Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-10-16
Great Political Revolution in
Baltimore.

Bell "nd Everett Men BLOCKING by
Camp. :. - -''' =
We find the following article in the
Baltimore Erchange newspaper of Friday
last, Democratic paper:
Last night the Republican party met at
Independence Hall; corner of Gay and
fay"tt" streets, for the purpose of CUrminr
{. Wide Awake club. Mir. Emery. of
the BOrdcr St0te, Republican organ.] was
called to the chair, and Wm. Louis ScIllcy
appointed Secretary. Soon after the meet
ing was organized it WAS announced that
Il large number of men from Fcll's Point
and other portions Of the eastern section
OF the city, were on their way to the meet
ing. This proved to he the case. Men to
tile number of three or four hundred. WHO
were heretofore identified with the .Nmeri-
can and Bell and Everett parties, disgu5tcd
with the result of the municipal election.
%@ec %'' t@ ff, f,St Par;y and go Svcr, bag and
baggage, to the Republican camp.
On Tuesday last they were the most
earnest and rNhid of Bell and Everett
men, but believing that the more reSpecta-
bic portion of that party had betrayed
them on election day, and thereby assisted
in swelling the majority of MIR. Brown.
they determined to be revenged, and
thought that the hest and most ct1iectual
way of doing so WAS to desert the party.
They gathered at different points i'll the
eastern section of the city, and then met
on Baltimore street, and proceeded to the
Republican headquarters All along the
line OF march cheers were proposed and
given for Lincoln and IEnmlin. On reach
ing the corner of Gay and Faycttc streets
the excitement was very grrAt-there was
n continual uproar, and Il constant shout
ing for the Republican ticket. The party
proceeded 10 the entrance of the headquur-
tiers, and as they assembled the stairs the
cheering continued.
As soon as the head of the procession
entered the door of the hall the Repubii-
cans, who had previously assembled, rose
from their seats, and met the accession
with tnmultuous applause. Ina few min
utes the hall was dcnscly packed. Men
were standing on the seats, shouting and
yelling for Lincoln and Hamlin, while
VIM. L. Co0lc, Esq, was cndc0voring to
gain the attention of the meeting. He
was standing on the platform, gcsticulating
violently, and in vain endeavoring to
make his voice penetrate to the rear of the
! hail. The noise and confusion were too
great, aud some minutes elapsed before
quiet WAS restored. Mr. COuc then well
coined the new comers to the fold os Re
! puhlcanism, regretted that the quarters
were so small, and propmesicd that the
/ time was near at hand when the Republic
cans could hold n meeting in Monument
| Square. He was several times interrupted
by EXPLANATIONS of "Oh, yon Hap-Haz-
ards" ooh, you Little Fellows" and other
equally significant terms.
At the close of Mr.. Coale's remarks, a
gentleman (name unknown) took the plat
forul, and commenced to explain the tc-
nets of the Republican party. lie said it
was all summed up in a few words, ''Free
speech, free press and free territory
Such was the Republican creed. He was
about to elaborate his ideas, when it be-
came apparent that the crowd could not or
would not listen to any argument, and so
he concluded by reading what he called a
dcdicntory ode for the Republican Head
quarters. The ode was of that class oi
composition known as "machinc poetry
1t was enthusiastically received and lus-
tily chcercd
Henry Forest, Of the Seventh Ward, a
yesterday American Bell Everett man, was
next introduced. He said lie had been an
American for the past SIN years. lie, to-
get!ler witIl-other straightout Americans
had always faithfully cluug to their prin-
ciplcs and their nominees. The Bell-Ev-
crett party professed to be the friends aud
supporters of Mr.. Hindes, but their pro
fessions were n cheat. They had bascly
betrayed him, and they must now reap tho
fruits uf their action. He was repnbli.
can henccforward, and hundreds of others
stood in precisely the same position as hi
did
Atthis stage of the proceedings, two mer
entered, carrying huge armfnls of cam
paign Republican documents. They were
handed ont in bundles and scattered al
over the convention; the men standing OF
the benches sowed them over the people
There was a scramble for these documents