Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-09-06
seward Mass Meeting at Detroit.

The Cleveland Wide Awakes, Capts. stur-
gis and Palmer, left Cleveland on Monday
night on the steamer Ocean, for tho Seward
Mass Meeting at Detroit, on Tuesday. They
numbered about 1875 with Leland's Band the
Chagrin Falls Martial Band and their own
martial music. The boat was crowded and
no beds could be procured for love or money
lat least our reporter could find none), unless
they had been engaged week before hand.
The night was very warm and tho lake
rough, and while some of the Clevelanders
were too sick to sleep, others could find no
place, and, as they could not sleep them
selves, determined that no others should, SO
the night was passed away amid perspira-
ton, gentle swearing, fife, drum and piano
music, and singing, shouting and cheering.
It was evident that the greater portion of
the crowd on board were Wide Awakss,
whether they wore uniforms or not, and q
Great Eastern excursion on a small scale was
the result.
The passage was made quite pleasantly,
notwithstanding all these disturbing forces,
and Detroit was reached about o'clock A.
NJ. The Cleveland Wide Awakes were met
by detachment of the Detroit Companies
and escorted to the Wigwam, where they
deposited their torches and banners and then
marched to the Michigan Exchange where
they were quartered during their stay.
As the procession was not to form until l
o'clock, the Cleveland boys busted them
selves as they pleased until that hour.
part visited Windsor, on the Canada
side. This is an old and rather dispidated
village and.tOVn of about 5000 inhabitants,
about one-third of whom are negroes. The
principal means of locomotion are two
wheeled dog carts, with horses apparentlyas
old as the houses. The saloon and hotel
keepers are "licensed to sell liquor The
"Windsor Castle" looks about like Elephant
Bills castle, on Canal street. They have a
good town house, fine church, and some
very attractive residences.
THE wIGwAN.
The Detroit Wigwam is located at the cor
ner of Shelby and Larned street. It isa
wooden structure about so by $50 feet in size,
high and well lighted. The floor is the
natural earth covered with saw-dust. Ar
ranged along the sides are stands for torches.
At the head Of the hall is platform for or
chestra seats, Immediately in front of which
is the platform for the speakers, covered with
mating. Upon the wall back of this stand
are large portraits of Lincoln and Hamlin,
with the American shield between the M
Upon the beams, sides and girders of the
Wigwam are many mottoes, among which
are the following:
Free Homesteads for Men and for Women, >,
The Union of the st tates, now and forever 3,
Freedom Is national, Slavery is sectional"
men "
NO Douglas sedition laws to suppress freedom
of speech or the Press"
Intervention has given Slavery q degraa
and q half of free territory IS A DOugIas
uniOnists all Democrats"
3" Ihe two wings of the Democracy. One fayOrs
slavery, the other opposes Freedom"
mo Elunky for Congress"
And many others.
Among the banners was the Cleveland
banner and transparency bearing the mot
TOE 'ehio good for 9O,OOO," and portrait of
Lincoln. The Granu napids delegation GIari
two banners, one a beautiful silk one with
large portrait of Lincoln, the other bearing
the inscription "Grand Rapids Rail-Split-
ter's Battalion. We link on to Lincoln
The "Lowell Wide Awakes" had a fine ban
ner. The Grand Haven delegation had a
banner with a portrait of Lincoln and the
motto "Eternal vigilance is the price Of Lib
erty." A large maui upon the stand bore
the inscription " Presented to the Detroit
Wide Awakes by William Loves, Birming-
ham," It bore broom labeled "For the
White House." Above the speakers stand
hung a Lincoln rail with maui labeled "Abe
Lincoln, 1850, from the Copper Harbor rail
maulers." The Wigwam is well ventilated
and lighted with gas
Each company of Wide Awakes, upon
their arrival, were escorted to the Wigwam,
where they deposited their torches, &c,
keeping that vicinity lively with music,
banners and uniforms.
The original Lincoln Rail, the property of
the Cleveland company, and borne at the
head of their column, attracted much atten-
ton, and while it was with the torches in
the Wigwam, several boys and young men
were discovered dissecting it with their jack
knives, to secure a fragment. On being Or
dered away, they excused themselves on the
ground that they '1iked the old fellow and
wanted piece of his rail"
THE UNIFORMS.
The Detroit Companies wore caps instead
of hats, with ribbon of red, white and
blue about them. Indeed none of the COM
psnies except the Clevelanders wore hats
The Grand Rapids delegation wore capes
and caps of drab with tri-colored band
about the caps.
MUSICAL.
Leland's Band attracted much attention
and elected much applause by their unsur-
passed music. Major Robinson, with his fife,
was regarded as a wonderful musician. Mr..
H. F. Brown, of the Chagrin Falls Band,
crossed over to Canada and astonished the
natives with his playing the fife with one
hand. His father, 70 years old, who was in
| the battle of Bridgewater, and bears several
wounds received in the defense of his coun-
try, was with him with his drum and ratified
out Yankee Doodle on British soil in such
manner as to charm even the Britishers
resident there.
At the Wigwam in the forenoon, quar-
tette from the Grand Rapids Band sang with
fine effect campaign song for Old Abe.
TIE PROCESSION.
AT o'clock the procession formed upon
Woodward Avenue and marched through
the principal streets to the Detroit and Mil
waukee R. R. depot for the speeches.
To the Cleveland Company, headed by Le-
lands Band, was assigned the right of the
procession, portion of which they worthily
upheld. The Grand Rapids Wide Awakes,
Capt. Bliss, followed with band and then
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