The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1860-08-24
The springfield Monster Meeting.
Interesting Particulars.


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Western papers contain multitude Of inter.
esting particulars Of the MoxsrrR MErrrxo q
the Home Of Honest Abraham Lincoln, . few
Of which are given below:
"we are (says the Chicago Ttibuns) assur.
cd by many and these good judges OF such
gatherings, that the crowd ut Springfield throwi
far In the shade the gathering In this city on
either Of the occasions of the United State.
Fair, In the fall OF 1850, and the more recent
National Convention that the monster process.
sion was almost interminable, and wore out the
patience Of dense crowds In waiting. through
which Il passed with difficulty, the streets Of
some points being well nigh blocked up with
spectators, who did not join the pageant.
tered at the great Pair Grounds, lust outside
the city, and the procession coiled It's vas,
length up into densely packed mass Of hu.
manity and Aorssmanify about the three sepa-
rate speakers stands, we have II from several
sources Of unimpeached crediblity that the
gathering exceeded that at any one time seen
upon the United States Fair Grounds here.
And all this while Springfield seemed appar-
emily as full Is ever. The streets were fairly
checked up, and wheels Of business clogged
with the food tide, very freshet Of Republi-
canism. The telegraph Office operators, ma
chimes and all, were removed to the cupols Of
the State House. Many Of the storekeepcrs
actually closed their doors to keep out crowd
too much under pressure to do shopping.
And further along Il says:
And when evening passed, and to the excit-
ing scenes Of the day period Of rest succeed.
ed, how was II to be spent by the thousands Of
actually homeless. guests. Fortunately mild
summers night joins no very serious terrors
to lodging al Jieseo. Hundreds Of farm wag-
tethered to the wheels.
The long lines Of cars at the depots were 6ll-
cd, and when the seats could hold no more,
men lay down the aisles Tired humanity
SHRINK IRON perpendicularity In every imagin-
able and unimaginablc covert. They camped
ander trees, invaded hay ricks, and barns, and
cal fringe houses, stoops, porticos, and yesti-
bules Of buildings, public and private. They
infested the State House until 1t swarmed like
THE CAns.-Grcat Western Railroad, regular
trains from State Line, 0 cars LIST extra train
from Chicago, IA cars ID do do II cars I'd
do do Is cars 4th, extra, from Dement,, II
cars 9Th extra from Decatur, s cars 9th do
do 10 cars. Total from the east, IS cars. Reg
ular train from Naples and Mercdosia, cars
LIST extra, from jacksonville. 20 cars I'd do do
7 cars {, Sd do do 7 cars. Total from the West,
IS cars. This gives total of 100 cars by this
road.
St. Louis, Alton and Chicago Railroad: Reg
ular trains, Is cars (; excursion train from
North, d cars; excursion train from South,
II carr. Total number OF cars by this road
90.
The proce son was immense-almost intermi-
nable-occupying three hours In passing any
point. while hosts Of people. rs usual, did not
60 into the line Of march.
The procession reached the Fair Ground Of
about o'clock, p. NJ, and in very short
time thereafter the entire grove was filled
crowded to excess with the vast multitude.
How many were present, II Is impossible to tell,
but by actual count more than 10000 passed In
ut one of the entrances alone, while the fields
adjoining were packed and jammed with wag-
ons and other vehicles.
ESrrrusrAsa FOR LIScoLS.-0ne account Of
the affair says: -
"The prominent, perhaps most prominent,
idea conveyed by the devices, the trades pur,.
sued In the wagons, the rail.splitting, &c., anu
by the implements and utensils with which the
wagons were decked out, had reference to pio-
neer life, and to we'll known incidents In Mr.
Lincoin's early career Some Of these devices
especially those carried by men who have
been our candidates friends for thirty years.
men with whom he has toiled In the forest and
the field -touched him In tender place, and
more than once his eyes glistened with the ev.
licences of an emotion which hacknied polite
isns rarely feel For his old friends, as they adj
dressed him by name IN passing, be had ahear-
ty word. The ovation was one that lev men
have ever received. The people rushed to him,
not by command, rs soldiers hle before their
leader not to crafty their personal curiosity,
NOT TO show themselves and get praise for their
zeal but to testify their devotion to the ability
and unstained integrity which have made Lin:
coin what he Is and to show their profound
confidence that in his hands the affairs OF the
nation will be safe. by all these thronging
thousands he was recognized as man OF the
people - one whose sympathies are always
found on the side OF honest toll, aud never with
the cItortioner and oppressor. What wonder
that the high honor paid that plain, untitled
man, by the Chicago Convention, should have
signihed to those masses that new era Is mp.
preaching, in which patriotism shall stand In
place of political chicanery and honesty In the
place of prohigacy. What wonder that the en-
thusiasm was irrepressiblel
EFFonrs TO ArTESD.-Fifty car loads Of Re-
publlcans went from Chicago, 200 miles. Five
hundred men went from Champaign County in
horse teams, one hundred miles A company
Of Wide Awakes marched on foot from Boards
town to Springfield, 40 miles. The Wide
Awakes of Hannibal, Missouri, went nearly one
hundred miles to wave their torches before Hon.
est Abraham Lincoln. and other travellers, in
numbers vast and enthusiastic, made equal ex-
ertions to be there.