Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-07-07
Great Meeting at Dayton on the Fourth

lied foe to his country had devised many
schemes by which they might lessen thC
attendance at this meeting, one of thes,
being to inaugurate large number Of
picnics to draw the crowd, and the an.
nouncement that at one Of them Mrs. Val.
landigham would be present to give &
vivid and truthful account of the suf
ferings Of herselfsnd husband by the Hlnin
ions of Lincoln" The same announcement
in respect to this lady was made for two
different gatherings; it being a hoax in
both cases.
Notwithstanding all the weak inTen.
tons Of the enemy, the attendance was lit.
orally immense. The streets were filled
with the attending crowds and the city re-
minded one of Columbus on the 18th Of
June.
Speaking in the morning took place in
Court mouse Square, Rev. Granville Moody
being the first speaker. W. D. Bickham,
late army correspondent of the Cincinnati
Commercial, but now proprietor Of the
Day ton Journal, followed him, both speeches
being eloquent and patriotic.
In the afternoon the great mass meeting
was held at the State Fair Grounds. Rev.
Mr.. Moody opened the exercises with
prayer, in which he prayed to God to re-
member Vsllandigham and Pugh, if they
were still within the reach Of mercy. He
also prayed for the blessing of God to rest
upon John Brough, 'the champion Of free
DOM" Mr.. BrOugh then spoke for two
hours and half, his speech being power
sI7--l z,-v-.sss. H.
termined ground in favor of supporting all
the war measures Of the Administration
that had for their intention the crushing Of
the rebellion. In regard to slavery, he
had no reservations-no equiVocstions.
He said the knell of slavery had been
struck at Fort Sumter and it must die. We
present extracts below from Mr.. Brough's 8
speech, from the report of the Cincinnati
Commercial.
General Burnside was expected to be
present, but was prevented by urgent busi-
ness. His letter accepting the invitation
was read, from which we extract these
manly and patriotic paragraphs;
"'There should be no timidity, no draw
ing back now, when mistakes and misfor-
tunes have bred doubt and encouragement
in our midst. 1t is the very time for the
brave and true men Of the country to come
forth and ssy:-'No sacrifice shall deter
US, no suffering subdue our resolve; come
weel or come woe, our lives, our fortunes,
and our sacred honor, are pledged to mp
hold the Government, and We will never
consent to lay down our arms till this &C
cursed rebellion be swept from the face Of
the land
Let this gallant and determined spirit,
together with a large and generous pur-
pose to bury for the time all political diff
ferences, animate every breast and the
end Of the rebellion is not far off before
that steady front of unhinchiDg patriot
ism, the hollow and fraudulent array Of
treason must go down" -.
Mr.. BrOugh commenced by saying that
there was row only one topic to be dis.
cussed. He referred to the history of par
ties in the country and the Causes which
led to the war. He referred to mis- own
case as follows; .#f.F
There was time when I stood with
you in as great crowd as this, in Mont
gomery county, and expounded the princi-
pies Of Democracy. There was a time, un-
der the administration Of Polk, when l un-
dertook to tell you, while we were in war
with Mexico, that those oPPesiuK It were
enemies Of the Government. Do not take
it back, now. Didn't 1 tell you then, my
Democratic brother, and if l didn't l tell
you now, that my Democracy fought me
that my duty was to my country first and
to my party sfterward2 TApplsuse. I And
SO l tell you to-day, that am for the pros
ecutiOn Of this war, as the most certain
manner for the coDquering of peace and
the restoration of this country. And when |
that is accomplished, If 1 have differences
10 gather up and settle with the Admins |
tratiOn, win be ready to arm myself and |
light it out. Great applause. This is the |
platform on which l stand to-day. l con-
zeal nothing as to my position. There are
! good many men here with whom used |
% stand, and tell them that an as firm I
md rigid Democrat to-day, in sll essen
.ial particulars, as ever; but 1 am willing
o lay every thing aside, until we make up
his difference and save the country.
Of Vallsndighammers he said:
" Your great leader boasted, in his
jpeech in Congress, that he had voted no
iollar and no man for the prosecution of
his war LGrest applause. He would
sy, let the war party take care Of the
Tari "let the dead bury the dead" With
uoh Governor, what would be the posi-
ion Of Ohio today Look at the bloody
oil Of Pennsylvania; look at the pillaRed
arms, and the devastation spread abroad
iP to the shores of the SusquehannRh.-
( you had such Governor, he would be
repaired to sit in his sanctuary till those
ame hordes ravaged the fields of OhioI-
and "That's true.n HThsfs
O."
There is voice coming back from the
oldiers, not to allow this state Of things
come to pass; and 1 stand here to en-
reat with you to-day-not to denounce
ou; your right Of opinion is as sacred as
lnej you may vote Tor whom you please
have no denunciatiOn to heap upon any
lani but l appeal to your conscience, as
man Of reason and sense, as a man who
'as once patriot if you are not now; 1 |
pPeal by every confederation that can !
bach the heart don't give this aid and
leoursgement to the enemies Of our
'untry; don't strike down the hearts of
our soldiers now when the country's per-
is greater than ever before. t
TIE SLAVERY GRIEVANCE. I
"But you have another grievance in I
le prosecution of this war, and approach ,
without any delicacy whatever. You