, 1860-08-18

ProGrcss OF tho Campaign.
a DOUGLAS DEMONSTRATION.

Correspondents Of tlc Pftss Md TFtuuc.l
llSeuAa. lLlCsols. Aug. Is, 1860.
L large Democratic demonstration has been
made here, to.day-ueaEly as large us cur he
publican Ratification ia June last. 4 proces-
sion, numbering LA wagons, three Hickory
Clab Companies, aul several horseback riders,
drew its dusty, noisy length, over mile o!
read. The eouutiu5o S4ngamon, McLean. Me-
nard, Tazcw.'t, Dewitt, Muson and Macon hu.l
been swept for the occasion, and poured upon
us such horde Of yanduls us We could 'sardly
believe existed in tic State unwnsled" and
uncombed," were gcntle epithets 10 epplv to
4 considerable portion Of the crowd. Lat there
were very many highly respectable people 0ra
from a distance, We do not deny; but that Ike
larger part werc the rakinss Of dog@erics and
the mentally uEfurnistled, is most true.
If l we're 10 cs,i,nate the number present,
should Ilucc it Il, 4,eoe. This, honestly b.
lieye, is near Tie true figure. l thak one-four,l,
Of the crowd were Republicans residing here
atouts: onc.tbird Of it were women a7d chill
.lren: III. remainder we're braz m -throuted Irish,
and n.en who still believe in General jackson.
In the afternoon, Jas. c. Allen, candidate for
Governor, made the same lengthy and verbose
s1,eech he delivered ut Bloomington, aud which
,on published. Some Of cur men had the copr
Of tie l'rEss AND TRIBUNE which contained tue
speech, and followed him, sentence By sentence.
was astuuished 10 hear him assert that he he.
ijered "stsrtry Il great mord: and socta{ tr42."
What is to become Of 'n1eger-equa'isy Has
any 1T publican ever gone further than tu nsse1t
that s!aycry il great moral evil? 1.. in the
lace Of this declaration. Alien Welt through the
usual lon. urd vulgar Democratic tltade about
lie Niger" If any Of your readers feel cu-
rious about what hy sud, and huw he contra
dicted himself, let them Tead Aliens speech iu
the Press AMI TRIBUNE, and whit Judge Trunl-
bull sa,d i'll reply.
jim kobips1n, by whom this people il n,is-
represented IN Congress, followed Allen, below
ing, one would judge, from tue effects Ut collie,
by tue wind that escaped him. ioblnsnn IS i
low fellow, ut best. The clown oil my circus is
his superior in manners and 1unsuage. His
speech abuundel with such phrAses us :" SeH-
mel pnliticians," slinls," and others too vul"
gar to repeat ...
Au e1jrt was made, during the afternoon, to
run two stands Of speakers; but utStngieton-thc
".lilrer Heels Stallion" nun of Qalncy-GeinE
nut up in d wagon at the South Of the Court
House, so "retcred out" that the crowd left
him, and be got down:
Towards evening liquor flowed freely aud
fights were the only order and some Tree hns-
gsng women took place 1'uelcIy- Finally
there came torch ~lghi procession. theu " Tail
4uiyering" McCleruard showed his pin teat!l-
ets. aud one or two uaMeess orators made
night hidcous with their drunken drawings aid
q, len o'clock +. M., all is &olerabiy quiet; the
Court House is full oi men and wt1nrn from
d,s14nce, promiscuously mingled who purpose
passing lie nighs there. Now there is shout
lor Douglas" and 1ow I'LL is tranquil
We have just learned that inan ~as run
over and killed By the upward.bound traiu.-
Who or what be ID our Informant cannot affirm.
REPUBLICAN,.