The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-08-26
SPENCE COUNTY LETTER.
Democratic Pole RaIsing-GOYerne
BPamlette, or Kentucky. Abroad
Drinking and Fighting on the NC.
eaSiOn.

ROCKFORD, Ind, August q, 1858.
Editors Journal: 800 sft
The 4.s,tesTited of this vicinity are
creeping into daylight again, for the
purpose of showing their eolors, even
as they did in 1854. Then they gath
cred to hear the soothing sounds of
PEACE, from Kentucky orator, ex-
Governor Lag. Powell, while the
fires of war were flashing fearfully
along thousand miles Of cur South
ern border. Now they are greeted by
SOutheruers, very fraternaly whose
cry IS pcGr.hsaa0 aE rse
Elk Gov. Bramlette made speech
here to-day, as did also John S. Davis,
of New Albany, Indiana, and at night
DIR. E. Newland. of the same place,
blundered along for an hour or two,
which his political bed fellows win of
course dignity with the name of an
eloquent speech. ~ ea ,,.5- @ aa
"A part of the ceremonies Of the day
consisted in erecting beautiful hick-
DRY pole, bearing a Seymour and
Blair streamer. and surmOunted by
the irrepressible chicken, of the
Democratic dunghill species, which
looks exceedingly game, though he
seems to heed the soldiers warning to
"rooSt high, being 142 feet above
the surface of the earth. The beauti-
full young ladies, composing the Glee
Club, which made the music of the
occasion, were, doubtless, highly
pleased to see so many hundreds OF
people come to hear them on their
first appearance in public. The
ispeeehes, We have not spaceto notice
further than that they contained no.
thing new, and were spiced with
enough anecdote to maze the people
laugh occasionally. Probably one
thousand people came into town, Of
whom one-third were Republicans
these, with the citizens of the place
made up pretty fair turnout of PEG
pie. Although the great lights Of
Democracy already named, had beer
posted for several days, as the orator:
of the occasion, there was nc
great interest manifested to hear them
Another fact was plain TO all OBJ
serving men. There was more drunk,
enness on the streets than has beer
seen for many months before, though
we heard of only one fight. A Ken
= lucky rebel was some two or thrC
sheets In the wind, and hurrahing fol
JEFF. Davis, when young Democra
, undertook to make his comrade hush
doubtless deeming it matter of baC
policy to do such things In Indiana
The result was the Johnny got elul
and silenced Mr.. Democrat by dislo
eating a shoulder joint slightly, anC
was then allowed to escape across tn,
river without arrest. Even Demo
: Gratis might save themselves SOM
trouble if they would only remembe
that this is land of free speech. w
want to know just who the rebel
. want to put into Office, and then W
are safe in voting the other wav. s
we say to them, Hurrah for JEFF
) Davis, if he is your man." 1t is ae
: cording to the eternal fitness of thing
that Democrats and traitors SHOULD
gravitate toward each other, inst a
water seeks its own level. For To-
sake of putting a fair show outside
they say, !" We are Union men, = bu
honest men are, unwilling to trus
such deception. 3 r. ~ $50 vaae9
t Those very men who called Lincol
mOnstrous tyEant, and the Fed
, eral soldiers lincoln hirelings." ar
! now loud In their praise Of the sol
( diers; but that same Radical Con
8 | gress = which furnished the siDews o
war, is now a band of tyrants. a bod
3 of usurpers, just as it was in ISL an,
Y GA, according to their estimate. SncI
"A hypocrisy Is too barefaced-the sol
der boys can see it very easily, henc
: the masses ut them are going for m,
a man of deeds, who led them 10 vic
tory. When our ID mocratie1 friend
say : White supremacy OF auotbe
war, as their great Western chief
Brick Pomeroy, does, we only answe
that those who swOre to die in theiI
; door yards, In "a, rather than to sub
NIT to the Infamous draft Law b.
r the Lqncot'e zsar1er mill" as on
OF them called 1t, and then meekl,
wentwhen called to the army, or paic
} some Drawer man a thousand dollar
, to go for them-lciH NOT an SO take
perg heagy tcar contract. It Is onI
the old Southern game of brap-tb,
- fuss and feather style.' Our esrsf
is the gamer by the demonstrations q
to. day. We have nothing to fear :,
long as the Democracy relies on Ken
lucky for speakers, for it rouses II,
feelings of former years. when "
= marched to victory, and crushed trea
f son to the earth. Thus will We q,
again, if our foes will continue {,
snow their colors. ga 49,, x. Y. q.