The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-09-09


a sterdn n Fos1score the Stafad-His Reasons for
Cstin9 hs Ranks y ne Democracy and Sspp,rtirg
y ,4ao1- Description cf kalamazoo The Nsto Asylum
TO- tie Insane, DC, 6c.
last Wednesday aroused ourselves at o'clock,
AN ID time TO take the excursion to the Rcpubi-
can Convention 10 be held that day at kalamazoo. 1t
WAS eax chilly october like morning, such we Nj
chgan people have enjoyed all through the month Of Au
gust and when We arrived at the found about
hundred half frozen republicans, mufled In overcoats
and shaw Longing in of the nine OF train,
each striving 10 obtain seat 'standee" near
the lre The ''rising generation OF Detroit are not by
any early rising generation and the hour Of
starting o'clock A. NJ, will account for so small de-
legation nom this big city The next train, which el
here at O'Clock, took twice many and large de-
legation had gone the night before Detroit pretty
veil represented considering that Kalamazoo 40 miles
seant and the expense Of attending the Convention be-
tween eight and ten dollars
We started punctuaDy At O'Clock, with eight empty
ears which however, were filed Al every sta
Won we found crowd waiting for rs, with banners and
music and at Ann Arbor, forty miles rom Detroit two
cars full of republicans attached to the train Az
we proceeded westward the delegations increased in
size and Of the towns turned almost mase
Al Marshall took on four loads of delegates at
Jackson three and Battle Creek, although she had al
ready between five and six hundred had or
three hundred more awaiting When arrived at
Kalamazoo train numbered eighteen cars, all filled
inside outside and top. All along the line of the road
the enthusiasm manifested From almost every
farmhouse noated the flag OF Fremont and Dayton and
whired past the fields and the workshops the aborers
dropped their implements, and throwing their mats high
in air shouted until they hoarse for the republican
cause and is leaders.
At Kalamazoo received by the Yourg Mems
Fremont Club horseback and escorted the public
square where We found multitude SO great that when
we "tuseaN with them they hardly noticed the Ia
creasc-istenng to the Hon 2achariah Chandler. lie
was nearly through when We arrived, and at the
close OF his address Judge Wells the President Of
the day, announced that IN the court yard tables
would be found furnished TO accommodate the
ntes q ten thousand hungry repuphcans. we louni
thI long tables spread with yAnds OF every descrip
ton and between the tables were barrels OF ice water
We cannot boast as did the Detroit Free Press the other
day speaking Of meeting OF six hundred BUCCANEERS in
oal land county, that the table was spread ws all the
Injuries Of the rural districts for there was not drop
Of Aonongshea T. be found; was Il in great de-
nand a it will be next Friday, when the democrats
have a mas. meeting at the same place or course.
considering the number Of converted democrats there
fighting under the Fremont banner, some liquor might
have been disposed OF.
After elmer the speaking recommended. As no one
speaker could possibly make himself heard by all in that
OF people, tive speakers stands were
well hear The speaker The speakers we're: Chandler,
Emmons and u OF Detroit Lincoln, OF Illinois; Geo.
e Pates on California; the Hon Jacob NJ Howard our AZ
,orney General Chr ,ar ey of Monroe Blair OF JACKSON
and about dozen others whose names we did not get
The Hon George G. Bates, OF California, pledged the cleo
togA vote OF hat state for Fremont and Dayton
He SAID that the building Of the Pacific Railroad would be
tie there in tns present contest and Il the re-
su The Presidential paign depended on the land
gold the manly declaration % the republican platform
10 favor of that work would insure Frcmonl's election
even r. as the BachaEcrs declare. he was personally
unpopular than which nothing y f-r. from the truth
Mr. Bates corrooorItet N eve pafl 4r tAs statement
made "a tie Herald a few lay size II the faN Of
,S5 fremont y AZ asked Is cad g. 4emocracy IN this
contest but that hts ree sol principles would d per-
NIT Inn 10 20 Mr.. q sad ne fact was comm mi
Gated him soou alter 1e occurrences but that was the
bret Tine IL had cntoned i, and that as be had
ccasdcrtd The com gucaton ddcntal he should not
thcn have nsntoree had II not already been made pub
lie n TIC hrEALD.
