The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-09-19

many battle, had been desperately
and many supposed fatally wounded
on several occasions. and faced death
without a blink of the eye or the
culver Of muscle. and always re-
covered. But on one occasion, when
coming in close quarters with one of
the animals there employed to bear
burdens; he had received a kick, and
was told that il had fatally wounded
him. To the great surprise of all, his
heroic fortitude failed. and he "boo-
hood" like baby. When asked if
he feared death he Answered. mo, it
amt that I'm troubled about; but to
think [ should go through all I have,
and then be kicked to death By a
id, long cared son Of 2 b h of
This elegant anecdote was received
with shouts Of laughter, and the
in lge said that. having beaten 40 Of
tan, he did not believe he was to be
now kicked By those fat messed kinky-
headed. thick Tipped. long heeled
jaekasses. the negroes. S
The laughter and applause caused
some Of BIr. Gooding's friends to fear
the tide of feeling had turned against
him. when he rose, and, referring 70
the artful lodging Of the Jnags.
scored him a little for resortIng 70
drolIery TO avoid ans we=s to important
questions, aud his continued appeals
to their prejudices. which he warned
him would not succeed. Men had
become tired of being scared into
voting the Democratic ticket, and it
would no longer wiz. They had pre-
dicted the failure of the war against
the South; the failure of areenbacks
the Emancipation Proclamation was
to have ruined the country, but it
still lives and proudly prospers. If
the furry over these measures had
damaged the cause of the Union, the
Democratic party had gotten up the.
furry. They told US the negro would
oVerrun the North, and work for SO
little that the poor white man could
get no work; yet the negroes were
free, and no white man suffered for
want Of employment. W@
The Democratic National ConVen-
ton solemnly resolved that the war
could not be successful against the
South. The Freedmen's BureRa was
to ruin us. bat these scarecroWs would
not work now. There was a tins
when Democrats aWere SO iguoEant
that they had mistaken balloon for.
the high protective tariff, buE that
time had gone by. and shey knew
that the Freedmen's Bureau was not
a piece of household furniture.
Regarding the kick Of the jaekass.
the Judge feared, be would say that
this woody headed jaeksss, as the
Judge termed it, would deliver
heavy kick, and added, TO the intelli-
gent white vote the kick would
be fatal, and the Judge would re-
ceive this fatal kick. although he
affected to make light of it. He in
tended, however, when the death blow
was struck, to see the corpse decently.
even respectfully buried and a monu-
ment erected. and as the Judge was
to die Of a kick he would give him a
kicking epitaph. the epitaph that had
been bestowed Oh old Keesel, and it
should be in these words:
There was IN an who died OF late, @
For whom the angels did IN patience walt.
with outstretched arms and wings OF love,
To wait his soul to realms above.
Stili towering around the lower skies,
Dispnting which Should lnrst secure the
prize,
In sneaked the devil like a weasel,
And down TO hell he kicked old Keesel 49,
The laugh was now on the Jadge,
who seemed aconstraiuei to acknowl-
edge the witty application, and =
4" He grinned horribly a chastity smlsesY
and the meeting broke ups3
As those who were going doxn
on the train gathered at the depot.
their attention was attracted by a
crowd that gathered in the rear of the
Oaktown saloon. EIbowing our way
through the crowd, two B5hemians
got where the cause OF the Excitement
was apparent, and found it to be two
Of Judge Niblack's srdent supporters,
named Tom. Morris and Henry Nor
ton. who had difficulty, which they
had agreed to settle By an appeal to
muscle. Norton speedily twisted his
long, BoDy fingers into Morris hair.
and holding his head downward. socn
caused him to below, Take him of. 2
aad the fight ended. : = 60 - go
The Press was represented at the
meeting by Messrs. Samuel B. Judah,
of the Vineenness Times and George
E. Greem of the Sun. The meeting
was very satisfactory to the Republi-
cans who were present. all of whom
seemed greatlyto enjoy DIR. Gooding,sa
speech. aud the joint debate is loo ked
upon IS being of great benefit to the
ticket generally and greatly encour-
ages the Repu blicans who hear Cap
tain Gooding's powerful and search-
ing speeches.
Republican Meeting In German Town.
ship.
8 According to previous notice, a