M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1863-04-09
40, 900 Democrats ih COuss- =
ell on the 2asI uit., nfMamiItOn,
Butter CO., Ohio.

ell on the 2AST uit., nf Hamilton,
Butler 60, Ohio.
The Democratic mass meeting in
Hamilton, Butler County, was On
imntnse ovation, the people, male
and female, attending from al parts
OF the State, while delegations from
adjoining States arrived on the rail
roads daring the forenoon. The
weather during the forenoon was I'M,
propitious, preventing many thous
ands, we have no doubt, irom'attebd.
Jug. Notwithstanding thi5 inclem
ency, the morning trains were all
crowded, and professions from the
varionS townships of Butler, Hamilton
and Montgomery Counties came in by
hundreds in all sorts OF convevances
The meeting reminded us III the log
cabin demonstration of 1910, when
national eusigns, flags and banners
| Haunted to the breeze with Buckeyes
ATTACHED, the difference being the sub
slitution Of Buttelnuts instead of the
Buckeye. The booming Of two can.
non. playing of several bands Of music,
and the throngs ofpcoplG on the streets
gave q lie AMI activity to Hamilton
not Witnessed before in that part Of
the State for many years. The crowd
WAS great, and long before the hour
of meeting the park surrounding the
Court -house was pacted by both sexes
largo and small, cheering ior the
Union. and huzzaing for Vallanlig-
ham, VorI ecs and Pendleton.
At II o'clock. when the meeting
was called to order, the clouds, which
before had hung like Il pail in the
heavens, began to dispcrse, auI the
sun shonc out with u warm and cXbil.
Grating effect. The remainder OF the
day continued fair aud pleasant.
Mr. yALhANDIGHAMpS SPEECH.
The meeting being organized, tho
President introduced as the Iiist pea.
kcr. Hon. Clement l. VaIlaudighan
Mr.. Vallandiglam commenced Oy
stating that although the weather was
bad, the cause ni the Democracy wa
good, and, when he looked ont upon
the vast mnitiluGc before him, he wA5
filled with hope ard joy. He alluded
to the appreciation he had received
from tens Of thousands in other States,
but the kindly greeting he received AZ
home, among his own friends, was
far swectrr 10 him than the applause
Ipf strangers. He was thankful for
his reception, and was rrjoicod to
ind that in the hearts of the people
There WAS living an attachment to
IcivR liberty. lie and other Repre-
sentatives had passed through the
most terrible of all trials, equal to
those any other country bad endured
but they had kept the Iaitt, and had
dared to love liberty in these worst OF
times. He was ever with the people
ofhs district, and, whenever called,
would chGer!uih respond. Clher oc
casions hal established his record and
he did not desire them to repeat it.
lie claimed thai, but for the act OF the
Abolition party civil war might have
beer averipd, but he had only two
new things which lie desired to dis
cuss. First, the party in power, thc
Administration, had refused to cutter
tain a proposition for the restoration
Of the Union oftEese S atcs. Only II
lew weeks since, the Emperor Of
France that mighty nation who, in
days gone 10y, had aided us in til
procurement Of Onr independence
/ proposed by peaceable meditation to
settle this most terrible internal diff.
Guilty in which our country is involved
Did the Administration accept the
meditation No, but obstinateIy and
wicXedly refused II entertain the pro
position. On the 18th OF last Decem
ber, when from the city OF Richmond
information came to the city o! New
York that there was a disposition oI
compromise and return delegates t.
1.-The National Congress and be obedi
snt to the Constitution and the laws
and thus restore the Union as it was,
1.-THE President, on that dlv, rejected
the proposition, and the damuing cvi
dpnce Of that rejection exists in New
York over his own autograph, ferries
"hear, hear,'l bot there is an obliga
tion OF secrecy at present, aid thu
letter has not yet been given to tn,
publc. The day after the Fedora
army crossed the Rapabannock mt
Fredericksburg, unde, the belief tha
aFRicI,mpnd was to fall, and thus enc
the rebellion. The day previcu
Abraham Licoln rejected all PROPOSE
o tions to return, overh his own signature
y and the day after, the hopes ui th
5 blind man in the White llonse wer,
diss;pated in the doieat Of FrederIcks
burg, and the loss OF 10000 OF OH
ms and brothers. He could hav,
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