The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1860-08-09
Old Seneca Awake!
IMMENSE MASS MEETING!
10000 to 10000 People In Council.

- The mass meeting held 10 Tiffin on tn
LIST INST. was the largest gathering o
- people that has been witnessed in thi.
part Of Ohio for great many years
there were not less than $4,000 person,
present, and there may have been 20,
ooo-some estimated the crowd as high
as $1,000 1t was difficult to estim ate
the mass of people present on the occa
sion with any degree of cer,ainty-the
town was not only overfowipg, 4. but the
grounds selected for the speaking were
literally jammed. We arrived at nine
o'clock in the morning, and the crowd
was SO dense even at that early hour
that it was almost impossible to drive a
team through the streets, while every
road leading into the town was filled with
delegations composed Of wagons, horse.
men, banners, music, &C., all eager to
get into the city as early as possible, not.
wlthstanding the streets looked as though
1t would be almost impossible to GnJ
room for any more. Such enthusiasm we
have never witnessed since the days Of
ilSiO.
In the afternoon some three or four
acres Of the crowd-this is the only way
we could estimate them, with any &C.
curacy- assembled in the grove adjoin.
ing the Fair Grounds, where three stands
were erected from which speeches were
delivered BY Cassius M. Clay, John she,-
man and Gen. Ashley, at the same time,
and it was almost impossible for those
who arrived late to get near enough eli.
ther stand to hear what the speakers said
All this time the town was not oplv
crowded, but the road leading to the
grove was tbronged with the thousands
that were passing 10 and fro.
Hon. John Carey was assigned the
honorable position Of President of the
day, and when the old "muds;N' arose
to return thanks for the honor conferred
upon him, such shout went up as seem.
ed to make the earth tremble. His re-
marks at the conclusion Of Clay's speech
were received with deafening applause,
showing that the old man has place in
the hearts Of bis fellow citizens that can
never be attained by any Of the political
tricksters Of the day.
In the evening the large Wigwam
which has recently been erected by the
Of Seneca was dedicated to
the service Of the Old Rail Splitter, old
Joe Root making the dedication speech to
as many as could get inside. while Cover.
nor Dennison was making one Of bis tell.
ing speeches in front Of the Court House
to the thousands who could not get with.
in gun shot Of the Wigwam. The Wide
Awakes. with their banners. bands and
torches, could not hold themselves still
until the speech making had heen got .
through with, but took up their line Of !
march through the principal streets, ma
king q most magnificent and imposing
display. while the crowd in attendance I
made the welkin ring with their enthusi- !.
astic shouts as the brilliant proce ssion +
passed the different prominent points.
But, why attempt description Of such d
A scene! ut can't be did," When we ?
left the city between eleven and twelve
o'clock at night, the crowd seemed to be
just as large as when we entered in the
The speeches were well received; that !,
of Clay was greeted with the most en-.
husiastic demonstrations Of applause, J,
vSils Sherman's exposition of the cor.