Evansville Journal, Volume 19, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 12 October 1868 — Page 4

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MAGNIFICENT DEMONSTRATION ON SATOBDAY 1 T i . , ..'; Acres of People ia Attendance. Grand and Imposing Daylight ProUii ; ... . cession. a ISonHinc IeIepra1Ions from Adjolniug Con u ties. Bmarful Speeches by Geifral KUpatrick and Gan. Lew. Wallace. irvP2R.ILL1CLKDu tdUCHLIGUT PBOCSSSIOX AT NIOUT. f if? ClV r l-s thousands Ablaze with of Lamps. Oraadi'i and- 'Impostor -Spectacle. vcf.J-ar b-.ir .''-iJ-J i; c:..?t isl iii-.iiii I'U !!'" tti-.rl '"''"" ,u7 i.U .-T1E WEA.TIIKR-.ix- viui Was a?;pleasant en Saturday morn iug as was ever. seen in October. i.Not a cloud.'fwas "risible, apd. the tatmosphcre, which, was odd' ami. .frosty, at daylight,., grew' aiild. and genial oward noon,, and ;,scv, continued, up, Jo midr njfiHo v -a. Ui -J. !-- ,,TJE, GATHERING OF TILEi pLASSj,;,-; Did not epmuience ; until toward ,toq o'clock and the, ..city,, presented it usual Lquiet, aspect, except pow: and theaA Conner,- Assistant .(Marshal 'or. 0 rant! Cavalryman dashed through the streets bearing orders and.directi us preparations., v $o few were . the,, signs of coming event?,, that soma of our peTyoerAtic friends made anxiousinquiries ap to where werej.the people Botj their,' euriosityj ?a, phanged to. astqnishmept and,-, consternation. , as thftbooia-jjof cannon, annouaced the approach,, of. the , ,.j .wu :,:'. i. V. MOUNT yXIWQN(.lWELi!OATIQy-,.;n:;'-..Tlie' .rand- : Armada,, ; gorgeously decoratJyHsteaiuied gallantly around the poiu anil up therA crescendo. ;jthe wjiarCjlie liurticane.deck, haj poilec dcek,$uardst,;he.r' cbinv and ftven her loMcnsjj!c . J ile,rally crowded .witlv fair wonier; and brava jnen, lut addition to innumerable small- flag , fixed . all around the upper Tailing and the, texas a'ud pilot, house, she, bore at .the. peakjof herjackstaff a .beautiful red, : wluty and . blue Btreamqr; . inseribedj " (J rant and Colfax,'' and beneath it a beautify, silk United StateB jEbig.; Twq other large flags wero nttached-tft. her hurricane; railings forward," and - the Mount Vernon Glee Club, comprisr ing, .some forty beautiful young ladies, dressed white, were ranged: across thes hurriyano deck, peneath their ample folds. As the Armada, swept up to theanding. the Mount Vernon canpqs, oil board beloved forth its deafening; lepablieau- thundfln i I i . i ' .The firs report: of ;thc cannQU produced a TOngie eJIect. and tha6treta aoA.wparw wnicu a mo menu peiore apared 4half desertod, were insUxnU , ly UUe wttJij people hastening to the river to. cheer and .welcome th dele S'tjonto .;.i:vfK . n f..' .The nunibar, of .the Mount Veraoa delegation, by actual official, .count, incbiJin.sr ; the . band,, artillery cmen andiglec club, was four hundred, and eighty, , fhc wholo under command of ColcknclSimonson. : Ia addition, to the:ibaBd wagon; and; artillery.; they j brought with, them their- magnificent. iShip of State, handsomely decorated and.iosqribed, i'lQraat iapl. Colfaia" The horses for the; baud . wagon, arr tillery and Ship of State, were sent up by land , and arrived before the Ariu&du. , Mount Vernon did nobly, i The" 1M6unt V erhoa' Independent Band, which .accompanietLthis delegation, made splendid music, and were conspicuous in the procession durLfte'tttc day'-and' at idghf. "The . artillery numbered fifteen men, and the old gun spoke in thunder tones. The nien were handsomely uniformed, and carried a fiag presented to Company A,- B5W Indiana i ltegimehf, by the ladies of Caseyville. THE FANNY BEANDEIS, Which had gone to Newburg during the night for ' freight, Jreturned in' the morning, and i2 citizens of Newburg availed themselves (of the opportunity to come down early. . i, j TILE SPESCptt COUNxlsr. DELEGATION ' Didjot arrive until , after ,11'O'clock, and: after' the procession : had commenced forming. .The Linton,' which brought' the1 'Spencer County and Owennbortr dn(rwl1qnspva3-"nev6rso erowdtAl- with live- bwtAanify- "as 1 on this occasion. Four hundred and sixty j porsep-, erowded heri-dwer, boiler, aocl nurricane decks, loading her almost to the guards. ... Prominent in' this 'delegation was the Rockpori Glee Club, composed of laSfcs and gentlemen in' uniform, 'and the Ilockport Grant GUards.with their tasteful blue capes. General ; J ames ' C. yeatch, - af rived with this delegation, and was greeted with deafoping cheers by the crowds who had assembled on the wharf. The . Sp eneer j County delegation made a line display in the procession, their Glce.Club being a very fine'oae making excellent musto-. - THE OWENSBORO WELEQATTION' ' ' "Wan one o the" most Tioteresting and eheer'iDg features of the procession. rpi v T '.. i. . j.ue uuiuc uu mc iituioo, aaa namberci eighty, commanded by DrPKImbley, a prominent physician of Owemjboro, and late Surgeon of the Eleventh Tvn t fi r1r tr Tnfantn, T it . , j "'"""j- " me ranks were J udga. Uotts, .Jesse .Moore K Comstock, John O'Brien James Hill iur. iiuicmngs.anu many other prom inentand leading eitizenB of Owens Doro, au, sierung patriotr , head of the' tympany they "carried a beautiful flag and, twq; banners. ,iOne -contaioed the following: The Ken tucky Ku-lvlux will go for Seymour and HI iir, and Grant, will, go for ' the Ku-Kiux." On the other was an il lustration of Democratic government

