Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-09-27
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Give ear, oil ye hosts Of Democracy =
Your party held the great "only rally OF the
compaign al Morristown, on last Wednes-
day Immense posters were sent ell over
the coupty-great speakers we're 10 be
there. There was to be but one "rally"-
then surely all the Democracy wonld be
there The day dawned brightly; they
could not have had better if they had made
it themselves Early in the morning the
"irrepressbles" of the village OF NJ rristown
were about, making arrangements for the
GREAT DEGENERATION.
As The hour Of 10 rolled round the Mar
shsls were mounted and posled ieady to
receive " ith due honors the immense throng
quarter.
THE BELMONT FAIR,
they regretted, came upon the same day, and
they OF course did not wish to taks the
crowd from the Fair, but their iesrs were
| W SuoSfiH Wucu thty
that the croird didn't come. The Fair Com
pany (unpa,riotc ,eIlows) wouldn't adjourn
that they might hold just one great rally.
The Eastern delegation, consisting os one
BUS and two buggies, was Conducted into
town by three Marshals. The Kirkwood
delegation wss stronger, and when joined
by the full fotce and mare he'd through town
they numbered, all told, by actual count,
just
100.
This mmens thrung--(very large body
Of men. considering that only Douglas men
took parl)-soon se,led down into he dead
. est quiet, save only the ceaseless 'hump ing
of several drums.
), The preparations for raising the pole were
now all the go. br mis'ortupes come not
r all ulone-- the pole would not 60 up, and at
, late hour in the afternoon they gathered
, into Mr.. E1ton's yard, and ware entertained
:, by regular Douglas speeches irpm Messrs
). Converse and 6 ibson. These speeches
were such us you might expect reckless men
,. TO make IN community where the people
i, were not posted. They charged tina, the
i. Republicans were in favor Of "negro equal.
- ity :" iniermatriage with negroes, &c, snt
,s appealing to the lowest ptejudces nnS pas
y sions of the peuple--nevcr once fairly sta
"a ting the real position of the RrpublicaI
IN party. Mr. Converse wns careful to asser
: that the Douglns party was the nstIona
party.
The Breckinridge party was not wei
pleased with the meeting. as We heard NOR
n than one of them swear.
n One load Of poor fellows, from the South
g ern par' of the county, rigged up four
'Ir horse team aud hoiS,ed Breckintdge nag
al but they were surprised to find that II wa
az no, an old-'ash oned 'Dimmycrat,' .meetin,
w &went home before "mee,in'" was out A
10 they passed out of town before the s2enkin;
&c and before the pole.raisins, Douglas mal
u gave them his parting curse. How Breck
Ell inridge men Gun endure 50 much is NOR
'' than We can understand. They are no
!" moved altogether by independence, or the!
. would not he ground under in this style.
0e MORALS GREAT SPEECH
- was not made. and for what reason thinl
you? Was II because some dangerous quss
lion had been placed in his hands tha, b,
dare not ansvrrl
h.. THF LOFTY PoLE
a.. was raised as an illus,i alton of Democracy
:, II broie like tho Baltimore convention.
81 The whole meeting must have ben hu
:. initiating in the extreme to the party, for
~ more complete 6zzle we have never SEEM
g. We are not afraid OF the most ardent frisn
no of the meeting questioning our word whel
n we put the whole number in attendance from
e, without the town at 200!
Verify, the Democracy must be hard run
"
" A BURNING SrRINs, Nearly opposite tn
- Martinsville Ferry Landing, above the city
20 ~ there has recently been discovered burn