Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1844-07-09

hickory club should ouinumbeF,tWoio one,
the wLOlO crowd, speakers and ell, which
composed this grand whig rally Of
Brown county. A gTsatrslly it vas in>
deed, numbering in sn, men women and
children. about Is or 81 p 'rsOns
The most Of these came in procession
from Russelsvills. Add this procession
IwsnI TO say word about il, as il was
decidedly "iich". Like the queen Of
night, when just peePing above ibe cas-
tern hills, she first throws her silveTy
rays Of light upon the musky earth moves
slowly on until she spans the broad arch
OF heaven ana seems to stand still IN her
zenith, 8 o came a wagon drawn BY two
animals, something resembling the genus.
Of the horse, but truly 10 use a common
but perhaps not inelegant expression,
''yOu could scarcely see the horses for
the bonss". In this sat the Band; two
idlers and drummer, filing the still ar
with wild melodiOus sounds; ah what mu.
sic; had Apollo or OrpheuS, Paginini or
Old Bull been there, tLey would have
yielded The palm Of victory and melted
into te esrs indeed, one might almost i'm
magine be listened 10 the tabled music
of the serapbs. And they came, slowly
and solsmnly followed by one or two
carriages and about forty hOIsemen-
This description is as near 10 life as pos-
sible, lcannot describe it more fully but
sincerely wish with Gilpin that;
When they take another trip,
May you be there to see.
The Hickory Club, Immediately after
their arrival, was called to order and
most ably and eloquenlly addressed byMr.
T. NJ Barker of Georgetown. He cons
fined himself more particularly to the U.
S. Bank, aud exposed the fraud and cor
rupllon Of the stockholders and directors,
their using The funds of the Bank To iu>
huence electors. After he was through,
motion was made and carried, that any
whg who desired TO reply shou Id be in
vted to do so. Mr.. G B. White, on the
part Of the wings, said that he Intended
to address the whig party as soon az they
raised their ash pole, and that then he
would reply 10 the remarks Of Mr. Bar
ker. After they had raised the ir pole a
proposition was made by the wings iO
condenss the meetings into one and have
debate, each party having equal time in
speaking. This they refused, but pro-
posed TO open with half an hour the
democrats TO follow with an hour, and
they TO cltse with half hour. We re-
fused 10 This, but proposed again that we
should have equal time. They might
open with an hour, we follow with an
hour and half, and they close with half
an hour--or that we open and they close,
and this they re jected. 1t was a fair back-out
they were afraid u meet the demo tic speak.
eres eq~aI grounds they fearnd light and truth.
They preferred an exclusive me citing where they
could make federal assertions, and no one have
the liberty TO reply. The democrats adjourned
to in front OF Mr.. Brady's, and there under the
broad Canopy of heaven listenad attentively for
three hours to Mt Ellison aud (hilIen a
White. These gentlemen surpassed themselves.
Mr.. EiIisOm'S speech was sirOIg, sF.
gumenint We, log cal He exposed the
federal parry, and held thtm up TO the
gaze oil The people dirss,ed fall Tie
false 6ppe, rance they lave recently ts~
sumed --he stripped the wolf Of its sleeps cloth
ing, Mr.. Chiffon White, did great honor 10
himself He is quite a yourg man, bit be
brsathes the right spirit, and If he lives the
whig party will wIithe and twist under the
lnshngs Of his youthful tongue. T e meeting
adjourned to meet at Russslv!Ile, whore addres.
ses were TO be delivered at early candle light.
ing. The wings, fter their meeting was ever,
gave a chal lenge to the democratic party TO ds-
bate any or all the great questlons--whlch was
accepted. The place Ngroed upon was Carlisle,
time next Saturday two weeks, July the 27lh
:. to commence at 10 o'tl,ck A. VI.
Yours, &c.
RvSSeLgille, July 9Th 1874.