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In Kentucky. A old tr with a poosa 8UHpe.tjd(jd from a limb, a Federal soldier beiicath it, about to be hung by a Ku-Klux, labled on his back with the mystie signs of that villainous organization. The inscrip tion was " Democratic government in Kentucky. How would you like it here?" THE SHAWNEETOWN DELEGATION Came, as. we noticed in baturday s JofB.NALi"on the "Armada Friday night, and numbered eighty-three persons, including Norton's splendid Brass Band, whose charming music during Saturday was greatly admired. This Delegation was made up of ex cellent material and feel a deep interest in the success of the Republican ticket in this State, as it will have; a-; great: influence on tberTOte.'Of that State in November. 'le iin Delegation bor. a conspicuous part m the procession during the day and night. They returned home Saturday night on the Armada, highly elated with the day's work. 4JIB30N COUNTY DELEGATION,, ,, , On the regular train, which arrived at 9 o'clock; there were one hundred and twenty-five excursionists from various points along the road, and at 11 the excursion train arrived. This train nnaisted of nineteen carf. all of which were crowded to their fullest capacit jrand eyeo the tops of the cars were crowded with people who could not get inside., : As the train moved into the depot, loud cheers were given for Grant and Colfax, and' Governor Baker 2 and General Veatch. They were resoonded to .by . many of our citizens, who had gone there to witness the arrival of the Gibson Coun ty friends. This train brought nine hundred people!" The Delegation was at on3e(moved to its place of rendezvous, to prepare for entering the :hne of procession, r It was under the com mand of Catt. B. M. J.: Miller.- and was accompanied by : the Princeton Band, "which produced most excellent nroafc.'AII hail, ye Republicons .of Gibson. The Republicans of Van derburgh will 'long repjember the. oc casion of your cheering presence hn our city. ! THE ENGINE DECORATIONS, i j The train was decorated with American flags, a profusion of which were plaeed around and about the engine and "tender. Just below the head light, and in front of the engine was placed a large and beautiful portrait of General Grant, secured by Mr. Alonzo Bush, conductor of the train. On each side, and a little below 'this ' magnificent 'picture were placed an American shield, painted for thet occasion by , Mr. Thompson. The decorations were elaborate and in exceeding good taste, and the gentlemen having the matter in charge deserve credit for the tiste displayed. Mr. Smith acted as 'assistant con ductor, while Mr. Will. Hadley, one of the safest and most careful engineers, guided tfia iron horse safely with its IWigfat f hamia life to Its destina tion. THE WAIUCK: ; COtTNTir DELEGATION. j About 11 o'clock the Warrick County Delegation arrived in the city. .. This delegation was headed by the Newburg Band, which discoursed excellent musio, cheering the people Las they passed aloog. It was attended by a magnificent chariot, gorgeously decorated with redr white, and blue, with evergreens tastefully entwined bout'-' the apaclous'v platforms on which were seated a lady representative for each State and the members of the Boonville.Glae Club. This grand chariot was a credit to the good taste of the people of Boonville, and called forth many complimentary remarks. An, . elcgant and beautifully decorated ; wagon from Newburg, which failed not to attract attention, and whioh :bore . the Ne'wb'urg Glee Club ' and "fair representatives ' of : States, ' also attended this delegation. The grand feature of this large delegation, which numbered full seven hundred, was the appearance of thirty-eight ladies on horseback, representing each a State. and dressed in red," white and blue that. is, .white hat," white - waist aad blue skirt, with a bright red scarf or sash worn gracefully across the breast. Each, of those, ladies were attended by a gentleman as an escort, all having a blua cape", which gave them quite a uniform, appearance. A very large number of the '"Figating "Boys in Blue," in blue capes, rode oa horseback, while others in wagons and carjiages followed. This procession was marshaled, we believe, by Capt. Jas. H. Masters', one of the best working Republicans ?n old Warrick. It was the universal expression that day that Warrick County had done nobly. ; TOWNSHIP DELEGATIONS. The various Townships were represented by; large delegations on horse--back, in wagons and even on foot. All the Townships did nobly on that day in responding, to the call for one more grand "rally, Abefore rwe were' to meet our political enemies at the polls. As oarly as 10 A. v. all the .delegations from the Townships had arrived and taken the positions assigned them for formation into line of procession. The position assigned for the delegations from. . . -.. " i - "- UNION, PERRY, GERMAN, AND ARM STRONG' TOWNSHIPS Was on North .First Street, bead resting on Main. From .Union Township there was a delegation of eightyfive men mounted, while many others came in; wagons and carriages. A very large delegation turned out from Perry Township. This delegation was headed with a wagon carrying a quantity of limestone rock. ever and anon workmen n j picking to pieces. This was' In tended to . represent a branch of laboj, in that ,towDship 5 From German, Township there . was. quite a larg3 delegation of the stannnK Republicans ; of that township, who - n ,n lucir wives, their

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childrao and thai. wsAtirt, fla horeeback, in tfagon and in buggies, Certainly the German Township Republicaas are wide awake. The delegation from Armstrong Township was quite creditable, indeed, and' made a good display as compared with other townships. We" can rest assured that tho Armstrong Township Republicans will not be found wanting in the discharge of their duty at the day of the election. . The CENTRE, SCOTT AND KNIGHT , Township delegations took a position, on arrival, on North Second Street, preparatory to formation into line. The delegation from Centre was quite large and was made up of a large number of former soldiers as well as citizens. on horseback, and anumber of-ladies and gentlemen in wagons and carriages. The Scott Uownsnip delegation, mostly oa, horseback, pre sented quite a respectable appearance. There was no particularly noticeable feature in .the Scott Township delega tion,; The Knight Township 'Republicans turned out well and manifested their devotion to a-good cause by being present ' on ' t"he ' occasion' of the grand rally. Certainly we may look for good results on to-morrow. v rORMATlONOF THE Pr6cESI'0N. r t Promptly at' 12 if.;' according to previous annoudcement'ithef",; -order was given for the procession to move, according to the order of march laid out., The' procession was headed by the . . '' '" ' EVAN3VILLE CORNET BAND, Which - produced' Excellent music. This band has been organized but a short time, but certainly its members justly merited the praise so freely bestowed, upon them, r.by, those who listened to that band. 5 THE YOUNG MEN'S , GRANT 'CAVALRY Came next in the procession, full two hundred fetron, with penons flying, and in uniform, making a grand dis play.