Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-08-24
For the Delaware Gazette
CENrREvuIE Aug ia 40

CENTREyILLE, Aug. l6, 90.
Mr. EDITOR suppose you saw a notice in
the Standard of hast week, that the Democra-
cy were going to have grand mass meeting
at Centrevile on the l1th inst and you not
being present to witness the demonstration,
supposed it would be interesting to YOU and
Others to hear from it. You will reccollect
that it was announced that Messrs Cox, Con-
verse and Sweetser would be present to address
the meeting, and that General Putnam's
Fort-Rowe Military Band, consisting of liz
musicians, would be present on the occasion
Well. there were Ia or Is of the Band present
and what were there made perfect fzzle of it.
Mr.. Cox failed to come, bat his place was more
than supplied by your neighbor, Ex-Post Mas
ter and Editor of the Standard
The meeting was called to order by Ex-Sher-
if A. j. Smith, the gentleman who figured SO
largely in the late Republican Convention of
this County Mr. Sweetzer was called out and
made fine speech He pitched into Breck-
inridge and the South rough shod, all the
fight being between the shattered fragments of
the Democracy. The eulogy he passed upon
Old Abe was most sublime He said that Mr.
Lincoln was an honest man and patriot, who
had forced his way through the hardShips and
trials of frontier life to the pinnacle of fame
he (Sweetser) emigrated to this county forty
years ago-had been more unfortnnaie-had
passed the trials of frontier life, therefore could
say nothing against Mr. Lincoln Well, upon
the whole his speech was right good. l AN
confident be made several Republicans by his
effort. Next Mr.. Converse was called to the
stand, but Mr.. Sweetser had taken the wind
from his sails, so that he could hardly come to
the scratch He made perfect fzzle of it
Even his own party felt that it was hard
browsing fafter listening to Sweetser, though
they had boasted that there were but two men
in the Nation smarter than he and that they
were Douglas and Sun Set. He talked a lit
tie about my (Douglas) principle of Squatter-
ism, and affirmed that that was the only safe
solution of the slavery question, and the only
safe way TO settle it. He pitched into the
Breckenridge and Republican parties Said
he, they are just alike, yes exactly alike, except
that one goes for Congressional intervention
in favor of the extension of slavery and the
other against it. About this time they started
a kind of Democratic class meeting one in
toxicated old fellow said that's right Mr.. Con
verse, glory, &c. Many more got happy, and
clapped their hands for JOY, and Mr.. Converse
sudsided amidst the confusion. Next Mr..
Stayman was called and responded in splen-
did speech. Said he, | want the young ladies
when they are in company with their bcaux, if
it is on Sunday, to get them to vote for me
and I'll vote for Douglas. | know they have
a great influence over the young men, for when
was young man if the girls asked me to do
anything for them, just done it. Now move |
that we give three cheers for Dug and Johnson.
The crowd then dispersed. 1t was estimated
by both Democrats and Republicans that there
were from five to six hundred at the meeting, |
including men, women and children and that
full .one-third of the voters were Republicans. |
They raised little hickory pole before they
went to the speaking ground. They also had |
a Douglas picture on common window blind, |
and got our cabinet maker, Mr.. Millison, to !
put nice banner frame around it, and he |
painted it black at their request, but when the |
faithful gathered in tLey thought that it looked |
SO much like Johnson's principles that they |
got buggy maker to paint one part of it blue,
leaving the other part black, in order to har-
monize the different elements of the parity
So you see they are in for amaigamation. The
Little Giant has hard to hoe in this see
boys are all alive down here.
4 HARLEM VoTER.