Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-10-12
The Masa MeetIns on snlnrdaY

oVNic7 ~ oaNN-tiOtn anu uhhes, anu before
God and a Commonwealth Of indignant
frecmen, acknowledge their wickcdness
and folly A burning curse, writton by
the fearless hand Of Justice, is planted in
delibly on their brows, in vindcation of
Free Speech, Free Press, and Free
Ballot BY the most brilliant and impos-
ing demonstration ever witnessed before in
the State, the immediate friends and conn
try-mcn Of the world-known patriot and
statesman rebuked his enemies, at his own
home, on Saturday last. 1t was fit tri-
butte to the noble but prosecuted VALLAN-
DIGHAM. and proved that the people of Ohio
are ready, in overwhelming numbers, to
rescue their abused rights and Liberties
from the tyrants grasp. If the grand
Democratic rally of was a true indication,
as we believe it was, of the tendency of
popular feeling, we may confidently antici-
pate, for tomorrow, splendid Democrat
ic victory
The day was blessed by Providence !;
the air was pure and bracing the city,
the forests and the plains were clothed in
the wealth of sunshine and beauty. Never
before was such multitude seen in Day
ton, and the wekin rang with one contin-
uous and mighty shout of enthusiasm.
Early in the morning the people began to
pour in from the country the city itself
divulged its population, until our streets
presented mass ofhuman beings through
which it became quite impossible too find
one's way. At about eleven o'clock, the
grand p' recession Of horsemen, and vehi-
cles two thousand in number, contain
ing ladies and citizens, began to move
through the streets, under the direction OF
Mayor GILLESPIE, Grand Marshal Of the
day, assisted by numerous subordinate
1t twould be exceedingly diff
cult to describe the procession minuteIy.
Every township in the county was repre-
sented by large delegations all vieng with
each other in brilliancy of appearance.
Many of the wagons were decorated most
handsomely, at considerable expense and
labor. There were thousands of ladies'
attired in white, with sashes of red and
blue ribbon, making up dazzling specta-
Gle. Patriotic notices were in abundance,
and displayed in every possible mode.
The old ship Constitution" with the
words ''Homeward bound" streaming
from her mast head, having on board the
veritable door, from the residence of Mr..
VALLANDIGHASf, whose broken pannels ex-
hibited the only victory ofBURNsIpE, was
one of the most significant illustrations IN
the procession and elected universal APP
plause. There were hundreds of other de-
vices which in themselves contained les
sons of seyerest comment on the Admin
istratlon and the strange times we have
fallen upon. We can only say that they
were all meritorious, worthy of the great
occasion. All the houses of Democrats
throughout the city were richly ornament
ed with flags, wreaths of evergreen and
engravings of illustrious Americans hung
upon the outer walls. As the immense
concourse moved ont to the Fair Grounds
the widest enthusiasm prevailed.
AT the Fair grounds, there were three
stands from which the people were adj
dressed. Thousands, however, were ma
BILE to get within the sound of the voice of
the speakers. From one stand Hon.
RICHARD Il. MERRIcK of Illinois and Hon.
GEoRGE +. PUGH spoke from another
Hon. Thomas II. SEYMOUR of Connecti-
cut and Hon. WIN. ALLEN from another,
the Germans were addressed in their own
language by Mr.. TmELMAN of Cincinnati,
aud others. These distinguished and able
orators were listened to with profound at
attention by the thousands who eagerly
caught the words from their eloquent lips.
We cannot attempt even synopsis Of
their speeches. They were worthy of the
great issues of the day.
The delivery of the speeches consumed
the entire afternoon, after which the i'm
mense crowd dispersed in the most orderly
manner, The entire meeting was conduct