-' Those" young gentleman had, on, the "day before, attended a damonstratio'n at Boonville, audi for having turned out so well on Satdrday, deserve especial praise., . ; v' i-ij'i The Mt. Vernon Band, headed the Posey County Delegation, affeE which: there appeared5 a wagon filled with small boys. This wagon was beautifully., decorated, and following appeared a Delegation . of about five hundred" me'n" on foot, headed by a company - of Grant Guards. ' The Union Township Delegation, making a splendid display, appeared next in the procession. The representatives from the ... . - . ' EIGHTH WARD ' ' Were headed by a wagon filled with young girla .dreased in white! The wagon was decorated with evergreens, flags, and other ornaments, and was indeed a credit to the citizens of the Eighth Ward. The 'young Misses sang some very - pretty campaign songs as they passed along. . . , ., ' THE FIRST WARD ' Turned out a splendidly and elaborately - decorated wagon, ; bearing young misses as representatives, ei the States, with the; " Goddess of Liberty ia? the centre. , We venture there was not a prouder personage on that day than the Goddess of Liberty from the First Ward. , FIFTH WARD. From tho Fifth Ward there was a wagon bearing an elm tree, . with a representative of ; William Penii, with juvenile representatives of the Indian tribo around him, which was intended to represent the . treaty between Wm. Penn and the Indians. , On each side of the wagon was written, " The Qua kers are for'Grant and PeiceJ Thia wagon attracted a great deal of attention. ; ' :' " ' ' '"'': "' ' ' THE Q SLANT' GUN SQUAD, ". ' Composed of former Federal soldiers, turned out in force, and were assigned a place in the procession. ' The boys of the Grant Gun Squad have on all occasions, when called upon, done their duty during this campaign, and to-morrow will discharge another duty to the State and the country at large by voting for' Baker.'.Veatch, and the whole Republican ticket. . THE TniRD WARD Turned out two beautifully decorated wagons for the day procession, one freighted with sweet and beautiful little girls, who were handsomely dressed, and who made ; a splendid appearance. " There were twentyBeven of these little girls, all dressed in, white, with blue caps and red sashes. The other wagon was filled with brig'dt-eyed and joyous little boys, who all appeared most" happy on'the occasion. " It is to be hoped that they will all live long and be happy under a Republican form of government. "., V . '..':,; ." THE FIRST WARD SOLDIER BOYS Turned out a wagon for the day procession which bore some four or five shelter tents, or as the boys used to call them, " dog tents." . On one of these tents was written 1,600 voters, we don't scare at such an avalanche not much." On the reverse &ide of the tent was written, "We standby those who stood by us." On this wagoa was seated several soldiers who had lost limbs in the service of their country. About the center of the procession appeared" the carriages containing the speakers, GENERALS KLLPATRICK AND LEW. WALLACE,- ''..,' Who . were accompanied by quite a number of our own citizens in the carriages. Others of our fellowcitizens, having distinguished visitors, followed in carriages, making quite a display, and showing that the hearts of our people are in the cause, and that they are in real earnest. This GRAND PROCESSION ' ' Numbering over twQ,t thousand persons, and which, for grandeur and display, the equal of which was' never witnessed in this city", moved (.hroagh soma of tho principal streets, and thence to Blackford's Grove, when a scene, of magnificence presented itself to the gaze of the astonished thou-

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anda ia attnias6, that qua may act ttee more than caej in a hfe-tiwe, The people by the thousands collected, while ' the various delegations moved around the stand, each one being marshaled in perfect order, and conducted to the position assigned it. When the various delegations had been properly disposed of, the word was given that : - DINNER . ; Wa3 ready. The same tables used by the Democrats a few days before were used by the Republican ladies, with the addition of one thousand' feet more. Notwithstanding this" vast crowd of people, which extended over twenty acres of ground was by far larger than was anticipated, the ladies having the matter of feeding the multitude in band, were equal to the emergency, having provided a bountiful supply of substantial, which were partaken of by our invited friends with a good relish. In no place on this continent can the Evansville ladies be excelled in making preparations for sueh great oecaaiona. 