The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-01-31
~szss- For the Palldium.
FROM EVANSVILLE.
EvANsvnL IND.

second lecture IN the College Chapel
of the Bloomington University. The
Chapel was crowded to its utmost ca
pacity-the audience very enthusiast
tic. At the close of this second lec-
ture, . series Of resolutions were adopt
ed sustaining our present law, and
declaring that they will in future give
their political support only to those
candidates, Who are in favor Of strin-
gent temperance legislation. This
last lecture was on the temperance
Law, when, at the close of my address,
I was told that Judge Buskirk, of the
Supreme Court had beed sitting list
ening to me all through my discourse,
Iconfess I felt rather small, for it is
surely arrogating . good deal for an
unpretending farmer to lecture on law
in the presence of . Supreme Court
Judge. / found that the law has ef-
fected great good in Monroe county.
On the morning Of the 10th l start
ed in drenching rain and open buggy
for Ellotsville, 8 miles distant, where
/ had to lecture at Up. m. Ellotsville
has the best stone quarries of any
place I have seen in the State. It is
from here the stone is obtained with
which the Indianapolis and Vincennes
court houses are built, and from
here it is more than probable the
stone will be sent to build our State
House. Notwithstanding the heavy
rain the Methodist meeting house was
filed with an earnest, attentive COM
pany. At5p. m. | started for Goss-
port, 8 miles distant, the rain still
pouring down. When arrived there
l found the Christian Church nearly
full, and had quite an interesting
meeting. ..fi.
From Gossport, | proceeded to Vim
cennes. the next day. Vincennes is in
Knox county, and is on the banks Of
the Wabash. 1t is probably the old
est town in all the West. The streets
are very narrow, which gives the town
the appearance Of some of the old
cities in Europe. Here I found there
had not been temperance meeting
held for four or FIVE years, and, as a
matter of course. I did not expect
much of an audience. There were
probably go people congregated to
hear me. I thought the audience
small; but those interested in temper.
ance, living there, called it large
gathering. I have seldom seen an
audience listen with more sest. Al
the close Of my address, many of them
came upon the platform and insisted
i should give them another lecture on
my return from Evansville. I prom
Used to do SO. M
At Vincennes / found q new cour,
house in course of erection. The con.
tract within builder was ninety -eight
thousand dollars. There has, hOwev.
er, already been one hundred and six.
ty thousand spent, and yet it Il not
more than half finished. 9
On the 10th, I went down to PATIO.
ka; in Gibson county; spoke there a,
1ip.m While there, I learned tina,
=. B. Reynolds, lecturer Of the GOOD
Templars, had preceded me abou
three weeks, but while speaking ht
was frequently interrupted by the au
dience. Several suits had grown ou
of it. / had the Methodist meetin,
house full; the audience was very at
tentive, and at the close some yer.
strong resolutions in favor of temper
ance were passed almost unanimously
At this place there is Good Temp
lars Lodge, doing good work; bu
there are some violent whisky mel
here-I suppose because there is
large distillery in the place. A fev
nights before I arrived, placards wer
put round the door Of the Good Temp
lars Lodge threatening that if the
continued to hold their meetings, thei
Hall would be burned down. Blu
nothing intimidated. the Good Temp
lars still continue their meetings.
glory in their devotion. So here
costs something to be an avowed tenn
lerancs man or woman but the igh
10 dawning. - Yaa iatG ,53 CO., 50
"Nights tapen ere burned out, and jocun
stands fip-toe on the misty mountain top,
| Courage, brothers, couragel and th
victory win come after awhile.
| After speaking at Patoks, / Pre-
ceeded to Princeton, the county sea
of Gibson, where l spoke the sam
evening IN the court house. TIL
room was filed almost to suffocation
scores going away for want of room
The meeting here was an extraOrdi1
airy one for the place, and next. morr
ing the town was full of talk on th
subject of temperance. l understood
I that . lawyer here, of the name (
Buskirk, who represented this count
in the last legislature, is going to ru
for the legislature again, in Oppositio
to the temperance law. i say, let Il
issue come. Politicians can no long,
keep this question in the backgroun,
| 1t is THE question Of the hour in o,
noble State, and the sooner We me-
it the better.
On the 21st I proceeded to Ney
burgh, on the Ohio river, and in Wa
wick county. There I spoke in M
Fart Hall to an immense audienc
4 The Methodists we're holding pr
tracted meeting here, but very kind
suspended it for the temperance NEE
ing; hence, the very large attendant
A series of radical resolutions we
passed. and a subsequent meeting "
appointed, in order to organize tel
; perance association for active wo
throughout the county.
i On the 23d I proceeded by stage al
. rail to Boonyille, the county seat
Warwick. On arriving there the "a
was descending in torrents. The met
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