to select the names of delegates and
suitable, names TO, serve as aGPpqty
Executive Committee, to act until SUI
pereeded by future Convention.
The tfellGRing named gentlemeR
were selected to serve as such com
mittee: s.
FROM THE CITY-James H. Nc
Neelyy Alexander Darling, Fred. w.
Cook, A. W. Chute, and VIM. He'll
man. ys.sl
FROM THE COUNTRY.-Jas. Watts,
of Union; Joseph Woodruff, of Perry;
A. Egler, of German; George Long
bine, of Center; and Wash. Scott, of
Scott Wilson Collins, of Knight,
and Joseph Bixler, OF Armstrong,
we're added, that all the townships
might be represented.
As the committees retired, the band
struck up lively air, after which the
Chairman introduced Colonel I. n.
Nelson, of Terre Haute, who, after
thanking the Chairman for the brevet
title of General, which, he had
conferred, proceeded to address the
meeting in speech of over two hours
IN length; but SO full of rich oratory
beautiful diction. telling truths, ia
Controvertible logic, pleasing anec-
dotes. and apt illustrations, that, but
few Of that vast audience-hundreds
Of whom stood all the time-realized
that half that time had been occu-
pied, aud allawould have gladly lis
tened with like interest for an boar
longer. .es .@.so.4 s,aioeq +.
His speech was wholly ,extempor-
aneous and slightly discursive, and
we can not attempt TO give more than
the faiutest outline of il. 5l.a ~ +
He alluded briefly to his sojourns in
Chilli asrepresentative of the United
States during the progress of the re.
bellion. and spoke Of the sentiments
of the-peepIe- of that Republic-the
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