'Before going to dinner 'V THE .FIVE BANDS, 1- ! The Crescent City Silver"; : " the Princeton, the Mount Vernon Independent, the Newburgh, and Norton's Band, of Shawneetown, all colleeted on the stand, and at the same time played "Hail . Columbia" and the " Red, White and' Blue," amid the voeiferous shouts of the vast multitude of people. '. , , ' .! AROUND THE SPEAKERS STAND. After a large portion of the vast multitude had been to dinner, the people assembled around the speakers' stand. " The scene was grand beyond description. In front and "on each side of the stand the multitude gathered. Seats had been prepared for about two thousand. These were soon filled with all that could pqssibly find room, and then the aisles and the vacant grounds all around as far as a strong voice could be heard was literally packed, presenting one wide rsca ot .up-turned faces. Old army officers, who have been accustomed to see vast armies massed, estimated the crowd around the . stand at 6,000 to 8,000, and a remarkable feature was that while large numbers flocked around while the speech progressed', scarcely a man or woman loft during the first speech. Ex-Mayor Baker, in a few appropriate remarks,: introduced r . WAJOB GENERAL KILPATRICK, Who for nearly .. two' hours fairly electrified his audience with one of the most animating and ", Htirring speeches of the campaign. His fine voice rang out like a clarion, and with the strict attention given, was distinctly heard by nearly all that vast audienoe. "." J s - He said he ;had come hererto address the people of this Congressional District, but it seemed to him that he had found here assembled the better half of Indiana. They had come a the patriotic Fathers came in revolutionary' times- as the loval North came in 1861 to save the Nation and secure Liberty; in her temple. " Now" the people, all over the country were rallying in countless thousands to devise means to! preserve our liberties and Freedom. Applause. We had thought," when Johnson surrendered to the great Sherman, and when Lee surrendered to the next President of the United States (wild npnlause,) that we had ended the rebellion and the war. When the heroes of Virginia and the Carolinas had met, the joy of the brave boys was unbounded; as they marched over the. blood-stained hills of Virginia, and down Pennsylvania Avenueby the future homo of Uly3ses Grant, and when they reached home and had kissed their wives and children, and had laid away their faithful muskets along with the old. relics of the Revolution,- they thanked God that the war was over. But they had v been mistaken. They had thought that reconstruction would be easy and peaceful. He had been absent from the country for a short season, and when he came home twenty days axo, he was surprised to find unrepentant rebels had joined heart and soul with the rebel sympathizing- - Copperheads of "the North, in an effort to sain possession of the government. He found names hung up in New York that he had learned to despise. Horatio Seymour, the leader of a rebel mob, Seymour and Blair and a white man's government. He saw too a procession with a banner inscribed " White boys in blue," and " Remember your friends, but don't forget your enemies." - To elect Seymour President would be to sacrifice live years of terrible war, and turn over the Government, North and South, to rebels who had destroyed five hundred thousand lives in an effort to destroy the nation. The War is not over. Not a breath of wind comes from the South that, does not bring the groans of some murdered Union man, or the well-known -rebel yell that we have heard and defied so often. We have come here, brave men and fair women, to-day, with empty hands, but with hands that know how to use the rifle and sword; and you can go tell your rebel friends in Kentucky and elsewhere that we are ready to meet them at the baliot-box or on the field of battle, where we met the cowardly graybacks. They may as well hear this now as six months later. Speaking of the .."-White -Boys inBlue," he said he had seen one in New York with shoulder straps on, but he looked as if it would take the strongest yoke of oxen in the State to draw him into a fight. Shall we have the leader of a mob for President? Shall we have Seymour or Grant? Loud cries of Grant, Grant, Grant'. Shall we have a man who has insulted every Union man and soldier by saying that Wade Hampton and N. B.Forrest are as good as you, for Vice Presi dent, or shall we have your own beloved Colfax. Colfax. Shall Sherman or Robert E." L-2e be chief of your army? Shall the straps be torn from the shoulders of. Phil. Sheridan and placed on Forrest's? Shall a man who devoted and risked his life to save your countiy, or a man who gave but $10 be your Governor? Baker I Bakerll ' .. Strangely enough I myself am a Democrat, but of the Andrew Jackson style. If I am a Democrat, what are these men? If they are Democrats, what am I? -1 He said the 'Democratic party was like Bill Smith. They did not know what they are. He went to mill with' a cart and oxen, got drunk and went to sleep. Somebody while he slept took away his oxen. When he woke up, he looked around bewildered, and

iaquirad, Whqam I AwT fillr Hmiih or somo on cib5?' If I am Bill Smith, I've lost a yoke of oxeo. If I am not Bill Smith, I've found a cart." If these men are Democrats, they have lost their principles. General Kiloatnck then reviewed the conduct of the Democratic party on the evo of the rebellion" and during the war for its suppression; pointed to their hypocritical cry for the Constitution by, men who had fought for years to destroy the Constitution and the Government Did Wade Hampton, or'Roberr'E. Lee, or Jeff- Davis, or- Napoleon Bonanart Forrest ever break the Constitution, and did Seymour and his friends sympathize with them while, doing it?,? ' ne would burn every s constitution in the wdrld -before ht would sce.his country destroyed.' 