Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-09-05
W HOLE NO. 93S.
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Great Republie'u Demonstration
The Largest Meeting ever held
In Indiana.
900 Republicans Present

$4,000 kepuhRcans fresens
Those Who may hsye isstled the FePor
OF the vast LEGAL rae~tfs.ss Of Republican
in this State, whleAyvs haze Publ'shst
from time To time. ssd ehsrs.d the enor-
nous nnmbers " the fancy Of The reporter
saw . eonxiscsss prot yesterday thai d
what was stated vas MOI true Il might cas-
ily have been 30. The 5000 aud i0.0OO
gatherings ~ osssrrssiiie, k'eh~oHd
Lebanon. Tsrre Hsute. Evansville. and
other places. might have b~en put al larger
figure. aud vet have only fairly Indicated
the immense State meeting Of yesterday---
Twas f.r away the largest assenblsge ey-
er collected n Iadiana any occasion
within our knowledge. and Exceeded The
anticipaiions Of those who were oe-i e1
travsgen, in their hope. Il was enphaii.
eslly = sseesss. word which might b
withou, much significance IA chuaeiefi1-
ing political meeting. II the Douglas dem
ons,ra,ion Of the 18th Of Jaly bad 70, made
II worth while TO escape the imPutaiion Of
sf.ilurs. To contrast IL with that demon
siration would be unjust. II the contrast n
20 be accepted as any indication of the
comparative strength OF the parties repre-
ssnted. for nat was aat and ridiculous
failure. aud IL ia very certain that the party
- strong. and even hopsful. Yet the COO
trasi is forced upon "a by the eqssl imPer-
tance accorded 70 each before IL occurred.
the equal preparations made for each. and
the equal efforts 20 secure large atten-
dance. There Mas quite a. extensive and
persistent effort made by the Douglas men
a. by the Republicans. aud that. tiil the
last moment. a. great crowd was antiei-
pated 10 proved by the stray Of harshals
and the pompous annou ncemsnis of proces-
sions made the day their crowd-stayed at
home. And more was expected Of their
demonstration by the Douglas men than
he Republicans could expect. for va had no
divisions to fuse by the excitement on
great meeting. and they desired TO crush in-
t~rnal di-sensions as well a. external oppo.
-ilion by their display. Yet. equal as both
were in all their circumstances and induce
meats. tho contrast in the result is little
short of marvellous. Estimating our crowd
by the figures Of the Douglas meeting as
claimed by Democrats. there were a, least
million and n half Of people here. There
was not one railroad Of all that center here
that did not bring down more TO our meet
ing than all me rosds trssgh TO tie Douglas
mesfisg. This - the simple absolute truth.
and can be pros ed by the reports Of the con-
duetors. There was NO time during the
whole day of the Douglas meeting when
the streets verc half NO crowded n they
were yesterday ahcr the evspi had gone to
ihe Fair Grcand 10 the speaking.
There were ,sore people io and around
the State House square yesterday afternoon !
while nearly all Of them w~r. Al the Fair
Ground. than there va. In the same square
while Pugh vas speaking ON the 18th of
July. Estiusting the RepubIiesp crowd
by the best reports ve have been able to
procure. there we're over 80 900 present. -
There we're about IS 600 brought by the
cars on the excursion and regular trains,
Yesterday and the day before. md the
nassber that came in carriages. wagons.
anA on horseback. from the adjoining
counties and from sections not reached by !
railroad. ~ss stiii larger as ~ss evident
from the deosely crow ded streets long be- |
fore auv excursion trains arrived. and to
which the thousand brough, by those
trains,msds seascsiy an addition. II 10 no
sxsgxsratiou. bot the simple fact. that
whe- the trains bexss pouring cut their
iosds. the cesntry people had filed the
city 80 that the crowd never appeared 10
get suy larger. though At least twenty
thousand we're added To it.-And when
the Fair Ground vas fsH With crowds of
1000 and 5000 rsand each Que Of the four
speakers stands. aud even more gathered
an the shade. roapd the eating stalls. and
sounxseg about unable to se, near esough I
TO hsss ssy 81 the speakers. the streets sp- !
pesred 90 be iast - full as ever. TIE
whole road from the groaad To the state
tIouse vas crowded 20 10 during the
thiehsss of the State Fair s,tsn6snes. end
wsshiprsea street appeared to have ssf.
tered no dsplssios % ali from the tssmssd. !
QUE stresm Of procsssies. and ths still
larger crowd that accompanied a. The
only diGsrere~ that could be vss In
he absence Of wagons. sad the partial
vacation eth sise streets. There must
have been 70 .ooo on the Fair Grousd vheu
abe sp~.kinr began. sas 90 have seen no.
soiv vAs thought that more thai half The
crowd wss there. Hat dessFe 20 be
~.lhin the mark. ani 10 s'sle only VIA, We
believe. .sd What every feAses<bie man
s,Il sllsv, ssi 10 ssying ,bsi there we're
so 900 people here yesterday. add ths, !,
as the lark~~;. aud mess orderly. snd
snsst encouraging meeting ever held IN the
sss,.. we are entirely ~sth.n heusd..
psspssk<fsxs
az the meeting had bees . failure: " %
hid s-~a ssy eniy 6ss times ss large 90
the Dscgsss s~ssirg. ssslc have Put
the preparations made for IL 10 shame. Oar
sitirsns did AL that iibss.iiss sed energy
esald de 10 provide net only suitable en
xestsinmsnt. bat sdsa ssts decorations Tor
vs~s e.sud. Hsndf.ds ef pnssi1 hoasss
we're PCT IN srd~r To seesmcdsss ell vhs
might call fssAa abroad. ant the streets
~sr- drvssvd IN holiday attire sarrsssiag
aaythiss IN cur sxpsriss<s. Broad ssresn.
ere we're stretched across ne s,rsets 81 ia
a.ay places. uish Appropriate ias<fip,iess
Flags fess<d froo every hessl. AID fres
hundreds Of vindo~s wrssihs 81 ever.
Srssns aud portraits of our eandidsies ee-
eireied 9TH sssrgvssus relieved The glare
of ths .es aud the hs, ~slis "a all direc
tieos IL the ess,sr Of wsshisssss street.
ss>r the eresssng az Msrdsas. a large pole
he'd been erected. from vhseh. s,rs,shins
10 ths resfs sf The houses o. each side. m
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