Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-09-24
IMMENSE UNION MEETING Ar
ST. CLAlRSVILLE


~ 49,
20, 900 Freomen IN COuncll-Un-
bounded Euth hustasm-Old Hci-
R~Ns In q Biaze Oh saiory'
spesiol orrs.ponasnss of,he Ohio State Journsi.
ST. CLAfRsyIbbB, Sept. l6, 1868.
| This has been q proud day for the loyal
reople Of Belmont County. The Copper.
heads had predutdd that the meeting would
| be failure. bal x1sAs they saw, the, thous-
apds, and TENS Of thousands which poured
| in from all quarters Of the county, they
skunk to their hUles and you could not hear
q cbirp from them. 1t il day that will
lCus be remembered by both parties in this
coufty.t .,a ~ ~ -,".-- ..
Having left Columbus in the clock A. NJ,
train, on tho C. o, r. R.. found myself
/; in the sarre car with the Hon. John Brough
and Gen. Carey. The train wss behind
tinfe, and when we reached Marnock's Sta.
ton Ave miles from St. Clairsville, il was
: after 100 clock, and nearly twelve when We
; reached the town. Long before We arrived,
. the booniifg of cannon conld be heard, and
,, when We came IN sisht OF the place, as far
J AZ the eve could rench, nothing could be seen
D but crowds of people streaming banners,
= and vehicle. of sIl.description tsstefully dec
GRATED with eyesgieens, red, whits.apd blue,
and innumerablef 'mottes and designs
/. bands of music were playing. the ladies sing.
g ing patriotic songs, making the welkin ring
q vIh cheers for Brough and the Union. =
4 II was conceded that il was the largest gath
prine of the peoplc ever witnessed in Eastern
d Ohio Within fbe past two years I have
e Mt ,srious times Witnessed great number
NJ n,onle together. and knew their number
md Judging from what | know, there were
At least twenty five thousand people in St
1t CInirsyille to-day. There was no end to tte
1t nrocessiops in carriages, wagons, horseback
\. and OF, foot-the procs sssion from Bridgeport
w alone. WAS actually over four miles long
'' Eysry available vacant placs about the tow
or on the streets. we're packed and actual,
Of wejeed up with vehicles. Ifit could hav
been possible for all the professions to hnv
Il. been formed iuto one, it would have mea
u u, sursd. at the least calculation twenty-fv
h, i;to 4 before in tbis part of the State. :
suffice II 10 ,ay thnt the most ardent Unio
men lid not anticipate ANYTHING like sue
a demonstrstion. ic' = - Pr
ng Wenoticed a great many spleudid banner
Ip-l v;tb anronriate mottos. which excited
oreat doaI nj ;nterest and merrin,ent.. :.
"Hcmn or Canada for Traitors" 81
t}reeL firs Constitutional?' .Geueral o
" & Az M 40 stIne iIn;on. one Uonstit,
IN, ton sna one Des,snyy, mo trust ia sacre
on in a Traitors hand &c. One wagon ha
on il . tastefullv oCn,tructed bower Of pir
and cedar, and was filed with the daughte
i. of soldiers now Ia the field, on which W,
lit. tbis RI motto. "Ws have given our dear ON
op no our country..''m We observed little ri
'!h carrying motto.--s,I have one grand -fathe
ID one brother. Eve uncles, and twenty-fo,
100 cmsin, IN the Union srmy." There were
greet many amusing caricatures exhibite,
y. but the best we saw was large picture
70 the British lion, with tail erect and a m,
!" crcucbed under it, and the following inscri
,'e;,, ton above: ~ alIandish seeking prott
II tion under the st,ri, Of the British lion"
sn a.! About one o'cleck the immense throng
ms Daired to ,he Fair Ground, east Of the tow
As There we're onlv two stands prepared, I
~. committee having no idea Of the great o,
Tue mourning of the pcope. From one sta
or M Rough and yenator. WILEY. of w,
ou' Virsinia. addresse.f the people. N
ise' R,n,gb smoke fully three hours. hold
oA Ills audience BY his eloauonce and sou
logic sffsr vHicE Senator Willey smoke
llon onuentv Of tke trials and troubles throu
=. which his State had passed, and conn
aer meuted Ohio for the prom ptness with VIII
a.,0 she in al times Of peril had extended ,
J. .m helping hand IN West Virginia, closl
s"' With sn appeal to every true and loyal n
10 vote the Union ticket, stating that it '
his conviction that civil war here in d
,m. would be the consequence oi tho election
Vallandigham. -,
al Gsn; mt y, =; CTey .'I; nGu "a, '" Os."Pp q
OF 'ne w neemns tu'oniGenost, ,;s,ap humds opund \
'een tnc 1.hcr s'Inu % 10 ,J.en,mi an hoasmhs,
dcd one nan OF tne people 'ou,u aear wna,
nut san, e.eh wnon NY ,'jS o,J o.. NY Gsn, Dr.
n,os Mana' ~ g,ose ~ s.Hy Iouu 80 ~. !.
SaIey m1ns m sm. ene u .no u1'. .pdesa spdes"
eet- hearu' ~, VI "u"o' ~; auu .,;,noI :' 80
1s suInence ~ vo..uH nnnaIa, II. !,
oul1 Ia'nppsil l'n p'eWHm. VIM. peS :, L.,
4; the glo9nu thW ,.nsnu'S nsI, 1 o.o'
!" was pleuSeu py every ,ca wor1 sno o,Srs 20 sI
the nus recora 70 array sI.ay niise. , tna ,, .no ~,
end pSIner ou inc @,a o,aa .ha, h;s wb"Is
ma shs war, anu proseu ss. .hon;"asof ,Iss n
orc, ron tne ssly aIs. 'nroa'en,.sS h,,s n VI
war 70 the pIassni n,1e, Ss.ud was US' .u, ono
and tlnuni series OF aisicysa h, wIrcsanu so.s;
,lins vas I's.enea a; 20 WV" ''0a'u'e'' A''e''''
nm thG vast Auo'ence..