1 'We " co uld ' write new constitutions and just as good ones as our daddies did. The Democracy and rebels 'bad broken the Constitution time and again, and had tred to destroy the Constitution and the? Government at the 'same time,-' -but now - they J 'are' terribly alarmed about the Constitution and will have no other. ' They reminded him of an old aunt of his. She had an old tea-pot. It had beea.her', grand taotber'fl, her; mother's, and now it washer's, find she would never drink tea frocn any other. In an unlucky moment it lost its handle, but she declared it was the same old tea-pot, and sha woud.driu;k. tea from no other. "Then the nozzle wa3 melted ff, but still she would use it; -and thfcttairaughfy boy kfilfod-tlie "bottom out of it, but still she claimed that it was the. same old ..jea-po W and she would use none -other. Sd'withthe Democratio 'partyi'1-1 They had the name of Democratand though they had abandoned very .good prioeipld of that glorious. old 'party, ' they still held on to the tiame.nn-d would have none other, and swore it was the teame old ' tea-pot,- notwithstandingifc" had lost its handle,: its rnozzlel. arid had had the bottom knocked but ot it ' la ' 1.860 :when -"they 'drove out Stephen A; 'Douglas ' and the better Eart of tho Democratic party, they roke off the handle" of their tea-pot. Irt'lSGl when they fixed on Fort Sumter, and drenched the streets of Baltimore with patriotblo id, they melted off the nozzle, andin 1864, at Chicago, when they declared the War a failure, they kicked outi ttlie- bottom. .- Ob the 4th of July --last they held a tea party'at New, York, and half of , tho.se assembled were . unrepentant rebels, and theypersist in using the same old ea -not," although i ;it has neither handle, nozzle or bottom. Great applause. . lie thought , it wad the lust party who would ever drink 'tcv out of that old tea-pot ' ; ' Some may : think-1 am . vindictive and abusive. They say I ca'I them traitors. ; Well "ain't you?, 1 You. say no, I am a eood a Union maq as you are.'Gen.VKilpatrick. Were', you in the Union- army? r Yes,' Then 'all I have 'got to say!, is ;.that , you have wandered a long way. from headquarters. ' -' Y''' 1':', ' But "h avo . wd been1' vindictive? While traitors live and are honored and thousands of lives, .have been aacrifioed by their treason; when Life is at tho head of . a- military school in Virginia tho gallant McPherson sleeps the sleep that knows no waking;-;Forrest, - the butcher of Fort Piljow. is honored and fed while Phi!. Kearney lies beneath the soil of Virginia made doubly sacred by the blood of patriots; Jeff. Davis lives and goes at will, whil our immortal Lineoln lies dead. ' Does that look as if we were vindictive? We have not ,'beenl fndictlve';! we' have been "too lenient too magnanimous; we should have swept the leaders away. , We had ." tried " mild toeasures to bring them back, but they refused to come back except on their own terms; and when Rosecran?, who thought he was" the Governmentwent to .General Lee to inquire; on what terms they would come backi he was told they wanted to be let alone. That is just

wnat. tiiey waDteu waen tuey com menced 'the rebellion, '!They won't let us, fcobcnith to live. ii-W e' Want to mko thq.South Jike Indiana fruo to all wlvo.iwant? togq tner tpjlryg and behave themselves. ..They call..U..carpctTbar3r8. :Wo are all descendants of. carpet-baggers. The .Pilgrim .. leathers-. wre carpet baggers when they went to New Eng land;: JLUniel Boono was a' c irpetbasgor when he nettled 10-Kcntucky; Oglethorpe was u carpet bagger when he settled in Georgia.; Columbus was a carpet-bagger; and you have a ar-pct-bagger in this city editing a Democratic neswpaper.r He may tell: his friends down , South, if they don't quit peisecuting Union men, we will march five hundred 'thousand oarpetbaggers down - there with ' darningneedles and sew them up into shrouds. We are not angels, and should not be expected to b more nicroifuLthan the Great Author of all Mercies. He has never yet forgiven the arch traitor, Lucifer, for his rebellion. . We should "imitate his 'example, ' and when 'we have rebels. down should keep them down till they cry enough. J. ney won t oome pack , because we won't- let them shoot Union men and kill a negro before ( breakfast to get up an appetito.'..Vj'jV,' '." Oa the Bu'yect of negro equality he snid.i Republicans are not afraid of it. The meaner a Tnaa'.is the more he hates negroes and fears negro equality. !! ': - - f -When 'the South had. Unrestf icted elections, after the close of the war, they passed the negro, code.', That would Opt allow " him to make, contracts, or go out after ;8 o'lock: at night, and if he could not pay a dollar poll tax, he should be Sold, and we were compelled to make. laws, to protect them. .7- ', It would be an act of inhumanity to desert those people, many of. whom fought for us; and when I see a negro who has lost a 1 leg or an arm in 'fighting for his countryI take him by. the hand, and think -more of him than I do of a rebel Copperhead who fought against the country or ran off ' to Canada to avoid the draft.' But'X don't go as far a3 - Frank P. Blair, to be willing to sleep with them.'Y,- ;'; '. The speaker next took, up' the reconstruction laws, and showed ; their justness and necessity' Tho 'four teenth article, which the South had rejected ' under the advice of , fajUe friends, lelt:the question of "ufrag in the hands of the South. :i The first measures . of reconstruction , ignored the negro altogether,- and the refusal of the South to accept mild measures led to 'the existing laws of reconstruction. j." He had dreamed he heard a Copperhead asking a ' Union, soldierj.to vote. for the, Democratic ticket, aid fiving reasons why he should. ' Didn't e; remember - the ,. Jettcrs they .-.had written down South asking the rebals to welcome the soldiers ;with;bloody hands to hospitable . gvaves, how they voted aganst all measures to provide means to py them? '.Had refused to let them vote in the field, and had called them pet names,, such' as "thieves," "assassins," and .".Lincoln dogs?'' underrated their victories and gloried over their defeats? " The soldier thought he couldn't see it.

