Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-10-10

The Shoddy demonstration in favor Of
Abe Lincoln, to get up which the Aboli-
tionists of this city labored tremendously
and bled freely, came off as per announce
ment on Saturday night; and it proved that
while the Shoddy leaders can afford to
spend enormous sums in getting up Lin
coin demonstrations, and while they are
perfectly successful in organizing brilliant
torchlight professions and exploding daz-
cling fireworks, they are totally unable to
get up the least spontaneous popular en-
thusiasm for their candidates or their
cause. The demonstration on Saturday
night was perfect as display of fireworks,
and success as forced fandango and Satur-
day night carnival; It was, however, total
failure as political meeting, and as far as
1t was intended to develop the enthusiasm
If there is such thing-in behalf of Old
Abe.
About seven o'clock the procession start
ed from several points about the State
House Square, and marched through the
streets with their torchlights, Transparent
cies and music. There were probably one
thousand torches-lamps made after the
fashion of the Wide Awake lamps of 1860
jim the procession, and they presented
handsome appearance. The number OF
citizens in the procession was remarkably
small, the crowd being chiefly made up OF
the soldiers from Tod Barracks and Camp
Chase, who participated as much for the
"fin Of the thing" and for the purpose OF
getting into the city, as for any particular
admiration they entertain for the cause or
the politicians by whom they were detailed,
commanded, and led. They were remark
ably well drilled and disciplined, for they
marched and maneuvered with the steadi-
ness and order of soldiers. Another evil
dence that they were simply engaged in the
performance for amusement, was the fact
that the enthusiasm, the noisy cheer
ing and shouting for candidates could not
be extorted from them. As the process
sion passed Broad street, on High, we
heard but one solitary "hurrah for Old
Abe" In other parts of the city, 1t Is said,
there was more enthusiasm, and that shouts
for Lincoln were frequent. In several in
stances, when the procession of soldiers
passed houses where Mcclellan Transparent
cies were exhibited, they shouted and
cheered for Little Mac twice as loud as they
did for Lincoln. Every instant you could
hear some lusty voice from the procession
shout for Mcclellan. These demonstrations
of enthusiasm for the wrong man were re-
garded as q great bore and outrage by the
leading spirits among the Shoddyites.
Prominent in the procession, and imme-
-diately In advance of one band of music,
there marched eight stalwart and dusky
sons of Africa, with heads erect, lips ex-
tended, and worries cleaning In the light.
They seemed to enjoy the show more than
any of the others, and carried their lamps
with the grace and dignity becoming their
exalted position. Negroes were scattered
thickly throughout the procession, and
constituted one of the features which OF
tracted the most attention from the thou
sands who witnessed the parade from the
sidewalks.' ---s- 3
Theytransparencies and notices were
handsomely gotten up, but contained moth
ing witty, or smart or remarkable, the bur-
den Of their song being embodied in one Of
Brough's multitudinous prophecies con-
dcnsed In this WISE: sThe Southern Con-
federacy is doomd & dam0." Something
intensled tn yepresent the elongated neck and