The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-09-13
THE UPRISING AND oUTPoURING OF THE DEMoC-
RACY OF THE UNION

course bearing the Of he Union and TIE oonsua
ton to a certain and glorious triumph
From the Cleveland Plandeaer We take an account Of
the mammoth gathering at Tippecanoe Wemake apol-
Ogy for its length The occasion ITSELF the meeting and
the speakers would justify much longer notice
II necessary:
TIPPEcANoE CoNvENTIoS-lso,oOO FREEMEN IN
COUNCIL TREMENDOUS GATHERING OF THE
PEoPLEi
"And Oh there gathering then
OF beauteous danes and stalwart men,"
Through billy pass, Ger wooded steep,
In long and giittering files they sweep;
With banner, fife, and pealng drum,
And cashng bern, they come, they come
I" They come the winds come
When forests rended
They come the waves come
When navies are stranded"
glorious event has just TRANSFERRED mighty demon
strato1 in behalf of freedom, of Union and of the cons
tuition has been made We scarcely realize so in
tense has been the enthusiasm of the monster gathering
what our eyes have ears heard The shouts
the booming Of artillery and the strains of martial mu-
sic still ring in while write, and the waving
of thousands of banners and the swayng to and fro Of
immense of men, still within our vision. Our
own delegation one hundred strong started from me
depot in good spirits Wednesday ut about i At
every along the route delegates crowded IN upon US
so that when late hour in the evening" entered the
depot Lafy cite crowd Of itself sufficient to form
largo convention Amid the firing OF cannon and beat
ing of drums and waving banners we formed procession
and marched from the depot TO the Branble House dis
lance of more than mile Lafayette alive with en-
thusiasm Shouts broke upon from every ball
cony, and the hotels and the spaces around them were
filled with people Bonres illuminated the streets and the
genuine nlogcabinp DCvs-the yotersthe people--were
there in their might 1t was impossible TO find comforta
BILE quarters for the crowd and those ct our delegation not
fortunate enough to meet with resident reas spent the
night with the crowd outside which tenold greater
than the crowd within Fatigue unknown to all, and
very after arrival speakers called out upon
the balcony Of the Brmble House. who continued to ad
Tho lnfnh
Among them the old chief Daniel S. Dickinson,
and the brilliant old whig Hodges, of Kentucky.
Early the next mornng--indeed long before daylight
the crowd hurried to the depot of the New Albany rail-
road and dense It, that until two three trains
has passed off to the battle-ground it was impossible to eff
feet passage through the street thousand banners
banners too which were significant great that
had called the people togetherthe glorious banners OF
the stars and stripes waved above them and, as these
spread themselves the breeze shout after shout broke
from the mass until the wekin rung At ten o'clock our
boys formed procession in front of the field of ppeca
1t glorious morning The sun shone brightly
upon the gathering host of eemen aud bandy the air
PLAYED with the branches of the old SCARED trees which
stood upon that sacred spot
Not less favored by beauty of location than by assoea
lion the battle-ground of Tppecanoe. 1t Is tongue OF
land which uts from the bills into the marshy prairie
and is well insulated as to form natural fertilization
The trees that stood upon II In 1911 are still there fresh
and green when the battle vas fought The scenery
from the battle-ground is beautiful. highly cultivated
country vegetated with forest h and prare meets the
eye cleft with small streams and narrow rayines fhe
Its form is that Of triangle terminating at the point in
wet prairie, across which, both Sides the Indians came
to attack the camp.
The stand occupied by the principal speakers on the first
day OF the convention stood the spot where the blood
lest fight occurred and where Davies Wark and other
Kentucky heroes fell, and were afterwards buried.
The which brought to the ground Messrs Breckin
ridge Cass, Douglas Preston and other distinguished
speakers did until eleven o'clock The arrival
announced the convention by salute OF thrtyone
guns fired by Toledo squad with rapidiy unequal
led rush made for the cars and SO compact was
the crowd that the speakers literally dragged and
lifted from the TO the stand The enthusiasm was
unbounded and manifested itself in shouts and music,
and waving of hats and banners by the entire host Order
being restored, the people gathered around the stand
from which Mr.. Breckenridge was TO speak, and at
this time perhaps could obtain the best idea Of the
numbers ia the enclosure The battle-ground
teen acres and when Mr. Breckenridge to speak
do not think that eraggeratng when say that
the crowd assembled around the stand covered full
fourth Of the territory comprehendng the battlefield To
say that there many without within the enco-
sure among tie provision tents and visiting the different
shows upon The ground is no eraggeraon There were
at this time least people upon
the ground At this time also the long train Of passenger
and sandee from Lafayette was arriving every half
bour filled TO the brm Immense delegations were also
coming in in wagons, hay carts on horse back and on
foot; delegation from White county containing some
twenty or thirty wagons and all filled with voters This
followed by other delegations from the neighboring
counties that continued 10 until the very close Of the
first days proceedings. Every State IN hs Union wa' rep
rssened.
"Ha Columbia" played by the magnificent Bras, Band
in attendance from New Albany, announced that Mr.
Breckenridge would speak and when that gentleman came
forward the stand be sauted with cheers
before awoke the echoes Of old Tppecanoe No
finer specimen of humanity in America be found than
John @. Breckenridge his very appearance-hs CON-
manding figure marked features and clear blue eye chs
enge the affection and respect Of all who him. His
refinement of manners and deicacy OF thought aud
preston, mark the accomplished gentleman well per-
feet orator High have been his aaipment be has
yet reached the ulimatu. His speech OF the substance
Of which readers have been already apprzed the
most finished specimen Of eoqueHoe listened 10
aud, aside fro its merits exposition Of party poll
tics IL full Of rhetorical beauty and literary excel
lence
When Mr. Breckenridge concluded the speakers were d.
yidedMcssrs Cass Preston and Hodges remaining at the
stand which he bad occupied and Nessr Douglas Dick
inson, Van Buren, Clay and Wooley occupying the other
two stands large delegation Of Germans also adj
dressed in their own language by Nessrs. Grund and
Weir Its impossible to give the reader any idea Of the
speeches that delivered by all these distinguished
The stand from which Mr. Douglas spoke was sur
rounded by an immense Of people who held
spel-bound for about hour and half by speech Ia
whc the "Ltte Giant showed up In all its deformty the
miserable one-idea hobby of the ctionss Most concu-
the present unholy civil in Kansas and that only
by their in Congress, but otherwise they contrib
uted to Its support He stated, by authority, that Gerrt
Smith himself bad contributed ten thougsnd dollars to
supply the army which now, under the command Of the
Infamous Jim Lane numbering the unofendng settlers
Of Kansas He showed up in all its the shutting
doubledeang contemplate that the black repub
hcans had pursued upon the army bhrst defeating its
passage by hamperpg with provso Of the infa-
nous character and then permitting II pass without the
provtso BY lodging the vote upon IL The speech was
rppt nnp and osrrI 81. A..