Duvl&flt thq wa had tlona wuoh pood, but was rar ddnat a groat evil. We fought two years to preservo this Un;on wih slavery. We fought the battle of Manassas, and were defeat ed. McClellan was driven from the gates of Richmond. Sid years were thev for ua. Lvon. Kearney, and a ho3t of brave men fell, but fell in vain. When the immortal Lincoln said, " If the rebellion can be crush ed, let slavery perish, then we won Antietam and victory after victory followed. Then came the Droclama tion,and we had made oar peace with God. Had we won at Big Bethel and South Mountain, the war would have ended in a year, and slavery would have been preserved. Had the feoutn accepted the 14th Article, reconstruc tion Vould have been perfect, with no nehts secured to the ne?ro. The speaker then took up the pjatform of the Democratic party. He Faid he would enter into no defense of the Republican party or platform There were soldiers present who knew he never actpd on the defensive ; he always attacked. There arc only two vital planks in the Democratic platform all the others arc merely spider-webs to catch silly Democratic insects. They denounce military rule. Conffres3 had sent no soldiers South. That was ' the work of Preddeat Johnson. If the South would be have properly, the army null b withdrawn at. any. time. They denounced the Freedmen's Bureau, and charged that it cost on immense deal Of money to support it. That story was like Dan. Vborhees' taxes. One would suppose by the way he talked that he paid $2,000 or f 3.000 taxes yearly. But an invest! gatinff1 committee had found that he had only paid $1 35 in seven years, and his taxes was mostly found on the delinquent list. The Bureau cost only $2,000,000 a year,' just what a Democratic war had cost for two days. Two parts of the platform are moro exp'icit. One was mide by Georga H. Pendleton and Clement L Vallandiogham, of Ohio, and Jack Rdgvrs. of New Jersey. They want a gold currency and propose to get it by issuing .. $1,500,000,000 greenbacks. Their figuring nn this subject is like that on the Democratic victory in Maine. They say Maine in 18GG g ivo a Republican majority of 27.000 This year she gives only 20,000. showing a Democratic gain of 7,030. but they forget to tell you that in 18G7 the Republican majority was 11.000, while this year it is 20,000, a Republican gain of 9,000., " It I have a load in my well and it jumps up four feet anJ falls'" down six feet every night, how long will '.it tako to reach the top? lie had given that problem to a little nephew to solve, and he came back to him and said, " Uncle, if I am right in my calculations, aad have made no mistake in my figures, I think the toad is about half way to h ll'bythis time." Loud laughter. The idea of paying the national debt by issuing greenbacks promises to pay is as preposterous as to place rotten eggs under a tin rooster, and expect to raise Shanghai chickens. Cheers and laughter. The , other plank was by: Wade Hampton, which declared the reconstruction measures unconstitutional, revolutionary and void. He showed the moaning of thisnlank when interpreted by Blair's Broadheid letter, lie pictured the character of the rebel delegation in the New York Convention, Robert Ould, with whom some of the soldiers present had boarded down South; Wade Hampton, who, at tho surrender of Johnston, said he Would suffer his right arm to wither before he would submit to the surrender, aud said he hoped yet to have, the exquisite pleasure of burning Norther cities; Vance, of North Carolina, whom his scouts had chafed to the mountains of North Carolina and made to ride back one hundred and fifty miles on a bareback mule, he having made a contract to go with Wade Hampton in the guerrilla business, but this ride on a som-backed I mule had led him to dissolve the partnership Forrest and his diabolical conduct at Fort Pillow, whic ho depicted with most thnllinar elfcct Is there a DSmocrat here to-day who will vote with a party that is advised by such men? No wonder they wantel a leader ot a mob lor their Presi dent, and a roaring Abolitionist a few years ago but now a Copperhead for Vice President The Democrat then proposed that if the soldier would lorgivo him for starving him on Uelle lslo. at Audersoaville and Libby, and vote the Dem ocratic tiolcet, he would torgise the soldier for chasing him to Canada. He then reviewed the character of the candidates. lie couldn t say much of General Grant. No one knew much about him. and he would take np Seymour first. Seymour was at Fort Snelling, looking after his lands. when the war broke out. Tho people were about to hold a meeting to consider the aot of flrinsr on Sumter, and perhaps to tender aid to suppress the rebellion. A committee called on Seymour to ask him to make a speech, lie professed to be extremely well; the air agreed with him and he never felt so well in his life, but when he was told the character of the meeting, Horatio was decidedly too ill to speak. Ho reviewed his conduct aod speeches durira; the war, and finally came to the conclusion that if the doctrines of the transmigration of souls be true, that, when a man dies the soul is transmigrated and enters tho body of a new born child, that at the time Seymour was born nobody had died. Who is Frank Blair? (Bla! Blal) An office seeker he would not be a Blair if he wasn't was an abolitionist, and is now the bosom friend of Wade Hampton and the butcher Forrest. Frank has an army, too, and with it he was goinsr to fix the thing all up. It cousisted of deserters, draftsneaks and such like. Frank said it was an honor to take by the hand such gentlemen as Forrest and Wade Hampton that tney were our peers. Blistered be the tongue that uttered the disgraceful word.-. Grant is a tanner, and we. will furnish bark for him to tan the whole Democratio party. Though petted by the pubi c, he never made a foolish speech. Seymour is a smooth-tongued, oily speaker, an 1 yet Grant has made one or two speeches thr contain mare than Seymour ever said. IA voice " He made aspeech at Snibm." Yes, a glorious speech. Aud he made a speech in the Wilderness, when he .-mu. jl 11 u&mv . b uu l uu 11113 line, 11 it takes all summer;" and at Appomattox, under the applo tree, when he told General Lee that his terms were " unconditional surrender;" and he made a most glorious speech when he said he "would have no policy giinst the will of the people." He is not much of a General, but is a good blunderer. lie blundered right up agiinst the fortifications of Vicksbtirg, and blundered info the city. He blundered at Uhattauooga when he placed old 1'ap 1 nomas, ttie biggest man in the army, in the center, and started the army right up in the fuco.of the rebel works of 200 guns, and got Sherman across the river on the left, and then blundered up the j mountain, planting the banner of

