The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1863-08-27
Tho Union Basket Meeting an Pleasant

Cno UNION bnsket heettnS an EleGEnnt'
Perhaps the largest township meet.
ing ever held in the county, certainly
the largest we over attended, was the
Union Basket Meeting, held at Beery'e
Grove, in Pleasant townehip, on Thurs
day last, We moved out Of Lancaster
in pro2tssion Of Gomc twenty buggiea
and wagons, and arrived at the Grove
about II o'clock, where We found i'm
mense delegations present from Plea
SAINT, Greenfield and Walnut townships
We found the flower Of ali the vehicles
near the speakers stand, long wagon,
decorated with evergreen and young
ladea-oycr thirty Of the prettiest
girls in Pleasant, dressed in red, white
and blue. Several Of our friends went
through the grounds and counted tho
buggies and wagons present They
numbered 32G on the ground, besides
q number in the farm yardS around
the Grove. This is, by actual count,
over one hundred moro than attended
tho great Vallandigham meeting held
in Lancaster some time ago--the great
county meeting.
Captain STINcHcoMB Immediately
took tho stand, and for more than two
homrO kept the vast crowd exclaiming
laughing and cheering He related
many interesting incidents Of Army
life, and told them how the brave boys
in the field endured hardships, fought
suffered and hoped and how they des
pised the peace eneaks Of the North
He assured them that instead Of thu
officers controlling the continent ant
vote Of eoldiers, the boys compelled th'
officers to go with them He held W
the Coppcrheads who arc controlling
tho Democratic organization Of thiI
county, with one hand while he strip
ped thcri with the other, showing tina
the Membcr Of Congress- from this Dis
trict. Judge Of the Common Pleas, tb,
editor oftho party organ, the Prosecu
ting Attorney, and number of other
who are clinging to the skirts of th
organization with the hope of som,
petty office, never were Democrats, anC
never acted with the party until an op
portunity to slip into an office present
ed itself,
AT the close Of the Captain q address
tho Grove suddenly became an enor
nous dining hall, and all about undo
the trees and on tho white cloths, la,
piles Of chicken, meat, bread, cakes
pies, fruits, &c We were nresistabl,
drawn towards the bountifnl and over
flowing table spread by the families O
0 D. T, KELLER, DAVID HUBER, and sc
l veral others, where we drank severa
buckets Of lemonade and ate quito
number Of pies---we and the rest rfut
4 Dinner over jon E STEVENSON, Esq
&. of Chillicothe, took the stand, and dur
= ing tho two hours the attentive an
delighted audience partook Of the rich
0 est Toast of all. He isanatnral orator
a aud we have seldom heard more siI
ver-tongued and eloquent speaker
s He stated the issued in the contest tn
: position of Mr. Brough, proved Va
: landigham Seoessiouist by his ow
speeches and propositions, and review
ed the history of arbitrary arrests,
i showing those maderhy Washington
. Jefferson and jackson; and stating the
q lvallandigham in the matter of arrest
: was nota drop in the bucket, a san
! upon the shore, and that nwhethe
Vallandigham lived in Heaven or su
Q fered in hell, what mattered that to th
G onward movement Of this great poop
and this greet country,'