Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-10-13
MORNINGLEADER.
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EDIToA LEADER The Republicans of the
southern part Of Medina and the northern
part of Wayne counties held a Mass Conven-
ton at Seville on Saturday, Oct 9Th. 1t was,
as Sunset Cox would say, "a grand old time"
No one placed the number present at less
than 1000, and many good judges gave it
as their opinion that fully 5000 were there
in the afternoon, and many more in the even
ing. They came on foot on horse back, in
buggies, carriages, wagons and with big
teams. "Old Abe's buggy was there from
Westfeld, drawn by l6 horses, carrying so
young ladies and number of gentlemen,
bearing banner inscribed on one side, "a
few of Old Abe's family on the other side,
''West6eld o. X. for Lincoln
There was also a large Wagon from West
field, bearing platform with small saplings
standing round the outside, and within the
area thus formed there was, when the process
sion entered the village, a huge rail cut with
two rail splitters swinging the maui with
such vigor that, by the time the procession
bad passed round the square and stopped be-
fore the speakers stand, the rail cut had dis
appeared, and good substantial rail pen had
fenced in the platform high enough, as was
remarked, to keep the short-legged candidate
for the Presidency from doing the Democra-
cy any further harm, had he been placed
within its limits. The speakers stand was
beauty The Seville ladies certainly did
honor 10 themselves in the taste displayed in
Ornamenting and identifying the place to be
occupied by those who were to address the
people. 1t was a square structure, perhaps
twenty feet high, with two hOors-between
the floors was a frontispiece of white ground
work with the inscription Freedom for the
Right secured by Law" The letters were
formed by wreaths of evergreens and as per-
feet in shape as if made by the engrsver's
steel. The frame work was hung round by
Wreaths of evergreens and flowers in ianciful
forms, all beautiful, all appropriate, piciur-
esque, magnificent
Hon. James Bell, President of the day,
called the meeting to order and introduced
Judge Cox, Of Wayne, who addressed the
people for an hour and half in q sound, ar
gumentiye speech, reviewing the history of
the country, as governed by Democratic rule,
showing the gradual, though unceasing de-
mands or the slave power of the South, and
the willing acquiescence of its allies at the
North, thus forcing upon the North the neces-
sity OF forming the Republican party in or
der to save the country from becoming sub
merged in the malestrom ofslayery.
Hon. Eugene Pardee followed the Judge
with one of his spicy, wide-awake, off hand
" talks keeping his audience in a roar Of
laughter by his telling hits, and humorous
anecdotes. 1t being late he was obliged to
stop amid the cries of 81 go on +" by the peo-
pie.
The ladies of Seville had set tables on the
Academy Square, to which the Wide Awakes
music, and that "few Of Old Abe's family
were invited to partake of the good things Of
life After which, as evening came on, a
grand parade of Wide Awakes, nearly one
thousand in number, and a brilliant display of
fireworks was witnessed by those present.
Judge Welker and Hon. H. G. Blake, ad-
dressed the people in the evening, when, with
three cheers for Lincoln and Hamlin, the
Convention adjourned to meet at the ballot
box on Tuesday. then aud there to elect the
Republican nominees, aud particularly the
Hon. Jacob Brinkerhoff Supreme Judge.
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