The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1860-09-28
DOUGLAS IN TIFFINt
Great Curiosity to SEQ the An
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The FaithntI 20 away Disnp.
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The FaithfttI 20 away Disnp.
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Tho Douglas rally, on Monday, was a
decided success, so far as numbers were
but a signal failure in every
other respect. There is q curiosity o..
mong the people TO sec the notorious lit
Tie "sucker" Of Illinois, who has done 20
much to distract the country and who has
broken up The democratic party, just os
there is 70 sec any other great natural Gu.
riosity. Blondin or Heenan would have
attracted Just as large a crowd. II was
not love for the man or his great prin-
ciplc." which attracted 80 many people
10 Tifin--it was mere curiosity. Repub-
licons came, us well os democrats, and
twas noticeable feature Of the day thnt
almost every other man you met was q
Liucolnitc, shouting for "Old Abe" You
could not 90 ten feet 10 any direction
without cor ing in contact with ono. A
vote was taken on the train from Sandus.
by between hero and Clydc aud thor,
were found to be as many Republicans a,
democrats aboard, So it was on all the
other irans.
The procession bcgnu to form about g
a. NJ. AZ ihc start there were more
mnrshals than people; but, after a great
deal Of cooxing and swearing, q line was
formed. There were number Of four
and siX horse wagons, bearing hags, ban.
ncrs and notices. There was a wagon
from Republic, filed with little girls and
above their heads the words--'proioci us
from negro eqaaiiiy'--just ns il these In.
uOcent girls woro in actual dluger ofn
gro omulgamttonl The person who got
that up ought to be- ashamed Of himselll
Who, but the democratic party, are IN IA
vor Of extending and perpetuating hu.
man slavery and they alone nro re-
sponablc for all the umulgamation aud
"ncgro equality" there is in the country
IL is q pity something cannot be done 10
prevent these young ladies' from marry
ing ncgroca. Theyouug Indies arc not
10 blonc--wc desire to cast no slur upon
thcm--but the man who got up the mot
to should be secuted out of decent socic-
iy. Il was the most dsTucciul thing
we saw that day The process, wa OF
respectable longth Gust thirty minutes
in passing given point, by actual COUNT
and presented many fine features, which
We could not holp udmiring. There was
n four horse team with bells from Fusto.
ria. We suppose the "beHs"wCrc intend
cd 20 represent the coalition between the
Douglasites aud Know -Nothnrs In New
York. There was a company Of horse
man (mostly boys) from Scipio, Reed and
Venice. minus everything but shirt, boots
and spurs. This we took 10 be the 4, ug-
las "iaJaar-ry in search of their mothers
who didn't know they were OUT They
numbered in all about l30.
There WIS another company of "in-
tany'-ry from Crawford county, number
ing in all about 900, They were sorry
looking set Of fellows, putting us moro in
mind OF Gov, Wise's cornstalk soldicry
than anything else,
Altogether, by actual count, there were
not quite 400 on horseback, although four
times that number were expected from
Crawford co. alone, The whole num-
Der that engaged in the procession, in
cluding horscmCn, was about 1900 and il
wae estimated that this was about one
tenth part Of rlo entire crowd, This is u
very fair estimate,
Al the Depot, there was n vast crowd
Of people awaiting the arrival of tho lit
tie Dodgcr. At last he came aud such a
rush! lie was dragged out of the carand
placed in a $500 carriage (uono Of your
common carriages was good enough for
hjm) and escorted through town, with
Fred. Green and co., Noble holding on
TO his coat-tuiL which now nearly drogs
Sho ground. 1t was a great show for the
tho frogs In the fable, il was
sport for the rabblo but death to the Lit
tie Giant.
Poor Mr.. Douglasl This pomp and
pageaniry is not intended for you and
you arc a great fool it you think so.-
These mon who are gSiRg you have no
,oro for You or your "great principle, -
They have no idea thstyou can be elect
ed President-th,y have no idea YOU car
carry single stale-thoy are simply US
ny you as Barnum did his "mermaid," >" to
elect themselves to Office and Put money
INTO their own pockets. Trot him around
and let tho people get q sight at the sole
plaintiff is all intended to elect War
'on p, Noble to Congress, Poor Mr..
Douglas must submit to all!
Some misohiovous persons had tho ou-
iacity to Intimate that Mr., Douglas face
VAS rather rubicund,-othcrs that his
lose was blossoming and that HE breath
,molled bad! Il beats all how people
ell talk!
Ny great principle was conducted To.
he grove, where the speaking was to
AXE place and was introduced to the uu-
Hence by Col, Noble, ,cho is only mod.
rate Douglas mar'
Me-, Douglas voice was husky and very
Che had just LETT his MOTH
sR!!D Re spoke with, u great deal Of.
lidicully, Hjs speech was rehash Of.
h0i same cd song. Any one, who has
cad his speeches oflate, knew just what
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