The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1860-08-31
A POLITICAL EARTHQUAKE
The Pratrles ON Fire Tor LIN
coin.
THE BIGGEST DEMONSTRATION
EVER HELD IN THE WEST.
$4,000 REPUBLICANS IN COUNCIL.

II is hardly possible, says the Chicago,
Press and Tribune, to do Justice in words
to the vastness Of the Republicandemon-
stration At Springfield on "Wednesday
last The State Registor, the old central
organ Of Illinois Democracy, puts the
number Of persons present from abroad
at THIRTY THOUSAND, but calls il never
theless a "fzzle" When the Chicago
delegations len Springfield the Demo-
Gratis were loudly procleiming that they
would send for Douglas In the course of
the next thirty days, and try their hands
on another mass meeting at the capital.
Let him come by all means. There is
work for him 10 do at homo--vastly more
than he can successfully perform II he
transfers his stumping tour from New
England to Illinois, aud makes speeches
twice a day from now till next Novem-
bcr.
We repeat, let Mr.. Douglas GOMEZ
Let us see whether his presence will I'M
duco five hundred men in Champaign
county to harness their teams and drive
a hundred miles, camping out two nights
in the open air aud loosingR weeks time
AS they Just now done TO greet Ahra.
ham Lincoln. Lot Us see whether his
presence induces Wide Awake company
or any other company, to march from
Beardstown 90 Springfield on foot, (forty
miles)--as they have just now done to
Join a procession doing honor 20 Abra-
ham Lincoln. Let us see whether his
presence induces another company from
a sl0veholding State 20 fight their way to
a ferry boat for the purpose Of coming
nearly q hundred miles 10 Join In the
same proccssion-as did the Wide Awakes
Of Hannibal, Missouri, TO wave their
torches before the next President of the
United States. Let us see whether his
presence requires the services offiity-two
cars from the city Of Chicago to carry the
multitude thronging thithcr, nearly two
hundred miles, to salute his coming. Let
us see whether the procession ofvehicles,
and fully eight miles In length, occupies
three hours In passing given point where
he stands TO answer the salutatiuns ofhis
friends. These are questions which we
should like to have answered by Mr..
Douglas personal presence In his own
State. We invite his friends TO take him
off the New England course and trot him
out on an Illinois prairie as soon as he
can be spared from other engagements.
The moral of the Springfield demon-
strution is this. Mr.. Lincoln will sweep
every Northern State like tornado. The
people have made up their minds this
time for an honest man. The Harrison
campaign is already eclipsed. Persons
who were present at the great battle
ground demonstration ofthat year dec are
that it was largely surpassed in numbers
and splendor by the gathering at Spring
mexican war remufkUu la uut nturinL
that he had seen $4,000 men drawn ~
together in regiments, and that he judg
ed there were four times thut number o
persons participating in this demonstru
tion. Aud yet the whole was n spontu,
neous movement, without concert of &c
tion beyond the common impulse of en-
thusiasm for Republican principles ant
the Republican standard bearer. Ever
those who had the management of the
affair at Springfield were ustoundod n
the numbers Of the multitude, who seen
to have been conjured from the earth tC
swell the gigantic caravan.