Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-10-01

The big ooppsrhead show came off yester
day. We looked for big thing, but "w'
jidn't see it" Immense preparation had
been made. Flaming posters were out an
nouncing the expected arrival of Daniel, =
we mean Voorhees,, and not the prophet
and the lions. The day was fine ard all
seemed propitious. One little thing, how
ever, marred the success Of the performance.
The "masses," so anxiously looked for,
didn't come. The crowd, assembled under
the most propitious circumstances, did not
equal in numbers the audience which, in
spite of the attractions Of the State
Fair, gathered q week before, under
a gloomy, rainy sky, facing raw norther
from the lake, to listen to BrOugh. Yet the
Plain Dealer calls this "glorious triumph. u
It'll welcome to a score of such triumphs.
In the morning l." visible admixture" of
unkempt vagabondish strangers on our
streets warned US of the coming meeting
aud at the appointed hour we were On the
spot. Nobody else was there, however, and we
spent the dreary minutes of waiting in gaz-
ing on the tlro stands of which only one was
used, erected to accommodate the vast audi
ence that didn't come. Presently they
begin to come in and gather around the
stand. An immense delegation comes in
from the country, consisting of wagon with
a butternut tree in it, together with man
beating drum, and boy with fife, followed
by wagon-load of girls. Great sensation,
frantic cheers, unlimited display Of bandker-
chiefs by the girls. The vast procession
takes SO we'll that it is repeated, being
driven off around square to make it seem
new one. More applause and more hand
kerchiefs. The thing is repeated third and
fourth time, but the audience begin to see the
point, and enthusiasm dies out. The seams
are hitohed, the girls alight, and the meeting
commences. At this time, about half-after-
eleven, the meeting was at its largest size,
and numbered nearly a thousand, half of
whom we're Brough men, drawn thither by
curiosity to hear Voorhees, and that little
squirt, Sam. Cox.
But these two worthless did not appear
The meeting was lacking in speakers as well
as hearers, and the audience were compelled |
to put up with such stuff as Van. R. Humph- |
rey, Thomas Akers and R. 7. Merrick, the |
two first of whom spoke in the morning, the |
last after dinner.
We shall attempt no remark or criticism on |
the speeches of the forenoon. They were
marked by all the illogical and traitOrous
that have become charac-
teristic of Cepperhead Oratory in this cam
paign. Mr.. Merrick's speech differed from
theirs in being sbler, and also in being yet
more bitter. An idea of its character may
be gathered from a few sentences which We
take at random from it:
"There are two rebellious Governments in
this country, one at Washington and one at
and hold that loyalty to either
is treason to the Constitution" Applauss.
e The man who willingly draws the sword
at the bidding of the mishapen tyrant at
Washington is a recreant slays.o ---
denounce this war wicked, unholyy
accursed, and diabolicsl." [Applause.
"If were Southern man, and the war
conducted as it is now, would neUsr come
back. Better to die thousand deaths than
to live an hour of servile slavery"
call on you to FIGHT for the truth The /
first musket bayonet raised by the Federal |
army against the cloud of popular indigna-
ton in this State, will draw the lightning /
from that cloud, whose lurid glare, reflected |
from the Mississippi, shall light up tie West,
and make Abraham Lincoln, that freak of |
nature and of politics, trembie on his despot-
ic throne"
But we despair of being able to convey by |
these scattered excerpts any idea of the in
tense and malignant treason of this Demo
cratic orator-a Democrat, by the way, as he |
himself avowed, of only few years. stand
ing. We wish every voter in Ohio could |
have heard this unmasksd eopperhead doc
trine cheered to the echo BY the ignorant |
crowd who listened. We are glad Mr.. Mer- |
rick is to canvass the State. He will help |
the Union CAUSE even more than Brough or
Anderson.
After the speaker had done belcbing forth |
his blatant treason the crowd dispersed.
The banners, desecrated by the names of
vallandigham and Pugh, we're rolled up, the
buttornut wagon departed for parts unknown,
and the great DemOcratic-fEzle-was over.
SCHOOL vIsIToRs.-The following gentle
men have been chosen for the Board of Edu-
cation as school visitors in the respective
wards in the city.
1st Ward-OrsOn Spencer, H. B. Tuttle, ].
II Clark
I'd Ward-GeOrge Wiley, VIM. Cushing, Il.
N Raymond.
Sd Ward-J. A. Harris, A. c. Heating, |
Isaac A. Isaaes.
4th Ward-L. W. Ford, G, h. Wymsn, W.
N. Merriam.
5th Ward-JOssph sturges, W. W. Collins
VIM. Heisley.
9th ward-w. P. FOgg, Harvey Rice, H.
wendler.
7th Ward-J. L. cassels, E. S. Willard, A.
Mcintosh.
sth Ward-C. W. Palmer, G. ". Turner, q.
B. DeWolf.
9th ward-wm. Dewitt, @. E. Hill, R. L.
Willard.
10th Ward-I. u. Masters, G. G. Allsn, V.
B. Dare.
11th Ward-F. B. Pratt, Thomas Dixon, s.
Buhrer.
VIM. W. ANDREWS, Sec'y.
UNION MEETING IN IN THE FOURTH WARD
LAST EvENING.-There was q very large
gathering of the citizens of the Fourth
Ward last evening, on Huntington street.