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bfi&uty uiid Cif gjoiy 01) Alison Hidge and Lookout Mountain. Then he blundered in the Wilderness, throwing his army wrong end foremost over the river, and sent Sherman all alone through Georgia, with sixty thousand men, and the greatest blunder of all, put me in command of the cavalry, and the reb els never saw his infantry. Shermin blundered into Savannah. Grant still kept blundering down through the Wilderness and then around Richmond, and then blundered by sending Sheridan to the Five Forks, and blundered by taking Lee's sword under the Appomattox apple tree, and if I am not greatly mistaken he will, on the 4th of next March, blunder into the White House, and I'll bet 00 it." His closing half-hour was addressed to the soldiers, : during which he paid a high compliment to Indiana soldiers, whom he hid often seen in battle. There was not a battle-field in the South that was not billowed by Indiana blood, tie alluded to the Third Cavalry at Falmouth, tho Sixth and Eighth at Brandy Station. Upperville and Gettysburg, the Thirty-s-ixth at Rocky Face. lie said that the soldier who would vote for Seymour azainst Grant would have voted for Arnold against Washington. His peroration was as fine a specimen of oratory as we ever heard, and was listened to with the most breathless attention, and at its close the air was rent with th wildest applause. . Ex-Governor Dunning, after reading a dispatch from "Mt. Vernon stating that a grand Democratic demonstration was in progress, with three hundred voters present, onehalf of whom were Republicans, with M. W. Pcar.se and John Pitcher as speakers, introduced OENtKAL LKW. WALI.ACI,

Whose appearance was greeted with vehelaeui app anso. General Wallooe thought when be saw such a crowd ns was then before him, that we ought to he ashamed that.lt. took mi mucn trouble to oeat tle lJemonraw, and meu proce -ueu u in iKu one or the iet (speeches of h a life, which was Ilneued to wl th profound a'toulion hy all who could orowa wit ntu mien or nis voise. We regret we have not time or space n give a iioei-iii nyoopsis 01 in speech. Tho tioneral was frequently Interrupted by voclforous applause, and waen be inquired ' how much patience me aumeuce na i, ne was greeteu by louu cries 01 "uo on." lie spoke lor au n ur, giving a mast scathing review of the Dem ocrat c party and policy. Ills arnmeut 011 me lax (jujsiioii was most clear ana convincing, showlnn that while the great buraen of taxes leil upon the Hon, the poor were almost wholly exempt ironi taxes to the U veruiueut, there btng hut six articles of m inuraomre wiw under uie present larirr lw and Ihette ad luxuries exctiDt matcha. Under the proposed system ot taxation I),' the Democratic party every article In tue House or tiie nob and the poor wouiu te laxea equally, tub era le the coolt-siove. ilia carpet. a i the bedclothes the cupboard, the knives and the forks, the plow, tbo horses, wagon and farm, &e. At (he close of his speech not les than y.OOO people were aroand the stand. Alter three cheers for the National and istate ticket, and three for KllDatrick and Wallace. General Veatch was called ouu but merely thanked the people for the eoniDliment and retired. Three cheers were then given, him aud the crowu returuea to tiie city. ' ' NIGHT PROCESSION. Certainly the grandest at,d the most magnificent display ever witnessed in this city, was presented to our peopto on Saturday night. At 6 o'clock a salute was fired by the Grant Gun Squad, which was the. signal for the various wards to assemble, and at 7J o'clock the men bearing torches com menced moving. Look where you would ia tho city, up one street or down another, thousands of torches were seen. Each street appeared stream ot light, as in looking up or down, the lights appeared blended ia one solid sheet. , Promptly at the hour fixed for moving this . magnificent procession. marshaled by Gen. Shackelford, who was assisted by the following nauued gentlemon: M-ijor Jas. L. Orr, F. W. Cook, Col. O. K. Drew, David Heimann, Col. J. Kearcher, Wm. Steineker, H. D. Allis, Col. J. F. Grill. II. B. Cassavant, Lieut. T. J. Grove3, Col. James G, Jones, Capt.- A. Rimr roth, Dr. J. W. Coaipton, Capt. Alex. Darling, ' Capt. Y. P. Hargravo, Col. Ed. Wehler, Major Mattison, J. W. Nexsen, and Dr: S. V. Thompson, commenced its march out Main Street, and on the Imc indicated in tho previously arranged programme. To the GRANT GUARDS Were assigned the honorary position of the head of the column, who, with martial musio and soldier tread, keepiBg pace to the " music of the Union ," moved on, cheering as they went for the great Union General under whose guidance they had conquered a rebellious foe. ; It was indeed cheering to see the veterans, who had on many a battlo-field sustained the honor of the old flag, still in the front ranks. We can never discharge tho obligations we owe to the soldiers who fought our battlos and saved our country, and now that the war is over will da their share of fighting tho enemy at tho ballot-box. NINTH WARD. "Following the Grant Guards, the Ninth Ward Delegation app'arcd, headed by a sectioa of artillery, manned by some railroad bands. The turnout by tho Republicans of the Ninth Ward was in every way respectable, and highly creditabla to tham. We have cheering repdrts from the Ninth Ward, and it miy hi expected that a better report on Tuesday may bo heard from that ward then ever before. The GRANT ARTILLERY, Of which mention has been made before, followed in tho procession, when the WARRICK DELEGATION, Headed by the Newburg Bind, and followed by th-j grand chariot of State, from Bjonvillo, with the elaborately decorated wagon, bearing the young lady representatives of States with their escorts, and followed by the Grant Guards, all mounted, aud i four abreast, in tl.o light produced by the magnificent array of lamps certainly made a grand display. The EVANSVILLE CORNET HAND, Headed the Young Men's Grant Cavalry, numbering 200 and following that was the magnificeut Golden Chariot, gotten up by thoe Grst voters. This chariot contained thinycight beautiful j'oung ladies in white. and a Goddess of Liberty. Although our people had witnessed the magnlfi- f cent spectacle presented, by tho ap-1 pearance of this gorgeously arranged : cnariot, the young ladies were greet. ed with raptutes of applause, as qyer and anon a beautiful red light presentedja tableau, the most beautiful,

