Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-09-21
GREAT UNION RALLY
The Meeting on Saturday.

Speeches by Generals Schenck, Gar.
- field and ex.G0v. Tod
The Union mass-meeting held in this
place on Saturday afternoon last, was OF
the most gratifying character. In point
of numbers it far exceeded the expecta-
tions of those who were familiar with the
briefness of the notice, and aware that but
a small proportion of the people in the
county had been duly notified. But the
spontaneous overlooking of the intelli-
gent, earnest men of Trumbull county g,
witnessed on Saturday, must have satisf
ed the most respondent that the people
are being thoroughly aroused and fully
appreciate the great responsibility rest
ing on them.
The speaking was from a stand erected
on the east side of the Court House.
The weather was very favorable for an
outdoor meeting. Seats b ad been pro-
yided to accommodate about 800 persons.
These were all filed, and as many more
occupied the ground outside of the seats
The Warren Band furnished excellent
music, and Prof. W. NJ. Clark, the cele-
brated vocalist and song writer, delight
ed the audience with two rich and racy
Union songs, full of pungent hits and
side-splitting humor. Some of the cop
perheads in this locality got a punch un-
der the rib, that made them vince awful
ly. ~ =s.
Al 1t o'clock the meeting vas organ
lied by Gen. T, J. McClain taking the
chair. who announced Gen. Garfield as
the first speaker. The Gen1. said he rose
merely to introduce Il them his valu-
ed friend, Gen. Schenck. He said this
was the Generals first visit to the Re
serve, and that he was surprised to see
the indications of intelligence and thrift
everywhere he went. He said his friend
had supposed the people up here did
nothing but make cheese, and that he
would be stumbling over piles of it at eY-
cry corner; that the cutters would be
running with whey, and the saw-mills
turned by butter-mik. But he had rea-
sons now for thinking quite differently.
Gen. Garfield also remarked that there
was an unusual earnestness manifested
by the people this season That the feel
ing was deep and determined that the
administration must be sustained in pros
ecuting the war, and that ultimate tr-
umph was sure.
General Schenck then came forward
and was enthusiastically cheered. We
can not undertake TO do him anything
ike Justice in as brief a notice as we are
limited to. We can only say, We never
before saw SO large an audience 80 steadi-
ly held by the power of argument and
the charms of eloquence. For over two
hours the closest attention was given, and
when the speaker indicated that he
snonld close, voices from all parts OF the
vast assembly called Tor hun 70 go on.-
IL was a most searching expose OF the
fallacies, tracks and inconsistencies of the
opposition party. His exposition of the
inconsistency OF the resolution in the Chi
cago platform, denouncing arbitrary ar
resGslm Maryland @ndotner border States,
Was a powerful oiow on poor little Mac
Tue speaker reau Mcclellan 5 order, Iii
rccliDg the arrest and pulsnnmenI o
osunlonIsts IN Maryland, who might at
tempt 70 vote, and his order TO imprisor
them. and no allow them the privilege
OF habaes corpus. 1t was most conclu-
siyely demonstrated that the plank in
the copperhead platform denouncing ar
bitrary arrests. and interference with
elections, hit Mcclellan harder than any
other man in the Union.
5a At the conclusion of Gen. Schenck'i
speech, ex-Gov. Tod addressed the PEG
pie at some length, in his usual logiea
and convincing manner.
We think the meeting on Saturday was
never surpassed in Warren. All were
pleased, and everything passed off with
out a single jar of discOrd. Trumbul
ii will give a glorious report at I h'
coming elections. }
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