, 1860-08-23
TRUMBULL II KNOX,
Great Demonstration i'll
GalesburE.



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Tuelre ,housond RepubljcaQs held Mass
Neetino in this cir YESTERDAY. large meet.
;ov vas rrnectrd md tba hiohest anticfoatioas
were {u1tv resliz.d.. Old Knox is q poEerful
Republican County. and when aroused. comes
down on the douphfaces like aa av4lapche, The
nconle nre>ent exceeded. by two or three thpu-
s,ud in number. lie crovd that heard tho de-
bate between Lincoln and Douglas. Bo1h par.
ties estimated &hat meeting at 10000. am
within bounds OF truth; then. in pl.cing the
people here to day at l.. 900 or 14,ooo.
At mona of the many meetinga hare wit
messed in the West. have lever seen more in .
telligept, sppreciatise, or well behaved assem-
b]age Of people thsn at this. There was less
roisy, rs-lferous demonstrations than may be
met ut most party gatherings this season; hut
the people were earnest and felt deeply inter-
ested in the pending contest.
The procession WAS an elaborase'y beautiful
oae. question xhesler anything eqn@ to 1t
has been Witnessed at any county denoas1A'
ton during this campaign 1t was haro 10 com'
pute its length, a. it wound Its long coil about
the streets; bus II certainly exceeded. thfee
perhaps four, nilea. Tao hrst feature Of
the dAy. was the arrival Of the Quincy t'aln
bringing l,6oo persous-nossly voters from
Aacomb, Augusta, Bushnell, Prairie City nud
Abingdon.
1cou'd not Keep track OF the various delega'
tsons that arrived By trains or rehlc!es' Inc
procession from haoxville and East was farft
min long; only portion OF which joined the
grand procession. And the train IRON En-
Hood and other points brought 40 people.
When the Aarahals had got the proeessio3 n
marching order. I obserred the following Wide
A@akc companies: Aacom5, As men and 3o c.
dsts; Augusta, 50 men !. Bushnell, 50; rFa'1'e
City, 4c; Knoxville. o.; Arlington, 50; Prince:
ton, 50; GalesburK, 50 men mud % Cadets ana
two or three other companies "hose names
did not leaFn. These we're followed os me h'n'
coin Rangers, from Perslser, 81 men, on horse
hack, beautifully uniformed. aud carrying
poles and flags, nakioG dash'ng display
They camped ont one night 70 get here, ha7!ne
coms from the farthess part Of the county.
Next comes thtrty-three handsome young
Galesburg ladies on horseback, all dressed
alike, each with q male atsendunt. / Observed
that the girls Of Knox County knew hos 10 oil
horse gracefully and manage him ska'ifnlJ.
After these came companies of young men Of
| horseback from vsri61s neishborioods; ant
behind NIL these IN endless procession Of. .rel''
eles Of all imaginable sorts. Every wagon car
ried some deyice or emblem.
can only stop to mention n few Of the NOR
notable Devices One wagon, Glltd with Re
publicans, had Two enormous banners; on on
was the inscription, " We prefer honest .Abe I
D,deer Dug" On The severEe was, The 6a
| Of de1iyerauce from doughface and slave holde
ra,e draxeih nigh" On the next wagon wa
banner with the word in startling capitals,
"MURpER!r 80.
. npoor souatter Suyereienty killed by Dire
sco,t dec;eion." Another banner read, ~ a
onnoaed To Congressional, but in favor Of St
prems Court Intervention. .'-DorGIAs.
Another wagon, loaded down with Audsill
, had on their,bauper: ANY Great Principle
supremc Court Slave. Code" There WAS q,
, wsg,n driven By four borses, filed with SEQ
a Of fa,mers. with three live cooua up in Il
r. branches Of small TREE. The inscription I
+ the banner was "Rsmenber 4o-That san
. old Coon! One Of The best features Of Il
: procession was huge frame On wheels, 50 tf
j. long, 10 high and 1a wide, filed, below and l
e ton, with machines. It WAS driven By 10 po
r erful ho.scs, four abreast at the wheel. On tt
o which was four. horsepower portable enRa1
n driving turning 1atbes, and furnishing po"
ir f,y various machtnista, There were bla'
II snithing, p.aning, saving, boring. and ha
j. mering, and df1y other thingsa ding. On
!, Was full leugth picture Of the next Preside
ii Fastened along the sides Of this moving hui
n Jag we're sentiments and notices, among "n
h we're: +" Nothirg short Of feet can enter
y White House next t'me! Long Aoe,
10 Little Giantliller !" Free Labor, the hf
ID Of the World !" az? men from the corn plan
e, factory for Liucoln!" "protect Free LII
as more, and Slave Labor less!" On wheels wa
Ill blacksmith shop md forge; tiSe grim, stal"
smiths s!edge hammered bur Of iron, stEik
er il time. The banner had protection mo
Tx There were three or four more hlackani
60 t shops on wheels.
to Other wagons bore along loads Of cabs
Of makers, house builders, earpenfeSe' o1'ek
he ers, stone cutters, tnnert' saoe'nakers' oa
ut millers. harness makers. cablnet'makers'
1h agricultural implement makers too nnmefoo
NJ mention. AL these vehicles hao approp'
ill bloners and notices. One banner had the
m tute Of ''That ruthlees hand which destro
,a- the Compromise nkin 70 the Constitute
les Another big paw graspsd q whisky jog mac
ed this "Solace OF a Democrat: Uae wa
v b3re banner Will P'eto'e VI to0h'"
c.,rch IF hi. Mothrr ~ A p1atCofu on vi
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