The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-08-15
The March to Elnchley.

The March to FInchley.
Hogarth immorsalized himself by his picture
of the March TO Finchley." Oh that he had
lived to have seen the Locofocos of Lansing I'M
der motion for Grand Ledge, on Friday morning.
Two weeks time, assiduously spent, had been
devoted to drumming up the faithful, getting
teams promised, banners made, mottos printed,
and passengers engaged to 60. The word went
out that one hundred teams were TO leave Lam
sing at the hour of nine A NJ, filed with the
yeritable Z" bone and sinew" OF the city and lis
surroundings-the appointed hour came, as ap-
pointed hours are sure TO come, if they are wait
ed for long enough, but alas, for the pageant.
Not a team, outside of the city, made its appear
ance, and mighty few Of those in it. The band
plaved. the faithful waved their cambria, few
enthusiastic locos undertook to shout, and after
waiting good hour, corpulent marshal, on an
anatomical horse, gave the word TO fall in,
which not being understood by German lady,
who sat holding her flag in the rear of wagon,
she "fell out"
Having fallen in, to the inspiring strain OF
u
line, of exactly nineteen wagons, ten OF which
were one horse affairs, commenced moving
no.thward; not one of these vehicles was full.
MANY contained only the driver and one other
person, and the entire concern, including meh,
BOYS, women and girls, numbered exactly one
hundred and twenty-six, of whom only forty
| seven were voters.
The department of mottos and decorations
had been committed to judicious and capable
hands, and whole display, formed orilIan'
chronological success. As the procession moved
on its stately progress, the world was made aware
that the war.cry of Democracy is
LITTLE DOUGLIS FOREVVER!."
| While another phase OF the same solid TRAN
gle, held out that
1.-THE PEPLE OF TIE TERRITORIEYs
SHALL GOVERN THEMSELVES"
Another proposition, screamed forth, pictorial
IL, from the beak of the Bird-of-freedom," an
nounced "the Black Republicans must come
down." and lugubrious.
| A repentant democrat, sitting alone in the bot
tom of lumber wagon, speeches. with grief
displayed flag on which his feelings found re
lief in the following legend,
"NO MORE STEELING.r
Good for the hen-roosts,
1t would be doing rank injustice to the numer
ical force of the Grand Ledge army, to omi
from the material force a nOn.combatant corps o
suffers, who attended in placid capacity, bu
who preceded the march, instead of following it
organized and differed as the forty rod guard.
part of the main body, detailed for "service an,
duty" Now while we give full credit to wha
went before, as forming portion of the gran'
line Of march, duty requires US TO mention, tina
five OF the nineteen vehicles which started to
ward Grand Ledge, pedied OF after they ha'
passed Lower Town, and sneaked home through
bye-ways, as if ashamed of having pretended 4
be parties TO the sell.
1t was our intention, upon the start, to hay
despatched reporter 10 the Grand Ledge NEE,
ing, so that our readers might have been en-
Ilightened, as to what was lone and said there
but at the earnest solicitation of a few persons
friends, in that party, We promised TO forbear
for this once, and allow them to tell their ow
story about the gathering. This they did, upo
their return, but SO lily have they compare
notes, that while one put the number at lou
hundred, another assembled as high as ten thou
sand. The first estimate was probably about
third too high.
Mr. Peck of Lansing, and Hoyt of De Witt
did the speaking. Uncle Cy Lowell not ben
able to leave home in the height of Gy-time--
and Big Indian" who was also announced, hav
ing note to shave.
IL viii require full and eilcen; corps o
school mistresses, a couple Of years, to blin:
back the region Of country, through which thi
procession moved, to correct standard of spell
ling, while the effect of the diminution of ba,
whiskey, will be severely felt for correspondent.
length of time.