Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1856-09-26
Bellevue Pole Raising.

One OF the most enthusiastic meeting,
which it has been our fortune to mingle il
during this campaign, came off in Bellevue
on Saturday the goth. The Republican.
of the town concluded to have a Fremont
pole raising, and invited their adjoining
neighbors to come in and have good time
with them, and heap little fuel on the
fires of liberty, which have been kindling
all over this land. We tako the following
account from the Register:
In answer to that response the people
came pouring in from all quarters, in all
manner of conveyances, until the streets
were one dense mass of persons, astonishing
even the good people of Bellevue, who hop
ed for respectable gathering, but did not
guess that such an answer would be given
to their cry to "Rallyp
We did not arrive in the town until half
past eleven, when the grand procession had
mostly passed. 1t was of great length
said to be about one and half miles-and
contained many unique features in the way
of monster wagons, troops of horsemen, rep
resentive ladies, banners, DC. One team
from Groton had span of horses and drew
a platform upon which acre one hundred
and ten persons Muscash was on hand
with boat mounted on wheels, containing
81 young ladies en- costuma as the States,
and one in black, for Kansas. All of Flat
Rock came down on horseback, we should
Judge from the large troop of men mounted.
So far as we could ascertain, the town
ships of Erie County was represented as
follows; Margaretta, 100 delegates; Groton,
800; Oxford, 100; while Perkins came in
with "Border Rufhan" troop and some
few teams of delegates and Sandusky had
thirty or forty, besides several who didn't
get there because they hired Buchanan
carriage and the tire run off!
The town was beautifully decorated with
flags and banners, among which we recog-
nized several with significant notices At
noon the citizens called all to dinner. Houses
were thrown open upon all sides and the
great crowd pressed to eat and be rested.
Several of the leading citizens Of the place
did the honors of the host in prineely style.
All were fed and made glad.
AT two o'clock the delegations began to
gather in at the grove on the fine premises
of DR.. Hardness. First came the jaeger
Band of Sandusky, with its delightful music
then the "Tribe of Jessie" composed of
80 young ladies of Bellevue, then the vari-
GUS delegations from Lyme, Sherman (which
also had its ''Tribe of Jessie,") Thompson,
Groton, Margaretta, York, DC, DC. The
crowd soon became quite dense around the
principle speakers stand, and exercises were
opened by song from Dodge, the inimita-
bic, who Just lodged in there at the right
moment. T. B. Hunt, Esq, then held forth
in a speech of two hours, in manner to en-
chain at least 5000 hearers. Those not in
hearing distance gathered around a second
stand where Dodge spoke and sung as he
only can, and was followed by Rush R.
Sloane, Esq, of this place, in capital and
pleasing speech. At the same time the
German stand was drawing around it large
crowd. Fredrick Henning Esq, of Toledo
held forth an hour in an address which ap-
peared to interest all his listeners. Mr..
Henning was followed by Mr.. Rudolph, Esq,
of Toledo.
At the first stand, upon the conclusion of
Mr.. Hunts remarks, S. Minor, Esq, of this
city, addressed the crowd in few brief but
remarks, after which they dispers-
ed in the best of feeling.
We never attended a gathering where
greater good feeling was manifest. The
hearts of all present seemed TO be in the
cause of Fremont and Freedom. The ladies
God bless them seemed as enthusiastic
as partizians, and did much to render the
gay one. The country round
about Bellevue feels right, and will show, at
the ides of November that it knows how to
act.
The assembly broke up after five o'clock,
in the best of order: and it may truely be
said that the day was good for all. The
people of Bellevue have reason to feel graft
fed at the result of their pole raising.