Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-06-28
Democratic Qualification Meet.
ing.-the s'gOOd old days' of
Democracy Returning.

ing--the ssgood old days'' of
Democracy Returning.
On Saturday night last about 10 o'clock p.
M., on receipt of the news that DOUGLAS had
been nominated at Baltimore for President, his
friends of Millersburg got up sort of sratifca-
ton meeting. The bells were rang, tar barrels
burned, and other demonstrations of rejoicing,
such as hipping and hurrahing, were the order
of the evening. Speeches were made by JoSA-
THAN ROBBINS, Esq, TANEYHnL, EsrrLL, NEw-
TON Worries, CoNNoR, JONATHAN ROBBINS, and
others. The name of JONATHAN ROBBINS, is Civ
en- some prominence by being mentioned twice,
because he spoke as long as all the rest put to-
gether, and his speech is generally conceded to
have been the best made on the occasion. The
"others" referred to above, were mostly retired
journeymen school teachers, who quoted largely
grandiloquent sentences found in McGuffey s
2nd and Sd Readers. much to the establishment
of their parents, friends and guardians, who,
until now, were ignorant of the extraordinary
capacity for speechmaking, of those, their young
friends. One or two of those called upon for a
speech came forward, but their bosoms were so
full, that they couldn't give utterance 10 the
thoughts that burned within, and on taking their
places seemed struggling TO come out all at once,
so they stood there wagging their jaws and beat
ing the uRresisting air with their arms. until
somebody else would be called.
1t was funny to see men participating in this
meeting, who have for months reviled Mr..
DOUGLAS, saying, be was no better than Black
Republican, and could never get the nomination
at the hands of 4 Democratic Convention. Now,
words failed them in which to praise him as
much as they wished. From cunning dema-
gogue, and man who, by his habits, was unfit
ted to fill any responsible station, they behold
in him now the eminent statesman and upright
man.
We are opposed to taking up much space in
our paper with the nonsense that was got off
on this occasion, otherwise we could fill our en-
tire sheet with it. In addition to the non
sense, there was emitted from the speakers
guardism. One of the speakers crowed in imi-
tation of chicken-cock when he got through
feeling, doubtless, that if he could get men TO
stand patiently and listen to his twaddle fifteen
minutes it was a victory worth growing over.
So We think too. Another appealed TO the
Democrats and gentlemen present, to hear him
disclose that he had always been DOUGLAS
man. By gentlemen, we suppose he meant the
Republicans, though some of his own partisans
present, sometimes claim to be as much. An
other said he supposed that "JoE CAsKEY" was
around, and if he made speech, would print
it. But he didn t care, he would make speech.
He was listed for the campaign. He was going
to fight it out. He was about the only original
DOUGLAS man in the county. and would under
take the heavy work of this falls fight. Anoth-
er speaker said that the black Republicans had
told him that the Democratic party had gone to
h-n, and he began to believe that it had, but
now he knew it was still alive and kicking.
The speeches were all of the "whang-doodle,
whee-how -hee" style of oratory, and were made
to an appreciative audience. The proceedings
were kept up until about l o'clock Sunday
morning, when most of the crowd dispersed, the
remainder, who had visited the groceries be-
tween speeches, "laying around loose until
daylight.
Altogether the meeting was such a one that
the better portion of the party here had reason
to be ashamed of, and they do not hesitate to
disovow having had anything to do with it
When shall we have another like it?