Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1856-08-08


telling speech. There was great rush to
see Ton FORD, the man who had dared to
tell the slave-drivers of the South that there
was north, and he was received with tre-
mendous applause. His speech was plain,
STRAIGHTFORWARD one, and he won many friends
during his address.
+ At the Sd stand, Hon. CALEB B. SMITH,
of Cincinnati, spoke for two hours. His
was the most powerful and convincing
speech we ever listened to. WV. H. GIB-
son, Treasurer of State, followed Mr.. SMITH,
in an address of an hour and a-half
I At the 4th stand Hon. JAMES H. BAKER,
Secretary of State, was first called out and
made beautiful speech. Among the 9TH
er speakers were Hon. DANIEL R. TnDEN,
Hon. o. P. BRowN, Hon. Mr. PALMER, Gen.
CAREY, Prot. PECK, WIN. MILLER, Esq, o.
E. KELLOGG, Esq, T. Hunt, Esq, Mr.. RID
DIE, and two or three others whose names
we did not hear. The thousands who sur
rounded each stand, listened with the closest
attention to the speakers who by the force
of their arguments held their minds entirely
at their control.
Oss1AN E DoDeE, the celebrated musi-
clan, poet and satirist was present and ia
vored the people with several of his songs
sung only as DoDGE could sing them.
AT half past o'clock the speading end
led, and two rounds of six charges each, were
fired by the four gun squads, led off by the
Mansfield company; I'd Cleveland; Sd To-
Iledo; and 4th, Old Croghan. The brass
pieces were well handled, and the exercises
were skilfully and rapidly executed. The
Mansfield squad made the quickest work,
but Old Croghan talked the loudest.
\ At 5 o'clock the crowd left the speaking
ground and returned to town, where for two
hours the hurrahing and cheering was of the
most extravagant nature, as delegation after
delegation left for home, and by 7 o'clock
there were not more than 5000 remaining
EVENING.
At 8 o'clock the Toledo Brass Band and
the GAINESVILLE Band of Martial Music com
menced march on Front street, for torch
| Light procession. The Germans from Tole-
do with large number of transparencies,
and 225 torches, took the lead, then came
the GAINESVILLE band leading the Fremont
boys with about 800 torches. After making
the circuit of the town and arriving again on
Front street, under the American Flag, a
halt was ordered by the Marshal of the To-
ledo company, and three cheers were pro-
posed for Fremont and Dayton, then three
cheers for the Republicans of Fremont
The lungs of 1900 spectators were then tax
ed to their utmost A Fremont boy then
proposed three cheers for the German Re-
Ipublicans of Toledo, and three laundering
rounds of applause rent the air. The bands
struck up a National air, and the Fremont
ers with their torches escorted the Toledo
company to thecars. The train arrived and
Old Croghan gave the parting salute.
Thus ended the 9th of August in Fre-
mont. We never expect to look upon its
like again.
INCIDENTS OF THE DAY.
Several times during the March a halt
was ordered in the street in front of our Of
fee and hearty cheers for Fremont and
freedom were given.
The beautiful National Flag belonging
to the Republicans of Fremont was stretch
ed across the street in front of the Journal
office and was one of the prominent objects
of attention by all strangers. 1t was made
by the Scott boys in 1852, and is probably
the handsomest banner in the State. 4
Severalspeeehes were made in the streets,
by strangers, and there was not the least
difficulty to procure a crowd of listners.
The GAINESVILLE boys with their Martial
Music received a great many compliments
for their skill by not only our own citizens,
but by many strangers. They cannot be
be beaten. They are just as good speakers as
they are musicians and it matters not wheth-
er they make a stump speech Or music for
10000 freemen. Long lives to the Zanes-
vile boys. They did not leave until the
morning train Thursday.
The arrangements for feeding the multi
tude were good, far better thanwe expected.
Our citizens opened their houses and made
strangers feel as welcome as if they had
been at their own tables.
Flags waved from thousands of housetops
and from windows and balconies thousands
more of ladies waved their handkerchiefs
and shouted for FREMONT and the man who
got JESSIE.
We were pleased to take by the hand
several of our brother editors in the cause
of Freedom and Fremont. Among them
Mr.. Cook of the Sandusky Register, VoRDT-