Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-06-25

TIKI "RATiPIcATION, when The news oil
the nomination OF Douglas was received, it
became incumbent, Of course, upon the
Douglas adherents In this City TO glOrify 80
three Artillery Companies were engaged and
Gred ffty guns each, and a small number Of
people having been brought TO the Square by
such q sulphureous proceeding, speeches
were made by divers and sundry shining
lights of the Douglas faith. We have neith-
space nor inclination to report these; they
were of the usual "great victory, j" manifest
destiny" aud "certain election" style. The
audience was small, but decidedly "select, .
being selected from all those classes that
usually shout for the unwashed Democracy.
The amount Of lager and liquors Of 9 livelier
type, that was throttled, was immense, and
80, amid bonflres, cannon, speeches and hug
zas, the evening wore away.
Some good scenes transpired in the course
of the meeting on the Square. The meeting
was composed in good part Of boys, who
are always ready to gather at the sound Of
music or gunpOwder. While J. W. Heisley,
Esq., was speaking, aud holding out golden
visions Of the future TO the DOuglasites, he
shouted forth the question, snow shall we elect
Douglas this RllT @NOt any, Judge"
roared a small boy, who was perched above
the speaker upon the music stand, enOt by a
darned sight" The roar that followed this
rejoinder showed that the audience were
equally ready to cheer Republican senti-
ment Or a Douglas one And by the way,
we noticed that Mr.. Heisley was nominated
chairman by Hon. James E. Stacey, Of Gin
cinnati t
NJ. S. Castle, Esq, said they were there
prouder than ever before in all their lives,
which fact was evidently gratifying to his
hearers. 1t wasn't night for political
speeches, but for Outgushings, and he was
ready to "let her gush-" Constitutional lib
erty had been lighted up higher than ever
before, and their champion should know no
such word as fail, which was taken as very
happy joke by the gentleman's hearers.
f. T, Wallace Esq, began in devotional
strain, and thanked God that l,32 men had
stood true to Douglas. (He should have
thanked the other department of the "pOwers
Of the air." The ball that nominated Doug
las was started two years ago, when "a keen
bright eyed man of this city took his carpet
bag and went to Mt Vernon and Indianapo-
lis" (The gentleman seemed to think these
were adjacent stations on the Bellef6ntaine
Line That man built the fire and started
the ball. IA voiee-sBully for the bright
eyed man.
Here there was an alarm Of Ere, and the
crowd scattered. The speaker then pitched
into Caleb Cushing, and the "traitors from
Massachusetts," Said he 81 know those men.
know their history, B. F. Butler is the
son of an executed pirate. Such are the
men who have persecuted Douglas"
J.J Kirk, Esq. and one or two Others,
followed, and they then proposed to separate
with three cheers for Douglas, which were
given. Some one suggested to the Chairman
to cali for three more ''Three more" shout
ed Heisley in a stentOrian voice, and up went
his own voice with three solitary cheers, two
boys joining in the "tiger."
Some one in the crowd now shouted 'tnree
cheers for Abe Lincoln" and up went three
hearty cheers which fairly drowned the
Douglas cries. And, by the way, we think
there is a convert to the Republican ranks for
one who has been mighty with pen and tongne
for the Little Giant, was observed to shout
Justify for Lincoln. He win probable deny
this, but oh--you did yell, whether you
know it OF not.
A sort of crazy man followed the speakers
and made speech filled with Douglas, Sodom
and GomOrrah, Baltimore and Babylon,
which, bystander remarked, "was the best
of the evening ..t9 E-Ig gf.ast
So ended the gellOriOus ratification. II
was highly amusing to witnesses, if not to the
! getters up Of the entertainment.