Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-10-10
THE MASS MEETINGS

Within the past two or three weeks, all
three political parties have had their Grand
Mass Meetings in Pomeroy, and as yet we
have said nothing about any, by way of
description. In fact, we did not attend
any; but as our Office is centrally located,
we had fair view of what was going on.
First came the Democratic Mass Meet
ing" which had been duly announced by
handbills and runners for several days pre-
viously, to take place on Saturday, Sept.
9th, at 10 o'clock, A. NJ, at which time,
the public were informed that Hon. David
Tod, Hon. A. G. Thurman, Hon. G. W.
M'Cook, Hon. VIM. Medill, and others,
would be present and address the multitude.
Democrats, and citizens all, were invited
to come up and have Grand Council.
Well, Saturday, Sept. 96th, 10 o'clock,
A. M, arrived, and so did some of the
orators, namely, Messrs. Medill, N.Gook-
and Fink. But the people did not come.
During the forenoon, several sterling Re-
publicahs, from the country, called at our
office to ascertain whether there would be
any Democratic meeting in town that day.
They said the1bad seen the handbills, and
had come b of curiosity, to see the great
men, and hear what they had to say; but,
seeing nothing Unusual going on, they were
1pubt whether or not there would be
- pseting. We advised them to "wait
iS,husee." Thus the forenoon passed away
Between Land 2 o'clock in the after
noon, hearing terrible noise, and suppo-
sing 9 dog fight, or row of some kind was
takingplace, we ran to the window, and
the sight we beheld beggars description
About a hundred or so of the shabbiest
looking men and boys we have beheld in &
long time were following after big flag
in the utmost confusion, and yelling like
so many fends, This, we were informed
was the Grand Democratic Procession
30, our bleeding county," thought we
"has it come to this!" But we said moth.
ing. Had we belonged to a party thus
represented, we should certainly have hung
our head in shame, whenever we though
of that procession" After this "demon
stration," we understand, quite a number
of our citizens, from curiosity, repaired t.
the place where the speaking was to "comt
off," until the audience numbered abou
four hundred in all-more than one-hal
Republicans. The speaking lasted unit
after s O'Clock, and passed off quietly.
In the evening, we understand, Gov
Medill held forth at some place in the up
per end Of town; and the others in Middle
port With the exception Of the yelling
, of a few drunken rowdies and ragged ur
chins, we noticed nothing unusual. TIL
town did not seem to contain many NOR
visitors than is usual on Saturdays, am
the speaking seemed to create very littl
sensation. Had the Republicans stat
J at home in the afternoon, there would hav
been scarcely corporals guard in attend
ance. Thus ended the great Democrat
Mass Meeting.
On the Saturday following, namely, o.
tober 4th, at noon, we starred to dinner, a
.dpsual, not once imagining that anylhip
!. = usual was expected to take place on th'
i Aswe were passing the tavern, a
q pintance fom Gallia county hailed u
s ;.4Is Yer the usual salutation, inquire
Es2 ely where the Fillmore Ma
n s.S to be. held. We informt
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