The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1860-08-30
8epuDltcan NIeesisg.

z,,s.u,~, Chrssis B. HUI. Corope.. Jesse Stevens.
AepuDltcan Meeting.
The Republicans of Old Wayne met in a
Mass Meeting on the gath inst. The rum
Der present has been estimated at from TO-
600 to 80, 900. We place it at from ten to
twelve thousand. That is fair and candid
estimate. At an early hour delegations ar
rived, and were by the Marshals. as far as
possible, concentrated at points west of the
corner OF Main and Front streets. About
10 o'clock the vast procession commenced
moving towards the Fair Grounds. First
was Mitchelrs American Comet Band
Next came the Lincoln Rangers, from Lib
erty, Union Co. Ind, preceded sy w"g-
on containing four or five revolutionary sol.
dicrs. with banner on which was insert
bed: "Our Dads are for Lincoln" The
cannon Of the Rangers with the squad hav-
ing charge of it dressed in uniform follow
ed. The Abingdon and Boston Bands head
ing their respective delegations Of Wide
Awakes, DC. playing most excellent music.
Quite number Of the horscmen in these
delegations were armed and equipped with
rails. Then followed the Wide Awakes Of
Richmond, New Castle, Hsgerstown. Wash
ington. Winchester. Middletown, Dublin.
1.-THE Wide Awakes Of Cambridge didn't gel
here until night Centerville, Germantown
Westville. Cox's Mills. and Sycamore Val
ley. Cox's Mil delegation had six horse
wagon. large Lincoln and Hamlin' banne
and not less than 80 or 70 aboard. Tive
Hossw oM-A8Seens iassd !: a. wit. Il. mother
ton had large eight-horse wagon. loade,
with about 100 men. a tail pole and a beau
tiful National Flag. Then followed on
friend Chris. Fetta's sikh wagon. will
brick mo,llder at work moulding bricl
and boy bearing them off; also. small
rail cut was being manufactured into rail.
whilst the procession was moving. These
life-pictures of laborplainly said: The free
soil Of our Territories is for free w bite men.
and they will not be degraded by competitor
with slave-labor." A large sixteen horse
wagon. tastsfully decorated with green bran
ches and flags. and a large and beautiful
flag suspended from tall pole in the CEN
tire Of il. from Sycamore Valley, and filed
with about 100 pretty women and girls, at
tracted general attention. Their banner told
the resolve Of that glorious neighborhood:
Sycamore Valley School District is for
Lincoln and Hamlio." Aotler mammoth
wagon followed loaded with no. less than
100 freemen. A fine flag floated from tall
pole In the center Of this wagon. Our
frien Jerre. Browns eight-horse rail wagon
from the fact that a 60 foot pole was fixed
stationary in the center. did not come on
Main further than Pearl ST., in consequences
Of banners and an old fashioned worm
fence being stretched At intervals across the
street. This wagon was loaded with two
large rail cuts. and eight or ten Of the real
bone and muscle Lincoln rail-splitters work.
ing the cuts up into rails as they progressed
towards the Fair Grounds. The wagon was
trimmed with ever-greens.an and the stars and
stripes foated over free white labor. The
rsil-splitters joined the procession at Sixth
st. There were 80 carriages and busgies
and 80 four horse and up to sixteen horse
teams. and 1869 persons in the procession as
it passed by our Office. Quite number Of
wagons. carriages and buggies joined the
procession at Franklin, Fifth and Sixth. SITS.
A frisnd:who counted the perons composing
the procession. after il got into Sixth-st.,
says there were e342 souls besides two had
been Douglas men. who said they both fel,
for the first time in many years that they
too had souls of their own, aud were going
for Honest Old Abel"
Mitshsll's. Boston and the Abingdon Cor
net Beads. the Liberty. Middletown. New
Castle. Centsrville. Eaton and Richmo-d
Military Bands. were discoursing most ex-
csllsnt and soul-stirriDg and cheering music.
along the whole line.
TAs procession was dismissed for dinner.
Aeoss o'clock. Gov. 8. P. Chase was in
6odnesd to the vast crowd which surroun.
ded The stand. and for about two hours held |
''o1'snos nsesslng 70 his words Of sober
ness and truth.
we submit The following - . par, Of hi.
speech - reported in the Cincin nan a.zsn. |
from which paper We copy it:
II i good. isllov citizens. to be here. I,
u good and sssEifyins 10 see % largo q mass
OF shs iaeeihesns young man Of the coun-
ny co0e testh . the rescue Of liberty, and
70 Tree our Amer1can Institutions from the
eoHupdng and destructive influences of