Qaiti novel fcutufii aUiudv-i uiS MW Grant Cavh, in th,-. Persona of twelvo y0UDg UJle,, who appeared as " kitchwu fcirls," each bearing a broom, uud borne by a wagon .tistefally decorated. The wagon bearing these ladies having broken down on Sixth Street, they marched the ba'ance of the way on foot. The youn; ladies referred to did not fed dispo.sad to give up in a good causu, hence they accepted tho situation, and marched on. THE FOURTH WARD Turned out a splendid chariot of State, tastt fully decorated, and bearing a bevy of thirty-eight beautiful young ladle, with a Goddess of Liberty. The young ladies sang sweetly as they parsed along, to the delight of those who witnessed the moving of this great " avalanche." TO W NSH I P D E a EG ATIONS . Tho various township delegations, which were mentioned in the report of the day procession, turned out ia full force at night, and presented au imposiog appearance. All honor aod praise to the township delegations for their presence at the night procession. THE GIBSON COUNTY DELEGATION, To the number of aboufc eight hundred, headed by the Princeton Band, re-appeared in the procession at night. A loore enthusiastic and earnest sot of Republicans have not been seen in Evansville for many a day, and yet none more orderly or well-behaved-

FIB ST WARD. The delegation from the First Wan! was one of the largest, and headed by the magnificent Chariot of State, which, like those of other wards, vt a freighted with beauty, grace and elegance, in the persons of sixty girls and boys, a'l handsomely dressed, certainly made a feature in this great moving panarama, that was alike creditable to those who played a part in it, and the good citizens of tho ward who did not only partieipate.but aided in tho good caus3 with their money. POSEY COUNTY DELEGATION. Tho Posey County delegation with the Mt. Vernon Independent Band, the Ship of State, and its Grant Artillery, made an imposing appearance as it moved along amid the light oi the thousands of lamps, and certainly was a feature in the procession interesting and pleasing. ; THIRD WARD. . The Thirl Ward Republicans on the occasion of the night procession failed not ia the discharge of their duty. The appearance of the two wagons, the one filled with interestinglittle girls, and the other with bright and cheerful little boys, which have been described in the morning report, by night under lamp-light were -eally beautiful indeed. THE FIFTH WARD Republ ioans at night turned out ia force, and the delegation, hoaded by tho no '61 feature of the Penn Treaty Wagon, wero hailed oa all sides with words of good cheer. We expect 'co see an avalanche in the Fifth Wsid this election that will not be the most agreoable to the De mocracy. Mr. William Heilman, of tho Fifth Ward, turned out a handsome engine with a caliopo, which was quite an attractive foaturo in the procession. SPENCER COUNTY DELEGATION. The large Spencer County delega tion, headod by. tho Rockport Gleo Club in tho night prooession, while tho young ladies and gentlemen as the great body moved along sang beauti ful songs, certainly did not fail to attract attention. As a feature in the procession it was a success. THE SEVENTH WARD. The Seventh Ward, tho glorious old banner ward of tho city, in addition to its large delegation, turned out throe wagons, each extensively and elaborately decorated, and being freighted with fair ladies and beauti ful young girls. Want of space prevents a more minute description of the wacons from tho Seventh Ward, but it is enough to say that the old Seventh is the Banner Ward. From the Seventh. Ward a wagon contaiuicg a fquad of Grant tanners, was a novel as well as attractive feature. THE SECOND WARD Turned out in, full force, and as the bo's went ".marching aloDg," enliv ened the occasion with .campaign t-oogs, whicn were well sung. I ho Second Ward Republicans will do nobly to-morrow at the ballot box. ' ; E13HTII WARD. In connection with the very large representation from the Eighth Ward n the procession was a splendid' decorated wagon, a Chariot of State, with ' beautiful young ladies. This wagon was one of the most hand some in the procession, but of course similar ia character to those de scribed above. INDEPENDENCE. Independence turned out a large number of Republicans, and two wag ons, one a chariot of State with God dess of Liberty, and fair representa tives of States, and another having colliers on it, working away as if at their avocations, having on the wagon everal large lumps of coal, at which tney were ever and anon at work. TRANSPARENCIES. There was a very larga number of UanparenciC3 in the procession, tho most of tho mottoes on which have been given on the occasion of n previous demonstration in this city. There were, however, some new mottoes presented that we would like to have produced, but cannot, owing lo the great Jet gth of this report. RECA PiTL LATION. In tho procession there were fifty' four, wagons and carriages, containing over a thousand people, and in the procession"" over two thousand five hundred lamps, making a grapd total of- moro than three thousand five hundred in the profession. The horsemen as well as the footmen were marched four abreast, and with this arrange ment, the procession was mors thau two miles in length