lie halls Of the Barr oak City," a Kalamazoo = called,
although 4 not yet Incorporated. Al the Fireman >
Hall Hal Emmoas q Detroit; delivered stirring address
alter which Col Little Ohm veteran OF nearly ioIrscore
introduced 10 the audience lie sad ne bad always
voted the straight democratic ticket since 1898 until thus
election when lie should vote for Fremont He said he
had kept bis eye James Buchanan from the beginning
OF hs political career and had always found him On the
wrong eide He was opposed TO James Buchanan because
he buchanan 1912 oppo, cd 70 the war, and TIL 1870
was rank federalst lie said that when Cen Harrison
wanted - build feet en- lake Erie he cent 70 Pttsourg
for shipbudcrs and about loo volunteered, and
that their they stopped az arr''arg, ana that
the Legislature invited them 10 the state House That
these defenders Of Their country entered the
House. the majority OF the Legislature arose 70 receive
them but that James Buchanan refused this mark Of
respect kept his The Colonel ,ad be had always
noticed with interest the last words Of dying men.
Adams said This i the asi or carth"-webs,er, Il
srn i've and B1cbanan, My name Is no longer James
Buchanan" In conclusion the Colonel sail he should not
vote Buchanan because he did not believe he had one
drop Of democratic blood in hts veins.
During the evening there brilliant display Of IRE.
works from he Court House square.
II admitted by all who we're present, both democrats
and republicans, that there Wa larger crowd at kaA
mazcc than there has ever been on any occasion any
Der yarously estimated at from rs, 900 10 80 900
We should think there about Is 600 men and 5000
or 10 OCO women and children.
The utmost good feeling prevailed and this Young Men
Convention vii send abroad an influence that viii in.
crease FromoLts majority the Peninsula State several
thousand The Central Railroad runs through what has
hitherto been democratic portion o. the state, and the
majority Of the people were nom the line OF the road
There we're Zoo prosen, IRON the line OF the Southern
road the principal towns on which always VIII &
The day after the convention we 70, horse and car
rsxe aud drove around 10 see the village which is con
sdered the haIdsor4est In the state II certainly has the
best looking stores and hotels, which do great deal Of
busness Eui Kalamazoo owes the most Of - regulations
for beauty to the great number o. ores. tres WITH when
opcnings Of Michigan, and no more of the oaks have
been ca, down Than wa necessary 70 make room Tor the
budir ~ The streets IL consequence, aithe houses
and streets shaded by oaks of q hundred years
gro~th which once destroyed are Tot forever.
Kalamazoo the seat n the state lnsane As! Em,
IN process Of Il w ~ when uuished me larT
est building tie state From the north 70 III. SCUM
end will be 20 ice ong. a. presca iaoorersare At
work on the building and en- TIE southern wings.
TIE mair building % 81 u fe,, three stories high,
height Eacn story 4 divided INTO four parts, by two
halls each u feet vide running a. right angles TO each
other The loor for the a The officers OF the
institution and the second and third stories for the 81.
psrnicndent and BIS family. Extending south from hs
terminated BY building o. three stories 50 sc, front ~
so In dcrth. Extending south from this building
other wig t24 fest ~ So Terminated BY magnihct nj
three story building. - feet front BY les deep Both
wings and buildings travcrsed 0y halls IL feet 10
width and are dcvoed-the wings 70 the domLisrcs q
the patents and the other buildings - parors dining
rooms libraries. a.. These all that are yet
menced. On t1e north OF the main building the
erecuous are Intended be precisely insr, 20 TIA,
wbsr completed the buildings vii form three sides 10 q
perAsogrsm. - .
IAe whole structure is Of brick. and vi be finished
w1N masic. 1he building is already 50 finished,
and presents very IMPOSING appearance The orcss are
made Erorn6. The ro1 Of slate, procured from
Vermont and costs when CO. sl2 PER square OF 100
iee The stone used Il brought from Joliet l
NOS and although Il only used for door siIls. for ms
considerable tem 10 The expeuses. TIE bulldog vas
commenced two years akt spring and $50 600 have
been expended already The estimatei cost Il be.
tween s1Cotcc aud 500 600. When i viii be flashed
win depend somewhat upon the appropriations from the
Ttste. Inc hulIdngs Wi Ne hRhled By gas. msnnlae