Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-06-13

Law night. They ADVERTISER "ees, Ve'esoy
md several other speakers from abroad, not
nc Of whom was present The Times says
..There was no enthusiasm. The heavy,
Ill, ,,l,,;,udcs of the speakers fell on their
aaaal ike a shower of lead. No cheers
,ree,ed the remarks of the spouters. and the
meeting. without exception, WAS ore OF the
,o., spiritle.s ever held in the court house
square.
toy. Yates was as usual among the miss
.ng, and Gen. Oglesby could not be found.
There was, however, perfect plethora OF
local spouting Of the most wishy- washy
Kind. No new ideas were brought forwari.
Even the announcement Of Lincoln > NOM
lation failed 10 evoke cheer. The crowd
.anghed at. rather than with. some OF the
speakers, Mr. Wentworth Condemned the
abolition nomination, with la praise, and
wa, loudly Kissed for bel a little more
liberal in hi, views than those who had pre-
cedci him. Frank Lombard sang one or
| Two songs. The band played very tine
| selection Of ,rusic during the evening, and
| IN enthusiastic indvi ual attended to the
| vrot nj: display, which consisted Of few
| Kv-rock.t.. The whole thing hzzied out
| ,nortly after ten o'clock
The 7imes reports Mr. Wentworth as fol-
lows
| John Wentworth then took the stand,
and he va, the only speaker that was re
| cciyed with any marked demonstrations Of
| pleasure. Men were nothing To hun; ideas
| he sal. were his iruinps. He then gave
| The secret societies known As the Mon
| Leagues. n severe drubbiag. and congratu-
iatcl the Republican,, present upon their
having for once the Han!lneSs 70 come cat
| hom the.r secret holes and meet in public,
| where they might see and be seen Of all mon.
lie also, IN speaking OF political con c>ts.
aid that abuse could accomplish no good.
| Thousands in our ranks had once been
peace ca in time Of war. He then referred
10 the conduct of Abraham Lincoln and
Thomas Corwin during the Mexican war,
| when Lincoln voted against supples for our
starving armies in hostile field ard Cor
win hoped tina; the Mexicans would vel
come cir -o,'liers with bloody hands t.
hospit.,blc graves Inc,e .ncn, he said,
we.e NOW among the faithful AMI train.
Deacon Bros, he said. had behaved himself
cgclitabl, und-r nj, Wentworth 5, admin
istraton, and rs the duties Of the Office for
1 hlti it Vas Il fti'titt VIE utltUcl
artlnous nor responsible, the Deacon would
probably pass muster. He again urged the
peope-thc loyal peoplc-to shut up thrir
lafa lantern halls, Stop their midnight coun-
oils. and come on, with the earne ,tncs, Of
true patriotism to talk these matters in
public
The Post says:
Long John Wentwor;h's speech was a
very happy and rctrc hing effort, in which
he succeeded, whether Intentionally or not
III hitting his own party number of very
hl. d and well timed blows He reminded
| them t'iat while it wa, true that 4. Lincoln
was originally the nominee of party, be
was not to h. considered rs such now. Yet
he saw with grief the inilatory steps being
taken to render the campaign on the part OF
the supporters Of Lincoln and Johnson Il
political one. lie sad that his position was
an ndcpaud, n. one he would commit him
self IN favor of 40 oao man, but for that man
whom he thou GIT 10 be right He declared
with a great deal OF gn ii ancc. hat if he
would lind before the end of the campaign
that Fremont stood a better chance than
Lincoln he would vote for him { Immense
sensatlon. lie nyutralizcd the force of the
remark to Sonr extent by adding that he
should expect the Fremont men to return
the compliment aud vote for l. ncoln in the
other event. In the course OF hi, long and
rambling remarks he alghied on the far
nlliar subject of ''loval men ami TRAITORS. "
wncn he proceeded IL ventlatc in stylc
pee hrrly his own. an much to the disgust
.! his audience. He declared there was en-
iireiy too much abuse Of the opposition.
He did not believe half of their stuff about
| Traitors IN the north He was in Congress
the time of the Mexican war, and he could
recall many men now standing high in the
list OF purotism, who were then deadly on
ponc' Is of the war He could he said.
make their ears tinglc. were he to mtn ION
| II s'neS aurnniS OF dissatisfaction He
| reitnea u Gown, has ING stood with n ear
| shot q the latter hen he uttered that =, H.
hfated remark il regard to welcoming our
licrs with bloody hands to hoS;jitahc
graves The voice Of radical intensely
disguised. Nv here, your authority. n II
heard him say it, Is the fellow in The crowd
satisficd:' The fellow subsidized. There
were some faint Kisses attempted ON the
outside Of the crowd at these rcuaiLs I'm.
i-7''g John was Supremacy Indifferent. He
wanted to discuss matters freely snl .hanld
do -. After the Democratic candidates and
Platform should be nominated ilc u;opoSed
calling meeting of Elis iclow-,.it:z. ms. to
discuss ..,illy the i.slcs Of The day. liz. was
SIN ere IN IN, desire 10 iind oui The riebt
side, and a. Scon rs he could fad out tia,
his Democratic friends were lighi he would
Join them. His meetings should be public.
He would have no p;ivaec-no secret meet
insS foul blow at the e. l.. 40. This
was received in solemn silence by the audi
enec.
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