Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-10-09
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olition Brough Show In Columbus, on Thurs
day, October 8, was indeed "a contemplate fz
sle." II was not equal to respectable town
ship meeting in the country. The people, after
oil the advertising, posting up Of flaming
handbllls, drumming up, urging, coaxing and
threatening that had bsep used for weeks
previous, did not come. The voters were not
on hand. Never was there set Of men more
discounted, sad and disconsolAte than were the
leading niger philanthrophists Of the Capital
city, as the day wore on, and the streets were
no livelier than on an ordinary market day.
What was called procession began to pass
up High street about half past eleven. But
what procession for a mass meeting! We
are really anxlousto to see the JOurnaps descrip.
tion of lie immense length, and it's estimate of
the vast number Of people at she great Brcugh
Show from the surrounding country.
The Journal stated the day after the Demo
cratic mass meeting on the 2lst Of September,
that there were 257 wagons in the procession,
and that II was sixty one minutes In passing
State street. These We know to be under.es-
Inmates. But let that pass. The Bsough pro-
cession yesterday (Thuraday) did not occupy
over twenty minutes 10 passing our Office on
High street, including all stopragep, of which
there were several.
The number OF vehicles In the procession WAS
one hundred and thlrty.one all told. OF these
twenty-five we're Government wagons drawn
by Government horses, and two or three city
omnibuGes. 1t being market day all the mar
ket wagons that could be procured were pressed
into the service. There were few men end
boys on horseback. Several Of the wagons
had but two persons in them; others were filed
With women and girls only; and several With
boys only. The rear of the procession was
brought up by two fst Government contractors.
Several Of the vehicles we're filled with SOL
dlers who; we are credbly Informed, were Or
dered into the procession by their officers. The
hands in the Arsenal were also put into the
ranks. Thon, the Provost Marshal, and bis
deputies, the U. S. Tax Collector, aud hil
deputies and assistants, the Draft officers, the
State House officials and clerks, the shoddy
contractors, the cotton lords and Cover nmeni
specuIato.s, chiefly made up this grand Brougt
procession. Beside these, there we're band wagons
filled with Government bands Of music. TAX
ing out the seversl Glasses just enumerated, the
voters from the county were few and far be-
tween, In fact only seven townships out Of the
eighteen in Franklin county had any represen--
tatives at ell in BEN WADE's contemplate
hzzle." lr-t
The speaking commenced at about two 10
the afternoon, at the East front of the State
House. U. s. Senator BEN, f. WADE was the
fret speaker. lie commenced without waiting
for an introduction, strongly limiting that hia
brethren of the Capital City were entirely toe
slow for such fast men as he. The size of hif
audience may be judged of by the following
remarks to which old BEN. gave utterance in
his exoydium:
"Gentlemon of the Capital City of the grea
. State Of Ohio, where you are supposed Il
know more of wha. is going on in the STATE
than at any other place In 1t, and where, aite
advertising 10 your papers for weeks, that tbil
was to be the GREAT MONSTER MEETING
Of the campaign, have come here upon you
invitation to address you, aud fad that il doe
not amount to even q CONTEMPTIBLE
FIZzLE-it Is really the smallest meeting
have addressed during this campaign"
BEN. proceeded: III am an Aboltionist, an,
40 10 every honest man. l am a radical, an,
90 is every honest man." Thus he made on
every one who is not red-mouthed radca
war Aboli.ioniss, dishonest man Ia tn
same vein he went on to divide the people o
Ohio, after the manner Of bomb shell SCHENcK
into two classes-pstrio,s and traitors, mean
Ing by that, as every man in tue audience un
derstood him, AboliiiOnists and Democrats
The quality of his speech may be judged o
from these Eample'.
Soon after BEN. WADE commenced bis hsr
angue, q few drops ofIrain began to fall. Shod
dy was scared, and ex Governor DENNIsoN an
nounced that, in consequence of the rain, Mr.
WADE would continue his speech in the Hall o
the House Of Representatives. So up to th
Hall the "Fizzle" went, and when IL got there
the room was about one third full
Here Mr.. WADE went into a long and oft-re
= peated detail of what the Abolitlonists allee
a as the causes of the rebellion, trying to clos
that class of men of all blame in the mat
a ter. This was refreshing to hear from ma
= who eaid, ct a public meeting eight years age
h that there was no Union between the Mort
I, and South, and that they we're two distinct ns
n lions. He is evidently Of the same opinio
still, and In this he and JAVF DAVIS perfectl
a agree. He said in his speech hero, referring {
A the attempts at compromise in Congress at th
. session of 1860 -6l, that sooner than agree to
compromise, he would see the country depop
ulated.
al After the expression OF such sentiments q
a We have noted, il was natural that the Democ
n racy OF Ohio and their public men and candi
J. dates should be the victims of his abuse, slau
der, Misrepresentation and falseh ood. 10 thes
articles he dealt profusely. Having concluded
a be was succeeded by u. s. Senator CHANDLrr
). of Michigan, of blood-lettlng" memory.
Mr.>CHANDLER commenced, az bis bIothe
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