Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-10-11
The Meeting at the Court HOuss--Its
Accessories. Concomltants. &C.. 60


A little aher o'clock last evening the Re.
publican strength Of the city---a large number
Of men "in,erlarded" with larger number Of
boys-passod along ID st., with popNRuns,
hags, etc, 90 route from walden's Hail, to the
Court House, to hear Hon. TON. Corwin speak,
When the genial evening is considered, Il will
moi be thought strange that there was larger
crowd 10 the "ring, s.reaked and specked'
procession Of last night than in the procession
Of Saturday night There were more boys tooi
aud here were more IRE works There was not,
however, the same amount Of enthusiasm TO the
same number Of neB; there was not that elevated
style Of head, that there was in The German
Democratic procession; there was kind ofhang
head look. though, which seemed TO indicate
that the party were going itblind We said at
the outset, that this demonstration comprised
the strength Of the opposition in this city. We
should, perhaps, qualify this slightly. We
should say il comprised that portion of the
exhibition by moonlight aud the uncertain glare
Of boh6res
Curiosity doubtless drew a great many per-
sons to Court House Ccrner. We are positive
that we saw about one Democrat to three Re
publicsns and Know Nothings. We beg pardon
for not mentioning these latter before, as they
certainly comprised the bulk Of the opposition
strength. But they did not generally march in
the procession; they were at the place of meet
ing, and when the time came took charge Of the
organisation Then, again. another proof Of
the curiosity only Of a large number Of the
crowd, was the fact that after getting a good
look at "Old Tom" great many went away,
The street, which was at frat pretty nearly
filled up, was ia short time nearly cleared;
and with the exception Of the boys and ineip
lent men who "stoked" the Gre. Just for the
fun of the thing, the street was passably clear.
TOM. coRwIN
was introduced to the people and commenced
his speech amid the cracking Of FIRE works,
aud the cheers Of the enthusiastic, For awhile
the din had the effect Of con6niug his remarks
within a few feet Of the box on which he stood
As the gloss Of the occasion wose away, (Which
was marvellously soon,) he could be heard with
tolerable ease half way across the street. Az
| tdA u leW lNhhlhht uo Aathlhh AuAA
npon the nigger question. he said nothing
new; II was rehash Of his speeches through
out the Southern part Of the State II any diff
ference, his remarks we're rather on the saddle
color negro order, as he knew the Opposition
here could not 60 the regular African
The honorable dodger soon went of into an
old time dissertation about the tariff. in which
he gave the history Of "protection" from it's
first introduction into Congress down to the
present day. This was according TO the pro
gramme marked out for him here in order TO
pull the wool over the eyes Of the old line
whigs. In this regalvanism Of an obsolete fos-
sill, he hit the foreign paupers few smart digs
which had the effect Of pleasing the Cayennes.
We overheard one say that Old Tom was good
enough on the Eagle for himl The fact IS, Cor
win handled his subject pretty cutely, and he
was, as nsual. eloquent until his voice could
not be heard, when he spoke with his hands
and face
The balance ofhis address was devoted TO Q
misrepresentation OF the Democratic party aud
its principles, and to the befuddemeat of the
wavering Of the Opposition. We don believe
he succeeded in entrapping one democrat, and
we don't think he changed solitary "foat.
COrwin's visit to Dayton was a costly effort.