Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-10-28

The Democracy Of the Sd, 4th, 9TH and
9th Wards, rallied last evening on the cor
ner of Euclid and Brownell streets, with
lslterns, transpareneies and music, and
proceeded thence to serenade three of the
miehtiest intellects of this or any ether age,
of this geological period. There might have
been mightier minds in former period :
but, this we are not now able to state pos
itively, so great is the imperfeetion of the
geological record }" as Lyell or Darwin will
tell you.
For some reason or other the Ward dele
cations were slow in meeting, and it was
already late before they consolidated and
took up the line Of march. We Joined our
fortunes with those of the 5th Ward, which,
by the way, carried just ninety lanterns,
headed by the Temperance Band, and which
seemed to head the column, itself being
headed, part of the time, by the Great
Am, General Fi-fdgets, and headed by us
the rest of the timel This Club carried
eight transparencies. A man rode before
it on a white horse. The horse had a short
tail. The man is supposed to be a DEM
ocrat. Proclivities of the horse not known.
The music was in bad taste it was most
all of the oirge-order. They repeated one
dirge several times, probably because it
was so pathetic; it is a new thing, and
called, (Which the Old Cow died on" The
notices were spelled SO badly we could not
make out their sense; so we don't quote
them. The caricatures, though, of which
there were many, and all concerning the
Negro, were good, artistically considered.
The Democracy have spent much thought
and study upon the African, and have, per-
haps. a more thorough knowledge of him,
his traits, habits, Pecularities of feature,
attitude, &C., &C., than any other body O.
men, and, therefore, they should excel in
the pOrtraiture of the negro. But their
skill in depicting him suffers this terrible
reaction: they become SO accustomed, in
their artistic labOrs, to the use of SHADE, that
when they come to represent white per-
son, they invariably give the picture too
sombre color, as is evidenced by their mas
terpiece, the colossal portrait of Mcclellan
in front of Ranney, Backus & Mobiles Office,
1t is almost impossible to tell from that pic
ture whether Mac. and Pen. are whites or
blacks. We suppose they are white men.
We hope they are, but really the picture
brings up, in their case, question of race.
Beware ofone-idea, 0 Democrats.
After deal of marching, halting, coun-
termarching, &c, the Sd, 4th and 9th wards
joined the 5th. The three Clubs carried in
all just I29 lanterns, by actual count, and
several transparencies. They were headed
by SeigePs Band.
After consolidation, the column of 2I9
lanterns headed for the house of Mr.. No
bic, arrived at which, the Band played the
"star- -spangled Banner" .. -... ...-
NOBLE LOOMS.
Three cheers were given for Mr.. Noble,
whereupon he was introduced to the un-
washed by John E. Gary. Mr.. Noble was
conscious he had no merit of his own, 1--WE
knew it, nor did he believe they had come
to compliment him. No, sirsI They had
come to admire his heroic attitude while
standing bolt upright on the Constitution
and Union, in behalf of principles of which
General Mcclellan is the exponent. He
didn't wish to detain 'em, and soeollapsed
in just one minute and twenty-nine seconds
from the time of looming into view
After this brilliant initiation they hesd-
ed for the residence of Hon. H. B. Payne.
and the Band, on arrival, ,=pIayed ".When
this Cruel War is over BIr. Payne was
introduced by Mr.. Peixotto, in neat little
gilt-edged, highly perfumed speech, of so
dainty, volatile and ethereal anature that
it dissipated before we could make account
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