Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-08-16
Morristown Pole Raising -Trsmen-
dous Turn Out--Enthuiastic
Demonstrations ns-Largest Meet

The morning Of last Saturday dawned
cool and pleasant, giving Us . glorious day
Cor our arst grand rally At Morristo~n.--
Abou, ten o'clock the people Of St. Clsirs
Vile we're startled by the hteing Of cannon
1t the East end of town which announced
the approach Of the Eastern delegation
composed Of nine teams pr,ncipslly from
Adartinsyille, ,and one from Beech Hill School
District. s..-.s.
The Msrtinsville Lincolnites made .
splendid display. They had one tour horse
team drawing skif bed which contained
their String Band and Glce Club. Another
wagon had banner bearing this motto
l-Free Homes for Free Men," each Of the
others had a flag. e ho
The Beech Hill wagon had national flag
ssd banner, upon one side Of which was
the motto "Free Homes for Free Men," and
upon the other en- oil painting Of . winter
forest scene with Honest Old Abe splitting
rails in the fore gr ound. ~
The St. C.sirsville Lincolni,es, to con.
siderable number met them with the band
and escorted them into town, and up to the
public square where they al joined in three
hearty cheers for Old Abe.
Between here and Mcrrisiown our dele
. gs,ion had uccessions from different direc
tiops. Al LoydsvilIe we were Joined by tn,
Union,own Dslega tion VIII, had fine lsrg'
flag, the hsg-pols being topped of with I
. rail GU, partly split. and the * and wedy'
still ati,. 'o'eig ai'e m-~-9
When we srived u James Lynn's, jus
: this side Of M,rristown we were met BY III
a Kirkwood, Goshen, a-M Ulion delesa tons
. with flying A,gs and music. Here th'
|. scene beggers all description. The sw
,s brass Bands, :he String Band Of Msrtins
|. vile, the, 6fers and drummers from Kirkwoo
sadlhe several Glee Clubs, the hundred
"A whose laundering burrahs all united In
:. scene st enthus iasm. the like OF which he
"A not been is Belmont since ls4O.
|, The procession thence marched into towI
Il the streets were lined with the people VIII
had already gathered there, A, the We,
. end of .own they were met BY the Barne
vile delegation, which contained anon
10 the rest four horse team. with q ademons,r
IT, tion Of David Mccartney, snd VIM. Rec
ne mauling rails in right good earnest.
ne The Kirkwood delegation made the large
10 show BY oil odds. numbering some dozs
"a wagons among which was six horse tea
at driven by six little boys. Tie best Of uil W
On the presence, in the procession and at d
meeting. q large number Of ladies'.
10 After dinner the pole was raised 10 |
'a' place and the flag and s'resmer run up, Il
ne csnnon booming in the street, and the cyov
10. h6rrshing oil lho while. The pile is
". splendid sfair, standing 100 feet from Il
)" ground up, s:raieht and substantial. Al
&c three hearty cheers for Old Abe at the 70
It, Of the pole the crowd ,esorted to the gro
no on the premises Of Mr.. Sam'l McKiss,
w. South Of town, where they were ad Iress
"e by d. d. T. Cowen and l.. Dsnford. T
IT. speeches were well timed and contained III
'n' convincing argument which reaches t
10 minds OF sensible men wher' yer heard,
They were eloquent, earnest, an powerf
- and never did We zee large crowd. list
= with more earnest attention. There W
- no interruption except the frequent OF
~ brrsts Of en- husissm. called forth by /
"' wit and eloquenee of the speakers,
The best Of the meeting you win find
:. the fact that it was spontaneous. The
- wss no effort 10 get up big meeting, 0
~ even Poster printed, no ioreign speake
announced, showing plainly that the peoI
- are in earnest.
~ We are not In the habi, Of over est matt
>" numbers, nor du we have apy dssire--mu
:" lsss the necsssity--,o do 20 now-bu, ,
:. estimate Of quite number plscsd this ne
: Ing ct twice a. many ~ ;, wers. ~ B
:. mont ea 9TH Of july. You r. member Il
. issssssg wss ss'imi,sd ., from $500 ts'sot
" We p, the crowd on Saturday shsss
y" '" spy aes.ing Of suy party in Belmont cou
!. ~ since 1914. ssa ystws % ~, think iA'
- vss over 900 peo pls there. so 'ssyl
.,. One thiag was remarked which we no
may characterize all our meetings, duri
:, this campaign, that was, the sbsepse
:. drunkenness 'or disorder'y conSsst Of q
q. kind. In ,his respsst she msstlng &as
:. model. We only saw two men IN any "
!. under the influence Of liquor. and one
:, them was Democrat. andiths o.her . Bs
:. Everett man. ata8 tsts fsaG Z
MA This meeting was big meeting, a gle
NJ, Gus success. a downright, whsppsr, bu, !,
!, 10 only a begiaing, the meeting at B
L.. mon, on the 9th Of September must fer ou
this. Won't we eli 10 theret a1l